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Power Plant Engineer

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San Francisco, CA
Posted:
January 26, 2015

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Rajeev Kohli

**** ***** ****** • Johns Creek, GA 30097 • 412-***-**** • abmm8s@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To secure a position to best utilize my overall Technical and Management skills in a multi tasking

Information Technology environment. Work as team player with a group of talented people to learn from

them as well as to contribute my overall technical experience to accomplish a project or goal.

Professional SUMMARY

Electrical and Computer Engineering Professional with more than 20 years of progressively responsible

experience in energy industry, Department of Defense, Government organizations and supply chain

software with educational competencies in Management, Engineering, and Planning.

Proven expertise in the following instrumentation and controls areas:

Cyber Security Research and Development

Verification & Validation Hardware/component design, supporting

Requirement Management component installation, field service.

Systems integration. Project engineering and project

Systems/functional design. management.

All phases of software/hardware testing Marketing support

(validation testing, factory acceptance

testing).

Working knowledge/experience of:

Various Cyber Security program regulations, policies and procedures, i.e. 10CFR73.54, NEI 08-

09, NEI 04-04 and RG 5.69 etc.

Multiple vulnerability tracking methodologies and tools

Various engineering tools including TELEPERM XS, Ovation Power tools, Ovation System

Architecture, Westinghouse Distributed Process Family (WDPF), Telelogic’s DOORS®

Requirement Management tool

Pressurized Water Reactor, Boiling Water Reactor, Vodo-Vodyanoi Energetichesky Reactor

(VVER)

NEREG, Regulatory Guides and IEEE Standards

Previous DOD Security Clearance: Top Secret

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AREVA – NP –Alpharetta, GA April, 2008-Present

Principle Engineer - I&C Electrical Systems

Designing expertise:

Robinson Nuclear Plant:

Perform plant Critical Digital Asset assessment:

o Consolidate data and documents to support tabletop and walk down assessment

activities.

o Perform interviews with engineering and plant staff regarding critical digital assets.

o Performing tabletop and walk down activities of the cyber security assessment process.

o Documenting key observations, analyses, and findings during the assessment process of

critical digital assets {CDAs).

o Interface with Cyber Security Specialists to complete assessment processes.

Perform Cyber Security Program maintenance:

o Perform routine security functions for risk detection, prevention, and response.

o Securing, reviewing and comprehending various system, application and security control

configurations (eg. firewalls, VPNs, VOIP, AD, SCADA)

o Demonstrate technical skills in security risk assessment, requirements development,

secure design analysis, architecture assessment and development, and security testing

of applications and systems.

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San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS):

Provides oversight activities and technical approvals of Plant Engineering Change Packages

(ECPs), Design Basis Documents (DBDs), Final Safety Analysis Report, Equipment

Specifications (ESs), Plant Drawings (Wiring Diagrams, Electrical Elementaries, etc.), Installation

Procedures (TNs), Functional Test Procedures (TTs), and Instrumentation Procedures (IPs) in

Supported the telecommunications systems modification for the cold and dark effort and overall

plant decommissioning activities

Researched the plant telecommunication strategy and defined the new telecommunications and

power load strategy to support the cold and dark effort and overall plant decommissioning

Researches, defines, and executes performance and development appraisals, mentoring and

succession plans, and performance improvement plans for subordinate engineering staff

Supported the telecommunications systems modification in support of the cold and dark effort and

overall plant decommissioning

Researched the plant telecommunication strategy and defined the new telecommunications and

power load strategy to support the cold and dark effort and overall plant decommissioning

Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant:

Supported Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant digital upgrade for procurement specification

development effort for Modernization of relay control logics for Safety/Non-Safety Systems with

digital/microprocessor based control logics

Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant:

Supported Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant Restart Effort

Modernize relay control logics for Safety/Non-Safety related Balance of Plant Systems and

Essential Controls Instrumentation System with digital/microprocessor based control logics

Knowledge of Foxboro system, SAMA Logic, ANSI Logic, Process and Instrumentation Diagrams

(P&ID) and various logic implementation standards

Oconee Nuclear Station:

Provided leadership and direction to subordinate engineering staff (10 FTEs) on all aspects of

Software Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) and Hardware Testing ensuring the strict

application of V&V per IEEE 1012 and RG 1.168 for Safety Related Instrumentation and Controls

(I&C) systems for the Nuclear Industry; primary focus for IV&V is for the application of AREVA’s

TELEPERM XS (TXS) Nuclear Safety Related Digital I&C System

Researched, defined, and executed business/financial plans, resource plans, best

practices/improvements to processes and procedures at the cost center level

Works interactively with new and existing customers and clients to develop strong relationships

for the successful execution of Nuclear Safety Related contracts

Provides engineering expertise and technical support for Duke Energy’s TXS Safety Related

Keowee Hydro Station Governor system and Oconee Maintenance Training System

Researches, defines, and executes performance and development appraisals, mentoring and

succession plans, and performance improvement plans for subordinate engineering staff

Provided leadership and direction to subordinate engineering staff in Preparing and reviewing

V&V documents in support of the SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT for the digital I&C upgrade at

Oconee Nuclear Station.

Supported Oconee Nuclear Station Unit 1 commissioning and V&V activities.

