Design Lead - Solar (Instrumentation)

Larsen & Toubro Limited; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro Limited seeks a Design Lead (Instrumentation) with 7–10 years of experience in the design aspects of Solar PV Power Plants and Power Distribution projects. The role requires leadership of a design team, review of drawings, and coordination across Civil/Structural, Electrical, and MEP disciplines.

The candidate will guide BIM 3D model development for PV plants, support pre-bid engineering, and assist during commissioning and warranty periods, ensuring on-time delivery and high

Qualifications

• BE Electronics Instrumentation Engineering or ICE (Instrumentation and Control Engineering) or M.Tech (Instrumentation or Automation).
• 7–10 years of experience in design aspects of Solar PV Power Plants / Power Distribution Projects.

Responsibilities

• Timely delivery of engineering drawings and documents.
• Review drawings by Design Engineers and Draughts Persons; check design and sizing calculations and obtain client approvals.
• Coordinate with multiple disciplines to ensure inter-departmental checks.
• Provide support to site execution team and vendor drawings reviews.
• Check and validate inputs from vendors and Collect inputs for project details from client.

Skills

Solar PV design

Coordination

Leadership

Inter-departmental communication

Education

BE Electronics Instrumentation Engineering

ICE (Instrumentation and Control Engineering)

M.Tech in Instrumentation/Automation

Tools

SCADA programming software

MS Office

Job description

Bachelor Of Electrical Engineering (BEE) Diploma in Instrumentation Engineering

Job Description

Minimum Qualification: BE Electronics Instrumentation Engineering / ICE (Instrumentation and Control Engineering) or M. Tech. (Instrumentation or Automation)

Experience: Experience: 7–10 years (Must have experience in design aspects of Solar PV Power Plants / Power Distribution Projects)

Objective: As Design Lead (Instrumentation), the person shall be capable of reviewing & executing Engineering Activities of instrumentation /Automation 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, Electrical, MEP and others. The Design Lead (Instrumentation) 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 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 Instrumentation and JB Location Layout, Control Room Layout, F&G Location Layout, CCTV Location Layout, Earthing Layout, Cable Tray routing Layout, Access Control System Layout, EPAX System Layout
• Provide support to Electrical AC/DC, Civil /Structural for reviewing Vendor drawings
• Submit requirement of man-hours for undertaking & reviewing of design & drawings of the project

Technical Expertise

• The Design Lead (Instrumentation) is required to have an overall knowledge of equipment layouts and necessary calculations. Expertise in PLC/SCADA system, Met station system, cable selections, Telecom, CCTV systems, ACS (Access Control system), System Integration, third party equipment integration system. Well versed in all the protocols of communication systems, Tracker control system. He / She is also required to have knowledge in Electrical and
• Mechanical Equipment.
• The Design Lead (Instrumentation) should also have detailed knowledge of Solar PV Power Plants. The Design Lead (Instrumentation) is required to have knowledge on National and International Codes and Standards.
• The Design Lead (Instrumentation) is required to understand and interpret the contractual technical requirements and facilitate the Project Teams as and when required.

Key Performance Indicators:

• On Time Delivery
• Productivity Enhancement
• Risk Identification and Mitigation
• Cost Control
• Quality Control
• Optimization of Layouts
• Incorporation of Standardization (Eliminating inefficiencies)
• Value Engineering , Innovation

Software Skills Required:

General awareness of SCADA Programming software(Preferable) and MS Office