Project Engineering Manager – Substation (Head of Electrical Engineering)

3 Months ago • 20-20 Years • Manufacturing • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

Assystem is seeking a Project Engineering Manager with 20+ years of experience to lead the engineering activities for substation projects. This role will ensure on-time delivery and adherence to project schedules while optimizing resources and costs. Responsibilities include coordinating with project planning, conducting project reviews, reviewing designs and calculations, clarifying vendor issues, and ensuring timely delivery of materials. The ideal candidate will have a thorough understanding of GIS/AIS substations up to 765 KV, proficiency in selecting equipment, and expertise in substation primary and secondary design. Additionally, they should have experience leading and executing projects across different geographies and clients, a strong understanding of vendor engineering, and excellent interviewing skills.
Must have:
  • 20+ years of experience
  • Thorough understanding of GIS/AIS substations up to 765 KV
  • Proficiency in selecting equipment
  • Expertise in substation primary and secondary design
  • Experience leading and executing projects across different geographies and clients
  • Strong understanding of vendor engineering
  • Excellent interviewing skills
Good to have:
  • Awareness of ETAP, PSCAD & CYMGRD
  • Project planning skills

Job Details

Company Description

Assystem is an independent engineering group based in Paris. It provides services in design, construction, supervision, commissioning and operation of complex projects and industrial infrastructure, mostly in the nuclear industry

Job Description

Project Engineering Manager,

Experience -20 years. 

Objective:
As a Project Engineering Manager, the person shall ensure that the engineering activities of the project takes place within stipulated time (w.r.t. both quality & cost). She / He shall ensure the adherence to L2 schedule during execution of the project. She / He shall work on optimizations / alternate proposals / solutions for quick delivery of the project with a positive margin.
She / He shall perform inter-discipline coordination (Civil, Structural, MEP & Instrumentation). The PEM shall perform work allocation and man-hours allocation of different roles in the project.
Key Responsibilities:

Coordinate with Project Planning Manager and ensure deliveries are aligned to Project Schedule

Conduct regular project review meetings and ensure adherence to schedule

Conduct internal review meetings for resource optimization, allocation and enhance productivity

Review of designs, calculations & drawings and ensure their timely submissions after obtaining approvals from customer

Clarification of issues w.r.t. vendors and ensuring timely delivery of materials at project site

Capable of Multitasking and deliver multiple things on time

Clarification to inter – discipline Managers for sorting out issues w.r.t. design aspects of the equipment

Enable & review accurate estimation in terms of quantity for submission of Bill of Materials

Review critical issues and procedural delays w.r.t. design aspects of equipment and extend support to Site Execution teams

Ensure BIM implementation in the projects

Settle procurement issues and extend support to Supply Chain management for ensuring order finalization for Vendor Engineering

Extend support for BOQ, review of pre-bid offers and technical submissions & provide post-tender clarifications (after clarification from vendors) to the contracts team

Lead and manage team of Design Leads, Design Engineers and Draughtss persons

Review Vendor evaluation (w.r.t. technical specification requirement of the client)

Extend support to Site Execution Teams for commercial issues & processing of bills

Ensure issuance of Manufacturing Clearance by undertaking and facilitating necessary communication with suppliers

Communicate & clarify deliverable list from the client and obtaining resource requirement for project
Technical Expertise:
The Project Engineering Manager shall have overall expertise in both primary engineering & secondary engineering for substation projects. The Manager is required to have thorough understanding in design aspects of GIS / AIS Substations up to 765 KV.
She / He is required to be proficient in selection of equipment such as Power Transformers, Reactors, Circuit Breakers, Disconnectors, Instrument Transformer. He shall be well versed in Substation Primary and Secondary Design including Earthing, Lighting, Lightning Protection, Cabling etc, interfaces between Civil, MEP & Instrumentation and Secondary engineering activities like Schemes, Wiring Diagrams, SCADA & Control System.
The PEM is required to have understanding of leading and execution of projects for different geographies / clients / utilities. She / he should have detailed knowledge of the equipment to be installed and the market conditions for vendor engineering.
The PEM is required to understand and interpret the contractual technical requirements and facilitate the Project Teams as and when required. The PEM shall have good interviewing skills.
Operating Network:
Internally: Head of Engineering, Inter-discipline Heads, Project Execution team, Supply Chain Management team, Quality team, Contracts team
Externally: Customers (Engineering team), Client (Project Management team), Vendors (Engineering & Quality team)
Key Value Drivers

On-Time Delivery (Schedule Adherence)

Approval of SLA for Engineering Services on time

Man-Hour Management for team

Support for Monthly Invoicing

Savings Generated (Quality & Cost Optimization)

Skill Development

Digitalization

Successor Development

Standardization (Eliminating Inefficiency)

Strike Rate of Bids Submitted (If Applicable)
Software Skills Required:
General awareness of MS Office.
Desirable awareness of ETAP, PSCAD & CYMGRD and Project Planning

Qualifications

B.E. / B. Tech. in Electrical / Electrical & Electronics Engineer. 

Additional Information

Experirecne -20 years 

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

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