SYED RIZWAN, Chief Engineer Design

SYED RIZWAN

Chief Engineer Design

Wahah Electric Supply Co. of Saudi Arabia (Ltd.)

Location
Saudi Arabia - Khobar
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communication Engineering
Experience
14 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 11 Months

Chief Engineer Design at Wahah Electric Supply Co. of Saudi Arabia (Ltd.)
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • My current job since January 2022

• Team development: Interview, select & train automation team.
• Pre-qualifications, Client relations and market intelligence.
• Monitoring project progress and set deadlines.
• Ensure that the team is following standards and project scope correctly.
• Assist team members in resolving project problems, escalate issues when necessary and facilities decision-making.
• Managing & developing training programs for project team members.

Senior Automation Engineer at Wahah Electric Supply Co. of Saudi Arabia (Ltd.)
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • June 2018 to December 2021

• Complete scope review of all technical specifications for Substation Automation & SCADA projects.
• Preparation of System Design, Engineering, Procurement, dealing with production department as part of Project Management etc.
• Engagement with Sales team for preparation of proposals, addressing technical queries (TQs) raised by client / customer during pre-bid and buying stages
• Pre-qualification of Instrument Control cabinet in Saudi Aramco under material specification standard 34-SAMSS-820
• Detailed design & engineering management of following projects:
- Hawiyah-Unayzah Gas Reservoir Storage
project, SAMSUNG-ARAMCO
(PSA+Centralized Cyber Security)
- MARJAN Increment Program PSA - TANAJIB
Gas Plant Project PK 9 & 11
- MARJAN TP-10 and Associated Facilities,
McDermott-ARAMCO (PSA)
- Hawiyah Gas Plant Expansion, SAIPEM-
ARAMCO (PSA+ISLS)

Automation Engineer at Wahah Electric Supply Co. of Saudi Arabia (Ltd)
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • February 2013 to May 2018

• Preparing preliminary documentation such as project schedule & delivery, QA plan, data sheets, power consumption & heat load calculations, preliminary drawings for review & approval by client.
• Prepare Functional Design Specification (FDS) of the system offered.
• Preparation of detailed design documents like I/O list, IP address list, Network connection diagrams, wiring schedules, FAT/SAT plan etc.
• Configuration, integration & testing of the following automation products:
- HMI database like Zenon, Survalent, RTAC HMI
- Non-IEC 61850 & SCADA gateways like SEL RTAC
- Network devices like Ethernet switches from Siemens-RuggedCom, routers and firewalls from Siemens, Juniper, Fortinet
- NTP Server settings in GPS clocks from SEL, Arbiter system, Meinberg Lantime
- Revenue metering panels including revenue meters, gateways etc.
• Communication configuration of advanced IED's such as SEL, ABB, SIEMENS, GE in IEC-61850 MMS (Edition 1 & 2) to build CID/SCD files required to integrate with HMI or gateway.
• Conducting FAT, iFAT and SAT with Customer / TPI / Client till project handover at site.

Application, Testing & Commissioning Engineer at ABB India Ltd. (Alp Management Consultants)
  • India - Bengaluru
  • July 2009 to January 2013

• Application development & HMI designing for various ECS functionalities using ABB Industrial IT 800xA and MicroSCADA Sys600 software
• Design and implementation of various ECS functionalities like Breaker Control, Load-Shedding, Synchronization, PQ Control
• On-site Testing & Commissioning of Power Management Systems at GGSR HMEL Bhatinda & BCPL Assam

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • at Visvesvaraya Technological University
  • August 2008

Specialties & Skills

Procurement
Technical Support
Project Management
Engineering
Communication
Team management
Technical write-up
SAS & SCADA
IEC 61850
OT cyber security
Modbus, DNP3, IEC 101/104

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate

Memberships

Saudi Council of Engineers
  • Electronics and Communication Engineer
  • December 2015

Training and Certifications

ISA 62443-1 Fundamentals (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2024
Siemens Certified Professional For Industrial Networks (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2022
Valid Until:
January 2025
zenon Advanced (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2021
Valid Until:
November 2024
zenon Basic (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2021
Valid Until:
November 2024
Cybersecurity Practices for Industrial Control Systems (Training)
Training Institute:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Date Attended:
March 2022
Juniper Networks Certified Associate - JNCIA and Junos Security - JSEC (Training)
Training Institute:
KOEING
Date Attended:
June 2019
Duration:
25 hours
Nexus 1500 Meter (Training)
Training Institute:
Ideal Technical Solutions Co. Ltd
Date Attended:
January 2017
Duration:
10 hours
Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 and 2 (Training)
Training Institute:
Global Knowledge, Dammam KSA
Date Attended:
August 2014
Duration:
50 hours
Zenon Energy Edition (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013