Mahmoud Alshimy, Gas Turbine Team Leader Engineer

Mahmoud Alshimy

Gas Turbine Team Leader Engineer

Khalda Petroleum Co

Location
Egypt - Banha
Education
Master's degree, Engineering
Experience
13 years, 7 months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 7 months

Gas Turbine Team Leader Engineer at Khalda Petroleum Co
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since August 2015

· Ensured the safe operating conditions of Solar Centaur-50 gas turbines- gas and liquid fuel fired- controlled by RSLogix5000 Allen Bradley Controller.
· Suggest and execute a new operation schedule for the turbines to enhance power station availability. 
· Carry out start-up, shutdown and routine and scheduled emergency operations of the assigned plant/equipment as per the standard operation procedures and instructions.
· Participate in risk assessment, plant hazards identification and safety training to maintain plant and personnel safety and to fulfill Occupational Health & Safety (HSE) department requirements. Also,
· Performing firefighting systems checks and testing.
· Prepare the power station machinery risk assessments to be reviewed by HSE department.
· Perform free injury preventive Maintenance and corrective Maintenance and troubleshooting for the gas turbines.
· Carry out turbine and gearbox exchange including the related activities required (Mechanical and electrical and Instrumentations disassembling and reinstalling, Shaft alignment and software upgrade).
· Measuring and control instrumentations testing and calibration.
· Monitoring and check the assigned plant/equipment to identify abnormal operation cases and report any defects/faults immediately to initiate necessary corrective action.
· Performing Root Cause Analysis RCA and malfunctions diagnoses for the gas turbines.
· Issue near misses take the corrective actions if applicable.

Shift Commissioning & Operation Engineer at Cairo Electricity Production Co.-Giza North Power Plant
  • Egypt
  • My current job since February 2013

Responsibility:
Ensure the safe Start-up, Operation, Shutdown, Emergency conditions for the power plant to maintain the power demand and performance.
Project P&IDs, commissioning procedures and control reviewing and modification according to the operation requirements.

Issue of safety work permits and coordinate with maintenance department for power plant devices and equipment diagnoses and troubleshooting.
Coordination with Load Dispatch Centre
Preparing shift reports, readings papers and shift operation logs.
Lead, supervise and issue instructions to the power plant operators.
Ensure safety of personnel and equipment and minimize the work hazards.
Monitoring and operating the power plant devices including:

 6*250MW GE 9FA commissioning and start up testing (First rolling - Over-Speed Load rejection tests) · Instrumentation function test.
 STF Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) steam blowing, commissioning and start up.
 Ansaldo Energia 3*250 MW steam turbine commissioning and start up testing (First rolling - Over-speed Load rejection tests) ·
 Balance of Plant \[BOP\] commissioning and operation including \[Air compressors, Closed Cooling Water pumps, Service Water pumps, Liquid fuel pumps, Circulate Water pumps, Liquid fuel treatment system and feed water pump\].
 400V Low Voltage, 6.3KV Medium Voltage Switchgear, Emergency Diesel Generator testing and 220KVand 500KV GIS.

Trainee Engineer at GE Energy
  • France
  • May 2013 to June 2013

A comprehensive training for GT 9FA DLN 2.6+ start-up, operation and shut down
Including:
1- P&ID Reviewing and Studying for all mechanical systems.
2- Case Studies for GE's previous experiences.
3- DLN 2.6+ Firing stages
4- Model Base Control (MBC)

*Mark VIe Control Training:
1- Toolbox ST Basicsو Mark VIe Controller, IO packs, terminal boards
2- Monitoring IO signals and IO configuration
3-Constants and variables
4-Forcing signals
5- Trender and Alarms and alarm tracing
6-Viewing Trip log
7-Servo valve calibration
8-Cimbilicity

*Excitation System EX2100e Training:
Fundamentals and operation

Sift Assistant Engineer at Cairo Electricity Production Co. (CEPC)-Cairo North Combined Power Plant.
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2010 to January 2013

Responsible for the reliable, efficient and safe operation of 750MW combined power plant including:
* 2*250 MW GE MS-9001FA Gas Turbine controlled by Mark VI. combined with 2 Heat Recovery Steam Generator.
*1*250 MW ALSTOM steam turbine.
* Atlas Copco Natural Gas Compressors.
*BOP controlled by Mark VIe DCS.
* Service water system closed cooling water system).
* GIS 220 KV.
*6.3 KV switchgear 400 V switchgear for low Voltage Equipment.
*Perform the required weekly and monthly tests.
*Cooperate with maintenance departments for troubleshooting.
*Prepare the daily performance reports.
*Issuing the work permits for maintenance to ensure the safety for personnel and equipment.

Commissioning and Start up Engineer at Cairo Electricity Production Co (CEPC) - 6th October Simple Cycle Power Plant.
  • Egypt
  • January 2012 to April 2012

6th of October EGYPT
Responsible for the initial operation of 4*150 MW gas turbine.
Gas turbine testing (First Fire Unloading test Housing Test)
Gas turbine auxiliaries testing.
Gas turbine performance tests.
Witnessed Electrical Systems testing and commissioning.
Maintain an electronic log of all significant events during the shift and to interpret and analyze sequence events, process trends, alarms and trips.

Education

Master's degree, Engineering
  • at Shobra Faculty of Engineering
  • May 2009

B.Sc. Mechanical Power Engineering

Bachelor's degree, Power Mechanical Engineering
  • at Benha University
  • January 2009

2004-2009 B.sc Power Mechanical Engineering (August 2009) Shobra Faculty of Engineering- Benha University, Cairo

Specialties & Skills

Compressors
Steam Turbines
Gas Turbines
Power Plant Operations
PowerPlant
ACTUATORS
ADJUSTMENTS
COMPRESSORS
ENGINEER
GENERATORS
STEAM TURBINE
MAINTENANCE
TURBINE
GAS TURBINE

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
German
Beginner
Italian
Beginner

Memberships

egyptian engineering syndicate
  • Member
  • August 2009

Training and Certifications

GE 9FA Gas Turbine O&M (Training)
Training Institute:
GE Energy Training Centre , Belfort , France
Date Attended:
May 2013
Programmable Logic Control - PLC (Training)
Training Institute:
J e l e c o m C o m p a n y, C a i r o ,
Date Attended:
August 2008
Electrical Automatic Control (Training)
Training Institute:
Silesian Institute (Don Bosco), Cairo , Egypt .
Date Attended:
August 2009
Steam Power Plants Operation and maintenance (Training)
Training Institute:
Shobra Power Plant, Cairo
Date Attended:
December 2010
Combined Power Plants Operation and maintenance (Training)
Training Institute:
North Cairo Power Plant- Cairo Electricity Production Co.
Date Attended:
August 2010

Hobbies

  • Cinema
  • Chess
  • Aviation
  • Travelling