Job Purpose
Supervise installation, testing and pre-commissioning of substation primary equipment, gantries, busbars, conductors, earthing, cabling and associated electrical systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Review approved electrical drawings, equipment layouts, erection manuals, method statements and ITPs.
- Verify foundation and interface readiness before equipment installation.
- Supervise erection of GIS/AIS equipment, circuit breakers, disconnectors, earthing switches, CTs, CVTs, VTs, surge arresters and insulators.
- Monitor erection of power transformers, converter transformers, reactors, filters and auxiliary transformers.
- Supervise gantry erection, flexible busbar stringing, rigid bus installation and jumper connections.
- Verify sag-tension, clearances, hardware, clamps, connectors and equipment-terminal loading.
- Monitor OPGW, shield-wire and communication-cable installation within the station.
- Supervise earthing-grid installation, equipment bonding and earth-resistance testing.
- Monitor cable-tray installation, cable laying, tagging, glanding, termination and continuity testing.
- Coordinate installation of control, protection, SAS, SCADA, telecom and metering panels.
- Verify installation of ACDB, DCDB, battery chargers, batteries, UPS and station auxiliary systems.
- Witness equipment pre-commissioning tests and verify approved test formats.
- Monitor oil filtration, vacuum processing, gas handling and equipment-preservation activities where applicable.
- Coordinate interface checks between primary equipment, secondary systems and OEM packages.
- Maintain equipment-installation, test and punch-list records.
- Support system walkdowns, energization readiness and handover.
Key Deliverables
- Equipment-installation checklists.
- Busbar and gantry inspection records.
- Cable and earthing-test reports.
- Equipment pre-commissioning records.
- Electrical punch-list and readiness report.