Waheed Irfan, Sr. Site Engineer Electrical

Waheed Irfan

Sr. Site Engineer Electrical

Nesma & Partners Contracting Company

Location
Pakistan
Education
Bachelor's degree, B-Tech Electrical Engineering
Experience
15 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 1 Months

Sr. Site Engineer Electrical at Nesma & Partners Contracting Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Hofof
  • My current job since April 2022

Nesma & Partners Contracting Company Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Aramco UWHD Project (GOSP 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)


• Supervises on-site construction for compliance with the contract’s technical specifications and
testing of electrical systems performed by the contractor and provides detailed test reports.
• Reviews and evaluates electrical design drawings and specifications prepared by others.
• Conducts on-site inspections of work in progress to ensure compliance with all recognized
standards and contract specifications.
• Ensures electrical safety requirements during construction and issues notices of violation
where unsafe conditions exist then conduct follow up inspections.
• Reviews change orders, substitutions and monthly claims for payment.
• Coordinates with clients and contractors without supervision in presentations, proposals and
field work.
• Assists in resolving complex technical problems and coordinates problem resolution.
• Responsibility for all Electrical construction activities including scheduling, planning,
monitoring, supervision of erection work, site inspection, quality & quantity surveying.

Power System Engineer at Alstom
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2019 to August 2020

Expolink 2020 Metro Project United Arab Emirates


Perform switching inside the Power Supply Technical Rooms (Passage Post, Traction Power Substation, and Lighting Power Substation) and also on some Traction Power Supply cabinets located inside the depot.
Act as Engineer’s focal point for all MEP Testing and Commissioning aspects for the project in relation to testing plans, parameters and procedures, ensuring that testing and commissioning activities are consistent and coordinated..
Be responsible for monitoring the Testing and Commissioning activities and commitments from the Contractor and its Subcontractors by ensuring they are correctly implemented.
Systematically review, assess and either approve or comment on the Contractor’s Testing and Commission documentation, ensuring that fully comply with the Specifications and processes laid down in the Contract.
Liaise with Contractors on MEP T&C issues, and interface with Client on both a technical and contractual matters
Perform regular inspection on site and report about any finding.

Electrical Inspector at Proger Engineering and Management (Consultant)
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2014 to August 2018

Client : Ministry of Interior Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Project Overview
The project scope involves engineering consultancy services of design review and construction supervision of some 3, 400 buildings on 600 sites across Saudi Arabia for the implementation of His Highness the King of Saudi Arabia's Security Headquarters Development Project.

Role:
• Quality control on electrical work/progress.
• Perform daily inspection based on project specification and international standard.
• Ensuring that all materials used and work performed are as per specifications, ITP and method
of statement
• Ensure regular and timely response to contractor RFI’s to witness and verify technical
inspection and materials testing as required.
• Carry out inspection & certify all necessary inspections during various stages of site activities as
per approved inspection and test plan.
• Coordination between structural, architectural and MEP
• Reports to Senior Engineer site related issues(Daily submittals, inspection requests, Quality
Safety, Progress, Resources, Risk, Material, and equipment’s delivered to site)
• Check all items of HV and MV work involved in buildings.
• Participates in the development of Low current systems (CCTV, Access control, UPS, MATV, IP
Telephone, Audio Visual System, Fire Alarm System etc) as well as related policies and
procedures.
• Develop report and maintain communication with all sub-contractors.
• Verification of physical measurement of quantities for indirect labour and contractors’ interim
bills.
• Monitors the project to keep on schedule.
• Regularly attend Quality meeting and contribute to resolution of quality issues that occurred.
• Overseeing quality control, health and safety matters on site; and ensure that construction is
performed as per safety plan
• Closely cooperate with PMT, HSE, Contractor and other department in project implementation
required.
• Initiate NCR, SDR for any violation in implementation for non-conformance and discrepancy.

Lead Electrical Engineer at Al-Ojaimi Contracting Est.Dammam
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • May 2012 to December 2013

Al-Ojaimi Contracting Est.Dammam Joint Venture With Sojitz Corporation
Saudi Electricity Co. Project 380/115/13.8 kV GIS Substation Hyundai Heavy Industries

Role:

Managing overall supervision and leading the team of technicians for Installation & Commissioning of Power Transformers up to 502MVA, Switch gear, gantries, Control panels, Surge arrestors, Battery Chargers and battery banks of electrical Substation. Supervised the internal wiring of relay and control panels, substation building wiring for power, lighting and fire alarm system. Installation of lighting, cable tray, main HVAC, Drainage Pumps, and fire fighting equipment's. The other associated jobs include
 Reviewing of Vendor Drawings.
 Develop design and construction standards, determine installation and operating requirements, and evaluate new products and vendors.
 Reviewing of approved drawings according to the site conditions and preparing the field design change note.
 Responsibility for all Electrical construction activities including scheduling, planning, monitoring, supervision of erection work, site inspection, quality & quantity surveying.
 To witness and approve the FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) for major electrical equipment.
 Project co-ordination including expediting material deliveries, drawing release and preparation of status report.
 Inspection of vendors and contractors material.
 Knowledge and skill level in Safety aspects both regulatory and company standards as per OSHA standards and accident prevention guidelines set for the industry.
 Preparation of as built documents, certification of contractors/vendors measurements.
 Documentation of all site inspection reports, and progress report.
 Familiar with ANSI, IEC, NEC, SECO, NFPA, SASO, SBC, NEMA etc
standards.

