Design Engineer - Solar (Electrical AC)

Larsen & Toubro Limited; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

PeopleStrong seeks a Design Engineer (Electrical - AC) with 5–8 years of experience in Solar PV power plants and power distribution. You will review and execute engineering activities including SLD preparation, layouts, earthing, cable sizing, LT/HT breakers, and BIM model support for PV plants.

You will coordinate with Civil/Structural, Instrumentation, and MEP teams, supporting pre-bid through commissioning and warranty. Proficiency in Dialux, MS Office, and ETAP is desirable.

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech in Electrical or Electrical & Electronics Engg.
• 5–8 years in design of Solar PV power plants / power distribution projects.
• Experience in design reviews, SLDs, layouts and calculations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engineering drawings and documents on time.
• Ensure deliverables align with project schedule and client approvals.
• Review vendor drawings and calculations for electrical equipment sizing.
• Coordinate with Civil/Structural, Instrumentation, MEP and other teams.
• Support pre-bid engineering, commissioning and warranty phases.
• Provide clarifications to site execution and procurement teams.
• Check pre-award vendor evaluations and assist Supply Chain with validations.
• Inspect equipment from final vendors after validation documents.

Skills

Dialux

MS Office

Education

BE / B.Tech, Electrical / Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Tools

ETAP

Job description

Graduate Diploma in Civil Engineering Advanced Diploma in Civil Engineering

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)