Design Lead - SCADA and Telecom for Solar and Renewable Energy Projects

Lead - SCADA

BU                                           : EDRC - (Renewables)

Job Role                          : Design Lead – Solar (SCADA & Telecom)

Reports to (Job – Role)        : Section Head - Solar

Reportee (Job – Role)           : Design Engineer, Draughts Person

Minimum Qualification      : BE   Electronics Instrumentation Engineering / ICE (Instrumentation and Control Engineering) or M. Tech. (Instrumentation or Automation)

Experience: Experience       :  7–10  years (Must have experience in design aspects of Wind/Solar PV/BESS Power Plants / Power Distribution Projects)

Objective: As Design Lead (Instrumentation), the person shall be capable of reviewing & executing  Engineering Activities of instrumentation /Automation of Solar PV Power Plants.   He shall facilitate the modellers in development of BIM 3D Model for Wind/Solar PV/BESS Power plants. In addition, she / he has to coordinate with other departments including Inter-departmental checks covering Civil/ Structural, Electrical, MEP and others. The Design Lead (Instrumentation) 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
• Capable of Multitasking and deliver multiple things on time
• Estimate and Plan man-hour requirements
• Review BOQ and submit to contracts team and providing technical clarifications
• Coordinate with multiple disciplines for ensuring inter-departmental checks
• Provide support & clarifications to the Site Execution team 
• Check pre-award evaluation of vendors (w.r.t. technical specifications requirement of the client) and forward the validation document to Supply Chain Management
• Inspect equipment from the finalized vendor after submission of validation document of the vendor
• Clarify issues w.r.t. the design & requirements of the client to the Site Execution Team
• Collect inputs for project details from client & Project Engineering Manager
• Coordinating with Operations team and informing Design specifications for obtaining approval
• Collect inputs for project details (General Arrangement Drawings) from Vendors
• Check deliverables such as Instrumentation and JB Location Layout, Control Room Layout, F&G Location Layout, CCTV Location Layout, Earthing Layout, Cable Tray routing Layout, Access Control System Layout, EPAX System Layout
• Provide support to Electrical AC/DC, Civil /Structural for reviewing Vendor drawings
• Submit requirement of man-hours for undertaking & reviewing of design & drawings of the project

Technical Expertise

The Design Lead (SCADA/Telecom) is required to have an overall knowledge of Wind/Solar/BESS plant Design of Control, Monitoring System including, equipment layouts and necessary calculations. Expertise in PLC/SCADA system, Cyber Security requirement, Wind Turbine Generator control interface, Power Plant Controller, Wind/Solar Plant integration with National Grid network, Met station system, cable selections, Telecom system, CCTV systems, ACS (Access Control system), System Integration, third party equipment integration system. Well versed in all the protocols of communication systems, Tracker control system etc. He / She is also required to have knowledge in Electrical and Mechanical Equipment.

The Design Lead (SCADA) should also have detailed knowledge of  Wind/Solar PV/BESS Power Plants operation & control system. The Design Lead  is required to have knowledge on National and International Codes and Standards.

The Design Lead (SCADA/Telecom) is required to understand and interpret the contractual technical requirements and facilitate the Project Teams as and when required.

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 SCADA Programming software(Preferable) and MS Office. 

Behavioural Attributes: 

• Market Insight
• Foresight
• Leveraging Opportunities
• Customer at the Core
• Sustainable Partnerships
• Anticipating Needs
• Customer Centricity
• Disruptive Innovation
• Challenge Traditional approaches
• Generate innovative solutions
• Take Calculated risks
• Collaborate and influence
• Internal Stake Holders
• External Stake holders
• As defined in the DC competencies for the respective Tier.