AM / Manager Electrical Design

Position Summary:
This position is primarily responsible to ensure the most optimized & best in industry Electrical Design & Engineering for Solar PV Plants including detailed Engineering of DC Electrical, AC Electrical, various Electrical protection schemes and Plant communication system. This position will also be responsible for resolution of various technical issues/comments raised by Client, Project and Operation teams.
Position Responsibility:
1) Accountable for Electrical Design and Engineering of Ground Mounted Solar PV Plants from start to end including technical specification of various equipment, review of technical offers, offers tabulation, review of vendor Engineering documents, vendor development (technical), project state inspections, assistance for Installation and commissioning of Projects.
2) To design the best in class and lowest possible losses with best possible PR.
3) To assist Business development team in terms of technical aspects, expected generation numbers, expected PR, tentative layouts, SLDs and Bill of material.
4) To present technical proposals to the Client, resolving technical queries of client.
5) Conducting site visits and preparing site visit reports including site pictures, details of existing system and possibilities of integration of Solar PV System.
6) To develop shading layout, array layout, grouping layout, Earth layout, LA layout, cable route etc.
7) Sizing calculations for Fuses, Circuit breakers, Transformer, HT panels, BUSBAR, AC/DC Cables, UPS, Battery bank, auxiliary system etc.
8) Engineering calculations for String sizing, Optimum pitch & tilt, DC & AC equipment earthing system, Lightning arrestors, illumination system, AC/DC cable voltage drop etc.
9) Preparation of DC, AC and communication cable schedule.
10) To prepare technical specifications and RFP for various Electrical Equipment.
11) To prepare detailed BoM for complete Solar PV Plant.
12) SCADA system design, development and implementation.
13) Vendor Products vetting, vendor product development and application engineering.
14) Design of adequate protection schemes.

Desired Knowledge/Skills:
1) Experienced in Detailed Engineering of PV Plants – Grid connected/Off-Grid systems.
2) Must be working in Solar Industry from at least past 5 years.
3) Candidate must be very clear about fundamentals of electrical system and well versant with Indian & international codes & standards for Electrical Design & Engineering.
4) In-depth knowledge of industry standards in guarantees with respect to generation/performance of the solar power plants.
5) Knowledge of Grid Codes, Transient analysis and evacuation analysis with respect to connection of large plants to the Grid.
6) Must be an active team player and able to deliver results within stipulated timeline.
7) Knowledge of equipment used in Solar PV Plant. Inverters, PV Modules, Transformer, HT Panels, Relays, cables, communication system etc.
8) Must be able to understand issue, able to perform root cause analysis and its successful resolution.
9) Must be expert in PVSyst, Helioscope and AutoCAD.

Level – AM / Manager
Location – Bangalore