Design Lead - Solar (Electrical DC)

Larsen & Toubro; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro in Maharashtra seeks a Design Lead (Electrical - DC) to review and execute engineering activities for solar PV projects, including generation estimates, plant layout, DC SLD, module sizing, inverter sizing, and earthing layouts.

You will coordinate with Civil/Structural, Instrumentation, MEP and other disciplines, provide support from pre-bid to commissioning and warranty, and lead a team of design engineers to deliver within budget and with high engineering quality.

Qualifications

• Experience in PV plant design and electrical layouts.
• Knowledge of DC electrical systems in solar plants.
• Familiarity with PV module technologies and inverter sizing.

Responsibilities

• Timely Delivery of Engineering Drawings & Documents.
• Check design & sizing calculations and obtain client approvals.
• Lead a team of design engineers and draughtspersons to deliver within budget.
• Coordinate with Civil/Structural, Instrumentation, MEP and other disciplines.

Tools

PVSyst

Job description

Objective: As Design Lead (Electrical - DC), the person shall be capable of reviewing & executing Engineering Activities like Generation Estimate, Overall plant Layout, DC SLD, Solar Module selection, Inverter Sizing, SMB, Earthing Layouts, Cable Sizing Calculations of Solar PV Power Plants. They shall facilitate the modellers in development of BIM 3D Model for PV Solar Power plants. In addition, they have to coordinate with other departments including Interdepartmental checks covering Civil/ Structural, Instrumentation, MEP and others. The Design Lead (Electrical DC) 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. They 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 clientGeneration analysis, shading analysis & project design using PVSYST software.
• Indepth Technical knowledgde of DC Electrical system in Solar Power plant
• Indepd Knowledge in PVSyst Simulation and related studies
• Sound Knowledge in PV Resource analysis, Generation & Loss Estimation
• Experience in design of Large scale Grid connected PV plants, OFF Grid PV plants
• Knowledge in PV module technologies and its performances
• Knowledge in String sizing and Loss Estimation for PV plants
• Overall Knowledge in AC Power evacuation systems
• Indepth knowledge in PV power plant layout preparation
• Good knowledge in other disciplines like Civil/mechanical/Instrumentation related requirements to successful carry interdisciplinary checks
• Experience in PV plant Layout design, Cable sizing, Voltage drop calculation
• Good Knowledge in Earthing and Lightning calculation/layouts.
• Skilled in Solar Central Inverters, String Inverters and its technologies
• Knowledge in IEC standards related to Modules, Inverters and other related item
• Shall possess customer/consultant handling related to technical clarifications.