Project Engineer
Alfanar Construction
Total years of experience :18 years, 8 Months
1-Name of Employing Agency : Alfanar Company
Title of Position : Project Engineer
Location of Assignment (Current) Eastern Operating Area (Dammam, Saudi Arabia)
Location of Assignment (Earlier) Alfanar Head Office (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Starting Period of Assignment October 08, 2015 Onwards
Current Assignments (Ongoing Projects):
Constructions of 115/13.8KV Dammam Housing SS-01, 02&03
Close-out Projects:
Construction of 380/115/33KV Nariyah North BSP
Construction of 115/13.8KV KFD Station
Construction of 115/13.8KV West of 2nd Die
Construction of Al-Jouf 380kV BSP & Expansion of Existing Hail (#9030)
Project Preview, Duties & Responsibilities:
Working in Alfanar “Water and Power Division” as a Project Engineer on various EHV (380KV) Close-out Projects & Ongoing HV (115KV) Projects. All these are the EPC contracts.
Appointed in Alfanar Construction as a Project Engineer on “115/13.8KV Dammam Housing Substation-01” Indoor GIS substations, signed between National Grid, SA (The Client) & Alfanar Construction Company (The Contractor) in September 16, 2015.
Regularly monitoring the Project Progress i.e. Status of Procurement, Status of Design & Construction, Installation, Erection & Testing/commissioning.
Mainly responsible for design coordination activities, equipment ordering, for handling commercial/technical issues, technical evaluations of the vendors offers & vice versa.
Coordination involved with design consultants for the preparation & finalization of the base design & detail design of following major equipment stated below.
o 115kV HV GIS 10 Bays (Double bus single breaker configuration scheme),
o 13.8 kV Metal Clad Switchgear (48 Bays),
o 50/67 MVA Power Transformers (ONAN & ONAF Type with Dyn1 vector group),
o Complete Protection, Control, Metering & SAS System,
o LV AC/DC System,
o Telecom (FOX515) Substation Control System (SCS),
o 7 MVAR Capacitor banks,
o 2000 OPZS Battery & Battery Charger
o Base & Detail Design for Civil Works
o Base & Detail Design for HVAC, FF & FSS.
o Lighting and Small Power works, LV and MV cabling system and remote end modification works.
Mainly responsible for the preparation of submittals, pertaining to all major & minor equipment’s by complying the Project Technical Specifications (PTS). S
Involved in “Base Design & Detail Design Review Meetings (BDRM’s)”
Organizing “The Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) & QC Inspections in the vendor’s facilities for all major equipment.
Hiring “Third-Party Inspectors (TPI)” for the inspection of equipment that will not be witnessed by the client.
Working for the closing of Non- compliance reports (NCR’s) & Punch lists.
Preparation of the bi-weekly reports & MOM’s.
Getting all responsibilities of the project with positive frame of mind, whether work is related to main scope or optional scope.
Preparation of Material Return Requests (MRR’s) & Cataloging data for Spare parts & Special tools.
Preparation & submission of monthly invoices to client for payment.
Well experienced & organized for the achievement of TCC, PAC & FAC.
Supervision of the drafting team that were preparing as built drawings in (SEEDS-II) in accordance with SEC/NG Standards.
Early Assignments:
Assigned on “50MW Solar PV Project” in “Alfanar Head office” as a Project Engineer (Electrical). It was being developed by the Subsidiary of Alfanar Company (named as Alfa Solar Co.) in Egypt. Whole unit of Alfa Solar was taking part in the closing of Conditions Precedents set out by the lenders,
2-Name of Employing Agency : NESPAK
Title of Position : Junior Engineer
Location of Assignment Neelum Jhelum Hydro Power Project (NJHPP)
Period of Assignment : March 16, 2015 to September 2015
Project Preview & Responsibilities:
Posted at 969MW Neelum Jhelum Hydro Power Project as a Junior Engineer (Electrical) by National Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd (NESPAK).
NJHPP Project, was a joint venture of the consultants mainly, MWH (USA), NORPLAN (NORWAY), NESPAK, NDC and ACE from Pakistan.
Undersigned was responsible to supervise & witness the activities executed inside the tunneled Power House & at 525KV Switchyard,
Installation/Supervision of 295MVA, Hydro-generators.
Installation Supervision of the equipment that was being installed at 525KV, AIS (Switchyard), in accordance with the approved drawings, standards & specifications.
During the mentioned period, undersigned was posted as MEP Engineer for the execution of next assignment by aforesaid consultancy firm on Urban Development Projects.
To supervise the under-construction activities, that were damaged in the earthquake of Oct.2015, in few districts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. It was a re-habilitation plan. And the effectiveness/success of the plan was possible by re-construction of damaged infrastructure & by restoration of electricity & other utilities to new construction.
Appointed as MEP Engineer & posted by the consultancy firm on Kuwait Funded College’s project.
To supervise the under-construction activities that were damaged in the earthquake of Oct.2015, in the few districts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir including capital city (Muzaffarabad).
14 No’s of the colleges were being constructed at different locations of Azad Kashmir by the coordination of Kuwait Govt.
Appointed as MEP Engineer & posted at project sites for monitoring the building electrifications of Post Graduate Boys College & the construction of Grand Mosque named as (King Saud Mosque).
Job was related to LV distribution network i.e. installation of Vacuum Circuit Breakers (VCB’s), PMT & DG sets, LV main Panels, sub main Panels, distribution Panels, lying of MV & LV cables (Armoured/Un-Armoured), termination of cables & the internal building wiring, fixation of fittings accessories, receptacles & vice versa.
Appointed as a Site Engineer to supervise & witness the activities that were being executed at different sites in accordance with the approved drawings, standards & specifications in the remote areas/outskirts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
Re-structuring of the damaged Lv distribution network, re-installation of PMT’s, overhead assemblies, stringing of HV & LV overhead conductors etc.
Appointed as a trainee engineer in Electricity Department (AJKED) to support Assistant Engineer (SDO) for the
collection of revenue, for the identification of problems & how to take remedial measures for the fixation of
problems which were facing by the local community due to the non-continuous supply of electricity.
6-Name of Employing Agency : Siemens Engineering (Pvt.) Ltd, Pakistan
Appointed as a trainee engineer in the Siemens Engineering Pvt. Ltd. Posted in Kohat as a Control Room Supervisor at Kohat Tunnel Project.
To Control & monitor the electrical system installed inside 1.8km tunnel.
Energized system was operated & controlled by the SCADA & Programmable logic controllers (PLC).