General Manager Engineering

Thermax Limited · India

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.

Required Skills

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.

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.

Experience

• 12 – 18 years plus

Qualification

• Batchlor’s degree – Electrical/Power systems