Head - Engineering - Solar EPC

Job Description:

Role: Head of Engineering

Location: Greater Noida; travel as required

Function: Design & Engineering

Reporting To: CEO / Designated Business Leader

Experience: 10+ years in solar / renewable energy engineering

Employment: Full-time

The Opportunity:

Own the end-to-end engineering function for a solar EPC portfolio, ensuring bankable, optimized and constructible designs from bid stage through commissioning and handover.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary design and engineering team of 10+ professionals across electrical, civil, structural, mechanical and system-design disciplines.

- Own concept, basic and detailed engineering for ground-mounted, rooftop and open-access / captive solar projects.

- Drive energy-yield assessment, DC/AC optimization, loss assumptions, equipment selection, design standardization and value engineering.

- Establish design-review gates, document-control practices, engineering schedules, technical checklists and approval matrices.

- Coordinate with business development, procurement, project execution, quality, safety, consultants, utilities and clients to resolve technical interfaces and site constraints.

- Evaluate modules, inverters, structures, transformers, HT systems, SCADA and balance-of-system technologies.

- Ensure compliance with applicable Indian standards, CEA requirements, utility / DISCOM requirements, electrical inspectorate requirements and contractual specifications.

- Own engineering risk identification, root-cause analysis, design change management, as-built documentation and lessons-learned deployment.

- Build engineering capability through resource planning, mentoring, training, performance management and succession planning.

Required Experience & Qualifications:

- At least 10 years of relevant industry experience, with substantial exposure to solar EPC design and engineering.

- Demonstrated leadership of a design / engineering team comprising at least 10 people.

- Track record of engineering delivery for an aggregate solar portfolio of at least 500 MW.

- Strong command of utility-scale and C&I solar design, equipment interfaces, grid evacuation and constructability.

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil, Mechanical or a closely related engineering discipline; postgraduate qualification is advantageous.

- Working knowledge of relevant design and simulation tools such as AutoCAD, PVsyst, ETAP / equivalent and document-control systems.

- Strong commercial judgment, stakeholder management, communication and decision-making skills.

Preferred Profile:

- Experience with open-access and captive solar projects across multiple states.

- Exposure to design automation, digital engineering workflows, BIM / GIS or engineering analytics.

- Experience supporting lender's engineer, owners engineer or third-party technical due diligence.