Location: Bengaluru Other locations: Primary Location Only Salary: Competitive Date: Oct 1, 2026 **Job description** ------------------- Requisition ID: 1745029 At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. **GDS Consulting – Power \& Utilities** **Role: Senior Manager / Lead – Distribution** **The Opportunity** We are hiring Senior Manager / Lead roles with 15\+ years of experience to provide end\-to\-end leadership across the Power \& Utilities value chain. These roles are designed for professionals with strong electrical engineering foundations, deep domain expertise in their respective pillar, and proven ability to lead teams, deliver complex programs, and drive business and technical excellence. The role involves working with US and European utility clients within a global MNC consulting environment. **Core Responsibilities** * Act as the end\-to\-end domain authority for the assigned pillar * Own engineering, operational, and digital perspectives across the domain * Define domain strategy, transformation roadmaps, and best practices * Lead large, complex utility programs involving engineering, operations, and technology workstreams * Govern solution design, system architecture, integration, and implementation * Ensure compliance with grid codes, safety standards, regulatory requirements, and utility operating practices * Build and scale domain\-centric teams; mentor engineering leads, architects, and managers * Engage with US and European utility clients as a trusted advisor **Distribution Domain Expertise** * Distribution network engineering and operations * Substation design (primary and secondary substations) * Distribution network planning and load forecasting * Feeder design, protection schemes, and coordination * Loss reduction, reliability (SAIDI/SAIFI), and outage management * Field operations, switching, and restoration processes * Exposure to ADMS, OMS, SCADA, GIS, DERMS, FLISR and integration with enterprise systems **Qualifications** * 15\+ years of experience in the Power \& Utilities sector * Demonstrated hands\-on domain expertise in the respective pillar * Proven experience leading teams and complex utility programs * Experience working with US and European utility clients * Prior experience in a global MNC or large system integrator / consulting firm * B.Tech / B.E. in Electrical or Electrical \& Electronics Engineering (mandatory) * MBA in Power / Energy / Operations / Strategy (preferred) **EY \| Building a better working world** EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long\-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.