Position: Technical Assistant Manager
Experience: 6_8 Years
Qualification: B.E/B. Tech in Electrical Engineering
Location: Noida
Employment Type: Permanent
Company Overview: Client is India's first listed power sector Infrastructure Investment Trust. Client owns and operates a diversified portfolio of critical energy infrastructure spanning transmission, renewable generation and battery energy storage. With a presence across 20 states and 2 union territories, our portfolio is built to support the evolving needs of India's power system, from enabling the reliable movement of electricity to integrating renewable energy and providing flexibility to the grid. Our portfolio comprises 50 power projects with 41 operational assets spanning across transmission, solar generation and battery energy storage.
Position Overview: The Technical assistant manager - Solar (AC Side) will be responsible for analysing, monitoring, and enhancing the reliability and performance of solar plant assets, focusing specifically on AC side systems. This includes transformers, HT/LT switchgear, protection systems, cabling, and grid interface components. The role involves root cause analysis, preventive and predictive maintenance strategy development, failure tracking, reliability and performance improvement across solar assets.
Roles & Responsibilities: - Monitor and analyze failures, breakdowns of the AC-side components of utility-scale solar power plants.
- Develop and implement reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) strategies for transformers, inverters (AC output), switchgear, Switchyard/substation and SCADA-controlled systems.
- Perform root cause analysis (RCA) of above AC components failures and recurring issues.
- Work closely with O&M teams to optimize inspection and maintenance schedules, improve work methods, standard operating procedures and inspection check points.
- Evaluate equipment design, installation quality, and environmental conditions to identify potential failure modes and mitigations measures to prevent such failures.
- Prepare / Review Quality Assurance Plan (QAP), testing and commissioning plan of above AC components
- Develop and maintain reliability KPIs such as MTBF, MTTR, Failure Rate, Downtime %, etc.
- Technical support for warranty claims management of above AC components
- Support in risk assessments, hazard identification, and mitigation planning for AC components.
- Prepare periodic reliability reports and findings to management
- Work closely with O&M, Design, and SCADA teams to identify chronic issues and propose engineering solutions.
- Review AC side component performance assess harmonics, reactive power, and grid compliance issues and suggest mitigation measures to address challenges, if any
- Collaborate with OEMs/vendors for technical resolutions and continuous improvements in reliability.
- Support grid compliance audits and interface management with DISCOM/SLDC.
- Hands-on experience with condition monitoring systems, relay coordination, and event log analysis.
Qualification and Educational Requirements: - Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical
- 6-8 years of experience in substation testing, O&M, commissioning, or reliability engineering with strong AC side component experience
- In-depth knowledge of design and application standards (IEC, IS, NEC, IEEE etc.) of HT/LT systems, transformer protection schemes, circuit breakers, relays, switchgear, SCADA and grid integration.
- Hands-on experience with condition monitoring systems, relay coordination, and event log analysis