Substation Design Engineer (Primary) – BIM & Layout

Larsen & Toubro; Sharjah; On-site; AED 201,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Design Engineer (Primary) with 3–7 years in Substations to lead primary engineering activities, lay out engineering, and support BIM modeling for substations. You will guide draftsmen and interact with site and cluster teams to ensure design clarity and compliance.

The role requires knowledge of SLD prep, earthing, cable routing, and inter-disciplinary coordination across Civil, Structural, MEP and Instrumentation.

Qualifications

• BE/BTech in Electrical / Electrical & Electronics Engineering.
• 3–7 years of experience in design aspects of Primary Engineering in Substations / Power Distribution Projects.
• Capable of preparing, reviewing and executing Primary Engineering activities.

Responsibilities

• Timely review of drawings developed by the draftsman.
• Interact with Site Execution & Cluster teams for clarification w.r.t. the design of equipment.
• Coordinate with inter-disciplinary areas for concurrence in design specifications.
• Ensure compliance to specification requirements.
• Review drawings (2D & 3D) and documentation conforming to Quality systems.
• Review vendor offers and documents.
• Pre-Tender Engineering including estimation of BOM and Offer Reviews.
• Prepare design calculations of Substation equipment and related sizing and short-circuit computations.

Skills

Layout Engineering

Education

BE/BTech in Electrical / Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Tools

Dialux

MS Office

ETAP

PSCAD

CYMGRD

Job description

Larsen & Toubro in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Design Engineer (Primary) with 3–7 years in Substations to lead primary engineering activities, lay out engineering, and support BIM modeling for substations. You will guide draftsmen and interact with site and cluster teams to ensure design clarity and compliance.

The role requires knowledge of SLD prep, earthing, cable routing, and inter-disciplinary coordination across Civil, Structural, MEP and Instrumentation.