Junior Shift Engineer
KANUPP
Total years of experience :16 years, 5 Months
Working in 137 MWe Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) and responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the plant equipment and the entire generating unit. This includes the MED desalination plant, fuel system, circulating water systems, condensate/feed water systems, boiler systems, turbine systems, generator systems and electrical systems and R.O plant
Key Responsibilities:
Train, direct and supervise plant personals
Understand and adhere all plant safety guidelines and procedures and maintain an injury free environment
Understand and master in the plant emergency handling procedures
Participate in plant training and qualification programs
Control the plant process and electrical distribution through the distributed control system (DCS) and other process control devices
Take appropriate action when necessary to ensure compliance of safety, efficiency, environmental and administrative guidelines
Assists in scheduling daily maintenance actions, plant configuration changes and varying power generation levels
Supervise boiler and water testing to the shift and make correction to the process as necessary
Identify problems with plant equipments and clearly communicate the conditions associated with these problems to the maintenance team
Direct the plant activities of operators as necessary to support the overall plant operation
Ensure the completion of shift round checklists, routine daily/weekly/monthly test checklists and equipment change-over checklists etc
Perform duty in Control Room
• Monitor all critical parameters in control room and take complete reading set.
• Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic form.
• Acknowledge alarms and take corrective action accordingly.
• Check and review the operating conditions and records.
• Feed all control room logs and technical data and take print out.
• Operation of 4000V/400V breakers for plant distribution system.
• Isolation & de-isolation of 4160/400 breakers of Megnablast, AK225, AK-125 and vacuum circuit breaker.
• Routine checks, starting, synchronizing, loading and stopping of 1200KWe diesel generators from control room.
137 MW(e) STEAM TURBINE
Perform duty on 137 MW(e) Turbine Generator (T/G).
• Perform daily routines and call-up cards to check its safety measures.
• Operate and monitor all auxiliary system of T/G during startup and shutdown of plant.
• Monitor all parameters, Take complete reading set and corrective action accordingly.
• Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Maintain the operating equipment and facilities in sound and clean condition.
CONTROL ROOM
Perform duty in Control Room
• Monitor all critical parameters in control room and take complete reading set.
• Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic form.
• Acknowledge alarms and take corrective action accordingly.
• Check and review the operating conditions and records.
• Feed all control room logs and technical data and take print out.
• Operation of 4000V/400V breakers for plant distribution system.
• Isolation & de-isolation of 4160/400 breakers of Megnablast, AK225, AK-125 and vacuum circuit breaker.
• Routine checks, starting, synchronizing, loading and stopping of 1200KWe diesel generators from control room.
AUXILIARIES AND CONVENTIONAL
Operate and Monitor all Auxiliary and Conventional Systems like:-
• High pressure boiler feed water pumps.
• Condensate water pumps.
• Pump house operation.
• Air supply compressors and chillers.
• Heat exchangers and condenser operation.
• Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Maintain the operating equipment and facilities in sound and clean condition.
• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess
problems.
• Carry out isolation of the equipment for planned and emergency maintenance and normalization of
the plant thereafter.
MED PLANT:
Perform duty on 1600 m3/day MED desalination plant.
• Closely monitoring all three loop of MED Plant Sea water loop, ICL Loop, and MED Battery loop
• Supervise daily routines and call up cards
• Taken into service and out of service of the plant
• Monitor all parameters; complete reading set and take corrective action during plant operation
• Maintain the operating equipment and facilities in sound and clean condition
• Carry out isolation of the equipment for planned and emergency maintenance and normalization of the plant there after
DE-MINERALIZE WATER TREATMENT PLANT:
• Perform duty on 48000 gallons De-mineralize Water Plant.
• Take plant into & out of service.
• Regenerate plant when declared as exhausted.
• Perform routines and take corrective actions on transients.
REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER TREATMENT PLANT:
• Perform duty on 100 thousand gallons per day RO Water Treatment Plant.
• Perform daily routines & Call-up Cards.
• Take plant into service and out of service as per requirement.
• Monitor all parameters; take complete reading set and corrective actions during transients.
• Chemical Dosing.
• Backwashing of Double stage filter.
• Membrane cleaning.
SAFETY CONSCIOUS:
• Handsome SAFETY awareness against personal safety as well as plant safety.
• Safe working procedures (According to work permits). Having fire fighting training.
• Special training on safety topics like Housekeeping, Fire fighting.
• Use of Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs).
• Acid handling, Confined spaces, Emergency handling.
• Noise pollution and First Aid etc.
B-TECH (PASS)
