Minimum Qualification and Experience

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil or Mechanical Engineering from a recognized institution.

- Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in EHV transmission line and substation projects.

- Demonstrated experience in leading at least one major 400 kV/765 kV transmission or substation project.

- Experience in HVDC, GIS, large power transformers, reactors, control and protection systems will be preferred.

- Working knowledge of project controls, contracts, quality management, HSE, procurement, construction and commissioning.

- Proficiency in project reporting, stakeholder management and multidisciplinary coordination.

Key Responsibilities

- Act as the principal point of contact between the Consultant, Client, EPC contractors, OEMs and other stakeholders.

- Establish the Project Execution Plan, organization structure, responsibility matrix, communication protocol and reporting arrangements.

- Lead mobilization and deployment of PMC resources across transmission line sections, substations and HVDC terminal stations.

- Review and monitor the contractor's baseline schedule, procurement plan, construction methodology, resource plan and commissioning programme.

- Coordinate transmission line, substation, HVDC, civil, electrical, mechanical, protection, SCADA, telecom, quality, HSE and contractual interfaces.

- Monitor overall progress against approved milestones,



identify deviations and direct preparation of recovery or acceleration plans.

- Review critical technical submissions, constructability issues, interface matters and site constraints requiring management decisions.

- Ensure effective implementation of the approved quality plan, inspection and test plans and HSE management system.

- Lead periodic progress, technical, contractual, risk, quality and HSE review meetings.

- Review contractor claims, variations, extension-of-time submissions and change requests with the Contracts Manager and Planning Engineer.

- Monitor project risks and maintain an updated risk register, mitigation plan and management action log.

- Ensure timely resolution of ROW, access, crossing, outage, interface, land, statutory and stakeholder constraints.

- Review recommendations for certification of contractor invoices, milestone payments and completion status.

- Lead construction-completion, pre-commissioning, energization-readiness and handover reviews.

- Ensure timely close-out of punch points, NCRs, technical queries, as-built drawings, test records and completion dossiers.

- Provide timely advice to the Client on technical, schedule, quality, HSE, contractual and commercial matters.

- Manage team performance, workload allocation, succession planning and replacement of personnel, where required.

- Ensure project decisions, instructions and approvals are properly recorded and communicated.

📌 Project Manager HVDC Terminal Substation (Pune)
🏢 Aecom
📍 Pune