AECOM: Project Manager HVDC Terminal Substation — Gandhinagar, India

About AECOM

AECOM is an infrastructure consulting business whose employer material describes work involving transport, energy, water and the built environment. Its activities bring together planning, design, engineering, scientific work, and programme or construction management. The organisation's described projects concern the physical systems used by communities, from travel and utilities to buildings. Those activities connect technical disciplines with project delivery, supported by digital and business functions around the planning, development and management of infrastructure.

The position and its setting

AECOM lists Project Manager HVDC Terminal Substation in Gandhinagar, India, under reference J10160059. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 19 October 2026
• Legal Entity: AECOM India Private Limited
• Job Family: Electrical
• Brands: AECOM

Responsibilities and work described

• Act as the principal point of contact between the Consultant, Client, EPC contractors, OEMs and other stakeholders
• Establishment: the Project Execution Plan, organization structure, responsibility matrix, communication protocol and reporting arrangements
• Leadership: mobilization and deployment of PMC resources across transmission line sections, substations and HVDC terminal stations
• Review: and monitor the contractor's baseline schedule, procurement plan, construction methodology, resource plan and commissioning programme
• Coordination: transmission line, substation, HVDC, civil, electrical, mechanical, protection, SCADA, telecom, quality, HSE and contractual interfaces
• Monitoring: overall progress against approved milestones, identify deviations and direct preparation of recovery or acceleration plans
• Review: critical technical submissions, constructability issues, interface matters and site constraints requiring management decisions
• Quality / delivery: effective implementation of the approved quality plan, inspection and test plans and HSE management system
• Leadership: periodic progress, technical, contractual, risk, quality and HSE review meetings
• Review: contractor claims, variations, extension-of-time submissions and change requests with the Contracts Manager and Planning Engineer
• Monitoring: project risks and maintain an updated risk register, mitigation plan and management action log
• Quality / delivery: timely resolution of ROW, access, crossing, outage, interface, land, statutory and stakeholder constraints
• Review: recommendations for certification of contractor invoices, milestone payments and completion status
• Leadership: construction-completion, pre-commissioning, energization-readiness and handover reviews
• Quality / delivery: timely close-out of punch points, NCRs, technical queries, as-built drawings, test records and completion dossiers
• Delivery: timely advice to the Client on technical, schedule, quality, HSE, contractual and commercial matters

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Minimum Qualification and Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil or Mechanical Engineering from a recognized institution
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in EHV transmission line and substation projects
• Demonstrated experience in leading at least one major 400 kV/765 kV transmission or substation project
• Knowledge: project controls, contracts, quality management, HSE, procurement, construction and commissioning
• Proficiency: project reporting, stakeholder management and multidisciplinary coordination

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Experience: HVDC, GIS, large power transformers, reactors, control and protection systems will be preferred

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Gandhinagar, India

Pay and application dates

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Relevant skills

• procurement
• stakeholder management
• communication
• transmission infrastructure
• claims administration
• mechanical engineering