PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Skilled engineering professional with a Bachelor of Technology (electrical engineering) and more than six years of experience in managing energy transmission and distribution and nuclear engineering projects. Strong team skills to fulfill projects effectively within deadlines and budgets while ensuring quality. Performance driven individual who efficiently utilizes strengths in analytical and creative thinking to continuously identify and improve the processes within the organization. Excellent communication and presentation skills complemented by intuitive coordination and negotiation practices that help liaison effectively with management, clients and other project stakeholders.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Engineer in Training-II, Tetra tech, Pickering, CANADA- 02/2016 – Present
Responsible for electrical and I&C scope for Engineering Change(EC) Modification nuclear projects for OPG.
Nuclear Western Waste Management Facility Bruce Facility Modifications:
Preparing the technical specifications for various equipment such as VFDs, system Controllers etc. meeting the customer requirements; reviewing Ontario Power Generation (OPG) approved vendor lists to ensure adequacy for competitive sourcing
Participating at site weekly meetings to plan, coordinate, and ensure progress of services to support site operations and installation during commissioning
Analyzing and proposing electrical equipment for improving operations and functionality; evaluating incoming proposals for vendor exceptions
Effectively recommending the modifications required to the management during the COMS by presenting them the detailed design brief and having technical discussions
Performing design analysis and preparing detailed commissioning specifications based on safety, reliability and efficiency of the system under current OPGN governance
Supporting procurement, construction and close out of contracts successfully
Providing advice and consultation to project stakeholders for the resolution of technical problems, considering the customer’s requirement in nuclear generating facilities and related support functions
Resolving Comments from customer by multiple discussions and giving presentations
Accounts Executive, Bibico Electric, Burlington, CANADA- 11/2015 – 02/2016
(Authorized General Electric Distributor)
Responsible for business development of Low Voltage Switchgear products and panels for energy distribution turnkey projects through day-to-day sales.
Determining project requirements for electrical materials and preparing of tenders and proposals
Reviewing electrical drawings, technical specifications from manufacturers
Preparing and reviewing draft and final request for quotations, proposals, information (RFI, RFQ,
RFP), contracts, and purchase order documents ensuring resolution of any areas of concern or ambiguity
Performing competitive bidding, proposal evaluation, and selection of subcontractors
Responsible for negotiating best prices for the electrical supplies from vendors
Electrical Engineer, S & C Electric Company, Toronto, CANADA- 06/2015 – 08/2015
Responsible for designing of Medium Voltage Switchgear panels for energy turnkey projects which involved:
• Preparing technical specifications and details for electrical components required for projects
in metal enclosed switchgear.
Identifying required components like relays, meters, control switches and MV components like
circuit breakers and add them to the engineering data base required for standardization
Interacting with shop floor during the manufacturing cycle of the project and provide any
technical support if required
Project Engineer- Electrical, Infrastructures & Cities, Smart Grid, Energy Automation (IC SG EA) SIEMENS LTD, INDIA- 07/2009 – 09/2014
Engineering and delivery of protection and control relay panels for energy distribution turnkey projects. Total budget of projects handled and individually designed for – $22 million CAD.
Responsibilities
Executing major utility projects of different sizes, complexities & contractual characteristics in specific domains that included protection systems for voltage levels ranging from 33kV to 765kV
Acting as an information resource to users, requisitioners and suppliers on the Corporation’s procurement processes and commercial considerations
Developing a procurement strategy taking into account the marketplace and the needs of the requisitioners and end-users
Preparing and reviewing draft and final request for quotations, proposals, information (RFI, RFQ, RFP), contracts, and purchase order documents ensuring resolution of any areas of concern or ambiguity
Preparing functional design specification (FDS), general technical particulars (GTP), design instruction
sheet (DIS). Coordinating with factory on various issues during factory acceptance tests (FAT)
Assessing vendor performance during the execution of work to ensure contractual requirements are
being met and establishing a performance record to be used in the placing of future business
Efficiently involved in proposal management, project task estimation, project management, vendor
management, documentation etc. for various projects
Interacting and coordinating with major companies such as ABB, Alstom, Siemens Germany
etc. regarding the various protection products
Accomplishments
Managed several turnkey projects effectively. Reviewed and verified deliverables accuracy and quality, preparing man hours estimates and detailed engineering schedules and updating progress. We successfully completed these projects at significantly high profit margins of 25%
Standardized drawings for multiple projects with optimized technical solutions that were further considered as the basis for future referencing by the client. Hence, it led to 40% reduction in overall engineering costs for these projects
Contributed to maximum utilization of inventory in the projects which minimized them factory’s liability by 10% which helped to meet the department’s target
Developed and deployed a smart tool for “Engineering Capacity Management”, which aided the senior management in uniform work allocation related activities of the project, increasing the employee efficiency by 12% and their ability to meet the project deadlines by 5%
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Technology: Electrical Engineering 07/2005– 06/2009
ALIGARH UNIVERSITY – Aligarh, INDIA (CPI 8.09/10)
Post Graduate Diploma for Graduates: General Management 07/2015– 08/2016
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS) – London, ENGLAND
SOFTWARE SKILLS
MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, AutoCAD-Electrical, Micro-station, MS-Visio
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Active Member of WIRE – Women in Renewable Energy, Canada 06/2015– Present
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