Senior Program Manager
Construction, Engineering & Trades · Civil & Industrial Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Construction Management
In short
HCLTech seeks a Senior Program Manager – Electrical Infrastructure to lead electrical workstreams for an AI Data Center Campus in India. Responsibilities include managing utility interconnection, substations, power distribution systems, and commissioning, requiring strong leadership and stakeholder management.
Responsibilities
- Lead the electrical infrastructure program across all development phases, owning scope, schedule, risks, and delivery milestones.
- Coordinate with utility companies and government agencies for power availability, interconnection, approvals, and energization.
- Oversee delivery and installation of incoming utility feeders, HV/MV substations, transformers, switchgear, generators, UPS, and busways.
- Support procurement strategy for long-lead equipment like transformers, generators, and UPS systems.
- Review electrical design documents, ensuring alignment with data center reliability and AI workload requirements.
- Monitor construction and installation progress, ensuring compliance with design, specifications, and standards.
- Oversee FAT, SAT, pre-commissioning, energization, and integrated systems testing.
- Track electrical package cost, schedule, procurement, risks, and dependencies, developing mitigation plans.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in program management, particularly for electrical infrastructure.
- Deep understanding of HV/MV/LV power distribution, utility interconnection, and substation coordination.
- Familiarity with transformers, switchgear, UPS, generators, batteries, and busways.
- Knowledge of protection systems, relay coordination, grounding, and lightning protection.
- Experience with electrical safety, LOTO procedures, and power monitoring/SCADA/BMS interfaces.
- Proficiency in FAT/SAT/commissioning processes.
- Familiarity with Primavera P6 or MS Project.
- Experience in contract and change management.
- Ability to coordinate with utilities, OEMs, consultants, and internal stakeholders.
- Strong decision-making skills under schedule pressure and ambiguity.
- High attention to detail and strong leadership, ownership, and accountability.
- Excellent stakeholder management and clear written/verbal communication, including executive reporting.
- Strong risk identification, mitigation, and escalation discipline.
- Effective contractor management, commercial awareness, and negotiation skills.
- Strong conflict-resolution skills.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in data center electrical infrastructure delivery.
- Experience in utility substation and grid interconnection projects.
- Experience with mission-critical power systems.
- Experience with large diesel generator farms.
- Experience with UPS and battery energy systems.
- Experience in electrical commissioning and IST participation.
- Experience working with international consultants and OEMs.
Benefits
- Join a global technology company with industry-leading capabilities.
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI Data Center projects.
- Career growth and development opportunities at HCLTech.
- Work in a company that prioritizes its people.
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Company
HCLTech
Job Posted
2 weeks ago
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Chennai, India
Noida, India
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