Design Lead (Electrical AC) - Solar

Larsen & Toubro; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 335,000 - 603,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro in Saudi Arabia seeks a Design Lead (Electrical - AC) to review and execute engineering activities including AC SLDs, building and earthing layouts, cable sizing, transformer sizing, and LT/HT breakers for solar PV plants. Lead a team of design engineers and coordinate with Civil/Structural, Instrumentation and MEP, guiding pre-bid to commissioning and warranty stages.

The role requires BIM 3D modeling support, vendor review, and ensuring timely deliverables within budget

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech. in Electrical/Electrical & Electronics.
• Minimum 10 years of design experience in Solar PV Power Plants or Power Distribution projects.
• Strong knowledge of electrical equipment design, SLD preparation, layouts and earthing.
• Familiarity with National & International codes and standards; ability to interpret contractual requirements.

Responsibilities

• Review and deliver engineering drawings and documents on time.
• Coordinate with Civil/Structural, Instrumentation and MEP teams for inter-departmental checks.
• Lead a team of Design Engineers and Draughts Persons within budget and schedule.
• Review vendor deliverables and pre-award evaluations against client specs.
• Provide support to site execution teams during commissioning and warranty periods.
• Ensure accurate BOQ reviews and clear technical clarifications for contracts.

Skills

AC design

Electrical layouts

BIM 3D modeling

Team leadership

Inter-departmental coordination

Pre-bid engineering

Site support

Budget & scheduling

Education

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

Tools

Dialux

MS Office

ETAP

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 VendorsCheck 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)