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Mohammed Salahbath Khan, Lead Engineer - Control Systems

Mohammed Salahbath Khan

Lead Engineer - Control Systems·MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Limited

United Kingdom

Doctorate, MSc in Advance Controls and System Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 14 years, 3 months

Lead Engineer - Control Systems

March 2012 - Present

MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Limited

London, United Kingdom

March 2012 - Present

• Managing the Virtual Commissioning Team as well as supporting the Team technically, performance of both roles in a planned and efficient manner.
• Discuss and deliver the deliverables and requirements directly with the customer.
• Conduct and Support Buy-off with the customer.
• Manage different projects simultaneously.
• Prepare Man-Hour estimate reports and Project time schedules.
• Allocate resources to different projects for maximum productivity.
• Use of Agile and Waterfall techniques to plan.
• Planning project timings for different phases of the project using MS Project.
• Acting as a liaison between the Project Manager and the Team.
• Managing projects from conception, pre-production through to completion.
• Responsible for the completion of all documentation.
• Producing Test Plans and reports before going to site reducing site time in-turn the costs.
• Working in an Underbody Line Automation environment for COMAU, Italy, Romania & UK.
• Automotive Industry based PLC (RSLogix 5000) software programming using Diagnostic Control Program (DCP) Standards - Ford, JLR.
• Editing ABB/Fanuc Robot Programs when needed to synchronize with the PLC based code.
• Developed an automated code generation software using VBA (Excel) which helps produce ControlLogix PLC software based on DCP standards also documenting tutorials for it.
• Network optimization using Rockwell IAB tools to maximize network performance.
• Installation and administration of of Siemens PLM Process Simulate Server (Oracle).
• Developed and Modeled of Virtual Cells for testing the PLC and Robot software before going to site i.e. Virtual Commissioning the PLC enabling the engineer to save site commissioning time also setting up the OPC links between different environments.
• Developed Wonderware Intouch based HMI screens for testing PLC code for site panels.
• Providing commissioning and technical support for various sections (Block's) on site from testing and writing PLC programs (Pallets stacker, lifts & conveyors), configuration of drives and HMI's, I/O testing various equipment’s such as different sensors, circuit breakers, fuses at different levels also adjusting the conveyor speeds to suite the requirements.
• Programmed and Commissioned Block 10 (UK's largest waste conveyor system) which is based on Siemens series 400 safety PLC’s, Siemens HMI’s and Siemens Mobile Panels.
• Managing various technical teams consisting of mechanical and electrical departments, from different contractors to do different tasks during the commissioning phase of the project.
• Configuring and parameterizing various types of SEW inverters, drives and servo-drives, including control of PID parameters to achieve maximum performance from drives.
• Adhering to Profibus and CANBus protocols for connectivity on site between devices.
• Configuring the Micro Ellipse Laser Sensors.
• Configured the handshaking between the Baler and Waste Conveyor System.
• Preparing the layouts for Block 10 in Microsoft Visio.
• Authored various test documents for Site Acceptances Tests (SAT) and Operation Manuals.
• With support of simulation on PLC passed Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) for Block 10.
• Performed and passed the User Acceptance Test (UAT) on site.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Education

University Of Manchester

September 2011

September 2011

Doctorate, MSc in Advance Controls and System Engineering

United Kingdom

Osmania University

May 2006

May 2006

Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics

India

Skills

Planning
Expert
Planning
Expert
Automation
Expert
Automation
Expert
Engineering
Expert
Engineering
Expert
Controls
Expert
Controls
Expert
Electronics
Expert
Electronics
Expert
DRIVES/INVERTERS: SEW, Siemens
Intermediate
DRIVES/INVERTERS: SEW, Siemens
Intermediate
PLC : Allen Bradley (ControlLogix/GuardLogix), Siemens(300/400/Safety), GE Fanuc
Expert
PLC : Allen Bradley (ControlLogix/GuardLogix), Siemens(300/400/Safety), GE Fanuc
Expert
SCADA: Wonderware Intouch, WinCC Flexible, FactoryTalk View
Expert
SCADA: Wonderware Intouch, WinCC Flexible, FactoryTalk View
Expert
Planning
Expert
Planning
Expert
Automation
Expert
Automation
Expert
Engineering
Expert
Engineering
Expert
Controls
Expert
Controls
Expert
Electronics
Expert
Electronics
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

The Institute of Engineers (IET)

MIET

February 2013

Indian Institute of Engineers

Elected Regional Student Chairman - 2009-2010

January 2007

Student Automotive Engineers, Southern Section (India)

Student Member

January 2008

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Graduate Student Member

January 2009

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Siemens Process Simulate
Siemens Tecnomatix, United Kingdom/Germany/France
Aug 2013 - Sep 2013
PLC & SCADA Programmer
Prolific System, Hyerabad, India
Apr 2010 - Apr 2010
Diagnostic Control Program (DCP) Standards
Rockwell Automation, United Kingdom
Mar 2013 - Mar 2013
Siemens S7 Programming Level 2
Siemens Sitrain, Manchester, United Kingdom
Sep 2012 - Sep 2012
ABB iRC5 Motion Controller Programming
MHA Ltd., Luton, United Kingdom
Apr 2013 - Apr 2013
GuardLogix Safety Controllers
Rockwell Automation, United Kingdom
Apr 2013 - Apr 2013
EtherNet/IP Industrial
Rockwell Automation, United Kingdom
Apr 2013 - Apr 2013