Job Description

Design Lead - Solar (Electrical AC)LNT/DL-S/1270128


REN-Renewables ICChennai Head Qrs.
Posted On
24 Jul 2025
End Date
20 Jan 2026
Required Experience
7 - 10 Years

Skills
Knowledge & Posting Location


SOLAR SYSTEM DESIGN


Minimum Qualification


BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (BE)

Objective

: 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 As Lead Engineer Electrical, the person shall be capable of Preparing, reviewing & executing Electrical Engineering from 400V to 33kV level. Strong Knowledge in large scale Solar power plant and its operations related to generations, inverters is expected Activities for Renewables Projects as per the Roles assigned to him/her in the respective domain. She / He must have following in his/her domain. + Strong knowledge in medium voltage and high voltage electrical equipment like, Switchgears, transformers, cables, etc (upto 400kV) is expected.
+ Strong knowledge in international standards like IEC, IEEE is expected.
+ Good knowledge in understanding the international Grid code requirements and local utility standards are expected, especially for SAARC regions.
+ Knowledge in ETAP, ACAD, PSS/E is expected.



In addition, she/ he must coordinate with other departments including Inter-departmental checks covering Civil/ Structural /MEP/ Instrumentation and others (as applicable). Experience in PV plant Layout design, Cable sizing, Voltage drop calculation Good Knowledge in Earthing and Lightning calculation/layouts. Knowledge in Solar power plant and its operations related to generations, inverters is expected. Knowledge in IEC standards related to Modules, Inverters and other related item Shall possess customer/consultant handling related to technical clarifications.

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.

Operating Network

Internally: Head of Engineering, Section Heads, Design Engineers, Draughts Person, Operations Team, Site Execution team & Supply Chain Management team


Externally: Clients (Site Execution & Engineering team), Consultants & Vendors

Key Performance Indicators

:

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

Software Skills Required:

General awareness of Dialux and MS Office.


Desirable awareness of ETAP.