Design Lead - Civil and Structural Engineering for Solar Power Plants

Larsen & Toubro Ltd; Chennai; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Chennai, seeks a Design Lead (Civil/Structural) to review and execute civil/structural engineering for Solar PV plants. You will guide BIM 3D modelling, coordinate with Electrical, Instrumentation and MEP teams, and support the full project lifecycle from pre-bid engineering to commissioning and O&M.

You will lead a team of design engineers and drafters, ensuring timely, within-budget delivery and high-quality outputs across site interfaces and vendor reviews.

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech in Civil/Structural Engineering; 10–12 years experience in solar PV plant design.
• Proven leadership in managing design teams and delivering engineering drawings.
• Coordination across Electrical, Instrumentation, MEP and other disciplines.
• Involvement across pre-bid engineering to commissioning and O&M.
• Maintaining quality and adherence to project budget and schedule.

Responsibilities

• Timely delivery of engineering drawings and documents aligned to project schedule.
• Review drawings and sizing calculations; obtain client approvals.
• Coordinate with multiple disciplines for inter-departmental checks.
• Provide support to site execution team during construction and O&M phases.
• Lead a team of design engineers and draughtspersons to meet budget and schedule.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Inter-department coordination

Project management

Education

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

Tools

Staad pro

AUTOCAD

RIVIT

Google Earth

Civil 3D

Global Mapper

Solid Works

Job description

Design Lead - Solar (Civil / Structural)

As Design Lead (Civil / Structural), the person shall be capable of reviewing &executing Engineering Activities of Civil/Structural Engineering of Solar PV Power Plants. He / She 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 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 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 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 Hea Coordinating with Operations team and informing Design specifications for obtaining approval 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 Design deliverables like Module mounting structure design, GA Drawing, Control room, Inverter room civil & Structural drawings & document, Solar Plant Civil infrastructure drawings and design.

Software Skills Required:

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

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.

Qualification & Experience :

B.E. / B. Tech in Civil / Structural Engineering 10-12 years (Must have experience in design aspects of Solar PV Power Plants / Power Distribution Projects)