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Protection Application Engineer

AT Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric

Protection Application Engineer

Chennai, India

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Engineer with Control and Protection Application design knowledge, Relay configuration, FAT and Site commissioning experience by holding an Engineer-Bachelor's degree from a recognized and reputed institution with minimum experience of 5 years in Electrical /Power System engineering domain.

- Provides technical designs to customer projects & services teams, by having good technical knowledge and knowhow in an application domain or subdomain;

- Identifies and understands customer technical requirements related to his/her application domain/subdomain;

- Applies internal procedures, standards & best practices in autonomy, related to his/her application domain/subdomain;

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- Communicates results internally and to customers; Presents and arguments them during project technical reviews;

- May provide some commercial argumentation to project teams or management, and report potential technical risks;

- May provide instructions/assistance to DAT3.

Skills and Experiences

- Experience in Protection and Application design knowledge in HV, MV & LV system

- Knowledge of various protection applications including Overcurrent, Differential, Distance, Generator & Motor is must

- Preparation of engineering documents such as Protection Conceptual Design, Functional Specifications, FAT & SAT Test Plans

- Technical support during tender stage by providing technical deviation, BOM and engineering man-day estimation

- Familiarity and Work experience with all ranges of SE numerical relays Configuration, FAT and Site commissioning

- ABB, Siemens, GE, SEL & others makes relays knowledge and work experience will be an added advantages

- Basic understanding of SCADA and Communication protocols including IEC61850, Modbus, etc is must

- Relay setting & logic file preparation including CID/ICD file

- Protection Relay Site Commissioning experience is must

- Perform CT, VT calculation, Protection relay setting calculation, Configuration, Testing and validation

- Participate customer FAT and Site commissioning

- Ready for travel and overseas deputations for FAT and Site Commissioning

- Basic power system knowledge and ETAP tool experience is an added advantage

- CRP and Automation panel design will be preferable

- Autocad, Elecdes, E-base, E-Plan and other engineering tool experience will be an added advantage

- To coordinate with Internal or end customer for technical coordination and documents approval

- Good in English communications (written and verbal)

- Effectively communicate and coordinate with all internal & external stake holders during project execution/ Site commissioning at site

- Familiar with IEC & ANSI standard Knowledge

- International project execution experience will be an added advantage

- Utility, Data Center, O&G segment work experience will add on advantage

- Familiar and working experience in Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, Power Point) Main responsibilities

Key activities and Responsibility

Customer and/or Partner relationships:

Has direct interaction with customers, in design phase but also especially during testing and commissioning activities. Understands customer specifications and needs related to application domain/subdomain..

Internal & External Exposure:

Influences and challenges internal project teams on the technical choices related to application domain/subdomain; delivers and presents results (technical reports, presentations, etc) to the project team. May participate in internal technical working groups related to application domain/subdomain.

Project and Risk Management:

Knows the fundamentals of Project Management so that he/she is aware of the Cost/Quality targets (mainly related to his/her work); identifies and alerts in case of any deviations from the standard scope of work related to application domain/subdomain; issues regular progress reports to the project team; detects technical variation order opportunities related to application domain/subdomain.

Technical knowledge and Engineering:

Related to application domain/subdomain, applies engineering best practices & standards; has solid knowledge of the product & system offers (internal & external) related to application domain; has specific technical & application skills related to application domain/subdomain; carries out detailed engineering work and provide associated reporting to project team members; knows and uses the methods & tools related to application domain/subdomain, and may participate in improvement workshops on those methods & tools.

Training and coaching:

Exchanges and shares your knowledge to peers; gather feedback from other application design engineers; participates in the development of training modules or presentations about application domain/subdomain.

Responsibilities in terms of quality and safety/security :

Ø Implementation of international ISO 9001 Quality, ISO 18000 HSE and ISO14000 environmental standards

Ø Fully respect to Safety standards during all project execution

Qualifications

Qualifications

B.E/B.Tech Electrical engineering

Minimum 5 years of experience in relevant field

Schedule: Full-time
Req: 008M6H

Client-provided location(s): Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Job ID: Schneider_Electric-https://careers.se.com/jobs/008M6H?lang=en-us
Employment Type: Full Time