Solar Senior Engineer Design

Job description

1. Design of DC side electrical engineering related Medium and large-scale Solar Photovoltaic

Power plants.

2. Shall be Familiar with Energy yield simulation in PV Syst.

3. Shall be able to select the Solar PV Modules types and ratings, PV module installation type.

Optimum DC rating of Plant.

4. Shall be able to perform shading analysis using software tools (Sketchup, etc)

5. Preparation of DC, AC, Aux SLD (Single Line Diagrams) & the layout design for the 3D CAD

tools.

6. Preparation of Plant Layout GA drawings, PV Array Layout, DC Cable routine layouts, DC

Grouping layout and all other Solar PV plant services layout

7. PV plant Earthing Calculation as per IEEE, BS, IS and other related standards: Earthing

conductor sizing and earth mat design.

8. Lightning risk assessment and lightning calculations for design for Solar PV plant as per IEC

and IEEE guidelines.

9. String Cable, Power Cable (DC and AC) sizing & calculation; Control & Communication Cable

sizing, length Calculations and cable accessories selections.

10. Able to understand and Validate Solar PV inverter. HT Panel & IDT component Power /

Control schematics, BOQ and Site accessories.

11. Sizing Calculations for the protection Fuse, Connectors, SCB, SPD all DC components and

Ability to select the DC Fuse, SCB, String / Central Inverters or PCS and all associated

equipment for solar PV plant as per IEC, IS, IEEE standards.

12. Auxiliary Load calculation AC & DC and designing schematic diagram of auxiliary loads.

Skill Set Requirements:

1. Candidate shall be preferably from Consultancy / EPC background with exposure to utility

scale solar PV projects.

2. The candidate shall be preferred to have Exposure to the on-site DC components erections

works and commissioning of the DC side of the Solar plant.

3. Knowledge in DC/AC side Engineering Specification and Standards (IEC, IEEE, ANSI, SEC,

IS etc)

4. Knowledge of PV Syst, Sketchup, AutoCAD, MS office is essential.