Team Lead - secondary engineering
Siemens LLC
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :26 years, 4 أشهر
Manage secondary engineering works for substation
Manage team of engineers and CAD operators
Manage resource allocations and man hours budgeting and planning
Track project progress and co-ordinate with project team for progress and reviews
Identification of risks and opportunities for project
Keep track of Lessons learned from projects and cascade the same information to all team members
Vendor drawings review
Interfacing, co-ordination and project meetings with client, consultants and vendors
Undertook training programs for ‘Mr. GIS training’ and ‘Project Engineering - Lead engineering’
Manage following secondary works viz.
Substation Single line diagram
Base design engineering showing Protection logic diagrams and substation interlocking logics
Complete Protection and Control panel engineering
Complete Local control panels engineering
CT/VT dimensioning calculations
LVAC & DC SLD
Substation battery sizing calculations
LV cable sizing calculations
Interfacing and co-ordination with vendors viz. SCMS, MV/LV switchgear, LVAC, DC
FMS & substation controller cubicles panel engineering
Preparation of Protection & Control panels technical and commercial offers for tenders
LV Power & Control cable schedules and termination schedules
Interface and co-ordination for FAT, site testing and commissioning
As Lead Secondary Design engineer for the project, responsible for successfully managing complete secondary design engineering works for the projects.
Design engineering work accounted for providing complete design engineering support to project: including for preparation of SLD, CT/VT sizing calculations, review of Protection, GIS LCC & Switchgear schemes, station alarm signal lists preparation for LDC & DMS in line with standard requirements for TRANSCO & AADC, System engineering - interfacing & co-ordination works, substation Interlock logics, extension works for mosaic control panel mimic works, modification works in existing bays for accomplishing new extension, Control cable scheduling and termination schedules and Relay setting calculation engineering work, and also modification works at remote end stations.
Have successfully managed complete design-engineering works for following projects (Client: TRANSCO & AADC, Consultant: Mott McDonald).
• Installation of Power transformer and extension of 220 & 33kV GIS Switchgear at 400/220/33 kV Al Dahma grid station including remote end protection modifications under contract N5481.
• Extension of 33kV Switchgear at 400/220/33 kV Sweihan grid station and also including remote end protection modifications under contract N5481-VO1. This project was successfully commissioned and substation was energized in a very short span of time - 10 months from the receipt of order.
Providing for engineering support to Tendering with regards to BOQ estimation & supplier offer review for various tenders mainly for TRANSCO and also for DEWA & Oman projects.
Also, managing the designing engineering work of Relay setting calculations for 33/11kV primary stations (Umghafa, Al Ghadeer, New Naima, New Niyadat, New Hilli, New Zoo, Old Al Maqam, Al Aliya) for Contractor: L&T as part of support for our Substation Automation group for Contract A3900 (Expansion and reinforcement of 33kV Network in Al Ain).
As System Leader for Control systems & Protection, managed two projects for client NHPC:
4X60MW URI-II Hydro-electric project
3X77MW CHAMERA-III H.E.P project.
Responsible for both base design & detail design. The role included managing all the documents preparation, BOM specification freezing & ordering, planning, Time scheduling for each activity involved in project, budget updating, interfacing & co-ordination with Technical project leader, other departments, sourcing and most importantly, managing a team of engineers & CAD operators.
The document preparation works as regards to Control system included various documents for Basic & detail design, some of which are mentioned below. viz.
Configuration / Network architecture drawing (showing the hook-up at Controbloc & Centralog levels, all the network components involved for control & communication and facilities available in Centralog Control room)
Control systems design memorandum (detailed write-up describing the same Configuration drawing & giving all Controller / Centralog Control room equipment details)
Level of Controls (describing the different level of controls provided by the SCADA system)
Cubicle specification details
Control logic diagrams in terms of flow charts for various programming sequences
Equipment & Electrical schematic drawings for Controller cubicles and and also Local Control panels for various systems involved in the power plant.
Also manage work for Protection part, including mainly
Protection Single Line diagrams for Generator unit, HV Switchyard (GIS) substation, MV / LV switchgear, 415V switchgear
CT & VT sizing calculations
Protection design memorandum giving description of the type of protection system offered
Preparation of Protection relays technical specification
Freezing of all Protection relays
Protection logic diagrams
Tripping matrix
Equipment & Electrical schematic drawings
Control cable schedules
In-charge for implementation of E3 software (CAE tool for panel engineering & Cable engineering). Successfully managed the implementation of the same.
Role involved mainly following activities for same:
interacting with software supplier (AMB-CIE / CIM-TEAM) to integrate the requirements of Protection & Control panel engineering & for automatic cable schedule extraction from schematics, & providing logics for customization part.
Manage the creation of huge amount of database involved for the same.
Also, the same work involved testing of various programs, identifying bugs, get it rectified & when fully functional provide training & guidelines to all engineers for its implementation.
