Design Engineer

TIE-UPS Manpower Consultants; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

TIE-UPS Manpower Consultants invites applications for a Design Lead – Solar (Civil / Structural) to lead civil/structural design for Solar PV power plants and BESS. You will review and execute engineering activities, coordinate BIM 3D model development, and align with interdepartmental checks including Electrical, Instrumentation, and MEP.

You will head a team of design engineers and draftsmen, ensure on-time delivery within budget, review vendor drawings, and support site execution from pre-bid

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech in Civil or Structural Engineering is required.
• 7–10 years of design experience in Solar PV plants, power distribution, and BESS.
• Ability to review engineering drawings and provide client approvals.

Responsibilities

• Timely delivery of engineering drawings and documents.
• Review drawings by Design Engineers and Draughts Persons; verify design and sizing calculations.
• Coordinate with multiple disciplines for inter-departmental checks; provide site support.
• Review vendor deliverables pertaining to engineering.
• Estimate and plan man-hour requirements; manage budgets and timelines.
• Collaborate with Contracts team for BOQ review and technical clarifications.
• Support Electrical/DC/AC & Instrumentation reviews of vendor drawings.
• Provide pre-award evaluation of vendors and validation documentation.

Skills

Team leadership

Coordination

Engineering review

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Civil/Structural Engineering

Tools

Staad Pro

AutoCAD

Revit

Google Earth

Civil 3D

Global Mapper

Job description

TIE-UPS is hiring for a leading Indian MNC - engaged in EPC Projects, Hi-Tech Manufacturing and Services. Operates in over 50 countries worldwide. Leaders in technology and Design. Excellent paymaster.

Job Role : Design Lead – Solar (Civil / Structural)

Reports to (Job – Role) : Section Head - Solar

Reportee (Job – Role) : Design Engineer, Draughts Person

Minimum Qualification : B.E. / B. Tech in Civil / Structural Engineering

Experience : 7–10 years (Must have experience in design aspects of Solar PV Power Plants / Power Distribution Projects) & BESS

Objective: As Design Lead (Civil / Structural), the person shall be capable of reviewing & executing Engineering Activities of Civil/Structural Engineering of Solar PV Power Plants & BESS.

He / She shall facilitate the modellers in development of BIM 3D Model for PV Solar Power plants & BESS. In addition, she / he has to coordinate with other departments including Interdepartmental checks covering Electrical, Instrumentation, MEP and others.

The Design Lead (Civil/Structural ) shall be required to provide support for the engineering activities covering the full cycle of works from pre-bid engineering to commissioning and O& M and to extend support to site team when ever required.

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

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 (Soil report, boundary coordinates, Topo Survey etc.) from client & Section Head
• Coordinating with Operations team and informing Design specifications for obtaining approval
• Collect inputs for project details (General Arrangement Drawings) from Vendors
• Provide support to Electrical DC, AC & Instrumentation for reviewing Vendor drawings
• Submit requirement of man-hours for undertaking & reviewing of design & drawings of the project room, Inverter room civil & Structural drawings & document, Solar Plant Civil infrastructure drawings and design.

Technical Expertise

Design Lead shall have technical expertise in Engineering activities for civil & structural covering control room buildings, transformer foundations, outdoor equipment foundations, inverter rooms, grading, roads and drainage, outdoor steel structures and miscellaneous works related to the Solar Power Plant. Design Lead shall be able to review Vendor engineering documents with respect to Civil & Structural design & BESS. The Design Lead (Civil / Structural) is required to understand and interpret the contractual technical requirements and facilitate the Project Teams as and when required.

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:

• Productivity Enhancement
• Risk Identification and Mitigation
• Quality Control
• Optimization of Layouts
• Incorporation of Standardization (Eliminating inefficiencies)
• Value Engineering , Innovation

Software Skills Required:

• Awareness of Staad pro, AUTOCAD, RIVIT, Google Earth, Civil 3D, Global Mapper,