Job Description

Job Title: Engineering Manager – HV Substations (EPC)
Job Location: Chennai, India

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The Engineering Manager leads the multidisciplinary engineering team assigned to one major project, or to several projects in parallel, within the High Voltage (HV) substation EPC business. The role owns technical delivery end-to-end — from design coordination through to as-built handover — while acting as the primary technical interface toward vendors, subcontractors, and internal/external stakeholders. This is a senior, hands-on leadership position requiring both deep electrical engineering credibility and robust people-management skills.

What will you do?

Team Leadership:
- Manage, coordinate, and develop the project engineering team, covering primary (substation layout, electrical calculations, studies), secondary (protection, control, automation, SCADA), BIM/3D modelling,



and civil/structural engineering disciplines.
- Allocate engineering resources and Distribute workload across the allocated resources of the project team based on project phase, milestones, and priorities; scale the team up or down as projects move through ECI, detailed engineering, and site support phases.
- Set individual and team objectives, mentor engineers, and support technical skill development within the discipline groups.
- When responsible for multiple projects simultaneously, arbitrate priorities and resource allocation across projects in line with overall business objectives.
- Act as the primary point of contact for Principal Design Engineer in UK and guarantee the delivery of the design by GETS as per project plan.
- Attend weekly internal design review and monthly project plan review meetings.

Engineering Delivery & Technical Ownership:
- Own the overall technical quality, consistency, and interdisciplinary

📌 Engineering Manager – HV Substations (Chennai)
🏢 Linxon
📍 Chennai