Project Engineer - Civil

Snc-Lavalin; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Privilege leave 20d

Emergency leave 13d

Public holidays 14

Medical insurance

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Linxon is seeking a Project Engineer – Civil in Chennai to lead civil design across substations (AIS/GIS) and oversee foundation, structure, and transmission line aspects. You will ensure quality, safety, and cross‑disciplinary coordination, with site collaboration as needed.

Ideal candidate brings 6–10 years in HV substation civil design, proficiency in industry software, and a track record of delivering detailed engineering drawings in line with contract specifications.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of experience in substation design with focus on HV equipment and overall system design.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in civil engineering.
• Complete knowledge of civil design and detail engineering of AIS & GIS substations and transmission line design.
• Experience with ANSI standards for substation civil engineering (preferred).
• Overall engineering design experience on base, detail civil, structural engineering in GIS or AIS substations and transmission lines for UK utilities.
• Hands‑on experience in HV substation civil and structural design and detailed drawings.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, select and apply standard techniques to perform engineering assignments.
• Provide technical support for installation and commissioning activities.
• Prepare project documentation within scope of deliverables.
• Develop tender engineering deliverables with quality and completeness.
• Coordinate technical issues with engineers, sub‑contractors and suppliers.
• Collaborate with the site team during construction and participate in design reviews.
• Ensure compliance with Linxon and client guidelines and standards.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

STAAD Pro

SAP 2000

SAFE

L pile

L shaft

RISA

AutoCAD

PLS CAD

PLS tower

PLS pole

Job description

Project Engineer – Civil

Location: Chennai, India

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 role involves providing design for the engineering discipline across multiple engineering projects within the OPC, delivering assignments on moderate-sized or major projects cost‑effectively and in accordance with contract specifications and quality standards. Highest quality and safety requirements are applied.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, select and apply standard techniques and procedures to perform engineering assignments.
• Provide technical support for installation and commissioning activities.
• Prepare project documentation within scope of deliverables.
• Develop tender engineering deliverable in short period with quality and secure completeness of assigned packages.
• Confirm engineering is developed, considering complete information and all inter‑discipline checks, and that results are documented in the project‑specific storage area.
• Solve problems that appear during engineering development with focus on cost‑efficient system solutions.
• Report and keep records for all engineering changes; cooperate with engineering team and agree on project‑specific impacts caused by changes.
• Ensure compliance with Linxon and client engineering guidelines, standards and quality across the complete engineering process.
• Create work plans and cost estimates in own area of responsibility.
• Coordinate and clarify technical issues with engineers, sub‑contractors and suppliers within 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 equipment specification as input to purchase requisitions.
• Participate at design reviews.
• Provide input for close‑out report and lessons learned, and review lessons learned for next projects.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of experience in substation design with focus on HV equipment expertise and overall system design.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in civil engineering.
• Complete knowledge of civil design and detail engineering of AIS & GIS substation foundation, structures up to 500 kV and transmission line design for various voltage levels.
• Experience with ANSI standards for substation civil engineering (preferred).
• Overall engineering design experience on base, detail civil, structural engineering in GIS or AIS substation and transmission line for UK utilities.
• Proficiency with ANSI units such as feet, inches, pounds.
• Hands‑on experience in HV substation civil and structural design, preparation of site grading, foundation design, detailed engineering drawings, building design and detailing.
• Review of consultant design and drawing and provide in‑depth comments; coordinate with site, customer, consultant and contractor.
• Complete design experience on civil software: STAAD Pro, SAP 2000, SAFE, L pile, L shaft, RISA, AutoCAD.
• Experience in transmission line design using PLS CAD, PLS tower, PLS pole.
• Understanding of electronic records management systems.
• High attention to detail and quality.
• Pile foundation design skills.
• Site grading development and drainage layout preparation.

Benefits

• 20 days privilege leave
• 13 days emergency leave
• 14 public holidays per year
• Medical insurance, life insurance
• Career progression opportunities

EEO Statement

At Linxon, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnicity or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.