Deputy Manager - Substation Design

ENGIE India; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

ENGIE India is looking for an experienced Engineer to oversee the design and engineering of high voltage and extra high voltage substations. This multifaceted role involves managing new projects from pre-bid to execution, ensuring technical viability, and supporting construction activities.

The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of experience in power generation, a degree in Electrical engineering, and a strong knowledge of power system design. Responsibilities include preparing technical documentation, electrical calculations, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in power generation or equivalent sector.
• Experience in design and detail engineering of complete plants.
• Knowledge of IEC, IEEE, NFPA standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design and engineering of high voltage substations.
• Manage engineering work packages for multiple projects.
• Prepare electrical calculations for various deliverables.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Power system design

Load flow analysis

Short circuit calculations

Technical negotiations

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

Power Factory

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.