Senior Engineer

About the role

The O&M Engineer will be responsible for ensuring maximum plant uptime, efficiency, and compliance with safety and quality standards for Enerparc India’s rooftop and ground‑mount solar PV projects. The role includes managing, troubleshooting, and optimizing solar PV plant performance, requiring strong analytical and coordination skills, electrical engineering fundamentals, and a solid understanding of solar PV operations.

Responsibilities

• Technical analysis & support: monitor project data using SCADA, data‑monitoring platforms, and diagnostic tools while adhering to electrical safety standards and grid regulations.
• Oversee daily operations of rooftop and utility‑scale solar PV plants according to schedule.
• Identify and resolve performance issues to maximize generation.
• Maintain breakdown sheets, customer‑complaint registers, and module‑cleaning logs for data analytics.
• Coordinate with the analytics team to track KPIs such as performance ratio, plant availability, and generation guarantees.
• Document and maintain all vendor records, handle queries, and manage invoice submissions.
• Follow up with customers for payment collection.
• Conduct O&M audits before project handover and share punch‑list items.
• Maintain records of maintenance activities, breakdown reports, and performance logs.
• Supervise technicians and contractors during maintenance activities.
• Update customer‑complaint registers daily and track closures against target dates.
• Ensure IMS adherence for projects.
• Create and update weekly trackers for failures of inverters, sensors, modules, and other equipment.
• Manage spares inventory and track usage.
• Diagnose faults in electrical and mechanical systems and plan corrective actions.
• Coordinate with OEMs/vendors for technical support, warranty claims, and extended‑warranty planning.
• Identify low‑performance sites, conduct root‑cause analysis, and implement improvement actions.
• Plan preventive and corrective maintenance for solar modules, inverters, transformers, and switchgear.

Requirements

• Education: B.E./B.Tech or Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, or Renewable Energy.
• Experience: 3–5 years in solar PV, preferably in O&M.
• Technical competencies: strong electrical engineering fundamentals, knowledge of solar PV systems, inverters, transformers, and protection systems; ability to produce technical coordination reports and documentation.
• Soft skills: strong analytical, problem‑solving, and cross‑functional collaboration abilities; adaptability to an operations environment.
• Communication: excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; Tamil fluency preferred.