Team Lead (Solar)
SAUDI ELECTRIC SERVICES POLYTECHNIC (SESP)
Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months
• Lead the plan to certify SESP as certified training provider by KACARE for Solar PV Designer & Solar PV Installer training program.
• As approved and lead trainer by KACARE, performing training for Solar PV Designer and Installer program. Till now 450 trainees have been trained.
• Responsible for liaising SESP with potential partners like REPDO, SEC, DNV GL, SEI, Maersk Training, CENER, King Saud University.
• Involved as a team lead with Maersk Training to established first ever KSA Global Wind Organization (GWO) based training at SESP which will furnish the local manpower requirement for developers like edf and Vestas
• Involve in management level stakeholder engagement and negotiations.
• Performing Business Development for SESP to promote training programs nationally and internationally at various forums.
• Worked on GE E-Terra (Energy Management System) to train PSD trainees.
Serving as a bridge between the business and technical communities, speaks each group's language and understands each group's priorities. Prepare technical proposals, responsible for conceiving and communicating the overall design of the solution and acting as a thought leader on an assigned product and product space.
• Working on Riyadh Metro project for development of Building Integrated PV systems (BIPV).
• Responsible for the development of Nokia Al-Saudi's (NSN) two new sectors i.e, Energy and Mobility sectors, focusing on strategies to mitigate existing telecom technologies with new sectors.
• Developing Smart City portfolio for modern citywide ICT & smart service solutions.Further focusing on Smart Meter development in KSA.
• Designing and bidding for Solar Energy and Smart Meter solutions by highlighting Nokia Al-Saudi ambition for Energy.
• Aligning Nokia's plan for 2020 in Kingdom of SaudiArabia for IoT (Internet of Things) implementation.
As Researcher and Technical Support Engineer, I was part of TaQati project for the deployment of Renewable Energy farm at King Saud University. Details of my work are as follows
• Performed troubleshooting and maintenance of complete PV plant and Grid connection.
• Installation, pre-commissioning, commissioning and handing over of electrical works in accordance to project specification within the designated time frame.
• Planning, inspection and supervision of complete electrical activities on site. Supervised Installation of Power panel, Control Panel boards.
• Worked with internal departments of the Riyadh Techno Valley and coordinated with Taqati engineers regarding testing and planning procedures.
• Participating in designing and field-testing of plant and assessed research impacts and study techno-economic analysis for PV plants using System Advisory Model (SAM) and PVsyst.
• Part of commissioning team comprises of KSU Engineers and German Company (STS) related to Heliostat field (Concentrated Solar Power) for Electricity Generation. Tasked with evaluating automation system of whole field and initial commissioning of heliostats.
(High Voltage Testing)
• Performed Offline condition monitoring using Tan Delta Technique and Online PD testing for power cables.
• Performed qualification tests for LV and MV Transformers at KSU High Voltage Laboratory.
• Developed Training manuals for undergraduate engineering students in the field of Safety Training (OSHA related Electrical Safety concepts).
• Assist Chief supervisor in research activities and develop research papers based on experimental and stimulative analysis.
Worked as Assistant Manager (Electrical)/Application Engineer with Trojans (Pakistan) www.trosol.com
Trojans being Reseller for Zuken E3 & Zuken Cadstar in Pakistan & Middle East.
As Application Engineer I provided technical application support in Zuken E3 & Zuken Cadstar for Marketing & Technical Departments of Trojans.
- Provided pre-sales support (product presentation & demo) and after sales services for Zuken in Pakistan
& United Arab Emirates.
- Coordinated with Zuken’s Singapore technical & marketing team for various clients of Zuken in Pakistan.
- Trained Engineers on Zuken E3 & Zuken Cadstar.
- Successfully developed client relationship & communicate with clients like ABB Pakistan, ABB Dubai, Schenider (Formerly was Areva Pakistan) to explain proposals, present research findings and establish project status.
- Planned & directed Research & Develop activities
- Prepared project’s technical proposal & participated in various tender openings.
- Designed and coordinate successive phases of problem analysis and testing.
- Reviewed project activities and prepare and review research, testing and operational reports.
- Liaison with the marketing & sales staff for the training of provided solutions to the customers.
As an Application Engineer for Zuken E3, I have to remain in contact with various users of Zuken E3 in UAE to meet their technical queries. Training & commissioning of software is also a part of my job for new clients, successfully approached clients such as ABB Dubai, Power Tech.
As a member of IEEE for 5 years.I am giving my volunteer services to IEEE.I am promoted as Graduate member of IEEE this year from student member.Served as Editor Newsletter for IEEE Islamabad Section. I am acknowledge for the fact that in history of IEEE Islamabad Section it was for the first time that Newsletter was published under my editorial
http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/islamabad/IEEE_NewsletterFINAL.pdf
During my Internship under General Manager WLL & GIS planning,
I received hands on experience on
-NSS Planning
-RF Planning
-Link Budget
-Familiarity to Asset 3G tool & Map Info
-Traffic Analysis
Fellowship Holder / 100% Scholarship for MS in Electrical Engineering
CGPA : 3.57 / 4 77.57% A/1st Div Position : 3rd in Electrical Engineering Department for session (2006- 2010)
HSSC ( Higher School Certificate) Marks : 846 / 1100 76.90% A/1st Div