Muhammad Akif

Sales Engineer - Instrumentation & Control at SPEEDY AUTOMATION (ENDRESS+HAUSER,PAKISTAN)

• Pakistan - Karachi
• My current job since August 2012

AREA OF EXPERTISE:

 Instrumentation & Control System.

 Engineering & Design.

 Installation & Commissioning of Instruments.

 Sizing & Selection of Instruments.

 Calibration/ Parameterization of Instruments.

 Analyzers.


RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Handling projects of Cement, Oil & Gas companies.

 Business development, Identify profitable opportunities and expansion of customer base.

 Formulation & Implementation of business development strategy.

 Application oriented instrument specification design, training & presentations to clients.

 System design, selection of product, tender proposal preparation, site surveys & assessment.

 Preparation of technical proposal & commercial proposal.
 Technical discussions and commercial negotiation with customers as well as Principals.

 Selection & sizing of Instruments to measure Flow, Level, Pressure, Differential Pressure, Temperature, Control Valve. Gas Chromatograph, Moisture analyzer, Dust monitors and several other instruments.

 Installation, Commissioning & Parameterization of Instruments.


TECHNICAL SKILLS:

 Instruments: Endress+Hauser, DURAG, Yokogawa, Rosemount, Micromotion, Vega, ABB, Shinko, M-System.

 PLC: Siemens

 Troubleshoot and resolve instrument problems.

 Installation, commissioning, calibration and loop checking of various field instruments.

 Knowledge on various communication protocols like HART protocol.

 Knowledge of several standard of Pressure rating & Classes for Instruments.

 Comprehensive knowledge of electrical and instrument codes and specifications and approvals for different Hazardous Zones like ATEX, IECEx.

 Excellent hands-on experience of working on Siemens SIMATIC S7-300 PLC, its
various Signal Modules & Function Modules, Siemens STEP7 & Ladder Logic Programming.


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

 Registered Engineer from Pakistan Engineering Council.

 Certificate of Training from PAF-Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology on PLCs & HMIs - Programmable Logic Controllers and Human Machine Interfaces.

 Successfully passed Certificate Training Courses by Endress+Hauser Switzerland for the Selection, Sizing & Applications & Operations of the following Instruments:

 Tank Gauging
 Coriolis Mass Flow Meter
 Guided Radar Level Transmitter
 Vibrating Fork Level Switches
 Vortex Flow Meter
 Radar Level Transmitter
 Pressure Transmitters
 Electro-Magnetic Flow Meter
 Ultrasonic Level Transmitters
 Differential Pressure Transmitters
 Orifice Flow Meter
 Differential Pressure Level Transmitter
 Temperature Transmitters
 Ultrasonic Flow Meter
 Hydro-static Level Transmitter
 Flow Fundamentals
 Thermal Mass Flow Meter
 Capacitance Level Switches