Taha Rafiq

• Preparing Offers for all Switchgear types including Bill of Materials and
Technical documentation for clients. Preparation of project presentations.
• Working with the customers and production for feedback and changes
till product delivery. Managing projects execution for all
Schneider Electric Switchgears, while working on multiple projects.
• Submitting design documentation including electrical schematics,
interconnection wiring diagrams, assembly drawings for door with
different views for approval from the client.
Verification of parts list for customer orders.
• Performing Risk management for all projects to minimize project risks.
Ensuring all projects are delivered on time, within scope and budget.
Coordination and Communication with vendors/suppliers.
• Participation in project kick off meetings as well as team conferences
with customers, engineers regarding changes in single line diagram and
specifications.
• Providing assembly instructions for technicians including wiring cable
diameters for drive box, low voltage cabinets and panel labeling before
customer delivery
• Design work for complex projects up to 3 million Euros including
Switchgears for Wind Parks. Implementation of engineering design
revisions and providing documentation for wiring cable equipment and
control units in the Low voltage switchboards.

 Reporting to the COO/Director of Execution,
supervising and coordinating the Germany team composed up to 11
people (PMs, CMs, H&S adviser, field engineers
 Support to BD team in the feasibility stage (preliminary Due Diligence,
authorization status, planning, budgeting.
 Technical support to the EPC+O&M contract negotiation, management
of external consultant (technical); review of EPC and O&M contract,
preparation of technical annexes (acceptance protocols, PR calculation
etc.)
 Support the board in project budget structuring and cost‐control
management (capex, opex)
 Subcontracting of civil, electrical works and O&M service:
pre‐qualification of subcontractor/supplier, tender process, negotiation,
contract management, milestone certifications, payment certificates etc
 Construction and commissioning coordination and supervision
(provisional acceptance, final acceptance and hand‐over)
 Logistic process planning and coordination with Purchasing
Manager/Site Logistic Manager (modules, inverters, structures etc) on
incoterms basis.

Worked at a 200 MW Gas Power Plant with 32 GE Jenbacher JGS 620 Engines. Designated in the Electrical and Instrumentation Control (E&IC) Department was involved in the overall electrical maintenance of the plant. Performed regular 1000 and 2000 hour’s inspection of AVK 11 KV Alternators. Fault Detection and Analysis at 132 KV and 11KV Bus bars. Overall electrical troubleshooting of faults at the relays, PLC, electric safety, control and communication protocols (Modbus, CAN bus) in Modular Interface, Auxiliary and Master Control Panels, controlling the engine and alternator parameters.

Worked on a base MOSS 2007 project with a team of 6 members including Project Manager, Architect, QA and BA. Designed and developed web parts using C# for global online collaboration of corporate websites. Designed and developed sequential workflows on Visual Studio for IT change control forms. Created IT change control forms on InfoPath with extensive complexity for different approvers and reviewers of the forms.

Worked in the Nano Technology Lab at the Engineering Research Center at Michigan State University. Performed Electrostatic Energy Scavenging for Integrated Circuits particularly microcontrollers. Using MEMS to convert mechanical energy (tribo-electrically charged human body) to electricity and the IC used in this project was the Microchip PIC18F2520 which was programmed for sleep and wake up modes in MPLAB using C++. Measured power and energy plots for these modes using Matlab. Used Lab View to get the current and voltage ratings from the ammeter.