General Manager - Engineering - Renewable Energy

Engineering & Design Skills:

- Familiar and experienced with entire life cycle of project design for solar PV, wind and energy storage systems.

- In depth knowledge of solar PV products and utility grid architecture.

- Leading development of vendors and suppliers for civil, electrical, mechanical and power evacuation systems.

- Should have good knowledge of local prevalent rules and regulation for power generation and evacuation.

- Review of design based on national, International standards and good engineering practices.

- Experience in collating data and other resources through co-ordination with different agencies and implementing the observations in Design.

- Taking Lead in validating and releasing GFC/ IFC (good/issued for construction) drawings.

- Expertise in layout finalization, Modeling, capacity fixing of utilities, routing and other details.

- Interfacing between Engineering consultant and EPC.

- Knowledge of IEC, INDIAN and other standards e.g. NFPA, NEC, IEEE, etc.

- Experience in design reviews and risk studies.

Techno commercial Operations Skills:

- Should be involved in preparing technical SOW/ DOR/proposals, along with handling contract & documentation.

- Interfacing between EPC/OEM and internal projects team, for facilitating technical requirement for capturing, building out specifications & scoping of projects.

- Overseeing and verifying the preparation of RFQ for various utilities and equipment supplies.

- Techno-commercial comparisons for key components like WTG, Module, Solar Inverters, Transformer etc.

- Supporting the Supply Chain team with facilitating smooth order execution right from quotation; Ordering, follow up, execution, billing and contract closing.

Erection and Commissioning Skills:

- Experience in preparing pre-startup requirement of the system considering all aspects like Standard operating procedure, preparation, review & commissioning of RE projects.

- Understand installation, erection and commissioning of equipment, providing support to the construction team during execution till commissioning.

- Foreseeing bottlenecks and initiating corrective (engineering) measures to avoid reoccurrence.

Operational assessment:

- Evaluates the performance of a renewable energy facility, identifying areas for improvement and quantifying potential gains.

- Site breakdown assessment, RCA, Corrective action plan, Lessons learned implementation in future project.

Responsibilities:

- Primarily responsible for the Design & Engineering Function of Renewable Energy (solar PV, wind and BESS) project design from concept to commissioning.

- Onboarding & Developing Infra Partners, Engineering consultants, OEM's, O&M partners.

- Carry out due diligence, Design Risk Analysis & mitigation plan for RE projects.

- Lead and oversee site evaluation, energy predictions, site survey, design & optimization, of complete plant layout.

- Oversee energy yield analysis and data analysis, measurement campaigns and power generation & Losses.

- Technical evaluation, selection & comparison of components and key equipment (Module, Inverter, Cable, Mounting Structure, BOS for utility scale solar PV, wind and BESS power plants.

- Lead the detailed designing (AC & DC resp.) of large Scale, Grid connected RE Power Plants.

- Finalizing Bill of Materials and issuing technical specifications for major components to complete support procurement and construction of RE projects.

- Achieving cost leadership through design optimization and vendor development for designed BOM.

- Leading estimation & supporting costing for Utility Scale project.

- Providing technical support to BD for Pre-bid /proposal stage.

- Liaise with other departments as well as with EPC's, Consultants and regulating authorities regarding technical requirement/issues.

- Team development, Managing and training to team and clients as per requirements.

- To develop & strengthen Process, Engineering Systems and procedures for all types of RE projects.

- Interaction with Customer, Project Management Team, Installation & Commissioning team and Contractors for successful completion of the project.

- Providing feedback on key project issues to Department, Management team on a timely basis.

Qualification:

- Master's or Bachelor's degree - Electrical/Power systems.

Competencies / Key Skills:

Required:

- Solar projects yield analysis and Wind resource assessment.

- Strong technical knowledge on Solar PV, Wind turbine technology, Evacuation infra 220kV and above.

- Software proficiency - PV syst, Solargis, SAM, MS office, AutoCAD, ETAP.

- Open, positive attitude, goal oriented & flexible.

- Good Communication & Presentation Skills.

- Interpersonal & Influential Skills.