Design Lead (Electrical AC) - Solar

PeopleStrong; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 335,000 - 513,000; Full time

Job summary

PeopleStrong in Riyadh is seeking a Design Lead (Electrical - AC) to review and execute engineering activities for AC SLDs, layouts, earthing, cable sizing and transformer sizing for Solar PV power plants. The role requires coordinating with Civil/Structural, Instrumentation, MEP and site teams.

Leading a team of design engineers and drafters, you will ensure on-time delivery within budget, support pre-bid engineering, commissioning and warranty periods, and provide technical clarifications to

Qualifications

• B.E. / B.Tech in Electrical / Electrical & Electronics Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years in design aspects of Solar PV plants / power distribution projects.
• Experience leading design teams and coordinating multi-discipline reviews.
• Proficient in SLDs, layouts, earthing, cable sizing and transformer sizing.

Responsibilities

• Timely delivery of engineering drawings and documents.
• Ensure deliveries align with project schedule.
• Review drawings, sizing calculations and vendor deliverables.
• Coordinate inter-departmental checks across Civil/ Structural, Instrumentation and MEP.
• Provide support to site execution and pre-bid engineering activities.
• Lead and manage a team of design engineers and draughtsmen.
• Review BOQ and provide technical clarifications to contracts.
• Inspect vendor equipment and validate technical requirements.
• Assist in pre-award evaluation of vendors and communications with Supply Chain.

Skills

Leadership

Solar PV knowledge

Electrical design

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Dialux

MS Office

ETAP

Job description

Bachelor Of Electrical Engineering (BEE)

Job Description

As Design Lead (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 Lead (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. 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 (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
• Check deliverables such as Equipment layouts, Cable Routing Layout, Cable Tray Layout, Earthing Layout, lighting Layout, Lightning Protection Layout
• Provide support to Electrical DC, Civil /Structural for reviewing Vendor drawings
• Submit requirement of man-hours for undertaking & reviewing of design & drawings of the project

Software Skills Required

• General awareness of Dialux and MS Office.
• Desirable awareness of ETAP.

Technical Expertise

• The Design Lead (Electrical AC) is required to have an overall knowledge of equipment layouts and necessary calculations.
• The Design Lead (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 Lead (Electrical AC) is required to have knowledge on National and International Codes and Standards.
• The Design Lead (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 Lead (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
• Minimum 10 years (Must have experience in design aspects of Solar PV Power Plants / Power Distribution Projects)