Lead Engineer – Solar – Electrical

Job Outline

Good knowledge in Electrical Engineering aspect of solar power plant design (including 33kV power circuit) like electrical Schematic and single line drawings, sizing calculations, equipment selection, layouts preparation, preparation & review of specifications for tender and detail engineering works.

Duties and Responsibilities

Conduct electrical engineering works of solar power plant to deliver on-time and high-quality outputs for tender and detail engineering for solar power plant. Interaction with internal and external stakeholder for engineering approvals. Preparation of plan of action for respective tender and operating project. Ability to manage a team and deliver results is also expected.

Main responsibilities shall be as below,

1. Preparation & review of pre bid queries.
2. Preparation & review of Master drawing list & its update.
3. Preparation & review of energy estimate and energy modelling.
4. Preparation & review of design basis for project.
5. Preparation & review of the Single Line Diagram – dc and ac.
6. Site survey for land identified for solar power plant.
7. Preparation & review of shadow analysis
8. Preparation & review of overall layout, equipment layouts, room layout, etc.
9. Preparation & review of energy generation/ performance ratio procedure and test document
10. Preparation & review of Bill of Quantities
11. Preparation & review of detail Scope of Supply and equipment/ component RFQ document
12. Preparation & review of Technical Specification of various Electrical Equipment i.e., data sheets for i Module, inverter, String monitoring/ combiner box, inverter duty transformers, Solar/ DC/ LV AC and MV cables, MV & LV Panels, cable trays, earthing, lighting etc. MV/LV cable sizing calculations for continuous current, steady state & operating condition voltage drop calculations, etc.
13. Preparation & review of cable schedule.
14. Preparation & review I/O List for SCADA & instrumentation architecture.
15. Preparation & review of design documents & drawings
16. Preparation & review of cable tray routing & cable trench layout.
17. Preparation & review of earthing & lightning protection layout.
18. Preparation & review of lighting design & layout
19. Preparation & review of sizing document and its minimum technical requirement for string, fuse, bus bar, cable, CT, PT, earthing, lightning, etc. as applicable.
20. Preparation & review of relay coordination and protection requirements (upto 33kV system)
21. Preparation, review & coordination of inputs with civil engineering team for foundation and structure design works
22. Review & submission of vendor drawings
23. Checking of Quality Assurance Plan of Vendors.
24. Familiarity with national and international code like IEC, IEEE, BS, NEC, NFPA as applicable
25. Inspection of Module, inverter, String monitoring/ combiner box, inverter duty transformers, Solar/ DC/ LV AC and MV cables, MV & LV Panels, etc.
26. Simulation works using software like PVsyst, Sketchup, ETAP, Día lux, PV Case other relevant tools.
27. Exposure to optimization tools is desirable.

Qualifications

 Minimum BE/ B Tech in Electrical Engineering, post-graduation in electrical engineering or in any associated field is desirable.

Work Experience

1. Minimum 8 years of Experience in Design & Engineering of solar power plant design (including 33kV power circuit).
2. Experience in switchyard design is desirable.