Sr. System Engineer / Electrical – MV Switchgear Engineering

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Category: Systems Engineering

Description

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Dear Aspirant!

We empower our people to stay resilient and relevant in a constantly changing world. We’re looking for people who are always searching for creative ways to grow and learn. People who want to make a real impact, now and in the future. Does that sound like you? Then it seems like you’d make a great addition to our vibrant international team.

We are looking for: Senior Systems Engineer,

You’ll make an impact by:

• Review of Customer specifications, commercial/technical documents, product requirements.
• Identify and define preliminary scope of work for Switchgear and its associated components that fits the Customer specifications.
• Prepare Bills of Materials, Layout Drawings, Single line Drawings, Cable Scheduling and Specification Review documents based on the best judgement of the Engineer.
• Collaborate with Engineers within the Business Unit to generate technical solutions for the Siemens suite of products.
• Prepare Set of Electrical Drawings - General Arrangement, SLD, detailed drawings.
• Expertise in Switchgear Product Standardization and NEMA Standards
• Expertise and understanding of Fault level calculations and Switchgear ratings.
• Expertise and Understanding of Protection philosophy and components selection
• Prepare Customer-facing Closeout / As built documents for the complete scope of work.
• Engage in Customer discussions by supporting the Business Development, Proposal and Sales teams.
• Work closely with the Project Management team for an efficient and effective Execution of the project.

Use your skills to move the world forward!

• Masters / bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a minimum 8-year engineering experience in an EPC, engineering, manufacturing, utility, or industrial corporate environment.
• Advanced degree may be substituted for 2 years of experience.
• Experience with the design and application of electrical power distribution products and power systems/ power delivery.

• Strong working knowledge of standard protection and control technologies used in medium voltage power distribution products with proven ability to share this knowledge with others
• Knowledge of relay P&C schemes, communication network diagrams.
• Ability to analyze customer’s technical documentation to interpret and apply appropriate Siemens product offerings to meet the customers’ expectations in cost-effective and timely manner, offer alternative solutions to optimize profitability while meeting customer needs.

• Ability to multitask and manage large workloads and business demands.
• Basic financial knowledge to understand and participate in ongoing business planning and support the product as well as project lifecycle management processes.
• Excellent collaboration, leadership, and decision-making skills in a team environment, and demonstrated ability to perform and prioritize multiple, simultaneous tasks while maintaining excellent customer service.
• Excellent communications skills to effectively and accurately communicate with internal and external customers.
• Ability to identify market trends and using this information, work closely with Marketing and Technology to create and justify projects to close the identified gaps.
• Excellent PC skills including Microsoft Office tools and product configuration/pricing applications.
• Experience with Electrical and 2D Layout drawing tools such as EPLAN, AutoCAD, Visio, etc.
• Travel Required - Less than 10%.

Create a better #TomorrowWithUs!

This role is based in Chennai, where you’ll get the chance to work with teams impacting entire cities, countries - and the shape of things to come.

We’re Siemens. A collection of over 312,000 minds building the future, one day at a time in over 200 countries. We're dedicated to equality, and we encourage applications that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. All employment decisions at Siemens are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Bring your curiosity and

imagination and help us shape tomorrow.

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Company

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Siemens

Siemens is a global powerhouse focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of systems for power generation and transmission as well as medical diagnosis. In infrastructure and industry solutions the company plays a pioneering role. As of September 30, 2014, we had around 343,000 employees in more than 200 countries. In fiscal 2014, they generated revenues of €71.9 billion from continuing operations.