About Me
Electrical, Control & Instrumentation and SCADA/EMS professional with 30+ years across power generation, transmission utilities, refinery projects and control centres in India, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and the UAE. Early …
Electrical, Control & Instrumentation and SCADA/EMS professional with 30+ years across power generation, transmission utilities, refinery projects and control centres in India, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and the UAE. Early career includes direct I&C responsibility for five 210 MW thermal generating units, covering boiler and turbine auxiliary instrumentation, annual/capital overhauls, start-up tuning and multidisciplinary outage coordination. Subsequent experience adds HV/EHV protection testing, substation energization/commissioning interfaces, PLC/automation, SCADA/EMS, FAT/SAT, refinery E&I projects and project/turnaround execution. Strong fit for commissioning assignments requiring coordination of Electrical and I&C systems, protection/control, DCS/PLC functional testing, grid interfaces, commissioning documentation and handover.
Experience
Project Engineer
<p>• Managed E&I capital and improvement projects through Pre-FEED, FEED and IFC stages, including Fire Alarm Systems, ATS/protection upgrades, PI data-server integration and LV power-supply upgrades.</p><p>• Supported the 2018 refinery turnaround using Primavera P6 / MS Project; coordinated Electrical, Instrumentation, Operations, Maintenance, HSE, contractors and vendors for executable work and safe return to service.</p><p>• Performed/managed PLC-related testing, field/interface verification, technical specifications, RFQs, vendor evaluation, SAP work orders/procurement follow-up and handover documentation.</p><p>• Participated in HAZOP and multidisciplinary engineering reviews and resolved technical/site interfaces during execution and commissioning.</p>
Lecturer / Lab Instructor – Electrical Engineering
<p>Delivered applied laboratory work in Control Systems, Electrical Machines, PLC/Automation, Smart Grid and HSE, including practical testing, troubleshooting and safe laboratory execution.</p><p> Mentored students and coordinated technical laboratory activities, reinforcing current control, automation and electrical-system knowledge.</p>
Grid Consultant – Energy & Utilities
<p>Supported utility modernization roadmap covering DMS/EMS/OCMS, OT/IT integration, cybersecurity, cloud architecture and operational technology strategy.</p><p> Assessed control-centre and grid technologies, integration architecture, data flows and reliability considerations for future utility operations.</p>