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Principal Engineer - Substation Secondary
AECOMBengaluru, INDSenior12-15 years
Apply Company Description About Enterprise Capabilities Fundamental to our _Think and Act Globally_ strategy and digital adoption, Enterprise Capabilities (EC) is AECOM’s primary vehicle for workshare. Operating across geographic boundaries and time-zones, EC partners with regional and Global Business Line project teams to provide technical expertise, accelerate delivery and keep AECOM competitive in the industry. With a team of over 3000 technical professionals located across nine countries and remote technical anchors, EC teams are trusted to deliver high-quality, specialist services that help to fill capability gaps, resourcing needs and technical constraints on projects of all scopes and sizes. Start here. Grow here. Job Description We are seeking a Principal Engineer - Secondary Substation to join our Transmission & Distribution team in India. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated engineer to contribute to impactful Energy projects across the globe and continue developing their technical expertise in a supportive, high-performing team.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Protection & Control engineers and technical specialists.
- Develop, refine and optimise P&C solutions including creation of key line diagrams, schematic diagrams, relay settings, SCADA topology diagrams, wiring diagrams, design specifications, interface drawings etc. for various Transmission & Distribution clients.
- Owner’s Engineers role, to review and comment on supplier designs and calculations on behalf of HV Clients, including BESS and Renewables projects
- Conduct Protection Coordination Studies and Settings calculations where required using ETAP or similar software (desired).
- Coordinate across multi-disciplinary engineering environments and project managers.
- Support with technical reports and bids, as well as foster positive relationships with clients.
- Ensure adherence to AECOM and client design management processes while leading project and client meetings as needed.
- Mentor team members in their development, facilitating opportunities that build competency, and assisting with professional accreditation where appropriate.
- Ensure design submissions comply with codes, standards such as IEEE, IEC, National Grid, and quality requirements.
- Drive innovation in AI, digital, scripts automation, develop the user defined dynamic & transient models.
- Performs quality control review of design calculations or drawings.
- Prepares technical specification sections.
- Provides input to the development of engineering budgets and schedules.
- Master of Engineering degree (or equivalent education) in an appropriate engineering discipline from an accredited college or university.
- 12-15 years of work experience is preferred.
- Chartered Engineer (CEng), or Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent in the relevant field from any global organization (e.g., Institution of Electrical Engineers, UK)
- Prior experience in leading large design engineering teams performing Grid Substation design in a global consultancy firm is preferred.
- Experience in HV Plant Design for EHV Grid Substations is mandatory.
- Experience in P&C FEED or detailed design of high voltage installations (132kV to 400kV).
- Experience in preparation of Substation Protection and Control Scheme drawings, Relay Coordination and Settings, Panel GA drawings, Substation SCADA and communication protocols, etc is preferred.
- Previous experience in design teams working for Grid Utilities (e.g., Global National Grid, Transgrid, Powergrid etc.) for Substations and Transmission Line Electrical design.
- Exposure to International standards (IEC, IEEE, ANSI, Australian Standards, NEC, BS, Middle East region codes & standards, etc.) is preferred
- Should have led large teams and faced clients independently.
- Previous design experience working with GIS and AIS EHV substation HV Plant Secondary design is preferable.