Project Engineer

candisolar; Pune District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Candi Solar in India is seeking a Project Engineer – Solar to support the successful execution of commercial and industrial solar projects. You will work closely with EPC partners, clients, suppliers, DISCOMs, and internal stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and in line with technical, quality, and contractual requirements.

Responsibilities include planning, scheduling, budgeting, site surveys, and coordination with EPC partners.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of relevant experience in solar project execution/project engineering.
• Strong understanding of solar project execution, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Experience coordinating with EPC partners, clients, suppliers, DISCOMs, OEMs, and regulatory authorities.
• Ability to monitor project schedules, budgets, quality, risks, and deliverables.
• Strong site monitoring, reporting, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Understanding of project quality requirements, snag management, and corrective actions.
• Good awareness of HSE requirements and safe project-site practices.
• Strong technical, problem-solving, communication, and coordination skills.
• Willingness to undertake regular project-site visits in line with project requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the Project Development team for smooth project handover after contract signing.
• Review EPC project plans, designs, timelines, budgets, and execution methodologies.
• Support project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and execution.
• Coordinate with EPC partners on construction activities, milestones, and deliverables.
• Monitor projects from mobilization through construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Conduct pre-project site surveys and periodic site visits to monitor site conditions, progress, quality, and safety.
• Identify project risks, delays, quality issues, and deviations and drive corrective actions.
• Prepare site visit, progress, and project reports covering schedule, cost, quality, risks, safety, and procurement.
• Manage project snag lists and ensure timely closure of all snag points.
• Coordinate with clients, EPC partners, OEMs, DISCOMs, authorities, and other stakeholders.
• Support project permitting, regulatory compliance, approvals, and documentation.
• Ensure adherence to Candi Solar’s technical, quality, contractual, and HSE requirements.
• Escalate critical project issues and support timely resolution.
• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture across project sites.

Skills

Project coordination

Site monitoring

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem-solving

HSE awareness

Education

Diploma / BE / B.Tech in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Company Profile:

Candi is a dedicated solar partner for businesses across Asia and Africa. Combining the international capital of our Swiss-based platform with local expertise in these regions, we’re able to provide a unique offering to this underserved sector. In doing so, we aim to have a big social impact, reduce carbon emissions, create jobs, increase energy access, and save money for businesses of all sizes in emerging markets.

Our approach is to take the risk so our partners don’t have to, providing businesses with flexible, end-to-end solar and battery solutions that are built to last. Our shared value model leverages our experience in customisable finance and performance offerings, quality engineering, and data-enabled asset management to help guarantee optimised systems, lowering the barrier to entry and maximising returns.
www.candi.solar

Job Summary:

Candi Solar is looking for a motivated and technically strong Project Engineer – Solar to support the successful execution of commercial and industrial solar projects. The role involves working closely with EPC partners, clients, suppliers, DISCOMs, and internal stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and in line with Candi Solar’s technical, quality, and contractual requirements.

What will you do:

• Coordinate with the Project Development team for smooth project handover after contract signing.
• Review EPC project plans, designs, timelines, budgets, and execution methodologies.
• Support project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and execution.
• Coordinate with EPC partners on construction activities, milestones, and deliverables.
• Monitor projects from mobilization through construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Conduct pre-project site surveys and periodic site visits to monitor site conditions, progress, quality, and safety.
• Identify project risks, delays, quality issues, and deviations and drive corrective actions.
• Prepare site visit, progress, and project reports covering schedule, cost, quality, risks, safety, and procurement.
• Manage project snag lists and ensure timely closure of all snag points.
• Coordinate with clients, EPC partners, OEMs, DISCOMs, authorities, and other stakeholders.
• Support project permitting, regulatory compliance, approvals, and documentation.
• Ensure adherence to Candi Solar’s technical, quality, contractual, and HSE requirements.
• Escalate critical project issues and support timely resolution.
• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture across project sites.

Job Requirements:

• 3–5 years of relevant experience in solar project execution/project engineering.
• Diploma / B.E. / B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering.
• Strong understanding of solar project execution, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Experience coordinating with EPC partners, clients, suppliers, DISCOMs, OEMs, and regulatory authorities.
• Ability to monitor project schedules, budgets, quality, risks, and deliverables.
• Strong site monitoring, reporting, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Understanding of project quality requirements, snag management, and corrective actions.
• Good awareness of HSE requirements and safe project-site practices.
• Strong technical, problem-solving, communication, and coordination skills.
• Willingness to undertake regular project-site visits in line with project requirements.

Working Culture:

• You agree to live out the candi values every day of your employment: this includes to put empathy before ego, being authentic no matter what, that we get it done as one and follow the candi principle that less is more.
• A dynamic, cross-functional team player, willing to take initiative on projects in the context of a multicultural scale-up trying to execute big, bold ideas.
• Having experience working for an international company, or having studied or worked abroad, is considered a plus.
• You must be open, honest, trustworthy, a strong communicator, and understand that what we get done as a team surpasses what we get done individually.
• candi is an equal opportunities employer.

candi is unique because...

• We focus on helping businesses of all sizes in emerging markets get access to cheap, clean rooftop solar energy.
• We have a strong emphasis on a client-centric & innovation-driven working culture.
• We are an international team where hybrid working is commonplace, where we trust our team members to actively carve out a role for themselves according to their skillset.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted.