Senior Project Engineer - Civil

Snc-Lavalin; Chennai District; Sur place; INR 1 200 000 - 1 800 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

20 days privilege leave

13 days emergency leave

Medical insurance

Life insurance

Career progression opportunities

Résumé du poste

Snc-Lavalin is seeking a Senior Project Engineer – Civil for their Chennai office. The role requires over 12 years of experience in substation design, focusing specifically on high voltage equipment and civil engineering. Responsibilities include evaluating engineering assignments, preparing project documentation, and collaborating with teams to ensure compliance with engineering standards.

The ideal candidate holds a degree in civil engineering and possesses hands-on experience with civil software like STAADPro and AutoCAD.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in substation design focused on HV equipment.
• Complete design knowledge on civil design and detail engineering.
• Experience in transmission line design using PLSCAD and related tools.

Responsabilités

• Evaluate and apply standard techniques for engineering assignments.
• Prepare project documentation within scope.
• Cooperate with the engineering team and agree on project impacts.

Connaissances

Substation design

Civil engineering

HV equipment expertise

Detail engineering

Proficiency in STAADPro

Attention to detail

Project documentation

Formation

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in civil engineering

Outils

STAADPro

AutoCAD

PLSCAD

Description du poste

Senior Project Engineer – Civil

Location: Chennai, India

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 one’s scope of deliverables.
• Develop tender engineering deliverables in a short period with quality.
• Secure the completeness of the assigned packages and correct function of the resulting substation system.
• Confirm that engineering is developed, taking into account complete information and all inter‑disciplinary checks, and that the results are documented in the project‑specific storage area.
• Solve 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.
• Create work plans and cost estimates in own area of responsibility.
• Coordinate and clarify with engineers, sub‑contractors and suppliers on 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 and opportunity register by communicating observations.
• Prepare all technical documentation for the equipment specification as input to purchase requisitions.
• Participate in design reviews.
• Provide input for close‑out report and lessons learned, and follow‑up on lessons learned for future projects.

Qualifications

• 12+ 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 design knowledge on civil design and detail engineering of AIS & GIS substation foundations, structures up to 500kV and transmission line design for various voltage levels.
• Knowledge of ANSI standards for substation civil engineering (desired).
• Overall engineering design experience on base, detail civil, structural engineering in GIS or AIS substation and transmission line for UK utilities (required).
• Proficiency in ANSI units such as feet, inches, pounds, etc. (preferred).
• Hands‑on experience in HV substation civil, structural design engineering preparation of site grading, foundation design and detailed engineering drawings, Bill of Materials, building design and detailing.
• Review of consultant designs and drawings with in‑depth comments.
• Coordinate with site, customer, consultant and contractor.
• Work with complete engineering team.
• Experience with civil software such as STAADPro, SAP2000, SAFE Foundation Analysis, L pile, L shaft, RISA, AutoCAD.
• Experience in transmission line design using PLSCAD, PLS tower, PLS pole, etc., and understanding of electronic records management systems.
• High attention to detail and quality.
• Pile foundation design skills.
• Site grading development (grading plan, sections, details and cut & fill quantities table).
• Site drainage layout preparation.
• Final finish surfacing plan, section and details.

Benefits & Compensation

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

Diversity and Inclusion

We encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more, and we value a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.