Muhammad Faraz Sahito

Working in Australia Electrical Design/Project Engineer and have worked on several projects throughout
Australia:
• Engineering Concept and Feasibility Studies
• Front End Engineering Design and Detailed Design (Primary & Secondary)
• Full EPCM services delivery including integrated Engineering, Project Management, Procurement, and
Project Management
• Commissioning and Testing services
• Operational Support and Troubleshooting
• Asset management, shutdown planning and management. Asset Life Extension, Compliance and
Condition Assessments and Audits
• Network strategy and planning
• New grid connections, utility engagement and management
• NT Regulated network requirements, regulation and compliance
• Worked as Electrical Design Engineer for Diesel Generation, Electrical Transmission substation and
Battery Energy Storage System.
• Solar and BESS system design. FEED and Detailed Design (Load Lists, SLDs, Schematics, Layouts,
G.A.s, BOMs etc.
• Development of detailed design drawings (IFR, IFT, IFC), technical specifications, scopes of works,
technical queries, technical calculations, instructions, and other documents to the required standards for
greenfield and brownfield projects (Substation Design, Battery Energy Storage System Integration,
Protection Design, AC/DC Switchgear, Switchyard, Substation Building and Auxiliaries, Battery/
Battery Charger/UPS etc).
• Relay configuration and protection setting calculations, Protection and metering scheme design and
upgrades.
• Worked on Australian defence electrical testing projects at Robertson Barracks Darwin, RAAF base
Darwin.

Working in Australia as
• Testing advanced protection Relays (Siemens, SEL, GE, ABB, Merlin Gerin, Seepam, Schneider,
Alstom, ZIV).
• Approved by Engineers Australia for Electrical Engineering work.
• Work experience with following electrical companies (SIEMENS, SEL, ABB, ALSTOM, GE,
Schneider).
• Work experience with following Australian companies (INPEX, Rio Tinto, SAGE, NILSEN,
Powertech, Machinemonitor, MG Electrical and Territory Generation).
• Testing of protection relays (Transformer, Distance and Line, Generator) and Control relays.
• Testing of RMUs / Transformer maintenance, installation and repair.
• Testing of power / instrumentation transformers, capacitors, Transmission overhead lines, transmission
underground cables.
• Complete Testing and Commissioning of 115KV/13.8KV power transformers, 13.8KV/0.4KV power
transformers.
• Testing Hipot, VLF of short and medium length overhead and underground transmission lines.
• Proficient in testing and commissioning of Power Electrical Substation control and protection schemes,
High Voltage 380KV/Medium Voltage 115KV, 132KV/Low Voltage 33KV, 11KV, 0.4KV switchgears
scheme.
• Capable to conduct testing of LV and HV breakers, CTs and VTs, Hipot, Busbar and transformer
stability.
• Hands on experience on scheme and interlocks check of HV/MV/LV switchgear, line protection
requirement and concepts (SOTF, Power swing, load encroachment, communication based Distance
and DEF, line differential), transformer protection concepts, automatic voltage regulator, automatic
capacitor controls, auto bus transfer scheme, open and close loop testing for substations completely and
substation automation system SAS etc.

as
• Proficient in testing of advanced line and transformer Protection Relays (Siemens, Schneider, Alstom,
GE, SEL, ZIV, ABB).
• Testing of Simple relays, Control BCUs, ACCS, ABTS, RTCC relays, Transformer Protection Relays,
• Distance and Line Protection relays.
• Testing of power / instrumentation transformers, capacitors, Transmission overhead lines, transmission
underground cables.
• Complete Testing and Commissioning of 115KV/13.8KV power transformers, 13.8KV/0.4KV power
transformers.
• Testing Hipot of short and

• Worked as a testing engineer. Responsible for site testing of transmission and distribution protection
panels relays and power equipment, preparing complete scheme for GIS and switchgears.
• Testing/Commissioning Engineer performing acceptance and approval of relays, MCBs, MCCBs GIS,
transformers, CTS, VTS, capacitor bank, switchgears, functional check of control and relay panel,
scheme check and interlocks etc.
• Providing testing, commissioning services to commissioning department of Saudi electric company for
substations on several on-going 380KV/110KV/33 KV/13.8 KV Projects.
• Worked as a project team leader. Fully responsible for project planning, client and consultant
coordination, site execution, witnessing testing and commissioning of substation.
• Worked as a testing engineer, job responsibility includes complete testing of HV/MV/LV switchgears,
scheme check (HV/MV/LV), protection relays testing (simple, advanced), SAS (open, closed loop)
activities, power transformers (380/132KV, 132/13.8KV, 13.8/0.4KV), instrumentation transformers
(CT, VT, CVT), capacitor bank testing, cable testing, Hipot HV/MV/LV Switchgears.
• Coordination with contractor, prepare weekly and daily reports of the project.
• Testing of all types of advanced relays of (ABB, SCHNIEDER, SIEMENS, ALSTOM, SEL, GE).