Muhammad Akram, Electrical And Instrument Engineer

Muhammad Akram

Electrical And Instrument Engineer

Target Engineering Construction

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
Experience
13 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 9 Months

Electrical And Instrument Engineer at Target Engineering Construction
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since August 2020

• Responsible for the site activities related to areas NGIP, CDS, RDS-1/2/3, ONPADS WELLS, OFFPAD WELLS and PSN/SN substation’s.
• Preparation of MTO by reviewing the IFC drawings and follow up for deliverables.
• To manage and lead the team for execution of all construction and Pre-commissioning activities.
• Controlling, monitoring and follow up with different E&I execution activities (WHCP, Power Transformer, Switchgears, AC/DC UPS, Batteries, Distribution Boards, Cathodic Protection, Lighting System, Earthing System, Marshalling Panels, Field Instruments, Hydraulic and Process Tubing) against scheduled man-hours.
• Responsible for execution of activities, maintaining resources, equipment and technical information.
• Prepare daily weekly and monthly progress reports verifying work done & work in progress.
• Responsible to organize the resources and start the activity as per project work plans.
• Preparation of resource histograms for manpower and equipment for optimized resource planning.
• Monitoring work in progress, carrying out work and time study for planned and unplanned activities.
• Identifying the extra works carried out during projects/Shutdown works.
• Maintaining the Company’s Quality Control (QA/QC) procedures.
• Provide support to technical team for design related issues and inter-discipline coordination.
• Monitoring the day to day progress and maintain close coordination with client for technical related issues at site.
• Ensuring all completed activities at site are as per project specification and standard.
• Ensuring safety and welfare of personnel working at site.

Project Engineer at DESCON Engineering
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2020 to July 2020

400kV GIS Bay Extension & GIL Installation (DREP), DEWA Jabel Ali UAE
Project Engineer
• Monitor engineering progress and input to the Project Manager.
• Prepare daily weekly and monthly progress reports verifying work done & work in progress.
• Maintaining the Company’s Quality Control (QA/QC) procedures.
• Installation of cable trays, trunking and conduits.
• Managing & monitoring of MV, LV Power & Control cable laying & terminations.
• Installation of 3 bays & tie in with existing 400kV GIS under OEM supervision.
• Installation of control panels (LLC, PDMS, Energy Metering, Fault recorder etc.).
• Installation of steel structure and GIL.
• Extension of Earth mesh for additional GIS bays and along with GIL route.
• Maintain PTW system for electrical works permit. Ensure safety is enforced daily into the workers and equipment’s.

Electrical Project Engineer at DESCON Engineering
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2019 to March 2020

400/132kV SHAMS Substation MBR, DEWA UAE
• Interacting & coordinating with client and vendors for construction and testing activities.
• Attending progress review meetings to resolve constraints and site-conflicts.
• Create man power scheduling based on the volume of work assigned for each area and record the daily progress report on works completed.
• Follow up the procurement of materials and inspection upon receiving.
• 400/132kV GIS & GIB Installation in coordination with OEM Supervisor.
• Installation of LLC, relay and protection panels.
• Installation and Pre-testing of MV/LV switchgear, transformers & reactors.
• Cable tray and ladder installation works.

Lead Engineer E&I at DESCON ENGINEERING
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2017 to December 2019

• Installation of BOG gas recovery compressor, Motors and auxiliary skid’s.
• Lead the team for construction, pre-commissioning and commissioning activities for electrical and Instrument discipline.
• Preparation of ITP, method statements and TRA’s as per project specification and scope of work.
• Preparing Planning Package inclusive of Project Schedules, WBS, Resource Deployment plan, Procurement Register, Document & Drawing Control Register.
• Preparation of weekly, monthly look ahead plans and reports for client.
• Submission of catalogues and MTC to consultant for getting approval by following project specification.
• Preparing all tools and consumables requirements and coordinating with Procurement team for purchase.
• Monitoring of daily progress to achieve the milestone.
• Attend meetings with client to resolve the technical issues and maintaining close coordination.
• Direct and coordinate installation, maintenance, documentation and testing activities to ensure compliance with specification, codes and client requirement.
• Coordinate with Technical, Engineering and QHSE Department for technical issues.
• Coordination with the Electrical Vendor Engineers for modification and testing of IRP, IPCS, HV & LV Switchgear of existing electrical system.
• Worked with the control and automation OEM Engineers for modification and testing of DCS, ESD, MCMS and F&G system.
• Coordinate E&I works with civil, structural, mechanical and specialist disciplines.
• Assisting to Project Manager in assuring the implementation of quality and safety at site.
• Preparation of As-built drawings and submitting to client for approval.

Instrument Engineer at DESCON ENGINEERING
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • December 2016 to February 2017

• Installation, loop checking & testing of ammonia detectors (Polytron 8000) and JB.
• Installation of ZAM modules and IDENT cards in existing LFCP.
• Submission and approval of ITP, method statements and TRA’s as per scope of work.
• Submission of catalogue for approval of JB and instrument cable as per specification.

Electrical Engineer at DESCON Engineering UAE
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • April 2016 to December 2016

• Coordinate with Technical, Engineering and QHSE Department for technical issues.
• Attend meetings with client to resolve the issues and maintain close coordination with client.
• Plan the manpower according to work requirement and expedite the procurement to achieve the milestone.
• Inspection of delivered material as per ADCO AVL.
• Preparation of the daily, weekly & monthly progress reports.
• Conduct the inspection of completed activities and also assist client during inspection.
• Involved in pre-commissioning and commissioning activities of different systems of power skid’s (HSSD, F&G, HVAC and Lighting).

