Usman Ahmed, ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Usman Ahmed

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

AVE s.p.a

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
Experience
9 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :9 years, 5 Months

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER at AVE s.p.a
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • My current job since February 2017

At AVE, I have a multidisciplinary role that revolves around providing costumer service support to our worthy distributors and system integrator particularly in United Arab Emirates.

-Lighting Control System Installation, Testing and commissioning.
-Home/Office Automation system Installation, Testing and commissioning.
-Guest Room Management System Installation, Testing and Commissioning.
-ELV Systems Installation, Testing and Commissioning.
-Preparation of KPI’s, O&M manuals, D.B Addressing Schedules
-Submitting required documentation, drawings, schematics and compliance statements.
-Submitting Approval and Inspection Requests to consultant and MEP contractor office.
-Attending Municipality Inspection along with MEP contractor and consultant.
-Troubleshooting of installed products.
-Calibration and programming of sensors, GRMS and Home automation systems.
-Doing energy saving calculations, off-site prototype testing, mock-ups.
-Down stream Life Cycle Costing Analysis
- Promotion and marketing of AVE products (Wiring Accessories/Home Automation/GRMS).
- Building new relations with consultants, contractors and Interior Designers.
- Generating inquiries by constantly following up with lead contacts.
- Pricing inquiries, submitting offers, submitting samples, getting approvals, arranging P.Is,
checking stock availability and ensuring timely delivery of materials

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER at Inara Trading Co. LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2015 to February 2017

-Responsible for all design and build package duties (e.g. reviewing the design and specification, preparation of shop drawings, materials submittals) for the following systems:
1-CCTV
2-Intercom
3-Access Control Systems/Gate Barriers
4-Lighting control, Shutter/Curtain Control
5-Sound system Control
6- Room Management System (RMS)
7-Home Automation
-Lighting fixtures selection, DIALux calculations, Compliance statements preparations, Technical submittals.
-Lighting control systems (AVE, Legrand) designing and commissioning.
• Gives recommendations and suggestions for other possible ways to improve the efficiency of the design in terms of performance, cost and sustainability.
• Maintaining project schedules by monitoring project progress at site.
• Negotiate details with site engineers and supervise projects of Home Automation. Resolving all site related technical issues.
• Sending inquiries and finalizing offers with third party suppliers to get the best material at lowest cost.
• Communicate and coordinate project activities with project engineer, company management and others as needed.
• Direct technicians about all technical matters and lead them to work as a team.
• Advise contractor during construction phase for conduits, cable pullings and other Electrical (ELV Systems) issues.
• Extensive knowledge of selection of lighting fixtures, wiring accessories, Dialux calculations

Projects :
• Installation of Lighting and AC Control system in a Private Villa in Al-Ain.
• Installation of Curtain Control System in Private Villa in Zabeel, Dubai.
• Installation of Lighting and AC Control system integrated with Touch Screen in Private Villa in Dubai.
• Installation of Lighting Control System in Sheikh Al-Nakhiyaan Palace, Abu-Dhabi (on going).
• Installation of complete home automation system in private villa in Nadd Al Shiba, Dubai (on going).

Internee at National Transmission & Despatch Company,
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 2013 to August 2013

 Studied basic design components, structure and role of gas and air
insulated 220KV and 500KV grid stations in transmission of EHV.
 Inspected the different breakers and bus bar schemes in 220KV and
500KV grid stations.
 Engineered the role and importance of Instrument Transformers (Voltage &
Current) in grid.
 Examined the role of Battery Room, Capacitor Bank, Line Isolators, C.Bs
and Lighting arrestors in different layers of protections.
 Observed the effective grounding system and Telecommunication system
at grid.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore
  • June 2014

Specialties & Skills

Building Automation
Sales Engineering
Home Automation
Site Management
Auto-CAD Electrical
Microsoft Word & Excel
LEED-Green Associate

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker

Memberships

PAKISTAN ENGINEERING COUNCIL
  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
  • December 2014

Training and Certifications

LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2018
Valid Until:
April 2020
ESTIDAMA-PEARL QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2018
Auto-CAD Electrical (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Poetry
  • Reading Articles about World Politics