Engineering manager - Solar & Substation

Mission Statement:

Design authority for an engineering discipline with low to medium complexity. Complete assignments on small projects or portions of larger projects, cost-effectively and in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards and safety requirements

Your responsibilities:

• Evaluates, selects and applies standard techniques and procedures to perform engineering assignments.
• Provides technical support for testing, installation and commissioning activities.
• Prepares projects documentation within one’s scope of deliverables.
• Assists in preparing proposal/presentation of engineering projects/programs (provision of bills of materials, estimated engineering hours, etc.).
• Supports Contract Managers in issuing claims (new/change in scope of work, cost impact, time impact, risk quantifications etc.)
• Provides quality solutions as per customer requirement and delivers within budget and contract.
• Ensures adherence to safety standards and mitigation of potential risks.
• Creates work plans and cost estimates in own area of responsibility and ensures quality deliverables on time and within targeted cost.
• Improves effectiveness of work plan in collaboration with other functions. Completes risk and opportunity assessments and ensures implementation of resulting actions in one’s area of responsibility.
• Reports any contract/quality/program/cost issues to management along with recommendations for resolution.
• Assists customers on technical issues, interacts with official contracts, contractors and other staff within his/her scope of deliverables. Assist communication pertaining to specific assignments or meetings.
• Collaborates with the Supply Chain function to ensure that technical requirements for equipment or services are communicated and agreed to with potential suppliers.
• Provides technical evaluation of supplier proposals and accepts as fit for purpose supplied equipment or services. Uses standard processes and tools applicable to one’s area of responsibility.
• Ensures that engineering activities comply with required safety regulations and contractual requirements.
• Reports processes and tools inefficiencies and suggests improvements Ideas. Assign tasks to and coordinates work with entry level engineers, technicians, administrative staff.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Candidate must have a Bachelor / Master’s degree in Engineering with relevant min 10-12 years of experience and thorough knowledge in engineering of solar plant. This is must without which candidate shall not apply for this position
• Expertise in Array yard layout; AC & DC cable sizing for solar installations; Proficiency in String formation drawings, Earthing & lightning protection layout for array yard
• Hands on experience on ICR layout & overall cable routing layout for plant; Selection of Bus bar configuration & scheme
• System Analysis & network study; Preparation of Main SLD (Single Line Diagram) including selection of primary equipment specifications
• Preparation of Protection SLD (Single Line Diagram) which includes selection of protection schemes for line, transformer, reactor, bus bar etc.
• Various sizing calculations to prove sufficiency for adopted substation design: Instrument Transformer sizing, Short Circuit Force calculation, Sag- tension calculation, DSLP calculation, Earthing Calculation, HT & LT cable sizing calculation, illumination design, battery & charger sizing, relay setting calculation etc. Layout engineering
• Earth mat layout & equipment earthing details; Trench engineering
• Engineering BOQ preparation for bus bar materials, cables, clamps, connectors, insulators & string hardware.
• Review of Primary equipment’s (Trafo, CB, Isolator, IT, WT etc.), Secondary equipments (Control & Protection Panel Schematic, MV Switchgears, LT DBs, Battery, Battery Charger, JBs etc.)  Mechanical equipment (HVAC, Fire Detection & alarm, Fire fighting equipments etc.) drawings
• Software skills: Proficiency in Auto CAD, CDEG & Microsoft Office
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.