Instrument Engineer
National Industrialization Company (TASNEE)
Total years of experience :9 years, 5 Months
Responsible for Engineering and Project Management of Instrument & Control modification projects (MOC- management of change) starting from conception design stage till commissioning and completion at PDH and Ethylene crackers plant of Tasnee petrochemicals.
Leading and co-ordinating multi-disciplinary team of Process, Maintenance, Operation, Process control and Safety departments to gather requirements and necessary permission for implementation of changes.
Conduct feasibility study.
Prepare cost estimation for CAPEX budget.
Preparing FEEP (Front End Engineering Package) and Scope of Work.
Conduct PDSA meetings and participate in HAZOP studies.
Prepare/Review and finalised detailed engineering package for bidding.
Conduct vendor/contractor's site visit.
Evaluating proposals and providing recommendations for tenders
Conduct kick-off meetings.
Review and approval of Design/Engineering/construction packages for implementation.
Manage/execute project implementation, testing and pre- commissioning.
Conducting PSSR meetings before commissioning.
Updating of Documentations and closing of projects.
Worked under Infrastructure business unit of PSI Incontrol, responsible for high level SCADA and PLC-based control & monitoring projects for
-waste water treatment plants,
-flood monitoring and control systems,
- tunnel monitoring systems,
-communication systems for railway and infrastructure projects.
Tasks involve the need to visiting customers and sites, gathering information of the project leads, interaction with other internal department, designing of systems, obtaining quotes, cost and quantities of equipment needed, and generating technical bid proposals for tenders.
July 2007 - Feb 2011
Conducting trainings at the automation, instrument, control systems, electrical laboratories:
• Industrial Automation Lab (July 2008 - Feb 2011)
Tuned PID controllers, troubleshot and maintained the control system instruments and control loops, and taught control & instrument experiments for the following plants:
o Level control,
o Flow control,
o Level + Flow cascaded control,
o Pressure control,
o Temperature control plants equipped with Foundation Fieldbus, HART and BRAIN instruments, and controlled by Yokogawa DCS, Omron PLC, Siemens PLCs and Yokogawa CX1000 controllers
• Electromechanical System Lab (July 2009 - Nov 2009)
• Modern Control System Lab (Dec 2008 - March 2009)
• Sensors, Instrumentation & Measurement Lab (July 2008- Oct 2008)
• Power Electronic Lab (Dec 2007-Mar 2008)
• Electric Circuit Lab (July 2007 - Oct 2007)
Research Assistant, Intelligent Mechatronics System Research Unit, Department of Mechatronics Engineering, International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Aug 2007 - March 2009
• Worked on the M.Sc research project, funded by Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, and titled “Intelligent PID Controller for Point to Point Motion Control System” on Quanser Rotary Positioning System using Matlab/Simulink
o Developed Fuzzy-tuned PID Controller.
o Developed Neural-tuned PID Controller.
o Developed Neural-tuned PID Controller with Model Reference control.
• Publication of research findings in reputable International Journals and Conferences.
• Maintenance of network-based computer control systems in the Modern Control Lab.
Design and Engineering, development of PLC software of the following automation projects for MNC clients in semi-conductor sector.
• XYZ Probing Machine (Omron CJIM PLC and Hi-tech HMI)
• Precision Cleaning Machine (NAIS PLC and HMI)
• Nibble Press Machine (Mitsubishi PLC)
• AC/DC Motor Trainer Kit
• Packing Machine (Proface HMI)
Worked on the advanced research & development project of Texas Instrument, Malaysia, “Design of an Intelligent Vision Inspection System for Quality Control in Semiconductor Industry” that involved Control, Automation and Image Processing,
Developed PLC based control of conveyor belt, using Siemens PLC
PLC-PC integration through Parallel Port using VB-6
PC-Based Lighting Illumination control by parallel port using VB-6
Design of Portable System for Wood recognition project, using AutoCAD.
with Avionics Team at the Transmile Hangar, Sultan Abdul Aziz Airport, Subang, Malaysia and involved in the Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation maintenance of B727 and B 737 Aircrafts.
• Paper titled ‘Fuzzy-tuned PID controller for PTP (Point-to-Point) Positioning System’ published at the “American Journal of Scientific Research, ISSN 1450-223X Issue 9 (2010), 73-81. • Paper titled ‘Neural-tuned PID controller for PTP (Point-to-Point) Positioning System Using Minimal Resource Allocation Network (EMRAN) Algorithm’ presented at the “International Conference on Mechatronics 2008(ICOM 08)”, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. • Paper titled ‘Neural-tuned PID controller for PTP (Point-to-Point) Positioning System: Model Reference Approach’ presented at the “International Conference on Man and Machine Systems 2009 (ICoMMS 09)”, Penang, Malaysia.
• Conceptualized, Designed and Implemented the final year Project “Mobile Vacuum Cleaner Robot” as a fulfillment for the bachelor degree in Mechatronics Engineering.