Primary Engineering Manager

Specific Role Requirements:

• HV (Primary) designs for 132 kV and above GIS/AIS Substation Engineering for Grid Interconnected Projects
• Preparation of basic Single Line Diagram, Layout Plan & Section of Overall plant, Equipment control room, Earthing Layout, DSLP Layout, Trench Layout etc
• Earthing design, Lightning design, Cable Sizing, Battery Sizing, Illumination system design, Sag Tension calculation, Short Circuit Force and Bus- bar Sizing as per IEEE/IEC.
• Project related all Equipment Selection/ Sizing as per IEEE/IEC
• Evaluation of vendor Drawings, GTP, Calculation & Technical Specs
• LV/MV Engineering for the collector substation, unit substation & pooling station
• ITO (tender) drawings, BOQ estimation, RFQ finalization & evaluation of various components, selection of equipment with best pricing options.
• Co-ordination and integration with Automation, Civil & MEP.
• Co-ordination of site & office team for execution of project
• Flexible and quick to learn global developments in renewable technologies and adopt.
• Knowhow of IEEE / IEC codes, safety in design/EHS aspects, AC substation industry engineering practices.
• Good Communication skills & capability to lead project independently along with Client handling.
• Team handling & development.

Add-on Competency (Optional)

• Renewable project engg i.e. Solar, On-shore / Off-shore Wind, Battery Storage or hybrid
• HVDC/FACTS integrated project applications.
• Competency on specialized tools like CANECO, ETAP, CDGES or equivalent

Qualifications / Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field, from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 15+ years of experience in EHV/ HV AIS & GIS Substation design.
• Good understanding of power system components (transformers, switchgear, protection systems) and renewable energy integration.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance technical requirements and business needs.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and with clients.
• Ability to guide/groom team and execute project in line with client/project requirement.
• Ability to expand the competency domain, being able to take new learning challenges.
• Successful experience in management of engineering teams
• Strong influencing and relationship building skills
• Knowledge of project execution risks and financial processes
• Willingness to work in different locations for short or medium period and to travel in the region (Global).
• Demonstrated presentation skills and ability to succinctly communicate complex messages
• Demonstrated ability to lead in an unstructured environment and deliver results
• Demonstrates ownership & accountability, judgment and decision making, influences & inspires team, creates a vision and strategy, and has passion for the role
• Global experience and mindset including high technical cultural competence and sensitivity

Engineering strategy

• Involve the project engineering function at ITO phase and make it accountable for engineering budget and technical solution proposed.
• Regionalize and rationalize the engineering function in the region
• Align the ‘Make or Buy ‘strategy for engineering activities within the region and define the needs with the discipline Owners
• Define with discipline owners competence requirement per activity function of targeted business.

Management of engineering offices

• Nominate discipline Owners with support of Operations
• Nominate the key people on project execution with support of discipline owners
• Responsible of the engineering offices’ budget (investments, overheads, other costs) with support of regional offices controller
• Consolidate engineering workloads and manage resources issues
• Consolidate skills assessment and perform competence gap analysis on a regular basis and ensure action plan to fill the gap, as per Grid Solutions’ engineering process.
• Define required recruitment plans per discipline

Engineering process and tools

• Ensure implementation of consistent process and tools
• Deploy GRID engineering tools and process, including KPI used to measure engineering performance and effectiveness.
• Secure with the support of IT function the adequacy between Engineering tools and IT infrastructure
• Ensure knowledge capitalization through ROE, toward sales, tendering team and Project Engineering

People management

• Lead and manage engineering teams, and more specifically ensure performance standards, annual objectives, policies and procedures are met and to give coherent objectives across all engineering categories
• Organize and animate engineering community with regular communication
• Ensure the teams have the right level of know-how and competency to perform their responsibilities through coaching and development
• Regularly manage and review performance of lead team according to GE practices.

Quality

• Comply with Quality Procedures, work instructions and Processes at Grid solutions level and Project Engineering function
• Report or resolve any non-conformances to process in a timely manner

Performance Measurement

• Evidence of monthly workload plan
• At least a yearly engineering process review for any improvement
• Attends gate reviews with execution team to assess review effectiveness
• Attend tender technical validation meetings to bring Return of experience on past projects and ensure effective involvement of Engineering at ITO phase
• KPI in place, some consolidation done region level with analysis and associated improvement plan
• Budget followed on regular basis (as per finance requirement), anticipation and analysis of potential Budget deviation (Increase or decrease)
• Evidence of regular engineering team information/exchange meeting
• Development of key talents, in both leadership and technical depth, & Yearly skills improvement plan
• Safety leadership and performance
• Zero safety deviations, no safety non-conformances

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