The role and responsibilities essentially includes -
- Technical Delivery & Expertise
- Lead and deliver mechanical, hydraulic and electromechanical engineering for conventional hydroelectric and pumped storage projects across feasibility, basic and detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning and operational stages.
- Undertake and technically oversee key engineering activities, including:
- Project configuration, installed-capacity optimisation, number and rating of units, operating range and powerhouse arrangement
- Hydraulic design of intakes, waterways, pressure shafts, penstocks, manifolds, spiral casings, draft tubes, surge systems and tailraces
- Calculation of gross head, net head, design discharge, hydraulic losses and equipment design pressures
- Hydraulic transient, water-hammer and surge-control assessments for start-up, shutdown, load rejection, pump trip and emergency conditions
- Selection and sizing of Francis, Kaplan, Pelton and other applicable turbines for conventional hydro projects




- Selection and sizing of reversible pump-turbines and evaluation of fixed-speed, variable-speed and ternary pumped storage arrangements
- Review of hill charts, four-quadrant characteristics, efficiency, cavitation, vibration, pressure pulsation, runaway speed and operating restrictions
- Selection and specification of generators and motor-generators, including rating, speed, inertia, cooling, excitation, braking and starting arrangements
- Design and specification of main inlet valves, gates, stoplogs, trash racks, hoists and other hydro-mechanical equipment
- Design of cooling water, lubrication, drainage, dewatering, compressed air, service water, fire protection and mechanical auxiliary systems
- Powerhouse layouts, erection and maintenance clearances, lifting requirements, access and major equipment replacement arrangements
- Plant operating philosophy covering generation, pumping, start-up, shutdown, mode change, synchronous condenser operation an

📌 Principal Engineer (Pune)
🏢 SgurrEnergy
📍 Pune