Project lead engineer

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Design authority for an engineering discipline with low to medium complexity of Substation projects (mostly brownfield assignments). Complete assignments on small projects or portions of larger projects, cost-effectively and in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards and safety requirements

Your responsibilities:

• Evaluates, selects and applies standard techniques and procedures to perform engineering assignments. Provides quality solutions as per customer requirement and delivers within budget and contract.

• Provides technical support for testing, installation and commissioning activities.

• Assists Tendering Manager in preparing proposal/presentation of engineering projects/programs (provision of bills of materials, estimated engineering hours, technical review of specifications etc.).

• Collaborates with the Supply Chain function to ensure that technical requirements for equipment or services are communicated and agreed to with potential suppliers.

• Improves effectiveness of work plan in collaboration with other functions. Completes risk and opportunity assessments and ensures implementation of resulting actions in one’s area of responsibility.

• Reports any contract/quality/program/cost issues to management along with recommendations for resolution.

• Ensures adherence to safety standards and mitigation of potential risks & ensures that engineering activities comply with required safety regulations and contractual requirements.

• Assign tasks to and coordinates work with entry level engineers, technicians, administrative staff.

• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

How you’ll make an impact

• Candidate should have a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with minimum 6-8 years of relevant work experience.

•  Selection of Bus bar configuration & scheme and preparation of Main SLD (Single Line Diagram) including selection of primary equipment specifications.

• Preparation of Protection SLD (Single Line Diagram) which includes selection of protection schemes for line, transformer, reactor, bus bar etc.

• Hands on experience to carry out various sizing calculations on substation design: Instrument Transformer sizing, Short Circuit Force calculation, Sag- tension calculation, DSLP calculation, Earthing Calculation, HT & LT cable sizing calculation, illumination design, battery & charger sizing, relay setting calculation etc.

• Layout engineering – Earth mat layout & equipment earthing details, Cable routing etc.

•   Preparation of Engineering BOQ for bus bar materials, cables, clamps, connectors, insulators & string hardware.

• Review of Primary equipment’s (Trafo, CB, Isolator, IT, WT etc.), Secondary equipment's (Control & Protection Panel Schematic, MV Switchgears, LT DBs, Battery, Battery Charger, JBs etc.).

• Software skills: Proficiency in AutoCAD, CDEGS & Microsoft Office

•   Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.