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Senior Manager - Protection

6 days ago Chennai, India

Objective/Mission:

Senior 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 more than 10 years in Electrical /Power System engineering domain.

  1. Provides technical complex designs and optimizations to customer projects & services teams, by having solid technical knowledge and knowhow in an application domain or subdomain
  2. Understands customer needs and translates them into technical requirements; may help customers to define their needs
  3. Helps establish project or service technical strategies, internal procedures & best practices in application domain/subdomain - Communicates results, issues and solutions internally and to customers
  4. Troubleshoots product and system issues related to his/her application domain/subdomain.

Skills and Experiences

- Expereince 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

- Techinical 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

- ABB, Simenes, 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 Commisisoning experience is must

- Perform CT, VT calcualiton, Protection realy 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, Elecdesk, E-base, E-Plan and other engineering tool experience will be an added advantage

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

- 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

B.E/B.Tech Electrical engineering
Minimum 10 years of experience in relevant field

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Client-provided location(s): Chennai, India
Job ID: Schneider_Electric-https://careers.se.com/jobs/94662?lang=en-us
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Posted: 2025-08-07T03:45:04

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Parental Benefits

      • Work Flexibility

        • Office Life and Perks

          • Vacation and Time Off

            • Financial and Retirement

              • Professional Development

                • Diversity and Inclusion