Saad Saeed, Electrical Power Distribution Automation Engineer

Saad Saeed

Electrical Power Distribution Automation Engineer

Energy Shields

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jubail
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Experience
11 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 10 Months

Electrical Power Distribution Automation Engineer at Energy Shields
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • My current job since February 2017

Official Responsibilities
- Electrical Protection Testing on industrial platform.
- Commissioning Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Power Station Automation Systems.
- Passing HMI based FAT/SAT of Automation Systems.

Automation Services Engineer at RAKAEZ Industrial Supplies and Services - RISAS
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • September 2013 to September 2016

Official Responsibilities:
• Electrical Protection Testing on industrial platform.
• Commissioning Power Station Automation Systems.

PROJECTS:

Aramco Shaybah GOSP & NGL Plant Shaybah, Saudi Arabia

Designation:
Automation Engineer.

Project Scope:
Commissioning Substation Automation system of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories in Shaybah Aramco substations.

Technical Responsibilities:
• Commissioning activities for 13.8 kV, 4.16 kV & 480 V switch-gear automation.
• Interfacing existing plant DCS system with SEL power station automation panels up to substation level.
• Documenting and managing final project completion.

Luberef (Saudi Aramco) Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Designation:
Automation Engineer.

Project Scope:
Motor control center protection management relay IFAT.

Technical Responsibilities:
• Verifying communication and event responses on all the relays in MCC panel with respect to protection scheme.
• Checking communication network redundancy of relays with network switches.
• Loading and verifying CID file attributes all relays in IEC 61850 protocol client HMI software.


Saudi Aramco Marjan PSA System Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Designation:
Automation Engineer.

Project Scope:
Switch Gear Relay IFAT for control signal generation on remote access.

Technical Responsibilities:
• Testing Switch gear’s functional integrity through Alstom protection relay on IEC 61850.
• Testing protection scheme through control attributes of Alstom relay by remote access on HMI Zenon.


SWCC Ras Al Khair Desalination & Power Plant Ras Al Khair, Saudi Arabia

Designation:
Automation Engineer.

Project Scope:
Establishing Automation network through process controller to IED’s for DCS communications.

Technical Responsibilities:
• Verify communications from DCS to hardwired I/O device.
• Configuring process controller to communicate with I/O device.
• Configuring process controller to communicate IED feedback to DCS I/O device.


SWCC Jubail Desalination & Power Plant Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Designation:
Automation Engineer.

Project Scope:
Commissioning Substation Automation system of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.

Technical Responsibilities:
• Subscribing to IED’s through IEC 61850 protocol in HMI Zenon.
• Optimizing CID files & datasets of IED’s to communicate with correct logical nodes.
• Verifying IEC 61850 IED I/O with variables in HMI Zenon through function tests.
• Verifying IED TCP/IP communications and synchronizing them on SNTP.

SADARA Chemical Company ELECTRICAL POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EPMS)
September 2014

Designation:
Automation Engineer

Project Scope:
Commissioning Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories automation solution for SADARA Chemical Plant's Electrical Power Management

• Automating and maintaining SCADA server database of HMI Worldview in Maintenance Mode of the devices in chemical plant substations.
• Updating and maintaining SEL-3530-4 Automation Controllers configuration files.
• Configuring Schneider Electric UPS Dry Contacts to generate Alarms on set algorithm for all plant Substations.
• Verifying and monitoring Alarms as well as proper communication of all IED’s on IEC-61850 from field to SCADA Server HMI on DNP.

Dry-type Transformer testing & Pannel Commissioning
October 2013

Designation:
Service Engineer
• Transformer winding resistance test.
• Transformer core & winding insulation test.
• Transformer cable insulation (megger) test.
• Transformer turn ratio test.
• Panel Circuit breaker open-resistance test.
• Panel Circuit breaker close-resistance test.
• Panel Circuit breaker trip test.

Testing Charge / Discharge capacity for DCS backup unit
September 2013

Designation:
Service Engineer

Location:
Saudi Aramco, Manifa, Saudi Arabia

Project Scope:
Validate and verify battery banks charge potential + required load drivable capacity

Instrumentation Engineer at Al Mutawa Instrumentation
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • November 2012 to August 2013

Official Responsibilities:

• Market dealings in;
- Pressure gauges.
- Temperature gauges.
- Pressure indicator transmitters.
- Temperature indicator transmitters.
- Pressure relief safety valves.
- Control valves
• Providing technical support to existing & new clients.
• Exploring new business venues for the company.
• Documenting proposals & quotations


Project:


Advanced Cascading Process

April 2013

Designation:
Site Instrument Engineer

Location:
Saudi Kayan (SABIC), Jubail Industrial 1, Saudi Arabia

Project Scope:
Erection & commissioning of all Electrical + Instrumentation for the extension of existing plant (HDPE) area.

Responsibilities:
- Primary & secondary cable + cable tray routing supervision from panel to junction box (JB), junction box (JB) to instrument.
- Instrument location confirmation according to Location Diagram.
- Instrument traced location confirmation according to Piping & Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID).
- Instrument mounting & verification according to Hook up Diagram.
- Loop checks supervision according to Instrument Loop Diagram (ILD).
- Arranging work permits.

Contract Engineer at Energy Development & Trading
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • March 2012 to October 2012

• Reviewing client’s technical requisitions and preparing clarification lists.
• Attending pre - proposal meetings and preparing minutes of meeting.
• Preparing bill of bulk materials & cost estimation.
• Performing Site visits and surveys.
• Preparing and submitting quotations.
• Supporting construction contractor during execution of project.

Instrumentation Field Expertise:

• Instrumentation working environment of 4 - 20 mil Amp current - loop with HART protocol compatibility.
• Arranging work permits.
• Distributing work load and installation of instruments by reviewing Hook - up drawings along with installation instructions.
• Reviewing Cable & Conduit schedules as well as termination drawings for proper junction box termination of installed instruments.
• Commissioning of instruments and notification to QC inspection.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • at UIT, Hamdard University, Karachi
  • March 2012

Major Courses:  Industrial Automation  Measurement & Instrumentation  Power Electronics  Microcontroller & Digital Electronics

Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • at Hamdard University
  • March 2012

Specialties & Skills

Team Player
Cost Efficiency
Solution Provider
System Configuration
Substation Automation
Computer Language C++
MS Office
Substation Automation
Industrial Protocols, DNP3, Modbus, IEC61850

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Urdu
Expert
German
Beginner