Ritchie Vidal, Application / Sales Support Engineer

Ritchie Vidal

Application / Sales Support Engineer

Eaton

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
Experience
16 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 1 Months

Application / Sales Support Engineer at Eaton
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2014 to October 2021

* Assigned to Sales Department - Busway / ATS / Power Quality
* Involved in the engineering design & commission of EATON’s Low & Medium Voltage Busways, Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) & Power Quality solutions by working in tandem with the Medium Voltage & Low Voltage switchgear teams of EATON and other manufacturers.
* Involved in actively coordinating with EATON Dubai’s Medium voltage switchgear team on Utility projects to plan pre-testing activity, keeping in-house equipment calibration certificates, staging testing & making non-conformity reports and Witness testing records for close-out documentation.
* Involved in assisting Sales Team, Channel Partners & Customers in Pre & Post sales commercial & technical queries
* Support Sales Team to achieve yearly profit plan numbers by ensuring on-time engineering & manufacture releases & assisting Channel partners & Contractors to install & energize the supplied products.
* Site activities include conducting the following testing procedures on EATON or 3rd party sourced and calibrated equipment’s:
- Hi-Potential Testing - Up to 28kV
- Insulation Resistance & Continuity Testing
- Contact Resistance Test
- Joint alignment & Torqueing of LV & MV Busways & End equipment terminations into Transformer & Switchgear and thermal imaging for hot-spots

Technical Engineer at ABB Industries
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2013 to August 2014

* Assigned to Low Voltage Product Department - Busway.
* Support estimation department in preparing techno-commercial offers.
* Support LV Switchgear and Project Teams in generating material submittal and response to compliance statement, engineering design drawings & factory Bill of Materials (BOM) for manufacture on tender and projects under execution.
* Support client in site supervision, installation instruction training, testing and commissioning.

Busway Engineer at Eaton
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2011 to September 2013

* Assigned to Marketing - Busway.
* Support Sales Team, Channel Partners & Customers in pre & post sales commercial & technical queries.
* Involved in generating techno-commercial offers, material submittal and response to compliance statement, engineering design drawings & factory Bill of Materials (BOM) on tender and projects under execution.
* Support client in site supervision, installation instruction training, testing and commissioning.
* Attend meeting with consultant, contractor and client for technical clarification.
* Attend quality claims with customer; liaise with factory claim management team for resolution.

Busway Engineer at Schneider Electric
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2008 to January 2011

* Assigned to Power EMEAS - Busway Sales Department.
* Responsible in preparing 2D & 3D engineering design drawings as per site measurement in coordination with other MEP services & civil contractor, as per local utility regulations.
* Responsible in preparing Factory Bill of Materials (BOM) for manufacture.
* Responsible in preparing Technical Submittal, Operation and Maintenance Manual, Method Statement and As-Built Drawings for client submittals.
* Responsible in preparing Bill of Quantity (BOQ) from tender drawings for project quotation submission.
* Support client in site supervision, installation instruction training, testing and commissioning.

SCN CAD Designer (Network Cabling System) at Omnix International
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2005 to September 2008

* Assigned to Enterprise Networking & Security Solutions (ENS) Department.
* Involve in preparing Structured Cabling Network (SCN) CAD drawings and designs for project permits, proposals or implementation of the Dubai Terminal 3 Airport Project.
* CADD preparation of shop drawings and proposed revision of plans for approval and implementation of drawings: CCTV, SCN RING/STAR Network, TELEPHONE-PABX and BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM architecture.
* Design, Draw and Update Cable Containment layout (CC), Schematic Diagram (SD), Technical Room Layout (TR), Backbone Cabling Wiring Layout (BA) and Technical Room Cabinet Details Configurations and Wiring Details (WT).

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at University of San Carlos
  • March 1999

Specialties & Skills

Construction
Planning
Engineering
Power Quality
Engineering
Low & Medium Voltage Busway Design
Site Supervision, Training & Commissioning
Electrical Testing

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Registered Electrical Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2000
UPS Sales Training (UPS Systems Sizing & Selection, UPS Batteries, UPS Specifications & Compliance) (Training)
Training Institute:
Eaton
Date Attended:
January 2020
Busway Specification, Design Concept and Software (Training)
Training Institute:
Schneider Electric
Date Attended:
March 2009
AutoCAD 2D & 3D (Training)
Training Institute:
Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE)
Date Attended:
October 2000