EPC Lead Electrical Engineer

Vivanet; Delhi; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Vivanet is seeking a seasoned Electrical Engineering Lead with 17+ years in EPC environments and 10+ years in detail design across Oil & Gas, Energy, Refining and Petrochemicals. The role focuses on discipline leadership, safe and cost-effective solutions, and delivering projects within scope, schedule and budget.

The ideal candidate will mentor teams, drive standards, and coordinate with procurement, inspection, and project management to ensure quality outcomes. Reports to Head of Department.

Qualifications

• Education: BE/BTech/ME/MTech or Diploma/AMIE in Electrical.
• Overall EPC/detail design experience of 17+ years; 10+ years in degree holders or 15+ years in diploma holders in Oil & Gas, Energy, Refining, Petrochemicals.
• Soft skills: safety mindset, customer focus, performance management, teamwork, people management, proactive problem solving, cross-cultural adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Engineering Practices: Develops, implements, and optimizes workflows, specs, KPIs.
• Project Execution: Ensures compliance with manuals, quality deliverables, WBS, inter-discipline reviews, vendor deliverables.
• Technical Community: Contributes to standards, specifications, seminars, training.
• Competency Management: Mentors engineers, captures lessons learned, drives innovations.

Skills

Electrical design

Power system calculations

System studies

Substation & switchgear

Protection & earthing

Lighting design

Project leadership

Vendor interface

Education

BE/BTech/ME/MTech or Diploma/AMIE in Electrical

Tools

NFPA

NEC

IEEE

IEC/IS standards

Job description

Delhi, People already based in Delhi/NCR preferred

Work Summary

Seasoned Electrical Engineering Lead with 10+ years’ experience in EPC and detailed design projects across Oil & Gas, Energy, Refining, and Petrochemicals. Proven expertise in discipline leadership, ensuring safe, compliant, and cost-effective engineering solutions while driving project execution within contractual, quality, and schedule frameworks.

Reports to Head of Department.

Acts as discipline lead engineer for proposals and projects.

Ensures safe, compliant, reliable, efficient, and cost-effective engineering design and execution.

Internal: HOD, discipline members, project/proposal managers, engineering manager, procurement, inspection, document control.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Practices: Develops, implements, and optimizes workflows, specs, KPIs.

Project Execution: Ensures compliance with manuals, quality deliverables, WBS completion, inter-discipline reviews, vendor deliverables, site query resolution.

Technical Community: Contributes to standards, specifications, seminars, training.

Competency Management: Mentors engineers, implements lessons learnt, stays updated with innovations.

Domain Knowledge Required (Electrical Engineering)

Strong in Electrical design: SLDs, substation/switchgear, grounding, lighting, cathodic protection, tracing systems.

Proficient in Electrical calculations: power balance, cable sizing, earthing, lighting, lightning protection.

Skilled in System studies: short circuit, load flow, motor starting, relay coordination.

Experienced in Layout engineering: hazardous area layouts, cable routing, conduit/tray sizing.

Familiar with International standards: NFPA, NEC, IEEE, ANSI, IEC, IS.

Education: BE/BTech/ME/MTech or Diploma/AMIE in Electrical.

Experience: Overall 17+ years in EPC, 10+ years (degree) / 15+ years (diploma) in EPC/detail design across Oil & Gas, Energy, Refining, Petrochemicals.

Soft Skills: Safety mindset, customer focus, performance management, interpersonal/teamwork, people management, proactive problem-solving, adaptability across cultures.

This role demands a seasoned electrical engineering leader with deep technical expertise, strong vendor/client interface skills, and proven ability to deliver projects within cost, schedule, and quality frameworks. Beyond technical mastery, the emphasis is on mentorship, safety, optimization, and cross-disciplinary coordination.