SgurrEnergy Private Limited | Full time

Solar PV Design Engineer

Pune City, India | Posted on 06/21/2024

Job Information

  • Date Opened 06/21/2024
  • Job Type Full time
  • Industry Energy and Utilities
  • City Pune City
  • State/Province Maharashtra
  • Country India
  • Zip/Postal Code 411048

About Us

SgurrEnergy was originally established in Glasgow, UK in 2002 with an aim to excel in renewable energy consulting. The company with its in-depth expertise progressed exponentially in renewable energy and assessed over 160GW of projects worldwide. Furthermore, with huge growth and expansion, SgurrEnergy was incorporated in 2007 to provide technical advisory and engineering services for renewable projects globally.

Since its inception, SgurrEnergy has become one of the leading reputed renewable engineering consultancy offering 360° services over the complete project lifecycle. Our services are tailor-made to meet the requirements at any stage of the renewable energy project. With a team of more than 135 highly-qualified engineering and renewable expert, we bring a combined 1300 man-years of experience, making SgurrEnergy the largest and only purely renewable energy-focused consulting team across the globe providing feasibility studies, design and detailed engineering, construction management, O&M consulting, performance assessment and technical due diligence services for developers, investors & lenders and EPC contractors.

We are actively working on large-scale utility projects in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Vietnam, Philippines, South Africa, Ukraine, Jordan, Australia, the USA, and many more countries; the company is also rapidly expanding to the Far East, Africa, Americas, Middle East, and other Asian countries.

Job Description

The principal responsibilities shall essentially include:


- Lead technical feasibility and due diligence projects. This shall include client and internal co-ordination with internal team of Solar Energy designers to deliver projects within allocated time and budget.

- Develop initial PV system concept of plant layout which shall essentially include technology assessment, tilt-pitch optimization, DC overload analysis, long term energy yields analysis and project economics for optimum LCOE.

- Support detail engineering and owner’s project with conceptual designs.

- Support the preparation of special proposals and bids.

-  Lead site visits of feasibility projects and gather information to for design and identify critical implementation risks.  

-  Handle EPC bid management projects which involves preparing comprehensive RfP documentation with technical specifications following the local and standard codal compliances. Perform bid analysis through set benchmark and provide technical support in contract finalization.

- Maintain awareness of new product technology and communicate pertinent developments with colleagues.

-  Support SgurrEnergy’s solar PV business development activities.

-  Site visits in India and abroad.

Requirements

- In-depth knowledge of solar market and various policy frameworks.
- An understanding of the key technical and commercial aspects of solar projects.
- Expert knowledge of solar energy technology and overall Projects lifecycle.
- Ability to learn, understand and apply new technologies in renewable energy market.
- Ability to quantify risk and opportunities in due diligence projects and new design & PV technologies.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to produce high-quality technical reports within predefined deadline.
- Familiar with international standards for solar PV systems, and other relevant standards;
- Technical background in modules, inverters and/or battery technology will be a plus.
- Hands on experience in Solar PV yield prediction softwares like PVSyst, Helios, Aurora, PVSol etc. 
- Strong analytical skills and an aptitude for analysing statistical data.
- Ability to work both individually and as part of a multi-disciplined team.
- Strong management capabilities.
- Competent user of main Microsoft packages.
- Contribute to continual development of team’s functional and operational requirements through solar engineering standards, toolsets and work processes.
- Previous experience working in consultancy and / or project development environment