arnel diaz, Transmission Engineer

arnel diaz

Transmission Engineer

Saudi Electricity Company

Location
Philippines
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
Experience
29 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :29 years, 10 Months

Transmission Engineer at Saudi Electricity Company
  • Saudi Arabia
  • My current job since September 2006

Executes operating orders and/or switching procedures/programs for 380KV, 132KV, 33KV and 13.8KV substation power equipment.
•Emergency switching and restoration of substation power equipments as a result of abnormal operating condition encountered.
•Improve voltages profiles and increase transfer capacity of network equipments
•Minimize downtime shutdown of substation equipments and T/L circuits which affect consumers and network.
•Provide safety operational tasks that prolong the life of transmission/substation equipments.
•Attending emergency calls of ECC for tripping, alarms and indication analysis of substation equipments, U/G and OHL circuits.
•Isolation and restoration of transmission network equipment with system voltages of 380kV, 230kV, 132kV, 33kV & 13.8kV and circuits
•Commissioning of new substation and synchronization with the existing Network.
•Issuance of documents provided in the safety on persons working on substation as well as the substation equipment’s.
•SCADA commissioning for alarms, commands, indications and measurements of 380kV/132kV/33KV/13.8kV new substations

Principal Engineer at National Transmission Corporation (TRANSCO)
  • Philippines
  • March 2003 to September 2006
at National Power Corporation
  • Philippines
  • October 1996 to March 2003

Executes operating orders and/or switching procedures for load shedding, power interruptions, synchronization, substation equipment and line testing and local load dispatching.
•Participates in the preventive maintenance or repair of substation and transmission line facilities.
•Make design memoranda, correspondence and technical reports covering field inspection, trips to projects under investigation and/or construction.
•Conduct meter reading to various power customer of National Power Corporation.

COMMISSIONING ENGINEER at ABB SAE SADELMI
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 1991 to December 1993

Participates in the construction and commissioning of Dubai Electrification Project DUB 253 (DEWA) of the following Gas Insulated Switchgear Substations:

•400/132 kV GIS at G- Station
•400/132 kV GIS at Nahjma Station
•400/132 kV GIS at Al-Mushrif Station

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at Holy Angel University
  • January 1989

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Memberships

Saudi Council of Engineers
  • Member
  • November 2016