Rajendra Deshpande, Senior Project Engineer

Rajendra Deshpande

Senior Project Engineer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCESaudi Electricity Co

Location
India - Pune
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineer
Experience
36 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :36 years, 4 Months

Senior Project Engineer at PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCESaudi Electricity Co
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since January 2012

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
•In-depth understanding of Transmission and Distribution of Electrical energy Engineering practices.
•Extensive knowledge of Testing, Commissioning & Construction LV/HV/EHV Substation, Overhead lines & underground cable up to 380KV.
•Experienced in development of technical studies, investigations, designs, and cost estimation.
•Able to provide technical leadership within multidisciplinary team environments.
•Hard worker with strong track record of completing projects on time and within budget

Manager at Suzlon Energy Ltd
  • India
  • January 2007 to January 2012

HT Technical Support lead)
• Errection of 220KV Single circuit 3 KM line which was completely broken down due to tower twist under cyclone effect. This work was completed within time limit. This is a single point responsibility from procurement of material, engagement of labor contract, supervision of work, billing of contract, material inspection & normalization of feeder within period.
Commissioning work of 2 No’s 220/33KV SCADA operated substation ( Nigade & Patan) along with its handing over inspection clearances.
Maintenance program me of 40 No’s substation across India for various sites with SAP notification.
Special maintenance programme for 220/33 KV substation on costal sites for corrosion effect and continuous chattering effect.
Condition based maintenance programme for all substations.

In Managerial capacity following work also observed.
•Provide FEMA failure mode effective analysis for wind farm grid & substation network.
•Support to achieve Grid and Substation availability along with customer satisfaction.
•Support to increase mean time between faults and decrease repetitive faults with technical analysis.
•Detailed study for predictive maintenance along with good practices development for predictive maintenance.
•To lead team at the time major break downs at sites.
•To review advancement practices to support grid availability to wind farm.
•To study power evacuation chronic issues and its resolution.
•To lead BBS Behavior based safety practices at sites.
•To deliver various training modules for enhancement of trainee's skill.
•To review cost reduction in budgets for various sites.
•To finalize all India EHV/HV outsourcing tender contracts for win cost & quality effectiveness.
•To frame company manuals for technical procedures for grid network.
•To liaison with state electricity authority on various metering, evacuation and credit issues.
• Implementation of organizational policies related to Environment, Health, Safety & quality Systems at all OMS Sites
Taking initiatives for developing Culture for Environment and Safety..
• Driving Quality Improvement Program at sites.
• Planning & Organizing internal audits for ESHQ systems
Providing support to sites for external audits & facilitating closure of Non Conformance

Assistant Electrical Engineer at Maharashtra State Transmission Co Ltd
  • India
  • January 1989 to January 2007

Supervision and commissioning of newly erected substation 2 projects handled 220/132/33KV substation ( Newasa & Bhableshwar)
Various underground 33/132/220 KV cables and overhead feeder and 132/229 KV SS commissioning work handled.
•Trouble shooting of MV/HV/EHV substation and over head lines.
•Testing and commissioning of substation equipments.
•Preparation and its implementation of revise settings for relays as per load flow study.
•Construction of new substations.
•Construction new feeder bays.
•Construction of new over head lines.
•Study of various protection schemes.
•To work in two+one bus protection schemes.
•Cable feeder construction.
•Power transformer testing expertise.
•Operate condition monitoring technique to reduce break down (LA, Trafo, breakers CTs & PTs) .
•Testing of metering schemes TOD and all types like four quadrant metering.
•Trafo augmentation or replacement work.
•ISO certification work.
•Well expertise in leading big team.
•Man power handling and ROW experience.
• Capacity to face critical abnormal filed situation.
• Liaison skill to deal with people & political authorities.
• Strict on and understanding the safety implementation .
• To support team to come over various technical queries.
• Decision making.
• Extensive efforts to work on estimation, purchase, loss, maintenace & energy account folios .
• Preparations of various schemes like Nabard, DIS, SPA &REC .
• Digitization of existing network on software for system improvement schemes.
• Decision making
• Execution of various Urban & Rural electrification projects.
• Highest Agricultural pump energisation & kept pending list minimum.
• Experience & confidence to face public, political & Government meetings.
• Execution of various Urban & Rural electrification projects.
• To recognize a working team and their appreciations.
• To set up cross over metering, AFMS and Transformer metering installations.
• To execute line & SS capacitor bank in system to improve reactive power compensation

Trainee at Crompton Graves Ltd
  • India
  • January 1988 to January 1989

Testing of various LT panels PCC, MCC & starters.
•Testing of ACB & MCCB.
•ISO certification work.
•ISI certification work.
•Quality assurance inspection of panels.
•Customer inspection.
•Factory Govt. certification inspection.



Appreciations:

* Two times annual appreciation for adding values to organization by Suzlon.
* Nine times outstanding CR remarks by MSEB.
* Special GM appericiation for hard work in Crompton.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineer
  • at Marathwada University
  • January 1988
Diploma, Electrical
  • at Goverenment Polytechnic college Yavatmal
  • June 1985

Specialties & Skills

Maintenance
Transmission Lines
Project Management
substation testing
Transformer
CABLING
DECISION MAKING
GOVERNMENT
MEETING FACILITATION
NETWORKING
QUALITY CONTROL
SUPERVISORY SKILLS
TROUBLESHOOTING

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Marathi
Expert

Memberships

Saudi Engineering council
  • Electrical Engineer
  • October 2012

Training and Certifications

Power System (Training)
Training Institute:
National Power Technical Institute Banglore
Date Attended:
January 2011
Duration:
80 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading, Playing Cricket and Volleyball