I&C Engineer at Descon Engineering UAE
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2016 to March 2016

• Installation and commissioning, SIT, site acceptance testing (SAT) related to new & modification in existing TRICONEX make ESD system in SIS018 (Schneider Electric UAE).
• Preparation of Method statement of work.
• Preparation of Task Risk Assessments as per scope of work.
• Complete coordination with client (TAKREER), regarding all technical matters, scheduled progress to be achieved and other related matters during weekly coordination meetings.
• Worked as Control Engineer with OEM (Schneider Electric) for SAT & DCS signal mapping.
• Installation and commissioning of new Marshaling Cabinet.
• Addition of new expansion Chassis in existing ESD system.
• Installation of ELCO board, ETA’s for DO points.
• Installation of new Relays and Terminal blocks for DI/DO signals in IRP cabinets.
• Replacement of existing MCB’s with new rating in UPS cabinets.

Electrical Engineer at AEPL OASIS LLC
  • Iraq - Basra
  • August 2014 to December 2015

• Interaction with the client on the work progress.
• Supervise and assist in inspections by the client.
• Supervise and conduct visual Inspection of the completed parts.
• Planning, resources management and reporting of daily tasks on hand.
• Installation, testing and commissioning of GE 9E Gas Turbine skids.
• Installation and calibration of instruments (Pressure Transmitters, Pressure switches, Thermocouples, RTDs, Vibration sensors etc.)
• Installation of PEECC.
• Installation of Generator Circuit breaker (Alstom)
• Installation of Isolated phase bus duct (Alfa Standard)
• Installation of Earth Mesh and lightning arresters.
• Installation of all electrical auxiliaries inside turbine acoustic enclosure.
• Cold loop testing, hot loop testing and function test of field instruments.
• Installation, testing and commissioning of MV switchgear (ABB).
• Installation, testing and commissioning of LV switchgear (Cable Energy).
• Installation testing and commissioning of BSDG and Emergency Diesel Generator.
• Cable (MV, HV and control) laying and meggering of cables of the entire power block.
• Installation of 400KV & 132KV GIS (Hyosung)
• Installation CVT, insulators, line trap, gantries towers.
• Installation of transformers:
1). 350 MVA Main Step up Transformer (Hyundai)
2). 6 MVA and 20 MVA Auxiliary Transformers (Iljin)
3). 2.0 MVA and 2.5 MVA Transformers (Iljin)

I&C Engineer at AEPL/CKDEX
  • Pakistan
  • April 2014 to August 2014

• Dismantling of Mark II panels and installation of new Mark VIe panels.
• Installation of new instruments, Exhaust thermocouples, replaced old bearing thermocouples (Bearing No1, bearing no-2, and General bearing) on two Gas turbines.
• Installation of new Magnetic pickups.
• New cable laying between field instrument and Mark VIe Panels.
• Cold loop testing, hot loop testing and function test of Field instruments.
• Plan, organize and implement assigned installation, maintenance and repair activities of different instruments.
• Installation and checking of equipment such as RTDs, thermocouples, pressure gauges, proximity sensors, limit switches etc.

E&I Engineer at AEPL/CKDEX
  • Pakistan
  • February 2012 to March 2014

• Cable Tray Installation in Electrical Buildings.
• Cable Laying (MV, LV, Control, Instrument and Fiber Optic)
• Testing and meggering of cables and daily electrical tool inspection.
• Installation of Power and Distribution Transformers.
• Installation of 500KV Switchyard Electrical Equipment.

Project Coordinator at HSS Pvt LTd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • October 2011 to February 2012

• Monitoring of Day to Day operational activities.
• Meeting with customer on daily basis in order to improve Network availability and Regional KPIs.
• Monitoring of Store and procurement departments to fulfill urgent demands of regions.
• Coordination with fueling department to avoid and control fueling outages.
• Monitoring & Supervision of daily expenses of operation’s teams.
• Conducting surprise visits of BTS and BSC sites to check and improve the quality of PM according to SOP.
• Ensuring rectifications of power issues at sites within SLA.

Area Team Lead at Extreme Engineering Solutions Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2010 to September 2011

• Secured work experience as Team Lead reporting directly to the Regional Manager.
• Liaised with Engineers and reported to Project Manager on all tasks.
• Conducted Corrective Maintenance regarding electrical & mechanical issues of Diesel Generators (10 kVA to 1000 kVA) at 210 U-fone cellular Sites of C1-B region.
• Sound knowledge regarding Overhauling of Diesel Engines in U-fone domain.
• Ensuring the Preventive Maintenance activity of Engines on monthly basis.
• Creating spares demand on monthly basis.
• Coordination with customer regarding technical issues to stable the network.
• Ensured health & safety procedures were adhered and reported any breaches.
• Troubleshooting and Preventive Maintenance of Air -Conditioner Units installed at Indoor Sites.

Internee at Multan Electric Power Company Limited
  • Pakistan - Multan
  • July 2009 to August 2009
Internee at Power Thermal Station Muzzafargarh
  • Pakistan - Multan
  • June 2009 to July 2009

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at University College of Engineering & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University
  • January 2010

University College of Engineering & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan Affiliated with Pakistan Engineering Council (ELECT/ 33722)

High school or equivalent, Pre-Engineering
  • at Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education
  • January 2005

Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Multan, Pakistan

High school or equivalent, Sceince
  • at Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education
  • January 2003

Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Multan, Pakistan

Specialties & Skills

System Maintenance
Electrical Safety
Planning
Operational Systems
Electrical Testing
Gas Turbines 9GE
Commissioning of MV & LV Switchgear
GIS 132/400KV Installation
Installation, Testing & Commissioning of Electrical Equipments
Project Management
Instrument Calibration, Testing & Loops Checking

Languages

English
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Urdu
Native Speaker
Hindi
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