Solar Design Engineer

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

• Support engineering of Solar + BESS projects in ANZ for large scale applications.
• Complete system design for PV projects including: plant cabling layout, voltage drop calculation, cable size and dimensions, single-line electrical connection, specification of disconnect
• boxes location, etc. 
• Preparation of design documents such as SLDs for electrical networks and switchgear components, Bill of Materials, Functional Design Specifications, sizing calculations, General
• Arrangement drawings, cable schedules, earthing drawings. Develop sizing, specifications and selection of BESS and Balance Of Plant (BoP) Equipment.
• Engagement with customers to collect structural, electrical and related project information for use in the design of the PV system.
• Provide technical direction or support to installation teams during construction, installation, testing and commission stages as required by customers. 
• Project ownership – support to sales, customer support, detailed bill of material, project presentation and delivery/execution support.
• Developing supporting documentation required for PV solar systems: instruction manuals, procedures and other, as defined in company quality system.
• Provide sales, project managers and other internal departments with engineering support needed for successful project execution.
• Champion the solar application in the region and propose optimal design applications.
• Support evaluation of alternative products and solutions for solar applications.
• Support customer training and participation in external events and promotional presentations.

Requirements:

• University degree (Electrical engineering / Renewables Energy Engineering / Photovoltaics and Solar Energy Engineering preferred)
• Excellent knowledge of PV and BESS systems in large scale applications and construction practices
• Any additional experience in tendering or estimation is valued
• Competence in AUTOCAD is mandatory. Fully capable of producing drawings for PV and BESS projects with PVsyst or similar.
• Well versed in Microsoft office and other MS Project tools
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• English language skills
• Culturally sensitive
• Ability to work within a cross functional team to maintain schedule and financial goals throughout a project
• Pro-activeness
• Resilient
• Self-confident