Senior Project Engineer - Secondary

AtkinsRéalis; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave & holidays

Global career progression

Medical & life insurance

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Chennai, India, seeks a Senior Project Engineer for secondary substations to lead engineering from tender to as-built with strict QA/QC and HSSE adherence.

You will coordinate with local and global teams, provide P&C system design, metering, SCADA, and interface engineering, and deliver accurate cable sizing and D drawings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in electrical engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of substation engineering experience in utilities or EPC.
• German standards knowledge is a plus.
• Experience with power infrastructure projects in Germany is a plus.
• Expert knowledge in substation secondary design and engineering.
• Awareness of cyber-security and digital substation concepts.
• Basic understanding of primary engineering interfaces and studies.

Responsibilities

• Lead secondary engineering activities from tender to as-built with QA/QC and HSSE adherence.
• Coordinate with local and global Linxon teams, partners, and engineers.
• Engineer protection and control systems, metering, SCADA, and related tech.
• Provide calculations for CT/VT sizing, relay settings, and cable sizing.
• Interface engineering for switchgear, transformers, CT/VT, and auxiliaries.
• Develop SLDs, wiring diagrams, interlocks, and related drawings.
• Prepare vendor specs, RFQs, and cost estimates.
• Review supplier designs and factory tests; support tender schemes.

Skills

MS Office

Protection & control (P&C)

Substation engineering

Interface engineering

Cable sizing

HV/MV electrical systems

Technical calculations

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Senior Project Engineer - Secondary substation

Location: Chennai, India

What will you do?

• Responsible for secondary engineering activities from project/tender start till the as-built stage with strict adherence to project specifications and Linxon standards including QA/QC, HSSE & integrity.
• Coordinate within Linxon engineering team (local & remote/global), internal & external partners, sub‑suppliers, primary engineers & civil engineers.
• Engineering for protection and control (P&C) system, metering, SCADA, TechNet/communication for HV and MV electric power substations.
• Provide technical calculations for CT/VT sizing, relay settings, auxiliary system equipment sizing, MV/LV cable sizing, etc. Exposure to relevant tools including reading/editing of ICD/CID files.
• Responsible for interface engineering of assigned equipment packages like switchgear, transformer, reactors, CT/VT, auxiliary system.
• Support LE for engineering‑related tasks assigned.
• Provide technical solutions for substations including single‑line diagram, relay & metering diagram, three‑line, control schematics, signal list, interlocking, interconnection and wiring diagrams, auto‑synchroniser & switch‑sync/point‑on‑wave switching applications, interface engineering, MV/LVAC & DC SLDs and associated detail drawings and documents by established applicable standards, processes, OHS/ESH considerations and customer specifications.
• Develop technical concepts for panel layout/room layout, technical specifications, selection of equipment and connection material considering costs, quality, international standards, and material.
• Provide technical purchasing specification and schedules (RFQ) for all equipment for projects or tenders.
• Prepare bill of quantities & cost estimation, deviations & clarifications for technical solutions.
• Develop cable schedules & interface engineering documents for the complete plant including auxiliary system, communication/SCADA.
• Review suppliers' design, factory acceptance test plans, attend factory & site tests.
• Provide technical support and develop tender scheme options and related project scope documents.

Experience, Education and Other Requirements

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in an electrical engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of substation engineering experience in utilities or EPC companies for HV substations.
• Knowledge of legislative demands and German standards is a plus.
• Experience with power infrastructure projects in Germany is a plus.
• Expert knowledge in substation secondary design and engineering.
• Awareness of cyber‑security requirements and digital substation concepts.
• Basic understanding of primary engineering interface/inputs & system studies/calculations related to secondary engineering is a plus.
• Strong skills in MS Office; basic knowledge of AutoCAD is preferred.

Benefits

• 20 days privilege leave, 13 days emergency leave and 14 public holidays per year.
• Global career progression opportunities.
• Medical insurance, life insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more – we welcome diversity.