Electrical Engineer at ASAS Universal Company (Jubail) Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • May 2010 to April 2012

Role:

Marafiq (Water and Power Utility Company) Installation and Maintenance of HV Substation 4.16kV, 13.8kV, 34.5kV and 115kV) water treatment plants, the detail of plants mentioned below.

A. Seawater cooling facility:
The total installed capacity of the pumping stations is 346 cubic meters per second (29.9million cubic meters per day).

B. Potable Water facility:
B1. Desalination Plant # 1 (GHUMISAH) The Plant is designed to produce a total of 16, 000 cubic meters per day.
B2. Desalination Plant # 2 The Plant is designed to produce a total of 32, 000 cubic meters per day.
Water Treatment Plant # 01 & 02 & 03 Each R.O. Plant consists of two trains having a designed production capacity of 3, 750 cubic meters per day for each train.

C. Waste Water facility:
C1. Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant (IWTP8) It has a design capacity of 60, 000 cubic meters per day.
C2. Sanitary Wastewater Treatment Plant (SWTP9) It has a design capacity of 72, 000 cubic meters per day.

 Installation and Maintenance of all major equipment’s like Power Transformers, HV & LV switch gear, Motor Starters, Pump Stations, Control Panels, Battery banks, building wiring for power, lighting and fire alarm system.
 Reviewing of Vendor Drawings.
 Laying and termination of Power, Control & Instrumentation Cables.
FOC Cable laying, splicing and termination
 Performed provisional acceptance testing activities to ensure the electrical products/systems comply with the project specifications, electrical standards and customer requirements
 Develops necessary preventive Maintenance (PM) and routine maintenance
 Laying/Termination of Power Cables
 Trouble shooting of various kind of electrical faults, H.V & L.V panels reading drawings and logic control system, testing of advance breaker control panel,
 Preventive maintenance of all kinds of h.v & lv breakers, motors,
voltage up to 34.5kv / 24ookw, transformer (4.16kv / 13.8 kv&34.5kv )
 Maintenance of mv/lv switch gears, VCB, ACB, MOCB, SF-6 breakers,
breaker cubicle, earthing switches, generator earthling switch etc.
 Functional Check for HV and LV Switch gears, Repair & Maintenance of ATS in the LV Panels, Ring Main Substation
 Transformer oil bdv test, thermal scanning, earth fault and prediction test of equipment’s of water treatment plant, chlorine plant, CO2 plant and lime plant
 Planned and developed the layout of electrical power - Conducted site surveys, studied electrical data and assisted in developing project programs
 Maintains an awareness of national and local codes, local permits, and proper procedures for assuring that codes are met and permits are completed
 Reviews ongoing performance results and identifies needs of employees. Implements coaching or mentoring partnerships as appropriate
 Planned with team engineers and with customers staff the development of potential engineering projects and products
 Directed and coordinated the manufacturing, construction and installation of electrical equipment - Provided expert technical support to field engineers, technicians and customer staff

Technical Engineer (T&D Department) at Syed bhai,s pvt ltd.(Authorized G.E Multilin)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • May 2007 to April 2010

Syed Bhais (Pvt) Ltd. Lahore, Pakistan (Authorized G.E Multilin)
Technical Engineer (T&D Department).
Role:

 Experience as Technical Engineer in Substation Construction Projects 66Kv & 132Kv of National Transmission and Distribution Company Pakistan also familiar of H.V Equipment Testing.

I am well familiar with the following Test Equipment’s.
Digital / Analogue Multi Meter.
Phase Sequence Meter. Insulation Resistance Tester.
Earth Resistance Tester.
High Voltage Tester
Digital Low Resistance Test
AC & DC high Potential Test
C.T & V.T Test
Turn Ratio Test
Open & Short Circuit Test
Works for ABB, Siemens, GE, Hyundai, Schneider FLSmidth and Loesche ETC Grid Solutions.

Education

Bachelor's degree, B-Tech Electrical Engineering
  • at PIMSAT
  • July 2008
Diploma, Electrical
  • at LPI
  • June 2002

Associate diploma of Electrical Engineering.

Specialties & Skills

Construction Management
Consultant Coordination
Project Management
Electrical Testing
ISO 14001
Computer skills
Safety Management Manual Awareness Program OHSMS 14001
Testing & Commissioning
High Voltage
Installation
Sap ECC6 Production
Low Voltage
Estimation
Site Inspection

Languages

Urdu
Expert
English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Saudi Engineering Council
  • Electrical Engineer
  • July 2014

Training and Certifications

APAVE (Training)
Training Institute:
Flavien Gradisnik
Date Attended:
May 2019
Duration:
24 hours
SAP ECC6 Production (Training)
Training Institute:
Marafiq
Date Attended:
August 2011
Duration:
48 hours
Safety Management Manual Awareness Program (OHSMS 14001 Module 1 to 9 (Training)
Training Institute:
Marafiq