Successfully managed all the Protection enginering drawings preparation for 400/220KV KOTA substation project (Client: PGCIL) in E3 & also complete cable schedule extraction automatically.
Active involvement in standardization for Protection & Control panel schematics & also cable schedule philosophy for different customers based on voltage level & Bus configuration. List of clients for which this standardization done: PGCIL 400/220KV S/S - both conventional & based on IEC 61850, CSEB, and Enercon.
Also, involved with control cable schedule preparation works for various projects viz. 400/220KV Bhatapara substation, 400KV Dehgam, Nagda & Khandwa substation.
Undertook intensive training program on IEC 61850. Also, provided training seminars for fellow design engineers for E3 - Guidelines for working in E3, Extraction of cable schedule report from scheme made in E3, IEC 61850 communications standard.
Successfully managed & handled the system engineering works for following prestigious projects:
Construction of 380KV & 132KV 9013 (GIS) substation at Al-Shefa area in Riyadh. Client: SEC-CTA, & 380KV, 132KV & 13.8KV Jeddah North (GIS) substation. Client: SEC-WRB, Contractor: Alfanar for both.
Additionally, managed engineering works for 132KV & 13.8KV 8089 (GIS), 132KV & 13.8KV outdoor Al-Baha s/s, Extension projects for 132KV & 13.8KV ISKAN & ARAFAT (GIS), 110KV & 13.8KV Shuhada, Qudaira & Ushayrah (GIS) s/s, Extension project for existing 110KV Jamia (GIS) substation. Also involved in complete panel engineering for this Jamia S/S extension project.
Engineering work for the above substations accounted for below mentioned activities.
Base design drawing which constitutes of following:
Operational Single Line diagram for substation.
Single Line diagram with CT/VT data.
Protection logic diagram for each bay including AC circuit, DC circuit, closing & tripping logics, synchronizing circuit, bus bar protection logics.
Interlock logic diagram for Isolators, Earth switches & Circuit breaker.
Alarm organization details for Control, LCC panels, SCADA, SOE.
Status Indication details for Control, LCC panels, SCADA & SOE.
Front view with mimic diagram for Control & LCC panels.
Meter List & Relay List
FR channel allocations
CT sizing calculations.
Detail design consisting of review, co-ordination & interfacing of Protection & Control panels, LCC panels, SCADA panels, FR panels, transformer MK, OLTC, RTCC drawings, Bay MK, ACDB/DCDB, fire fighting system, HVAC etc.
Control cable schedule including termination schedule.
Relay setting calculations.
Technical evaluation of vendors for Protection & Control panels / LCC panels / CT & VT suppliers.
Preparing BOQ for Protection & Control panels as per specification requirements for different contractors.
Providing consultancy services for different contractors.
Planning & man-hour estimation activities.
Responsibilities comprised of following:
Technical bid analysis & finalization of Bill of material during tendering negotiations.
Protection Logic diagrams (viz. Trip logic, Breaker / Isolator Interlock logic diagrams).
Preparing Purt-chart network sheet indicating the execution plan of project.
Preparation of general Arrangement drawing & internal arrangement drawings.
Board formation drawing showing the layout of all panels at site.
Protection & Control schematic drawings for different EHV protection applications such as Generator, Transformer, Bus coupler, Bus section, feeder, Capacitor bank, Reactor, power transformer feeder etc. using Numerical, static & conventional relays upto 400KV level.
Panel construction detail drawing, wiring & TB arrangement drawings.
Technical discussion with customer to integrate their requirements & for drawing approval.
Ordering of all relays & bought out job items through SAP.
Release of panel fabrication instructions, wire-wise routing schedule, equipment wise wiring details & Bus wiring schedule.
Co-ordination with shop floor for testing assistance.
Handled projects successfully & independently for National grid customers like PGCIL, NHPC, NTPC & various State Electricity Boards like RSEB, MPEB, GEB, PSEB, BBMB etc.
Successfully handled all the projects for Protection & Control panels from 33KV to 400KV.
Successfully handled the following prestigious export projects:
Supply of 132KV GIS LCC panels, Metering & Protection panels for ‘Power system privatization’ project - Salalah Oman, including Substation Automation work. Client: Dhofar Power Company & the project was executed by Turnkey contractor: L&T & Hitachi. Also, provided assistance for testing of LCC panels in conjunction with GIS bays provided by Hitachi at Hitachi Kokubu works - Japan.
Supply of Protection & Control panels for 2X80 MW Generator’, for OMAN & 2X123 MW Generator’ for IRAQ - both jobs through M/s BHEL.
Handled all electrical engineering works - drawings, schedules, calculations, and preparing specifications for water treatment, sewage treatment, wastewater treatment, effluent treatment and incineration plants; and their approval from the consultants or client. Involved in documentation procedures for ISO 9001 certification.