Secondary Engineer

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids in Chennai is seeking an experienced electrical design engineer to support tendering and project design. You will review specifications, develop protection schemes, and create detailed diagrams for control panels and auxiliary systems, ensuring interfaces with primary equipment and SCADA/RTU systems.

The role requires expertise in designing protection, wiring, and schematics, with focus on safety and on-time delivery.

Responsibilities

• Review Tender documents and technical specs; prepare a Design Intent Document.
• Prepare Protection SLDs showing relay principles and metering schemes.
• Draft Functional Design Standards and Descriptions for control panels.
• Create signal lists, trip matrices, logics and interlocks.
• Review vendor drawings; technically vet Control & Relay panels and auxiliaries.
• Develop schematic diagrams for interfaces in Control & Relay Panel schemes.
• Provide relay ordering information for procurement.
• Prepare circuit diagrams for new and retrofit set-ups.
• Create Cable block diagrams and Cable Schedule & BoQ for ordering.
• Produce Wiring/Termination diagrams and Core sheets; draft SCS IO Schedule.
• Exhibit Panel Engineering expertise: layouts, wiring tables, terminal tables.
• Compute voltage drop for trip/close coils and LVAC cables.
• Mark up existing drawings with red/green annotations per standards.
• Interface with Primary Equipment, BCUs/SCADA/RTU/Tele protection is essential.
• Design Auxiliary Power System aspects: LV AC, DC panels, battery sizing, cabling.
• Configure relays where applicable; AIS & GIS secondary designs knowledge helpful.
• Coordinate with primary, lead engineer, sourcing and other departments for progress.
• Evaluate vendor offers; FAT/SAT of primary/secondary equipment as needed.
• Ensure on-time design deliverables; monitor project schedule impacts.
• Obtain customer approvals for designs and drawings; assess risk/opportunity.
• Participate in customer meetings/site visits for tender/project clarifications.
• Support interface during erection and commissioning; estimate engineering effort for tender.
• Propose ideas to reduce engineering effort; drive quality system improvements.
• Maintain safety through design principles across the project lifecycle.

Job description

Able to perform the following activities:

• Review of Tender document, technical specifications and preparation of Design Intent Document
• Preparation of Protection SLD showing principles, relays and meters
• Preparation of Functional Design Standards/Descriptions
• Preparation of Signal list, trip matrix, Logics & Interlocks
• Review of Vendor drawings and documents (technical vetting of Control & Relay panels, Auxiliary System)
• Preparation of schematic diagrams for the interface’s equipment in Control & Relay Panel scheme thus providing completeness
• Preparation of relay ordering information.
• Preparation of circuit diagrams – New & Existing Set-up (applicable for retrofit projects)
• Preparation of Cable block diagram
• Preparation of Cable Schedule & BoQ estimation for ordering
• Preparation of Wiring/Termination diagrams
• Preparation of Core sheets
• Preparation of SCS IO Schedule
• Panel Engineering Expertise (Layouts, circuit diagram, wiring table, terminal table etc.,) - Preferred
• Preparation of Voltage drop calculation - Trip & Close coil, LVAC power cable
• Identification of existing drawings and modifying them using Red and Green markups as per standard requirements
• Interface knowledge with Primary Equipment, Bay Controller Units /SCADA/RTU/Tele protection are essential
• Auxiliary Power System design like Low Voltage AC Panel & DC Panel requirements, Aux Tr and Battery & Charger Sizing, ACDC Cable sizing & CB selectivity study.
• Relay configuration (Preferred)
• Excellent knowledge in AIS & GIS secondary designs.
• Co-ordination with other departments like primary, lead engineer, sourcing, C&R factory counterpart & own department control and protection etc. for design progress & completion
• Vendor Offer Evaluations. FAT / SAT of primary secondary equipment, system as and when needed.
• Ensure Ontime delivery of design deliverables & to be vigilant on project schedule impacts.
• Responsible for obtaining customer approvals for the designs and drawings
• Technical risk and opportunity assessment and validation
• Take part in customer meetings / site visits for tender/project clarifications
• Support and act as interface engineer during erection & commissioning
• Estimation of engineering effort for each project for costing at tender stage
• Innovative ideas to reduce Engineering effort
• Plan, implement, review and continuously improvise quality system
• Ensure the Safety through design principles which meant for complete project lifecycle.

Having an idea about the following activities:

• Vendor Offer Evaluations. FAT / SAT of primary secondary equipment, system as and when needed.
• Ensure Ontime delivery of design deliverables & to be vigilant on project schedule impacts.
• Technical data sheets verification of equipment’s. Knowledge of equipment, such as circuit breakers, disconnectors, earthing switches, instrument transformers, power transformers, etc
• Technical risk and opportunity assessment and validation
• Take part in customer meetings / site visits for tender/project clarifications
• Support and act as interface engineer during erection & commissioning
• Estimation of engineering effort for each project for costing at tender stage
• Innovative ideas to reduce Engineering effort
• Vendor Offer Evaluations. FAT / SAT of primary secondary equipment, system as and when needed.
• Ensure Ontime delivery of design deliverables & to be vigilant on project schedule impacts.
• Support and act as interface engineer during erection & commissioning
• Plan, implement, review and continuously improvise quality system & follow OPEX initiatives

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.