Principal Engineer II - Electrical

VitalAire Canada Inc.; New Delhi; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Liquide seeks a Principal Engineer to lead electrical engineering across projects, ensuring safe, compliant, reliable and cost-effective design and execution within contractual constraints.

You will drive discipline standards, review vendor documents, and manage KPIs while coordinating with PM teams to optimize workflows and training for engineers and designers.

Qualifications

• 15-18 years of EPC or detailed design engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of electrical design calculations and standards.
• Experience reviewing vendor drawings and technical bid evaluations.
• Proven ability to lead discipline teams and coordinate with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead Electrical Engineering for projects and ensure compliance with Discipline and Job Manuals.
• Deliver high-quality design outputs within contractual and schedule constraints.
• Review and approve vendor documents and drawings for electrical equipment.
• Coordinate safety principles, standards, and QA/QC procedures.
• Provide technical guidance and training to engineers and designers.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Project Leadership

Process Compliance

HSE & QA/QC

Vendor Coordination

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor/Master in Electrical Engineering

MTech/ME in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

DIALux

AutoCAD

Job description

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Principal Engineer is part of the hierarchical organization, reporting directly to the Head of the Department as direct discipline superior. Principal Engineer is having strong ability in technical matters with profound knowledge of applicable Engineering principles and processes with an emphasis on safe, compliant, reliable, efficient and practical solutions required for the engineering design and execution of proposals and projects. Principal Engineer acts as the discipline lead engineer for various proposals and projects and is responsible to deliver the work within contractual framework, quality, and schedule and overall cost effectiveness, in order to meet the overall project desired results.

General:

• Participates in the development and implementation of engineering practices, workflows and procedures; recommends and implements resulting specs and procedures.
• Participates in reviews of work activities and projects; monitors workflow.
• Consults with and makes recommendations to SME and Project Management Teams.
• Controls key parameters (KPIs), benchmarks and efficiency figures to be applied in estimating equipment, material and man-hours.
• Contributes to optimization of engineering practices, workflows and procedures based on collected KPIs.
• Coordinates and participates in the training programs for Engineers and Designers in the department.

Project execution

• Ensures compliance to Discipline Manual and Job Manual during project execution to ensure that all contractual requirements are implemented and fulfilled.
• Ensures good quality of the deliverables for the design work.
• Ensures completion of WBS elements within allotted man-hours and schedule dates.
• Contributes to implementation of safety relevant principles, standards, rules and procedures.
• Manages the technical procurement activities for various types of equipment.
• Reviews and approves Vendor documents applicable for the Discipline.
• Attends to inspections as per requirement of the inspection department
• Site assistance through replying to site queries.
• Able to perform MHRS calculations using Discipline calculation tool.

Technical Community

• Participates in the development of Discipline related technical standards, specifications and design criteria.

HSE, QA/QC

• Executes applicable scope of work in compliance with the requirements of the HSE Management System and IMS for the discipline/project.
• Ensures that the documentation is prepared, checked and approved according to Project Quality Plan and ready to be released.

DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE

• Leads & coordinates Electrical Engineering for Projects. Has wide discipline knowledge; good coordination skill with all the other Engineering disciplines, engineering sub-contractors, vendors and construction teams.
• Review of client ITB and provide clarifications / deviations for such proposals, Prepare of estimates wrt Cost, Man-hours
• Technical Strength in Various Electrical Calculations such as Power Balance, Cable Sizing, Earthing Calculations, Lighting Calculations, Lightning Protection Calculations using various tools such as excel based & ETAP, DIALUX etc.
• Electrical System studies in ETAP for Short Circuit, Load Flow & Motor Starting
• Protection Relay coordination study
• Experience in preparation of Cable list & interconnection schedule
• Technical Strength in Layout engineering - Hazardous Area Layouts, Cable Routing (above &underground), Conduit & Tray Sizing, Earthing/Grounding Layouts, Lighting Layouts & Circuiting, Lightning Protection Layouts
• Experience in working & Co-ordinating with International Vendor
• Inquiry & Purchase requisition, Equipment data sheet, Technical bid evaluation for Electrical equipment

Are you a MATCH?

Experience - 15- 18 Years of experience in EPC or Detail design engineering company in the engineering discipline for execution of projects in various sectors like Oil & Gas, Air Separation, Energy, Refining, Petrochemicals Education: MTech /ME , BTech / BE - Electrical Engineering Experience in Inspections of Various Electrical Items ex Motors, Switchgears, UPS, DC systems etc. Vendor Drawing Review of Transformer, MV & LV switchgears, Capacitor Bank, UPS & DC system, Soft Starter, LV VFD, MV & LV Motor, Heater, DG, Cable Familiar with International Standards like NFPA, NEC, IEEE, ANSI, IEC, IS . Anticipation and Identification of risks and opportunities and recommend mitigations during execution Effective Communication skills with proactive coordination to manage interdiscipline workflow. Ability to identify cost optimization opportunities during project execution . Tool proficiency - ETAP, DIALux, Auto-CAD Experience in VSI & LCI Soft Starter, LV VFD Experience in working on Large Machines 5 MW and above Induction, Synchronous Motors & Turbines #LI-KB1

Company Culture

Our Differences make our Performance At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world. A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health. Through the passion and diversity of its people, Air Liquide leverages energy and environment transition, changes in healthcare and digitization, and delivers greater value to all its stakeholders. Join us for a stimulating experience: you’ll find a world of learning and development opportunities where inventiveness is at the heart of what we do, in an open, collaborative and respectful environment. Discover what your professional journey at Air Liquide could be here!