Engineering Manager – HV Substations (EPC)

AtkinsRéalis; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 8,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Privilege Leave 20 days

Emergency Leave 13 days

Public holidays 14

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Career Progression

Job summary

Linxon, Chennai, seeks an Engineering Manager for HV Substations (EPC) to lead the project engineering team across primary, secondary, BIM, and civil disciplines. You will ensure design quality, coordinate with vendors, and drive delivery per project plans.

The role requires 18+ years in HV EPC environments, strong leadership, and excellent stakeholder communication. On-site with prominent projects in India and collaboration with global teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (Bachelor's or Master's).
• 18+ years in HV EPC substation design/engineering/execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the project engineering team across primary/secondary/CAD/BIM disciplines.
• Allocate resources and manage workload across EPC projects and phases.
• Ensure technical quality and compliance with codes and client specs.
• Coordinate with vendors and subcontractors for FATs and design reviews.
• Interface with project management, procurement, construction, and QA/QC teams.
• Present and defend engineering positions to senior stakeholders.

Skills

HV substation knowledge

Leadership

Project management

Interdisciplinary coordination

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

BIM software

CAD

Job description

Job Title: Engineering Manager – HV Substations (EPC)

Job Location: Chennai, India

Join Us!

We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!

What will you do?

Team Leadership

• Manage, coordinate, and develop the project engineering team, covering primary (substation layout, electrical calculations, studies), secondary (protection, control, automation, SCADA), BIM/3D modelling, and civil/structural engineering disciplines.
• Allocate engineering resources and Distribute workload across the allocated resources of the project team based on project phase, milestones, and priorities; scale the team up or down as projects move through ECI, detailed engineering, and site support phases.
• Set individual and team objectives, mentor engineers, and support technical skill development within the discipline groups.
• When responsible for multiple projects simultaneously, arbitrate priorities and resource allocation across projects in line with overall business objectives.
• Act as the primary point of contact for Principal Design Engineer in UK and guarantee the delivery of the design by GETS as per project plan.
• Attend weekly internal design review and monthly project plan review meetings.

Engineering Delivery & Technical Ownership

• Own the overall technical quality, consistency, and interdisciplinary coordination of the engineering deliverables (single line diagrams, layouts, protection & control schemes, civil/structural drawings, 3D BIM models, technical specifications).
• Ensure engineering outputs comply with applicable codes, standards, client technical specifications, and internal engineering standards.
• Resolve interdisciplinary technical conflicts (e.g., primary/civil layout clashes, secondary/primary interface issues) and ensure design freeze milestones are met.
• Review and approve Guarantee the review and the approval of the key technical documents and design packages before issue to client or procurement according to project delivery plan.

Vendor & Supplier Interface

• Act as the senior technical point of contact toward equipment vendors and subcontractors.
• Support technical clarification meetings, technical bid evaluations, factory acceptance tests (FAT), and design review meetings with suppliers.
• Ensure vendor technical documentation (drawings, datasheets, calculations) is reviewed, commented, and approved in line with project schedule.

Internal Coordination & Stakeholder Management

• Interface with the wider project engineering organization (project management, procurement, construction, commissioning, QA/QC) to align engineering priorities with overall project schedule and deliverables.
• Represent the engineering function in internal project review meetings, steering committees, and client-facing technical discussions.
• Communicate risks, technical constraints, and schedule impacts clearly and proactively to project leadership and internal stakeholders.
• Act as a credible, senior technical voice able to defend engineering positions and priorities in front of internal stakeholders and management.

Experience, Education And Other Required

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (Bachelor'S or Master's level).
• Minimum 18+ years of experience required, with a solid background in the HV EPC substation business (design, engineering, and/or execution of AIS/GIS substations, HV equipment, protection & control systems).
• Proven experience managing or leading a multidisciplinary engineering team (primary, secondary, civil, and/or BIM disciplines).
• Track record of managing engineering scope on EPC substation projects, ideally with exposure to both single-project and multi-project engineering management.
• Direct experience interfacing with equipment vendors and subcontractors on technical matters (technical clarifications, bid evaluation, design reviews, FAT).
• Experience working within a structured project engineering environment, coordinating with project management, procurement, and construction functions.
• Strong technical grounding across HV substation engineering disciplines, sufficient to arbitrate between primary, secondary, civil, and BIM inputs.
• Solid understanding of project engineering processes: design freeze, document control, interdisciplinary coordination, schedule-driven deliverables.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills, with the ability to organize, motivate, and hold a technical team accountable.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, comfortable presenting and defending positions to senior internal and client stakeholders.
• Strong personality and presence, with the seniority and confidence to front demanding internal stakeholders and represent engineering interests at project level.
• Fluent in English (additional languages an advantage depending on project geography).

What We Offer

In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and benefits,

• 20 days Privilege Leave, 13 days Emergency leave and 14 Public holidays per year
• Medical Insurance, Life Insurance and Career Progression
• When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon - we encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you'll see things our way, too.

About Linxon

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.

We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.

Linxon's vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.