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Project Management Engineering Professional (Project Lead Engineer)

The Opportunity

Project Manager Engineering (Project Lead Engineer)

Your Background

  • Thorough domain expertise in one of the domains (either primary or secondary) is a must. The candidate must have the knowledge of other domains for effectively monitoring and supervising the regular project engineering activities.

  • Work experience in design & engineering, handling various utility substation projects in the region in a lead role is preferred with exposure to 11kV/33kV/132kV/220kV/400kV GIS and AIS projects.

  • Primary engineering of GIS and AIS substation, layouts, earthing, cabling, lightning protection, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, MV system etc.

  • Secondary engineering of GIS and AIS substation, protection, relay panels, LCCs, SCADA/RTU/SCMS etc., FMS/DFR, Telecom, control cabling, CT/VT sizing, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, MV system etc.

  • Engineering of Auxiliaries of GIS & AIS substations, LV AC boards, service/auxiliary transformers, earthing transformers, DC system - batteries and battery chargers, UPS, inverter, security system, CCTV, access control, EPABX, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, etc.

  • Experience of coordination with civil and MEP disciplines in the substation, inputs for civil and MEP engineering, interfaces, coordination check with civil & MEP services etc.

  • Experience of preparing BOQ, deviation list, clarifications, technical proposal for tenders and customer enquiries for firm and budgetary tenders.

  • Understanding of installation, testing and commissioning requirements to effectively support the preparation of testing protocol, site activities.

  • Minimum 14 years of work experience is required, of which 6-8 years of experience in a lead role is preferred.

  • Experience of project engineering for major utilities in the region

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.

  • How will you make an impact

  • Coordination of project engineering activities - preparation and review of project engineering deliverables, monitoring of contractual scope, variation & change orders initiation, technical discussions, liaising with all stake holders on technical matters, monitoring engineering effort for projects and tenders etc.

  • Coordination with other engineering disciplines substation projects and tenders.

  • Coordination with internal and external stakeholder for scheduled progress of projects and tenders.

  • Review of equipment specification and BOQ for supplier enquiries, technical offer review, monitoring and coordination of supplier deliverables, resolution of technical issues during FAT etc.

  • Following the engineering processes, change management, risk and opportunities management and other relevant processes during project execution and tendering.

  • Coordination with customer/consultant for document approvals as per project schedule.

  • Coordination with site team for technical matters during installation, testing and commissioning, punch point closure etc.

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