Design Lead (Secondary) - Substation (Electrical)

As a Design Lead (Secondary), the person shall be capable of defining, reviewing & executing Secondary Engineering Activities for Substation / Power Distribution Projects. He must have advanced knowledge in Protection & Automation System in Substation. The person shall be thorough with protection applications. She / He shall coordinate with vendors for finalization of the equipment.  She / He shall lead a team of Engineers and Draughtspersons for timely completion of the Engineering activities within budget. He shall maintain quality of engineering deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:

• Timely Delivery of Engineering Drawings & Documents 
• Ensure deliveries are aligned to Project Schedule 
• Provide and obtain spatial requirements and details of cut-outs and openings to Design Lead (Primary) 
• Review primary drawings by Design Engineers & Draughtspersons & checking of design & sizing calculations of primary engineering electrical equipment and obtaining approvals from the client 
• Prepare Design Philosophy of Protection, Control, Signalling & Automation and review of Functional Description document 
• Review of Vendor deliverables pertaining to Secondary Engineering 
• Define the philosophies on protection, control, signalling & interfacing (for lead) 
• Capable of Multitasking and deliver multiple things on time 
• Estimate and Plan man-hour requirement Reviewing of BOQ and submission to contracts team and providing technical clarifications 
• Coordinating with Operations team and informing Design specifications for obtaining approval 
• Coordinate with multiple disciplines for ensuring inter-departmental checks 
• Provide support & clarifications to the Site Execution team 
• Check pre-award evaluation of vendors (w.r.t. technical specifications requirement of the client) and forwarding the validation document to Supply Chain Management 
• Inspect equipment from the finalized vendor after submission of validation document of the vendor 

Technical expertise:

• The Design Lead (Secondary) is required to have an overall knowledge of System Studies, Control & Protection requirement, preparation of Schedules, Layouts and associated calculations. She / He is also required to have hands on experience of design Software. The Design Lead (Secondary) is required to have knowledge on National and International Codes and Standards 
• She / he should have the understanding of Secondary Engineering activities like Schemes, Wiring Diagrams, SCADA & Control System. He / she shall have knowledge in CT / VT sizing calculations, battery sizing calculations, AC/DC schematic drawings. The Secondary Design Lead should also have detailed knowledge of Substation equipment and their Layouts. 
• The Design Lead (Primary) is required to understand and interpret the contractual technical requirements and facilitate the Project Teams as and when required. 
• The person is required have an overall understanding of interface knowledge with Telecom systems applicable for Substation.

Software Skills Required: 

• General Awareness of MS Office 
• Desirable knowledge of ETAP, PSCAD, CYMEGRID