Gowri Prabu, Electrical Project Engineer

Gowri Prabu

Electrical Project Engineer

saudi elecricity company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Khobar
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics
Experience
19 years, 0 months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 0 months

Electrical Project Engineer at saudi elecricity company
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • My current job since September 2011

Project management of 380kV D/C Overhead Line and associated 132kV GIS Substation.

o Responsible for day-to-day supervision and control over the contractor works of installation and commissioning of 132kV GIS & GIB, 132kV SF6 & Oil Termination, 100MVA Power Transformer, Earthing Resistor, 132kV SF6/Air Bushing, 132kV/33kV XLPE cable & sealing end, 33kV Switchgear, Surge Arrestor, SVL, Control & Relay panel, Battery, SAS equipmet and AC & DC DB panels.
o Responsible for day-to-day supervision and control over the contractor works of 135km long 380kV D/C OHTL construction of foundation, Tower erection, Stringing & Commissioning.
o Coordinate and monitor the daily work plan from the EPC contractor.
o Verify and highlight the shortcomings of required materials and equipments at site.
o Inspect and approve daily progress report for the job being done by the EPC contractor and highlighted any shortcomings.
o Participate and witnessing of Site Acceptance Test on Electrical equipments and system.
o Provides reports on project progress against the approved plans and budgets, bringing to notice potential problems or delays and recommends solutions.
o Review and approve of contractor work statement and bill clearance.
o Maintaining site safety at all times and complete daily risk assessments where required and Ensuring that accidents and near misses are suitably reported.

Asistant Manager of Project at KEC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Algeria & Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Abha
  • February 2010 to August 2011

Project: Lump Sum Turn Key basis for 30kM, 25km long 132kV D/C & 25kM long Reconductoring of 132kV D/C OHTL project.
Responsibilities:
o Day to day coordination with engineering department to get an approval for all engineering correspondence.
o Day to day planning, coordination and construction of foundations, tower erection, stringing of quad-bundle conductor and ground wires/OPGW and associated operations for stringing such as sagging, clipping, jointing and spacer installation, final inspection and testing & commissioning.
o To supervise and monitor the subcontractors & co-ordinate to complete the work as per client’s specification and to resolve any unexpected technical difficulties and other problems that may arise at any time.
o Maintaining, updating and monitoring the design correspondence, material status, construction progress, Quantity survey & Certification.

Project: Lump Sum Turn Key basis for 27kM long 400KV S/C & 55kM long 60KV D/C OHTL Project.
Responsibilities:
o Day to day coordination with engineering department to get an approval for all engineering correspondence.
o Day to day planning, coordination and construction of foundations, tower erection, stringing of quad-bundle conductor and ground wires/OPGW and associated operations for stringing such as sagging, clipping, jointing and spacer installation, final inspection and testing & commissioning.

Electrical Site Engineer at Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Company (ksc) Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • February 2007 to February 2010

Project 03: Crude transit line from GC-07 to manifold GC-03
o Prepares electrical basis of designs, equipment specifications and BOM related to 3.3KV Indoor S/S associated with Power & Distribution Transformer, Air/Vacuum Switchgear, MCC, HT/LT Motors, ESP, Power & Control cables, Battery & UPS, Relay & Annunciator panel.
o Provide technical support to supervisor and control over the erection and commissioning of 3.3KV switchgear, power transformer, MCC panel, LT/HT motor, power and control cables associated with cable tray & conduit installation.
o Installation of transformer rectifier, anodes, Test station and Cathodic Protection cables on UG pipe line and new Oil wells.

Project 02: Polyethylene Expansion Project
o Responsible for reporting, controlling and monitoring the installation and commissioning works on 11 kV Indoor S/S associated with 12MVA Power Transformer & three winding transformer, 3.45kV Switchgear/MCC panel, HT/LT Motors, VSD, Power/Control/Communication Laying & termination, Battery & UPS system, Relay & Control panel, Indoor/Outdoor Lighting, Grounding, Field receptacle, cable tray, HVAC system, Fire Alarm and SAS equipment’s.
o Supervise installation and commissioning of RIE building and upgrade of existing S/S switchgear panel.
o Produce method statement related to installation and testing of electrical equipment’s and functional scheme checks.
o Prepare the execution plan & raise request for inspection.

Project 01: Waste water treatment plant
o Responsible for reporting, controlling and monitoring the installation and commissioning works of 3.45 kV S/S.
o Successfully performed revamp job activity on energized existing S/S load transfer to the new S/S without interruption of running plant production.
o Successfully performed amendment of existing 3.45 KV motor control center and switchgears spare and space cubicles to suitable for installation of new 1500 KW & 800kW motor starters, cabling, relay coordination and Comm

Electrical Engineer at larsen & toubro ltd
  • India - Chennai
  • June 2005 to February 2007

LSTK basis Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning of 120kM long 400KV D/C Overhead Line.
o Responsible for supervision and control over the sub-contractor works of foundations, tower erection, stringing of conductor and ground wires/OPGW and associated operations for stringing such as sagging, clipping, jointing and spacer installation, final inspection and testing & commissioning.
o Ensure the job being done by the sub-contractor has complied according to SOW and Company QA/QC and Safety Standard.
o Managing resources on site like a manpower, materials, equipment, machinery and tools.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics
  • at Anna University
  • April 2005

12th grade, Raja’s Hr.Sec. School, Sivagangai (1999-2001), 86% 10th grade, MP Hr.Sec. School, Sivagangai (1998), 80%

Specialties & Skills

AutoCAD
Microstation
MS Project
Project Management
Project Coordination
Advance Basic, C & C++
Ms-Office.
Detailed Engineering design and Estimation knoweldge
Testing and commissioning knoweldge of electrical equipment
AutoCAD
Microstation
MS Project

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Tamil
Expert
Malayalam
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Project Management, Cost & Schedule Program (Training)
Training Institute:
HEAVY ENGINEERING INDUSRIES SHIPBUILDING Co., Kuwait
Date Attended:
August 2008
OSAH - Industrial safety standards (Training)
Training Institute:
OSHA Tutor from USA
Date Attended:
July 2008
Electrical Safety & LOTO Procedure for energized system (Training)
Training Institute:
Equate Petrochemical Co - Kuwait
Date Attended:
April 2007
Power Transmission & Distribution - Technical Information Course Program (Training)
Training Institute:
SIEMENS (Mr.St. Mannkopf) – Kuwait
Date Attended:
March 2008