Project Lead Engineer, Linxon Sweden AB

1. Purpose of the Job:

The Lead Engineer will be a member of the Linxon Sweden Engineering Team and will contribute towards the effective execution of the engineering functions within projects and tenders. The Lead Engineer will lead and work in a skilled team on a wide range of international T&D substation projects. The position will focus on the project and tender engineering and its interfaces and scope of work involved in HV - substation design and construction projects, within the Linxon EPC and technical lead of the electro-mechanical design of substation to meet customer needs, legislative demands and standards. Also, to ensure project execution within budget and time.

2. Key Areas of Responsibility (KARs):
- Technical lead of large and complex EHV/HV Air & Gas Insulated Substation (AIS & GIS) Projects
- Provide information for civil designs and coordination of interfaces between construction planning, steel structure engineering, protection and control system, auxiliary power system and all equipment suppliers for the project.
- Participate in technical discussions with customers and suppliers, handle site queries and take necessary actions up to as-built documentation
- Engineering budget, schedule, forecast, risk & change management activities.
Technical solutions
- Provide technical solution for substations comprising Single line diagram, technical information, layouts and associated detail drawings and documents by established applicable standards, processes and customer specifications through allocated resources locally and in other business units.
- Develop technical concepts, technical specifications, selection of equipment and connection material considering costs, quality, international standards, and material.
- Provide technical calculations, technical purchasing specification and schedules for all equipment for projects or tenders.
- Prepare bill of quantities & cost estimation, deviations & clarifications for technical solutions.
- Review of Suppliers design, Factory acceptance test plans, attend factory & site tests.
- Provide technical support and to develop tender scheme options and related project scope documents.
3.Position Parameters:
Typical KPIs
on target delivery of objectives
quality of work
customer satisfaction - management, employees, customers

4.Other Position-Specific Characteristics:
Occasional travel in Sweden and internationally
working in an office and on a construction site

5. Experience Required:

- Bachelor or master’s in electrical engineering or equivalent
- Extensive substation engineering experience in utilities. Knowledge of required legislative demands and standards.

6. Competencies/ Skills Required:

- Result orientated team player with a proactive approach.
- Excellent in communication, to interact with external and internal parties at all levels in a multi-cultural environment.
- Expert knowledge in Substation design and engineering, Layouts, Primary design & calculations, Grounding & Lightning design, Steel design inputs, transformers, HV & MV Switchgear systems,
- Knowledge of system studies like load flow, short circuit calculation, insulation coordination; Single Line Diagrams, CT/VT calculations, Auxiliary Power Systems, power cables.
- Knowledge of secondary engineering, protection and control system.
- Experience in Installation & Commissioning is a plus.
- Strong in MS Office, knowledge in MicroStation and AutoCAD is required.

7. Education:

- Master or Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or ability to demonstrate experience delivering complex projects in the transmission market

8. Personal Qualities Required:


- Resilient and flexible achiever
- Driven by value added and business sustainability
- Proactive and self-disciplined
- Team player
- Passionate to succeed
- Willingness to learn

About Linxon

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.


We combine SNC-Lavalin’s project management expertise and ABB’s deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.

Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy and transportation.


In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

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