Manager - T&C (Relay Testing)

• 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.