Waqas Ahmad, Senior Solar O&M Engineer

Waqas Ahmad

Senior Solar O&M Engineer

Sharaf DG Energy LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical (Electronics)
Experience
8 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 10 Months

Senior Solar O&M Engineer at Sharaf DG Energy LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2020

Projects:

1. 1.529MW rooftop Solar Power Plant at Retail Logistics DWC.

2. 827 KW Solar Power Plant at Dubai Holding Headquarters Um Seqeim, Dubai.

3. 508.8KW Solar Power Plant at Steinweg Sharaf JAFZA.

4. 217.8KW Solar Power Plant at Hadeed Trading JAFZA.

5. 2.544 MW Solar Power plant at Zabeel Park and Emirates Towers, Dubai

6. 500Villas DEWA project each 4.29KW in Dubai, UAE.

7. 100KW Solar Power Plant at Time Square Center Um Sqeim, Dubai

8. 40KW Dubai Space Station Solar Power Plant in Khawaneej, Dubai.

Site Engineer at Helios Phoebe Solar Energy System Installation LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2019 to February 2020

Projects:
1. 3.8MW Solar Power Plant at DFC(Dubai Festival City) mall, Dubai, UAE
(UAE’s largest rooftop solar Power Plant)
2. 250KW Solar Power Plant at Transworld in Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE
3. 50KW solar Power Plant for Villa at Emirates Hills, Dubai UAE

Responsibilities:
1. Installation and Monitoring of On-Grid, Off-Grid Solar System.
2. Testing and Commissioning of On-Grid Solar power plants.
3. Preparation of Drawings and proposals.
4. Site Inspection.
5. Installation of Main Distribution Boards (MDB’s) and Sub Main Distribution Boards (SMDB’s).

Site Engineer at M/S S.H.R.S Construction Co.
  • Pakistan - Sialkot
  • July 2017 to October 2018

Responsibilities:
1. To Prepare Solar System Proposals.
2. To lead the team of technicians to complete the project effectively.
3. Installation and Maintenance of Solar System.
4. Installation of Main Distribution Boards, (MDB’s), Sub Main Distribution Boards (SMDB’s), and Final Distribution Boards (FDB’s).

Electrical Engineer at Gujranwala Electric Supply Company
  • Pakistan - Sialkot
  • July 2016 to June 2017

A) Monitoring of Grid Station

Monitoring of grid station yard and Equipment which is as follow:
1) Power Transformer 2) Lightening Arrestor
3) SF6 Breakers 4) CT and PT 5) Bus Bar
6) VCB Trollys 7) Capacitors 8) Grounding System

B) Controling and Monitoring of Power Transformers

1) Monitorng of power transformer from Control Pannel as well as physical monitorng.

2) Monitoring of Alarms like CB Mech Fail, SF6 Trip Lockout, Oil Pressure High, Excessive Tempersture, T/F Buchhloz, Cooling System Fail etc.

3) Monitoring of Relays like Diff Trip, Oil Temp trip, Buchhloz Trip, O/C and E/F Trip etc.

C) Important Tests Monitoring

Monitoring of Important test of Transformer and Circuit Breakers which are as follow:
1) T.T.R test 2) C.E.S Test 3) C & DF Test 4) Meggar Test 5) On Time Test 6) Tripping time test 7) Oil Test

Management Associate at PTCL Etisalat Group Company
  • Pakistan - Sialkot
  • March 2015 to February 2016

Responsibilities:
1. Installation and Supervision of Solar System, Inverters and Batteries of the Telecom Sites.
2. Power Monitoring
3. Monitoring of Power Alarms at NOC.

Internee at Nishat Mills Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Faisalabad
  • June 2013 to July 2013

Technical mill surveys for trouble-shooting.
Technical Surveys of Power Plant.
Familiarity with Invertors and Driver circuits of Machines.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical (Electronics)
  • at The University of Faisalabad
  • May 2014

I got the silver medal for the 2nd position.

Specialties & Skills

AutoCad Electrical
SketchUp
Survey200
On-Grid Solar System

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Punjabi
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Registered Engineer
  • December 2014
Society of Engineers UAE
  • Registered Engineer
  • April 2019
DEWA (Dubai Electricity & Water Authority)
  • DEWA approval Solar PV Expert
  • March 2019

Training and Certifications

Junior Solar PV Expert (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2019
MS Oficce (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999