Manager - T&C (Relay Testing)

About the role

Requirements

• Experience: 8-18 years
• Qualifications: Graduate Diploma, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Bachelor of Technology (BTech)
• Department/Category: Construction

Responsibilities

• - Lead and manage protection relay testing and commissioning activities for utility-scale solar PV plants, substations, switchyards, and grid interconnection facilities.
• - Supervise testing of protection relays, including overcurrent, earth fault, differential, distance, transformer, busbar, and line protection schemes.
• - Review protection coordination studies, relay setting calculations, protection schematics, single-line diagrams, and control wiring drawings.
• - Perform and oversee secondary injection, primary injection, functional testing, trip circuit checks, and end-to-end protection testing.
• - Ensure proper integration and testing of protection relays with SCADA, RTU, and substation automation systems.
• - Coordinate with EPC contractors, consultants, OEMs, utilities, and client representatives during testing and commissioning.
• - Manage testing schedules, manpower allocation, equipment availability, and site execution activities.
• - Ensure compliance with IEC, IEEE, utility requirements, project specifications, and approved testing procedures.
• - Troubleshoot protection relay malfunctions, wiring issues, communication failures, and protection scheme abnormalities.
• - Prepare and review relay test reports, commissioning records, punch lists, and handover documentation.
• - Ensure calibration and proper use of relay testing equipment, such as OMICRON and Megger test kits.
• - Implement site safety procedures, permit-to-work requirements, and quality control measures during testing activities.
• - Provide technical guidance and training to relay testing engineers and technicians.
• - Support grid synchronization, energization, performance testing, and final project handover.

Skills

• Protection relay testing
• SCADA integration
• RTU testing
• Substation automation
• Relay coordination studies
• Protection schematics
• Single-line diagrams
• Secondary injection testing
• Primary injection testing
• End-to-end protection testing
• Troubleshooting electrical protection
• Relay calibration
• OMICRON testing equipment
• Megger testing equipment
• IEC/IEEE standards
• Project commissioning