Lead - Electrical Design (WET IC)

Electrical Engineer – Job Description for M2A/M2B

Job Roles:

• Lead - Electrical Design
• Qualifications:
• ME (Preferred) or B. Tech (Minimum) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering.

Experience:

• 15 to 20 years of experience in Electrical design for EPC projects, preferably in water, industrial water, sewage water, and desalination treatment plants.

Essential Skill Sets:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a Lead Engineering role.
• Proven ability to independently manage at least 2 EPC projects.
• Hands-on experience in preparing RFQs, conducting technical bid evaluations, and negotiating with vendors.
• Leadership skills for attending client and consultant meetings and addressing their comments.
• Capability to mentor the Engineering and modelling team.
• Hands on exposure in International standards and requirement. 

Required Job Knowledge:

The candidate must have hands-on experience and expertise in the following areas and be responsible for the listed engineering activities:

• Extensive experience in EPC projects for electrical design, including understanding project scope, planning, manpower management, preparing deliverable lists, and guiding the team.
• Proficiency in L3 scheduling and monitoring progress and productivity.
• Design knowledge of EHV, HV, and LV electrical power distribution systems.
• Designing and preparing SLDs for EHV, HV, and LV systems.
• Preparing sizing calculations and selecting transformers, switchgears, starters, VFDs, soft starters, FBT/ATS, DG, NGR, cables, cable trays, battery and charger systems, UPS systems, lighting, earthing, and lightning systems.
• Knowledge and experience in selecting protection relays and metering systems.
• Preparing substation switchgear general arrangements, transformer yard layouts, and substation cable cellar arrangement drawings.
• Preparing technical specifications (PR/MR) for transformers, switchgears, starters, VFDs, soft starters, FBT/ATS, DG, NGR, cables, cable trays, battery and charger systems, lighting, earthing, lightning, and UPS systems.
• Reviewing vendor technical offers, capturing all technical requirements, and coordinating with the purchase department.
• Conducting detailed design reviews of vendor documents, data sheets, GAs, interface requirements, and closing comments with vendors.
• Participating in vendor document approvals at client/consultant offices and finalizing technical requirements as per the project.
• Preparing layout drawings for cable racks, cable routing, earthing, lighting, hazardous areas, and lightning layouts.
• Experience in preparing and reviewing motor schematics, characteristic curves, control logics, control circuits, and interfaces for ECS and DCS requirements.
• Experience in various energy efficiency applications for motors and transformers, and process plant-specific power consumption.
• Knowledge of switchgear components as per type-2 coordination charts.
• Preparing department scope matrices, design review plans, design risk matrices, and identifying deviation scopes.
• Knowledge of preparing cable schedules, electrical load lists, ECS IO lists, drive lists, alarm and annunciation lists.
• Handling tenders, identifying scope, preparing pre-bid queries, providing optimized designs, BOQ preparation, alternate proposals, and timely providing interface inputs.
• Experience in handling various power system studies using ETAP/SPELECTRICAL.
• Knowledge of substation automation systems and process plants (ECS/PLC/DCS).
• Inter-departmental coordination with Process, Civil, Mechanical, Piping, Instrumentation, HVAC, Fire & Safety.
• Knowledge and preparation of electrical 3D models and involvement in clash analysis.
• Close interaction with other business units for timely submission of technical documents.
• Familiarity with codes and standards such as IS, IEC, IE-Regulations, IEEE, CEA, OISD, API, and CPHEEO manuals, and other power distribution system design standards.
• Coordination and support for the project team to ensure timely approval of design documents.