Design Lead (Electrical AC) - Solar

As Engineering Manager - Solar (Electrical AC), the person shall be capable of reviewing & executing Engineering Activities like AC SLD, Building Layouts, Earthing Layouts, Cable Sizing Calculations, Transformer Sizing, LT / HT Breakers of Solar PV Power Plants. He shall facilitate the modellers in development of BIM 3D Model for PV Solar Power plants. In addition, she / he has to coordinate with other departments including Inter-departmental checks covering Civil/ Structural, Instrumentation, MEP and others. The Engineering Manager - Solar (Electrical AC) shall be required to provide support for the engineering activities covering the full cycle of works from pre-bid engineering to support during commissioning and warranty periods and to extend support to site team. She / He shall lead a team of Design Engineers and Draughts Persons to manage the Engineering activities within budget, deliver on time and maintaining a high quality of engineering.

Key Responsibilities:

• Timely Delivery of Engineering Drawings & Documents 
• Ensure deliveries are aligned to Project Schedule 
• Review drawings by Design Engineers & Draughts Persons. Checking of design & sizing calculations of engineering electrical equipment and obtaining approvals from the client 
• Review of Vendor deliverables pertaining to Engineering 
• Capable of Multitasking and deliver multiple things on time 
• Estimate and Plan man-hour requirements 
• Review BOQ and submit to contracts team and providing technical clarifications 
• Coordinate with multiple disciplines for ensuring inter-departmental checks 
• Provide support & clarifications to the Site Execution team 
• Check pre-award evaluation of vendors (w.r.t. technical specifications requirement of the client) and forward the validation document to Supply Chain Management 
• Inspect equipment from the finalized vendor after submission of validation document of the vendor 
• Clarify issues w.r.t. the design & requirements of the client to the Site Execution Team 
• Collect inputs for project details (plot details, feeder arrangements etc.) from client & Project Engineering Manager 
• Coordinating with Operations team and informing Design specifications for obtaining approval 
• Collect inputs for project details (General Arrangement Drawings) from Vendors 

Software Skills Required:

• General awareness of Dialux and MS Office. 
• Desirable awareness of ETAP.

Technical Expertise: 

• The Engineering Manager - Solar (Electrical AC) is required to have an overall knowledge of equipment layouts and necessary calculations. 
• The Engineering Manager - Solar (Electrical AC) should also have detailed knowledge of Solar PV Power Plants. She / he should have the understanding of engineering activities covering SLD Preparation, Layout Engineering, Earthing, Cable Routing, Lighting, Lightning Protection, Cable Tray Routing etc. She/he should be capable of performing design & sizing calculations of Busbar, UPS, Battery, LT Transformer, Earthing Conductor, calculations (Short circuit force.). The Engineering Manager - Solar (Electrical AC) is required to have knowledge on National and International Codes and Standards. 
• The Engineering Manager - Solar (Electrical AC) is required to understand and interpret the contractual technical requirements and facilitate the Project Teams as and when required. 
• In addition, Engineering Manager - Solar (Electrical AC) should also have an overall understanding of the inter-disciplinary (Civil & Structural, Mechanical and Instrumentation) design aspects of electrical equipment.

Qualification & Experience : 

• B.E. / B. Tech., Electrical / Electrical & Electronics Engineering 
•  7–10 years (Must have experience in design aspects of Solar PV Power Plants / Power Distribution Projects)

Job details

• Business: Renewables IC
• Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Experience: 8-12 years
• CTC range: ₹19,00,000 – ₹23,00,000 a year
• Skills: dialux, MS Office