Hossam Essa, Foxboro PAC Engineering Manager

Hossam Essa

Foxboro PAC Engineering Manager

Schneider Electric / Invensys

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Higher diploma, Automatic Control Engineering
Experience
24 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 9 Months

Foxboro PAC Engineering Manager at Schneider Electric / Invensys
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since December 2012

Main duties: Preparing projects proposals, manipulating projects cost plans, quotations, POs,
resources capacity plan, department goals setting, team performance evaluation, team development
plan setting.

Foxboro PAC Lead Engineer at Invensys
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2008 to November 2012

MAJOR PROJECTS
1- EGAS - Dahshour Compressor Station Utility Project (PLC) - Enppi (EPC) - Full Scope Project, Egypt
Main duties: Estimated project engineering hours, led hardware design team, supervised on Functional Design
Specification (FDS), supervised on cabinet integration, supported in FAT.
2- Khalda Petroleum Co. - Kalabsha ICSS Project (PCS & ESD) - Enppi (EPC) - Full Scope Project, Egypt
Main duties: Supported in proposal till project winning, estimated project engineering hours, led hardware
design team, supervised Functional Design Specification (FDS), created Project Test Specification, supervised on
cabinet integration, supported in FAT, SAT and trouble shooting.
3- Hatien Cement Plant Alstom (EPC) - SAT, Vietnam
Main duties: Supported in SAT activities including major software design & modifications
4- Somisy Syama Golden Mine Plant - Site Service, Mali
Main duties: Supported in site service including diagnostics for fault-finding, SCADA modifications, control
strategy modifications (logic).
5- OTHER ACTIVITIES:
 Initiated & spread proposal & hardware design skills within the department
 Created technical documentations, technical support & products manuals explanations

Maintenance Depart. Manager at New Pressdan Carton & Printing Factory
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2007 to July 2008

1- Supervised both electrical & mechanical teams.
2- Solved both electrical & mechanical problems came up by factory production lines.
3- Trying to develop a mechanical cut-off to be auto adjustment through PLC.

Automatic Control Designer at Nour Trading House Egypt Factory
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2007 to October 2007

1- Developed a PLC automatic control system for Battenfeld plastic injection machine. The machine has been manufactured in 1973 and its control was based on electronic cards which are fully replaced by my modern system.
2- Performed electrical & mechanical maintenance for many machines.

Automation Depart. Manager at SEDY EGYPT Co. (Formerly SFTM Co.)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2005 to February 2007

1- Installed, commissioned & maintained carton production machines like single facer, flexo printer, NC cutter, slitter …etc.
2- Installed, commissioned & maintained plastic thermoforming & UV plastic cup printer machines.

Engineering Depart. Manager at Industrial Engineering & Trading Co. (IET)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2002 to July 2005

 Designed & executed automatic control systems for industrial applications based on PLC & SCADA.
Designed & executed the Climate Control & Spaghetti Monitoring Project for two spaghetti
production lines.
 Worked as proposal & technical-support engineer for the following products:
1- Eurotherm's products, those are including temperature and process controllers / programmers,
recorders, thyristor units, and signal conditioners for all industrial applications. Eurotherm is an
Invensys company.
2- Land's products, those are including the non-contact temperature measurement devices for fixed
and portable solution over all applications.

Installation & Maintenance Senior Engineer at Scientific Foundation for Trade & Marketing Co. (SFTM )
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 1999 to September 2001

 Designed & executed the control panel for card-welding machine.
 Designed & executed the shrinkable PVC packing oven.
 Executed the electrical & mechanical maintenance tasks for the batteries production line.
 Supervised the maintenance team in the factory.
 Installed & maintained the following machines & equipments:
1- Pre-press film / plate down frames, cameras, film / plate processors
2- Offset & flexo printing, printing-cylinder washing machines
3- Creasing & cutting machines ( manual / automatic )
4- U.V coating lines, UV dryers
5- Carton production lines
6- Folding, binding, laminating, stitching machines, single & tri-knife trimmers and hot stamping
machines

Installation & Maintenance Engineer at EL-Mohandes for Consulting & Trading Co.
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 1998 to November 1999

1- Worked as technical-support engineer for AC single & three phase generators. This is including diesel & generator protection devices, measuring devices, safe loading adjustment corresponding to the type of loads. For example (100 % loading at pure resistive loads, like sodium, halogen lamps & heaters - P.F de-rating - unbalance load de-rating - parallel operation). Operating panels design & maintenance (manual - ATS).
2- Automatic P.F correction panels design & maintenance.
3- Installing, commissioning, and maintaining for compressors & blowers.
4- Technical support for AC inverters, including installation and programming, according to the load
demands.

Education

Higher diploma, Automatic Control Engineering
  • at Cairo University
  • May 2008

Higher studies diploma in Automatic Control Engineering is two years studying focuses on control engineering disciplines. For example, studying in details conventional & modern control engineering, types of sensors & transducers, MATLAB for modeling, analyzing & design, PLCs for industrial applications...etc.

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Power & Machines Engineering
  • at Helwan University
  • May 1997

Electrical Power & Machines Engineering is five years studying focuses in electrical power theories and applications. For example, studying in details electrical & electronic circuits and components, computer design and programming languages, electrical power circuits and machines, electric machines drives, power system analysis, electrical power circuits protection, automatic control engineering, electrical workshops, mechanical design, strength of materials, mechanical workshops, physics, chemistry, mathematics, technical English...etc.

Specialties & Skills

Equipment Installation
Process Automation
Plant Commissioning
Plant Maintenance
Project Engineering
Project leading
Electromechanical installation & commissioning
Software design
Hardware design

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate