Senior Project Engineer - Primary

Snc-Lavalin; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Privilege Leave

Emergency Leave

Public Holidays

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Career Progression

Job summary

Linxon, a Linxon company, is seeking a Senior Project Engineer in Chennai to contribute to HV substation design and construction on international projects.

You will lead primary engineering for AIS and GIS projects, coordinate with global teams, and deliver layouts, calculations, and interface definitions per Linxon standards. Strong communication and substation expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical Engineering (utility/EPC background preferred).
• 10+ years substation engineering experience in Utilities or EPC industry.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across multicultural teams.
• Expert knowledge in Substation design, layouts, primary design & calculations, grounding & lightning, steel design inputs, transformers, HV/MV switchgear.

Responsibilities

• Lead primary engineering for large EHV/HV AIS & GIS substations on international projects.
• Coordinate within Linxon engineering teams and with partners, sub-suppliers, and civil engineers.
• Provide information for civil design and interface coordination between construction planning and equipment suppliers.
• Develop technical concepts for layouts, specifications, and connection materials considering costs and standards.
• Produce technical calculations, purchasing specs, and schedules for project equipment.

Skills

Substation design

Electrical engineering

HV/MV systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Senior Project Engineer Job Location: Chennai, India

Join Us! We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy’s deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!

The Senior Project Engineer will be a member of the Linxon INOPC Engineering Team and will contribute towards the effective execution of the engineering functions within projects and tenders. The Engineer will work in a skilled team on a wide range of international T&D substation projects. The position will focus on the project and tender engineering and its interfaces and scope of work involved in HV - substation design and construction projects.

What will you do?

Primary Engineering of large and complex EHV/HV Air & Gas Insulated Substation (AIS & GIS) projects internationally: Responsible for Primary engineering activities from project/tender start till the As-Built stage with strict adherence to Project Specifications & Linxon standards including QA/QC, HSSE & Integrity. Coordinate within Linxon engineering team (local & remote/global), internal & external partners, sub-suppliers, secondary engineers & civil engineers. Provide information for civil designs and coordination of interfaces between construction planning, steel structure engineering, protection and control system, auxiliary power system and all equipment suppliers for the project. Sound application knowledge of such GIS, transformers, Switchgears Reactors up to 400kV. Sound knowledge on engineering of transmission and distribution practices (up to 400kV) Responsible for engineering of assigned equipment packages like Switchgear, Transformer, Reactors, Hardware & fittings, CT/VT/SA, HV/MV/LV cables etc. Provide technical solution for substations comprising Single line diagram, technical information, layouts and associated detail drawings and documents by established applicable standards, processes, operation & maintenance requirements, OHSE considerations and customer specifications. Develop technical concepts for Layouts, technical specifications, selection of equipment and connection material considering costs, quality, international standards, and material. Provide technical calculations, technical purchasing specification and schedules for all equipment for projects or tenders.

Experience, Education and other Required:

Bachelor or master’s in electrical engineering or equivalent 10+ years substation engineering experience in Utilities or EPC industry. Good communication skill, to interact with external and internal parties at all levels in a multi-cultural environment. Expert knowledge in Substation design and engineering, Layouts, Primary design & calculations, Grounding & Lightning design, Steel design inputs, transformers, HV & MV Switchgear systems.

What we offer:

• 20 days Privilege Leave
• 13 days Emergency leave
• 14 Public holidays per year
• Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Career Progression

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.

#LI-LIN About Linxon Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity. We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy’s deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.

Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future.

If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

Building the infrastructure to power the world - we are Linxon! - YouTube

Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular 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, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Linxon is a joint venture company set up by AtkinsRéalis and Hitachi Energy to deliver turnkey electrical AC substation projects. At Linxon, we are the experts for substations related to renewable and conventional power generation, power transmission and transportation solutions. Our responsibility includes project design, engineering, procurement, construction, management and finally commissioning. Our team combines project management expertise and industry leading technology to create a true partner for reliable, sustainable energy solutions.