Civil & Structural Design Engineer - Renewables  (Utility Scale Solar PV, BESS and Wind)

BU : EDRC - (Solar)

Job Role : Design Engineer - Solar (Civil / Structural)

Reports to (Job – Role) : Design Lead ( Civil / Structural) 

Reportee (Job – Role) : None

Minimum Qualification : B.Tech in Civil /M.Tech in Structural Engineering

Experience : 4 – 8 years (Must have experience in design aspects of Solar 

PV Power Plants, Thermal Power Plants, Power Distribution 

Projects)

Objective: The person shall be capable of complete design and detailed engineering of Civil 

Structural Engineering of PV Solar Power plants. The Design Engineer is capable of carrying 

out the entire design for a project or a set of smaller projects including co-ordination with other 

disciplines viz., Electrical, Instrumentation and Mechanical

Design Engineers shall work with a team of draftsman to manage the Engineering activities 

within budget, deliver on time and maintaining a high quality of engineering

Key Responsibilities:

• Timely review of the drawings developed by the draftsman

• Detail design of Civil and Structural components of Solar Plants such as Module 

mounting Steel Structures, Buildings, Road, Drain, Fence / Compound Wall, Grading 

and levelling cable Trenches

• Preparation and review of Pre-bid queries, DBR, BOQ & Scope of work for Proposal 

Engineering & Project Engineering.

• Propose optimization Ideas during Pre-bid stage and also during project stage to reduce 

the Project Cost

• Ensure compliance to specification requirements 

• Review of drawings and Documentation conforming to Quality systems and Check 

List

• Review of Vendor Offers and Documents 

• Pre-Tender Engineering including estimation of BOM (Bill of Materials) and Offer 

Reviews

Technical Expertise: 

Design Engineer shall be capable of executing the engineering activities for civil & structural 

covering control room buildings, transformer foundations, outdoor equipment foundations, 

inverter rooms, grading, roads and drainage, outdoor steel structures and miscellaneous works 

related to the Solar Power Plant. Design Engineer shall be able to review Vendor engineering 

documents with respect to Civil & Structural design

Operating Network

Internally: PEM, Design Lead, Inter-disciplinary Engineers (Electrical, MEP & 

Instrumentation), Draughts Person

Externally: Client (Site Execution, Engineering team), Vendors (Engineering Team)