Electrical Engineer

Role & responsibilities

A. Technical Skills

1. Understand 66/11 kV and 110/66 kV substation layouts.
2. Read and interpret Single Line Diagrams (SLD).
3. Read General Arrangement (GA) drawings.
4. Understand electrical equipment layouts.
5. Read cable routing and cable schedule drawings.
6. Read earthing layout drawings.
7. Read control and protection wiring diagrams.
8. Understand AC and DC auxiliary systems.

B. Equipment Installation Skills

1. Power transformer erection (66/11 kV, 110/66 kV).
2. OLTC and RTCC panel installation.
3. Transformer oil filling and filtration supervision.
4. SF6 circuit breaker installation.
5. Isolator erection and alignment.
6. Current Transformer (CT) installation.
7. Potential Transformer (PT/CVT) installation.
8. Lightning Arrester installation.
9. Busbar erection (Aluminium Tube/ACSR).
10. Gantry and equipment structure erection.
11. Line termination structure installation.
12. Marshalling kiosk installation.

C. Cable & Earthing Skills

1. Power cable laying.
2. Control cable laying.
3. Cable tray installation.
4. Cable glanding and termination.
5. Heat shrink termination supervision.
6. Earth mat/grid installation.
7. Equipment earthing.
8. Neutral earthing.
9. Fence earthing.
10. Earth resistance testing.

D. Testing & Commissioning Skills

1. Insulation Resistance (IR) testing.
2. Transformer Turns Ratio (TTR) testing.
3. Winding resistance testing.
4. Tan Delta testing.
5. Oil BDV testing.
6. SFRA knowledge.
7. CT ratio and polarity testing.
8. CT knee-point testing.
9. Circuit breaker timing test.
10. Contact resistance test.
11. Relay secondary injection testing.
12. Primary injection testing.
13. Functional testing before commissioning.
14. Transformer energization procedure.
15. Substation commissioning procedure.

E. Protection & Control Skills

1. Transformer differential protection.
2. Restricted Earth Fault (REF) protection.
3. Overcurrent protection.
4. Earth fault protection.
5. Distance protection basics.
6. Busbar protection basics.
7. Breaker failure protection basics.
8. Auto-reclose scheme understanding.
9. SCADA and RTU basics.
10. Interlocking scheme understanding.

F. Civil Coordination Skills

1. Foundation drawing verification.
2. Anchor bolt checking.
3. Transformer foundation inspection.
4. Cable trench inspection.
5. Oil pit and fire wall coordination.
6. Drainage and road level coordination.
7. Control room coordination.

G. Software Skills

1. AutoCAD.
2. MS Excel (BOQ and calculations).
3. MS Word.
4. MS Project or Primavera.
5. PDF markup tools.

H. Project Management Skills

1. BOQ preparation.
2. Quantity estimation.
3. Material reconciliation.
4. Daily Progress Report (DPR).
5. Weekly Progress Report (WPR).
6. Material Inspection Request (MIR).
7. Request for Inspection (RFI).
8. Billing and Measurement Book (MB).
9. Vendor coordination.
10. Subcontractor management.
11. Client and consultant coordination.

I. Safety Skills

1. Permit to Work (PTW).
2. Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO).
3. High-voltage isolation procedures.
4. Temporary earthing procedures.
5. PPE compliance.
6. Working at height safety.
7. Crane and lifting safety.
8. Electrical fire safety.
9. Emergency response procedures.

J. Material Knowledge

1. Power Transformers.
2. SF6 Circuit Breakers.
3. Isolators.
4. CTs and PTs.
5. Lightning Arresters.
6. Bus-post Insulators.
7. ACSR Conductors.
8. Aluminium Tube Busbars.
9. XLPE Power Cables.
10. Control Cables.
11. GI Earthing Materials.
12. Battery Chargers and Batteries.
13. 11 kV Switchgear Panels.

Preferred candidate profile

Past Experience in sub station works

Perks and benefits