Design Lead (Secondary) - Substation (El...

Skills

• Knowledge & Posting Location Design

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor Of Electrical Engineering (BEE)

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 to 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

Locations

• Design Lead (Secondary) - Substation (El...LNT/DL-S/1865983 REN-Renewables ICSharjah, Uae
• Posted On 03 Oct 2026
• End Date 01 Apr 2027
• Required Experience 10 - 12 Years

Skills

Protection & Automation,Electrical Engineering,Design Software,Engineering Coordination,Technical Specifications