Design Engineer (Electrical AC) - Solar

LT-Larsen & Toubro; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

LT-Larsen & Toubro in Chennai seeks a Design Engineer (Electrical - AC) to review and execute engineering activities for Solar PV plants, including SLDs, layouts, earthing, cable sizing, and transformer sizing. The role supports BIM modelling and inter-departmental checks with Civil/Structural, Instrumentation, MEP, and site teams.

The position requires a BE/BTech in Electrical and 5–8 years in solar PV or power distribution design; knowledge of Dialux, ETAP, and MS Office is preferred.

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech. in Electrical or Electrical & Electronics engineering with 5–8 years of Solar PV / power distribution design experience.
• Experience in SLD preparation, layout, earthing, cable routing and busbar calculations.
• Knowledge of National and International codes and standards.

Responsibilities

• Timely delivery of engineering drawings and documents.
• Ensure deliveries align to project schedule.
• Review drawings and sizing calculations; obtain client approvals.
• Review vendor deliverables pertaining to engineering.
• Capable of multitasking and delivering multiple items on time.
• Estimate and plan man-hour requirements.
• Review BOQ and coordinate with contracts for technical clarifications.
• Coordinate with Civil/Structural, Instrumentation, MEP for inter-departmental checks.
• Provide support and clarifications to the Site Execution team.
• Check pre-award vendor evaluation against client specs; forward to Supply Chain.
• Inspect vendor equipment after validation submission.
• Gather inputs from client and Project Engineering Manager for project details.
• Coordinate with Operations to obtain design approvals and general arrangement drawings from vendors.

Skills

Electrical design

Cable sizing

SLD preparation

Layout engineering

Earthing design

LT transformer sizing

BIM 3D

Inter-department coord

Education

B.E./B.Tech., Electrical

Tools

Dialux

MS Office

ETAP

Job description

As Design Engineer (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 Design Engineer (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.

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 Design Engineer (Electrical AC) is required to have an overall knowledge of equipment layouts and necessary calculations.
• The Design Engineer (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 Design Engineer (Electrical AC) is required to have knowledge on National and International Codes and Standards.
• The Design Engineer (Electrical AC) is required to understand and interpret the contractual technical requirements and facilitate the Project Teams as and when required.
• In addition, the Design Engineer (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
• 5–8 years (Must have experience in design aspects of Solar PV Power Plants / Power Distribution Projects)