Electrical Engineer Resume Example
Single-line-diagram layout: a busbar timeline with breaker nodes for each role and a voltage-class chip row.
Use this example Template: Electrical Engineer
Karthik Subramanian
Lead Electrical Engineer — HV Substations
karthik.s@example.com+91 94440 18275Chennai, Indialinkedin.com/in/karthiksubramanian-ee
400 kV220 kV132 kV33 kVIEC 61850GIS / AIS
Summary
Electrical engineer with 10 years designing and commissioning 33–400 kV substations and grid connections for utilities and renewables in India and the Gulf. I have led primary and secondary design on 21 substations, energised 1.8 GW of solar and wind capacity and wrote the protection-coordination standard my team still uses.
Experience
Lead Electrical Engineer
Larsen & Toubro — Power Transmission & Distribution · Chennai
May 2019 – Present
1.8 GWEnergised
21Substations
12Engineers led
- Lead design for 400/220 kV GIS substations evacuating the Bhadla and Khavda renewable parks; 1.8 GW energised on schedule
- Wrote the protection-coordination and relay-setting standard (IEC 61850, distance and differential) now used on all PT&D bids
- Cut earthing-design hours by 45% with a CDEGS template library and a Python post-processor
Substation Design Engineer
ABB India (now Hitachi Energy) · Vadodara
Jul 2016 – Apr 2019
9Substations
- Primary design for 9 AIS substations (132–220 kV) for Saudi Electricity Company and TANGEDCO: layouts, SLDs, bus-bar and insulation coordination
- Site commissioning lead in Dammam for 6 months; closed the punch list two weeks ahead of the utility's deadline
Graduate Trainee Engineer
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) · Chennai
Jul 2015 – Jun 2016
- Maintenance and testing on 110 kV substations: transformer oil analysis, CT/VT testing and breaker timing
Selected projects
Protection coordination standard
74-page internal standard with relay-setting templates for distance, differential and breaker-failure protection
Earthing design toolkit
CDEGS templates + Python report generator; 45% fewer design hours across 11 substations
Skills
Power systems
- GIS & AIS substations
- Protection & control (IEC 61850)
- Earthing & lightning protection
- Grid code compliance
- Testing & commissioning
Software
- ETAP
- DIgSILENT PowerFactory
- CDEGS
- AutoCAD Electrical
- PSCAD
- Python
Certifications
- Chartered Engineer (India)The Institution of Engineers (India) · Aug 2021
- ETAP Certified — Protection & CoordinationETAP · Feb 2020
- Saudi Council of Engineers — Professional EngineerSaudi Council of Engineers · May 2018
- Electrical Safety (NFPA 70E)NFPA · Oct 2022
Education
BEng · Electrical & Electronics Engineering
College of Engineering, Guindy — Anna University
Aug 2011 – May 2015
Languages
- EnglishFluent
- TamilNative
- HindiProfessional (C1)
Summary example
Electrical engineer with [N] years designing and commissioning [N]–[N] kV substations and grid connections for utilities and renewables in India and the Gulf. I have led primary and secondary design on [N] substations, energised [N] GW of solar and wind capacity and wrote the protection-coordination standard my team still uses.
Example bullet points for an Electrical Engineer
- Lead design for 400/[N] kV GIS substations evacuating the Bhadla and Khavda renewable parks; [N] GW energised on schedule
- Wrote the protection-coordination and relay-setting standard (IEC 61850, distance and differential) now used on all PT&D bids
- Cut earthing-design hours by [X%] with a CDEGS template library and a Python post-processor
- Primary design for [N] AIS substations ([N]–[N] kV) for Saudi Electricity Company and TANGEDCO: layouts, SLDs, bus-bar and insulation coordination
- Site commissioning lead in Dammam for [N] months; closed the punch list two weeks ahead of the utility's deadline
- Maintenance and testing on [N] kV substations: transformer oil analysis, CT/VT testing and breaker timing
Replace the [brackets] with your own numbers and facts. Never claim results you didn't achieve.
Skills to include
- GIS & AIS substations
- Protection & control (IEC 61850)
- Earthing & lightning protection
- Grid code compliance
- Testing & commissioning
- ETAP
- DIgSILENT PowerFactory
- CDEGS
- AutoCAD Electrical
- PSCAD
- Python
Tips for an Electrical Engineer resume
- Put the hard requirements recruiters screen for in the top third: GIS & AIS substations, Protection & control (IEC 61850), Earthing & lightning protection.
- List current credentials with the issuing body, e.g. Chartered Engineer (India), ETAP Certified — Protection & Coordination.
- Give every recent role at least one measured result — for example energised.
- Match the job title in your headline to the posting where it is honest to do so.
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