Ali Farrokhian, Control & Automation Department Manager

Ali Farrokhian

Control & Automation Department Manager

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Location
Iran - Tehran
Education
Master's degree, MBA, Majoring Marketing Management
Experience
28 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :28 years, 10 Months

Control & Automation Department Manager at ICS
  • Iran - Tehran
  • My current job since January 2018

Leading technical department for doing
EPC projects of SCADA, EMS and
Substation Automation system (SAS) in
the power transmission and distribution
industry, including:
* Detail Design
* Preparing engineering documents
* Installing, Commissioning, testing and
delivering SCADA, EMS and SAS
systems
* Taking part in technical meetings
with client and consultant
* Determine technical parameters for
equipment which should be
purchased
* Offering solutions for technical issues
* Preparing FAT and SAT test
procedures
* Holding FAT and SAT tests
* Review and prepare training
documents
* Holding training courses
* Participating in Tenders and
Preparing technical and financial
proposals

Railway Signaling Technical Manager at Histaco
  • Iran - Tehran
  • January 2015 to January 2018

Leading a technical team for doing EPC projects of Signaling system in the Railway industry, including:
 Design review of engineering documents
 Prepare purchase technical documents for subsystems such as power panel, LED signal light, cables and point machines
 Supervision on the works done by subcontractors
 Offering solutions for technical issues
 Taking part in technical meetings with client, partner and other parties
 Preparing FAT and SAT test procedures
 Review and prepare training documents
 Preparation of technical & financial proposals for Power SCADA & Signaling Tenders in railway industry
Achievement:
We Succeeded in Engineering, installation and commissioning of signaling system of Metro (Line 2) for Mashhad city

Dispatching & Automation Department Manager at Monenco
  • Iran - Tehran
  • January 2009 to January 2013

Leading a team for doing engineering projects of SCADA/EMS and Automation in the power transmission and distribution, railway, oil & gas and water industries, including:
 Participate in tenders for engineering services, Preparation of technical & financial proposals
 Developing marketing strategies for entering industries such as Power, Railway, Water, Oil & Gas
 Monitoring all projects in the department
 preparing technical reports of technological issues for target customers
 Contractual negotiations with employers
 Preparing and signing contract with employers
 Check and verification of engineering invoices and sending to employers
 Holding tenders for determining EPC contractors, evaluation of tender Participants and their offers and accompany employers in the contract negotiations with the winner
Achievements:
 We succeeded in engineering design of the biggest SCADA/EMS control centers in Iran (National grid SCADA/EMS Control Centers)
 For the first time in the department we were able to win projects in the Railway and water/wastewater industries

DCS Supervisor at Monenco Iran Consulting Engineers
  • Iran - Tehran
  • January 2008 to January 2009

 Conceptual and basic design
 Reviewing contractors design
 Technical supervision on power substation automation system projects
 Participate in technical meetings with employers and contractors
 Providing technical specifications for the substation automation system for bidding
 Technical evaluation of contractors' offers for substation automation system tenders
 FAT & SAT tests witnessing
Achievement:
For the first time in the company, I prepared technical specifications and bidding documents for a project for establishing a control center at a petrochemical site

Project Manager at Monenco Iran Consulting Engineers
  • Iran - Tehran
  • January 2005 to January 2008

Managing engineering projects of SCADA and control centers in the power transmission and distribution industry.
Some of activities as Dispatching & SCADA Project Manager:
 Review progress of projects
 Check the project schedule
 Holding meetings with employers and contractors
 Check and verify invoices sent by contractors and Send them to employers after approval
 Provide engineering services invoices and send to employers
 Providing solutions to solve project problems and issues
 Holding tenders for determining EPC contractors, evaluation of tender Participants and their offers and accompany employers in the contract negotiations with the winner
 Preparation of Contract Documents
 Preparation of technical and financial proposals for consultancy and engineering tenders
Achievements:
We did engineering services for many SCADA & Dispatching control center projects in power transmission and distribution industry

Technical Expert at Monenco Iran Consulting Engineers
  • Iran - Tehran
  • January 1999 to January 2006

Engineering services for SCADA and dispatching control centers projects in the power transmission and distribution industry, including:
 Conceptual and basic design
 Reviewing contractors design
 Technical supervision on Power Scada and dispatching control centers projects, specially RTU and field sections
 Participate in technical meetings with employers and contractors
 Providing technical specifications for the RTU, UPS, Chargers and Batteries for bidding
 Technical evaluation of contractors' offers in tenders for the RTU, UPS, Chargers and Batteries
 FAT & SAT tests witnessing
Achievement:
We provided and customized a new set of technical tender documents for tendering SCADA & Dispatching systems in Iran

Designer and Producer at Self-employed (Project Based)
  • Iran - Tehran
  • January 1997 to January 1999

 Design and manufacture two PC-based electronic tester systems for car engines
 Design and produce an intelligent serial interface card for exchanging serial data between other intelligent cards and sending power plant information out for monitoring purposes

R&D Engineer at Electronic & Computer Research Center Co.
  • Iran - Tehran
  • June 1993 to September 1996

 Electronic design
 Developing Data Gathering software
 Design of electronic board testers
 8051 microcontroller programming
 Testing
 Installation
 Commissioning
Achievement:
Design and manufacture Data Acquisition and monitoring Systems (DAS) for Neka, Montazer Ghaem and Rajaie Power Plants

Education

Master's degree, MBA, Majoring Marketing Management
  • at Tehran University
  • September 2017
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering, Majoring Electronic
  • at AmirKabir (Tehran polytechnic) University
  • April 1993

Specialties & Skills

Signaling
Industrial Automation
Technical Specs
Technical Management
AUTOMATION
DISPATCHING
Electronic Design
Microcontroller Programming
Railway Signaling System

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

HollySys Signaling System Knowledge (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2015
Principals and Technics of Negotiation (Training)
Training Institute:
Monenco Iran
Date Attended:
December 2012
Duration:
16 hours
Teamwork and Interpersonal Skills Workshop (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2010
Value Engineering (Training)
Training Institute:
Iran Value Engineering Society
Duration:
16 hours
Leak Detection System (Training)
Training Institute:
Mehrgan Sanat Homa & ATMOSI
Date Attended:
April 2012
Duration:
6 hours
SCADA & Monitoring System (Training)
Training Institute:
Sazgar Sanat Payam
Date Attended:
September 2017
Duration:
24 hours