Lead Project Engineer - Civil

AtkinsRéalis; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical insurance

Career progression

Job summary

Linxon IN OPC-Chennai Engineering Team is seeking a Project Engineer – OPC who will contribute to the effective operation of the project unit. The role requires extensive civil/structural design work for substations and coordination with clients, site teams, and suppliers.

You will develop tender deliverables, ensure adherence to civil engineering standards, manage documentation, and support design reviews.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in substation civil/structural design.
• Complete civil design knowledge for AIS & GIS substation foundations.
• Pile foundation design experience and site grading expertise.
• Experience with drainage, SWPPP, stormwater and erosion control planning.
• HV substation civil design and documentation for UK utilities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, plan and apply standard techniques for engineering assignments.
• Prepare tender engineering deliverables with quality in short timeframes.
• Coordinate with site teams, subcontractors and suppliers on technical interfaces.
• Ensure compliance with Linxon guidelines and complete project documentation.
• Develop work plans and cost estimates within responsibility area.
• Attend design reviews and support risk and lessons learned.

Skills

Project management

Quality assurance

Detail civil design

Coordination with teams

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Civil/Structural Engineering

Tools

STAAD Pro

SAP2000

AutoCAD

SAFE Foundation

Job description

Role Overview

We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon! The Project Engineer – OPC will be a member of Linxon IN OPC-Chennai Engineering Team and will contribute towards the effective operation of the project unit.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, selects and applies standard techniques and procedures to perform engineering assignments. Provides technical support for installation and commissioning activities. Prepares project documentation within one's scope of deliverables.
• Develop the tender engineering deliverable in short time period with quality.
• Secure the completeness of the assigned packages and correct function of the resulting substation system.
• Confirm the engineering is developed, taken into consideration the complete information and all inter‑discipline checks have been conducted, the results are documented in the project specific storage area.
• Solves problems that appear during engineering development.
• Focus on cost‑efficient system solutions.
• Report and keep records for all engineering changes. Cooperate with the engineering team and agree on the project specific impacts caused by the changes.
• Ensure compliance with Linxon and Client engineering guidelines, standards and quality across the complete engineering process.
• Creates work plans and cost estimates in own area of responsibility.
• Co‑ordinate clarification with engineers, sub‑contractors and suppliers technical issues (within the assigned scope of work) and technical interfaces.
• Collaborate with the site team, attend site during construction phase if necessary.
• Contribute to the risk & opportunity register, by communicating observations.
• Prepare all technical documentation for the equipment specification as input to the purchase requisitions.
• Contribute to the up‑to‑date design issue log.
• Safety – Understand and follow Linxon OHS procedures and guidelines.
• Participate at design reviews.
• Provide input for close‑out report and lessons learned, and follow/review lessons learned for next projects.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree / master's degree in Civil / Structural Engineering.
• 15+ years of experience in substation design on Civil and Structural.
• Complete design knowledge on Civil design and detail engineering of AIS & GIS substation foundation, Structures up to 400kV.
• Pile foundation design skills.
• Site / grading development grading plan, section, details and cut & fill quantities table.
• Site drainage layout preparation.
• Flood plain mitigation plan.
• SWPPP plan.
• Stormwater drainage plan, attenuation features section and details.
• Erosion control plan, sections and details.
• Road plan, section and details including culvert and existing road connections.
• Soil management and site facilities plan, section and details.
• Final finish surfacing plan, section and details.
• Knowledge of ANSI standards for substation civil engineering is desired.
• Overall engineering design experience on base, detail civil, structural engineering in GIS or AIS substation for UK utilities is required.
• Hands‑on experience in HV substation civil, structural design engineering preparation of site grading, foundation design and detailed engineering drawings, structural design and detailed engineering drawings, preparation BOM, building design and detailing, etc.
• Review of consultant design and drawings and provide in‑depth comments.
• Coordinate with site, customer, consultant and contractor.
• Work with complete engineering team.
• Complete design experience on civil software like STAAD Pro, SAP 2000 Structural Analysis, SAFE Foundation Analysis, L pile, AUTOCAD applications and tools.
• Understanding of electronic records management systems.
• High attention to detail and quality.

Benefits

• 20 days privilege leave, 13 days emergency leave and 14 public holidays per year.
• Medical insurance, life insurance and career progression.
• Flexibility to work from home or as part of a hybrid model.

EEO Statement

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.