Group Lead - Energy & Utilities

Indovance

Pune District

On-site

INR 4,200,000 - 7,800,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Job summary

Indovance Private Limited in Pune seeks a senior operations leader to own the offshore engineering delivery unit for energy and power systems projects. You will manage a 50+ multi-disciplinary team including CAD, BIM, electrical and project coordinators, ensuring scope, timelines and quality for international clients.

The role demands 15+ years in engineering delivery within energy utilities or renewables, with hands-on experience in power systems and offshore delivery.

Qualifications

  • ME/M.Tech in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
  • 15+ years in engineering delivery, operations or tech leadership in energy utilities or power systems.
  • Strong hands-on background in renewable energy, power distribution, transmission, substation design, and offshore delivery.
  • Experience managing offshore or distributed teams for international clients, preferably North America.

Responsibilities

  • Own delivery and business-unit metrics including margins, utilization, and project profitability.
  • Scale a 50+ offshore engineering delivery unit with CAD/ BIM professionals and engineers.
  • Manage client relationships with North American and European clients, including scope, timelines and changes.
  • Maintain technical accuracy across power systems and renewables.
  • Perform multi-tier QA/QC for SLDs, layouts, and substation designs.
  • Ensure compliance with ISO 9001, NEC, NESC, IEEE, IEC and local standards.
  • Develop governance, dashboards, SOPs, and design libraries for predictable delivery.
  • Monitor utilization, margins, and cost-to-serve; drive automation and templates.

Skills

English communication
Client relationship mgmt
Leadership & mentoring
Offshore delivery management
Automation & QAQC

Education

M.E./M.Tech in Electrical Engineering
Power Systems Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical
ETAP
DigSILENT
PLS-CADD
Civil 3D
Revit
Bentley Substation
PVSyst

Job description

Full time | Indovance Private Limited | India

Posted On 24/09/2026

Job Information

Number of Positions 1

Department Name Operations

Experience Required 15+

Qualification ME / M Tech Electrical

City Pune City

State/Province Maharashtra

411001

Job Description
Key Responsibilities
  • Business Unit Ownership: Own delivery and business-unit metrics including gross margins, billable utilization, delivery SLAs, project profitability, client retention, NPS, and engineering bench readiness.
  • Operational Scaling: Build, manage, and scale a 50+ member offshore engineering delivery unit comprising CAD draftspersons, BIM modelers, electrical engineers, structural engineers, and project coordinators.
  • Client Relationship Management: Serve as the senior operational and technical point of contact for North American and European enterprise clients, managing scope, timelines, deliverables, escalations, RFIs, change orders, and service-level commitments.
  • Technical Leadership: Own the technical accuracy of deliverables across power systems, renewables, substations, and transmission/distribution projects.
  • Quality Gatekeeping: Establish and perform multi-tier QA/QC reviews for single line diagrams, schematic layouts, cable tray layouts, substation design packages, solar PV string layouts, T&D route plans, and CAD/BIM deliverables.
  • Standards Compliance: Ensure all project deliverables comply with client specifications, ISO 9001 quality practices, utility guidelines, NEC, NESC, IEEE, IEC, and relevant local standards.
  • Delivery Governance: Create planning rhythms, dashboards, review mechanisms, risk registers, escalation protocols, SOPs, technical checklists, and reusable design libraries for predictable execution.
  • Financial Performance: Monitor utilization, resource allocation, project margins, billing leakage, productivity, rework cost, and cost-to-serve across the business unit.
  • Automation and Efficiency: Drive adoption of automation tools, custom scripts, reusable templates, and software integrations to improve turnaround time, reduce rework, and increase delivery efficiency.
  • Software and Workflow Excellence: Standardize workflows across AutoCAD Electrical, ETAP, DigSILENT, PLS-CADD, Bentley Substation, Revit MEP, Civil 3D, and PVSyst as applicable.
  • Talent Development: Define skill matrices, training roadmaps, hiring plans, mentoring systems, succession pipelines, and capability-building initiatives for drafting and engineering teams.
  • Continuous Improvement: Identify recurring delivery and design errors, improve review mechanisms, and strengthen the offshore production pipeline for speed, accuracy, consistency, and client confidence
Requirements
  • M.E. / M.Tech in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • 15+ years of engineering delivery, operations, project execution, or technical leadership experience in energy, utilities, renewables, or power systems.
  • Strong hands-on background in renewable energy, power distribution, transmission, substation design, and offshore engineering delivery.
  • Minimum 10+ years of experience managing offshore or distributed engineering teams for international clients, preferably in North American markets.
  • Strong knowledge of solar PV, wind balance of plant, utility interconnection, protection concepts, equipment layouts, grounding, cable routing, primary/secondary engineering, and T&D deliverables.
  • Advanced working knowledge of AutoCAD Electrical, ETAP or DigSILENT, PLS-CADD, and integration with Civil 3D, Revit, Bentley Substation, or PVSyst workflows.
  • Deep familiarity with IEEE, NESC, IEC, NEC, ISO 9001 practices, and utility-specific design standards.
  • Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary teams, delivery governance, client escalations, operational KPIs, margins, design quality, and technical capability building.
  • Excellent English communication skills with a client-first, analytical, high-ownership, detail-oriented leadership style.
Success Measures
  • Build and stabilize a 50+ billale FTEs delivery unit with clear role structure, utilization discipline, and technical depth by Mar'27.
  • Maintain 85%+ billable utilization while protecting delivery quality, technical accuracy, and team sustainability.
  • Achieve strong client satisfaction and retention
  • Improve first-time-right delivery of drawing packages, engineering models, and design outputs.
  • Reduce rework through structured QA/QC, design review mechanisms, SOPs, and technical checklists.
  • Improve profitability through stronger planning, resource allocation, automation, and delivery governance.
  • Develop a stronger technical bench through structured training, mentoring, and standardized design methodologies.
  • Strengthen client confidence in Indovance's engineering capability for energy transition projects.
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