Deputy Manager - Substation Design

ENGIE India; India; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ENGIE India seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer for the DM - Substation Design to lead HV/EHV substation design, transmission lines, and related engineering from pre-bid through execution.

You will coordinate with procurement, construction teams, and external regulators, ensuring IEC, IEEE, NFPA standards and FAT audits are observed. AI exposure is advantageous but not required.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical engineering (bachelors or masters).
• 10+ years in power generation/oil and gas with design & detail engineering of complete plant.
• Knowledge of load flow, short circuit, relay coordination (ETAP/PowerFactory).
• Experience negotiating with suppliers/EPCs and conducting FAT audits.
• Mentored cross-functional teams (national/international).
• Exposure to AI with open-source models advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design and engineering of HV and EHV substations and transmission lines.
• Manage projects from pre-bid through execution, ensuring technical viability and supporting construction.
• Coordinate vendor evaluation, market tech assumptions and new developments.
• Prepare electrical calculations and project-specific tender documents.
• Review and prepare SLDs/Layouts for 33/132/220/400 kV substations and metering.
• Coordinate with procurement, O&M and engineering teams across multiple projects.
• Support standardization/R&D initiatives for electrical calculations and layouts.

Skills

Load flow analysis

Short circuit analysis

Relay coordination

Power system design

Vendor negotiations

Cross-functional leadership

FAT inspections

AI exposure

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

PowerFactory

Job description

The missions of the DM - Substation Design are :

• Will oversee the design and engineering of high voltage (HV) and extra high voltage (EHV) substations and transmission lines. This role involves managing new projects from the pre-bid stage through to execution, ensuring technical viability, and supporting construction activities. The Engineer will also be responsible for vendor evaluation, market technology assumptions, and new technical developments
• Manage and coordinate related Engineering work packages with respect to choice of technologies, technical configurations and for setting relevant performance, statutory, safety and quality requirements for multiple projects.
• Preparation of technical documentation during the contractual negotiations - Business Development stage in Pre-bid projects (in house engineering)
• Prepare electrical calculations for the listed deliverables such as Overhead line, Transformer, DG, Battery UPS, Earthing, lighting, lightening, short circuit force.
• Prepare various project specific tender documents such as Request for Purchase for specific equipment & Owners technical specifications.
• Preparation and review of SLDs & Layouts for 33/ 132/ 220/ 400 kV substation, Protection & metering SLDs for EHV as well as MV & LV of the complete renewable power projects.
• Preparation & review of layout such as Cable trench/ tray, Equipment’s of Substation & control room, Earthing, Lighting, Lightening.
• Propose various optimization possibilities from various designs of EPC for the pre-bid projects.
• Review of all the deliverables with EPC & OE in post bid projects.
• Review of OEM vendors drawings (Datasheet, GA, Calculations & QAP) for various electrical equipment such as Power transformer, IDTs, OHL, CTs, PTs, CB, Control relay Panels etc.
• Shall be aware of IEC, IEEE, NFPA standards with grid regulations such as SEC, TRANSCO, CEA for all the above said engineering calculations.
• Actively involve in Factory Acceptance test for all critical equipment during the detail engineering phase
• Work closely with the procurement and construction team to meet the organizational goals.
• Support & provide solutions on failures, RCA & technical queries across all sites in ENGIE. Have constructive dialogue with O&M & Engineering team to capture lessons learnt.
• Support & propose on new standardization/ R&D initiatives for the electrical calculations, Layouts & other deliverables.
• Actively coordinates with all internal team members (design, commissioning & Grid code compliance) and external team members (Reginal managers, O&M, Procurement) of multiple projects.

Pre-requisites:

• Degree in an Electrical engineering discipline, bachelors or masters
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in the power generation/ Oil and gas or equivalent sector with experience in design & detail engineering of complete plant
• Knowledge on power system design (ability to do load flow, short circuit, relay coordination in ETAP/ Power factory).
• Handled technical negotiations with supplier, EPCs
• Performed Factory audits & FAT inspections for electrical equipment.
• Managed/ mentored cross functional team (National/ International) with technical expertise would be advantageous.
• Exposure to Artificial Intelligence with various open source models would be advantageous.