Substation Electrical Design

Role Title

Substation Electrical Design

Role Summary

Manage and develop electrical engineering/design for Substations.

Grade / Level

Reports to

Stakeholders (Internal & External)

Asset Management team (AM), Merger & Acquisition Team (M&A), Bidding Team, Project Team and other departments based on the requirement.

Tech-DD partners, Asset Sellers, Technical Consultants/Vendors, EPC Contractors.

Role Position -

Key Role Deliverables

Role in Engineering:

● Substation up to 765kV level, Primary Engineering activities like preparing SLD, electrical plan layout, section layout, clearance diagram, earth-mat layout, lightning protection (DSLP) layout etc.

● Must be well versed in doing and reviewing electrical engineering calculations applicable in a substation like short circuit forces, sag tension, DSLP, earthing design, voltage drop in LT cables, LT/HT cable sizing, rigid and flexible busbar sizing, battery sizing, etc.

● Substation secondary engineering activities like protection SLD, understanding of all types of protection of transmission lines, transformers/reactors, preparing power and control cable schedules, reviewing the control and protection drawings, etc.

● Substation tertiary engineering activities like preparing auxiliary system LT SLD, knowledge of DG Set, etc.

● Detailed knowledge of substation equipments like circuit breakers, current transformers, capacitive voltage transformer, power transformer, reactors, wave traps, lightning arresters, isolators, etc.

● Candidate should be able to review all the drawings related to each equipments be it GA, Schematics, type test reports, etc. along with their GTP.

● Should have fluent hands-on experience in AutoCAD and MS Office.

● Having brief knowledge of civil aspects of substation like CRB, FFPH, Oil pits, Cable Trenches, Roads, Relay panel rooms etc. is admirable.

● Preparing the Technical Specification for the complete substation and its equipments for augmentation in our existing substations.

● Providing technical support to the Bidding team in providing the BOQ of major items and lot items for their cost estimation during the tender stage.

● Knowledge of all the applicable standards like IEC, IEEE, ANSI and IS along with CEA regulations and guidelines for a substation including fire safety standards.

Role in Acquisition of Substations in Operation:

● Leading in Technical Due diligence in all aspects before acquiring the assets.

● Managing & Active monitoring of projects from Engineering perspective and solving O&M problems.

● Coordinating with cross functional teams and understanding construction feasibility, checking and approval of design drawings related to Electrical Engineering domain.

● Must be open for visiting the sites, pan-India, for due diligence at site level.

● Ensuring availability of all design documents & Drawings during asset purchase/transfer.

Role in Operation & Maintenance of our Substation and Solar Assets:

● Supporting the site teams in troubleshooting their issues in the operations.

● Reviewing and discussing the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of failures occurring at the Substations and Solar Plants

Travel Required -

Base Location -

Experience & Education

Essentials

Desirable

B.Tech/M.Tech in Electrical Engineering.

Mandatory Soft Skills:

● Proficient in using Microsoft Office package and ability to learn and utilize those skills quickly.

● Brilliant analytical and problem-solving skills.

● Effective written/verbal communication and organization/analytical skills; experience of recording/writing detailed technical data and reports.

● Strong knowledge of Substation standards and its applicability.

● Proficient in Auto cad 2D,.

● Knowledge of System Studies Software like MiPower, PSS/E, ETAP.