AC Lead

About the Role

Larsen & Toubro is seeking an AC Lead to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role requires 5-10 years of experience and involves leading engineering activities for Solar PV Power Plants, focusing on AC electrical systems. The AC Lead will be responsible for reviewing and executing engineering tasks, facilitating BIM 3D model development, and coordinating with various departments.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure timely delivery of engineering drawings and documents, aligning with project schedules.
• Review drawings by Design Engineers and Draughts Persons, including checking design and sizing calculations for electrical equipment and obtaining client approvals.
• Review vendor deliverables related to engineering.
• Manage multiple tasks and deliver on time.
• Estimate and plan man-hour requirements.
• Review Bill of Quantities (BOQ), submit to the contracts team, and provide technical clarifications.
• Coordinate with multiple disciplines to ensure inter-departmental checks.
• Provide support and clarifications to the Site Execution team.
• Check pre-award evaluation of vendors against client technical specifications and forward validation documents to Supply Chain Management.
• Inspect equipment from finalized vendors after validation document submission.
• Clarify design and client requirements to the Site Execution Team.
• Collect project details (plot details, feeder arrangements) from clients and the Project Engineering Manager.
• Coordinate with the Operations team and communicate design specifications for approval.
• Collect project details (General Arrangement Drawings) from vendors.
• Check deliverables such as Equipment layouts, Cable Routing Layout, Cable Tray Layout, Earthing Layout, Lighting Layout, and Lightning Protection Layout.
• Provide support to Electrical DC and Civil/Structural teams for reviewing vendor drawings.
• Submit man-hour requirements for undertaking and reviewing project designs and drawings.

Technical Expertise

The AC Lead must possess overall knowledge of equipment layouts and necessary calculations. Detailed knowledge of Solar PV Power Plants is essential, including understanding engineering activities such as SLD Preparation, Layout Engineering, Earthing, Cable Routing, Lighting, Lightning Protection, and Cable Tray Routing. The role requires the ability to perform design and sizing calculations for Busbar, UPS, Battery, LT Transformer, and Earthing Conductors, including short circuit force calculations. Familiarity with National and International Codes and Standards is also required. The AC Lead will interpret contractual technical requirements and support Project Teams as needed, with an overall understanding of inter-disciplinary design aspects (Civil & Structural, Mechanical, and Instrumentation) of electrical equipment.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of experience in a relevant field.
• Proven capability in reviewing and executing engineering activities for Solar PV Power Plants.
• Experience in leading a team of Design Engineers and Draughts Persons.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The AC Lead will work within a team environment, coordinating with various internal departments and external vendors to ensure project success.