Design Electrical Engineer Solar (Electrical DC)

BU : EDRC - (Renewables -SAARC & ASEAN)

Job Role : Design Engineer Solar (Electrical DC)

Reports to (Job Role) : Design Lead - Solar

Reportee (Job Role) : Design Engineer, Draughts Person

Minimum Qualification : B.E. / B. Tech., Electrical / Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Experience: Experience : 7 - 10 years (Must have experience in design aspects of Solar PV Power Plants )

Objective As Design Lead (Electrical - DC), the person shall be capable of reviewing & executing Engineering Activities like Generation Estimate, Overall plant Layout, DC SLD, Solar Module selection, Inverter Sizing, SMB, Earthing Layouts, Cable Sizing Calculations 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 Interdepartmental checks covering Civil/ Structural, Instrumentation, MEP and others. The Design Lead (Electrical DC) 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 clientGeneration analysis, shading analysis & project design using PVSYST software.
• Indepth Technical knowledgde of DC Electrical system in Solar Power plant
• Indepth Knowledge in PVSyst Simulation and related studies
• Sound Knowledge in PV Resource analysis, Generation & Loss Estimation
• Experience in design of Large scale Grid connected PV plants, OFF Grid PV plants
• Knowledge in PV module technologies and its performances
• Knowledge in String sizing and Loss Estimation for PV plants
• Overall Knowledge in AC Power evacuation systems
• Indepth knowledge in PV power plant layout preparation
• Good knowledge in other disciplines like Civil/mechanical/Instrumentation related requirements to successful carry interdisciplinary checks
• Experience in PV plant Layout design, Cable sizing, Voltage drop calculation
• Good Knowledge in Earthing and Lightning calculation/layouts.
• Skilled in Solar Central Inverters, String Inverters and its technologies
• Knowledge in IEC standards related to Modules, Inverters and other related item
• Shall possess customer/consultant handling related to technical clarifications.

Technical Expertise

The Design Lead (Electrical DC) is required to have an overall knowledge of equipment layouts and necessary calculations. The Design Lead (Electrical DC) should also have detailed knowledge of Solar PV Power Plants. She / he should have the understanding of engineering activities covering Generation Estimate, Overall plant Layout, DC SLD, Solar Module selection, Inverter Sizing, SMB, Earthing Layouts, Cable Sizing Calculations of Solar PV Power Plants. The Design Lead (Electrical DC) is required to have knowledge on National and International Codes and Standards. The Design Lead (Electrical DC) is required to understand and interpret the contractual technical requirements and facilitate the Project Teams as and when required. In addition, the Design Lead (Electrical DC) should also have an overall understanding of the inter-disciplinary (Civil & Structural, Mechanical and Instrumentation) design aspects of electrical equipment

Operating Network

Internally: Head of Engineering, Section Heads, Design Engineers, Draughts Person, Operations Team, Site Execution team & Supply Chain Management team

Externally: Clients (Site Execution & Engineering team), Consultants & Vendors

Key Performance Indicators:

• On Time Delivery
• Productivity Enhancement
• Digitalization
• Risk Identification and Mitigation
• Cost Control
• Quality Control
• Customer Satisfaction (Customer Service Report)
• Optimization of Layouts
• Incorporation of Standardization (Eliminating inefficiencies)
• Value Engineering , Innovation

Software Skills Required:

PVsyst, PVcase and MS Office.

Behavioural Attributes:

• Market Insight
• Foresight
• Leveraging Opportunities
• Customer at the Core
• Sustainable Partnerships
• Anticipating Needs
• Customer Centricity
• Disruptive Innovation
• Challenge Traditional approaches
• Generate innovative solutions
• Take Calculated risks
• Collaborate and influence
• Internal Stake Holders
• External Stake holders
• As defined in the DC competencies for the respective Tier.