Design Engineer

Job description / Role

Job purpose

Design, develop, and support transformer projects by preparing accurate electrical designs, BOMs, and technical documentation. Provide engineering expertise, technical clarifications, and customer support while ensuring compliance with project requirements, industry standards, and organizational quality processes. Collaborate with internal teams and customers to drive efficient execution and deliver reliable transformer solutions.

Key accountability areas

Design and approval

• Prepare primary electrical designs and drawings for transformer projects based on design inputs, utilizing engineering software and tools.
• Develop and review technical documentation, providing clarifications and cost data to tendering and project teams.
• Produce accurate as-built drawings reflecting project implementation and modifications.

Coordination and communication

• Collaborate with production teams and internal departments to ensure smooth project execution and adherence to specifications.
• Initiate and manage requests for SAP item code creation for transformer components and assemblies.
• Control and distribute design documents, ensuring proper version management and communication with all stakeholders.

Documentation and compliance

• Prepare and manage Bills of Materials (BOMs) in SAP for raw materials, bought-out items, and transformer shop drawings.
• Create compliance and technical datasheets in coordination with tendering teams, ensuring alignment with project requirements and standards.

Site visits and customer interaction

• Conduct site visits to support technical discussions, project evaluations, and product development for transformer solutions.
• Provide technical clarifications and expert guidance to customers, ensuring clear communication and customer satisfaction.

Role accountability

HR proficiency:

• Ability to obtain updated soft and technical skills related to the job.

Delivery:

• Perform the planned activities to meet the operational and development targets as per delivery schedules.
• Utilize resources effectively to achieve objectives within efficient cost and time.
• Provide a periodic report formatted by detailing the deviation and execution of planned tasks.

Problem-solving:

• Solve any related problems that arise and escalate any complex operational issues.

Quality:

• Ensure quality requirements to develop effective quality control and processes including specifications for products or processes or related activities.

Business process improvements:

• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automation opportunities as much as possible.

Compliance:

• Comply with related policy and procedures and work instructions.

Health, safety, and environment:

• Ensure compliance of relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within defined area of work activity to guarantee safety, legislative compliance, and delivery of high-quality products/services.

Academic qualification

Bachelor degree in electrical engineering

Work experience

5 to 10 years

Technical / functional competencies

• Design specifications
• Design tools

About the Company

alfanar builds efficient energy systems & solutions of the present and sets up infrastructures for a brighter future.

We assist utility sector partners & customers in transforming cities into sustainable, habitable, and inclusive Smart Cities by harnessing renewable energy resources from wind, solar, and waste heat energy. Promoting the transition to a sustainable eco-conscious future.

Using world-class technologies, we develop unrivaled quality electrical solutions & products from our manufacturing facilities, to solve the world’s major energy challenges and make the world a better viable place.

Diligence, Efficiency, and Innovation are the key criteria our teams adopt in order to continuously provide effective solutions. We’re constantly equipping our teams with the tools they need to expand their horizons and reach higher grounds.

Being in an ever-changing environment with a crucial impact on their surroundings, our employees are nurtured to become keen thinkers with highly refined skills and a consistent outlook on the future, working together on finding the next big innovation.