Prepared and reviewed V&V documents in support of the SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT for

the digital I&C upgrade at Oconee Nuclear Station.

Provided leadership and direction to subordinate engineering staff (10 FTEs) on Requirement

tracing activities for Oconee Nuclear Station, Saved AREVA more than Fifty Thousand dollars.

Supported technical analysis activities (i.e. Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEAs),

Response Time Analyses, Power Analyses, Uncertainty Analyses, Defense in Depth and

Diversity Analyses)

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Reviewed Software/Hardware functionality test specification, test plan, and Factory Acceptance

Test documents for the Oconee Nuclear Station Unit 1 Reactor Protection System (RPS)/

Engineered Safety Features Actuation System (ESFAS)

Knowledge of TELEPERM XS DCS control system including SPACE and SIVAT simulation

Interfaced with NRC, Regulatory Affair and with internal customers in various phases of the

Project

Reviewed and Evaluated SW design documentations such as Software Design Description,

Application Software Code, Software Requirements Specification, etc.

General Electric-Hitachi Nuclear Energy – Wilmington, NC April, 2007-April, 2008

Requirement Engineer

Designing expertise:

Provided leadership and direction to subordinate engineering staff (45 FTEs) on all aspects of

Developing Software Management Plan for GE’s first of kind Digital Economic Simplified Boiling

Water Reactor (ESBWR) design

Provided leadership and direction to subordinate engineering staff on all aspects of developing

and managing Requirements for all the essential systems (about 22) ESBWR systems.

Management (i.e. developing strategy, Captured, link, trace, analyze and manage I&C Systems

requirements and Software Management Plan utilizing Telelogic’s DOORS® Requirement

Management tool

Provided engineering expertise and technical support to respond to NRC Request for Additional

Information (RAI) on ESBWR Design Control

Assist in developing Design Control Document for ESBWR I&C

Interfaced with NRC, Regulatory Affair and with internal customers in various phases of the

ESBWR Project

Project Management:

Managed more than 45 ESBWR System Functional Requirements Analysis (SFRA), ensure

consistency between various SFRAs, provided guidance, coordinated,/identified schedule needs

to support milestone for part task simulator.

Completed General Electric’s Six Sigma Green Belt Qualified

Vocollect, Inc. – Pittsburgh, PA - Contractor November, 2006 – April, 2007

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Designing expertise:

Provided engineering expertise and technical support in Designing and reviewing test plan, test

cases to be employed, test configuration, executing functional, application, regression,

performance tests, in generating issue reports when test specification is not achieved and

participates in the entire issue life-cycle process also in developing Test Plans and detailed test

cases with expected results

Researched, defined, and executed business/financial plans, resource plans, best

practices/improvements to processes and procedures at the cost center level

Works interactively with new and existing customers and clients to develop strong relationships

for the successful execution of Nuclear Safety Related contracts

Project Management:

Status reporting to the Test Manager and various workgroups

Tracking testing progress

Experience with formalized testing and system development lifecycle.

Testing

Execute tests on J2EE tests, and Web based GUI Java applications on various operating

systems (Windows, Unix etc.) and various databases (Sql 2000, Sql 2005, and Oracle 1g) as lead

Utilize VMWARE sessions to execute tests

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Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) – Johnstown, PA April, 2003- Nov., 2006

Senior Systems Engineer

Designing expertise:

Designed Web Site for System of Systems Engineering Center of Excellence using object

oriented Unified Modeling Language (UML).

Developed processes, policies, procedures and methodologies to improve the existing technical

and procedural capabilities.

Designed and developed concept and model for Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) and High Voltage

scenario and demonstration for NAVSEA using CAVE (Surround-screen projection-based virtual

reality technology), EMF modeling tools, C language and windows and Unix platforms etc.

Utilized DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF) and Core Architecture Data Model (CADM) to

implement and develop architectures for US Coast Guards, US Air Force etc.

Project Management:

Lead multiple DOD sponsored programs in developing process, policies, procedures and

methodologies to improve the existing technical solutions and procedural capabilities.

Lead the development of the process, and methodology in Evaluating security vulnerabilities with

regard to confidentiality, integrity, and availability and recommend appropriate countermeasures.

Technical Lead in designing, implementing and installing Collaborative Virtual Interactive Design

Environment (CVIDE), Electromagnetic Fields and High Voltage scenario development and

demonstration for NAVSEA.

Technical lead in Designing and developing Web Site for System of Systems Engineering Center

of Excellence (SoSECE).

Responded to Request for proposal (RFP), developed proposals, and performed the SWOT

analysis on CTC’s capability to fulfill the RFP.

Testing – Non-Nuclear Security

Evaluated security vulnerabilities with regard to confidentiality, integrity, and availability and

recommend appropriate countermeasures in gathered Code based and binary (C, C++, JAVA,

PERL, and assembly programming language) samples

Reverse engineered, evaluated and analyzed Malicious Software to supported software quality

assurance projects, using various Software quality assurance, and software analysis tools, i.e.

Rational purify plus, Code Sonar, Prexis etc, on Microsoft windows, Unix/Solaris/Unix platforms.

Analyzed and Recommended technical solutions to DOD, NSA, and NGA.

Utilized Rational products (Rational Rose, Rational Clearcase, Rational RequisitPro, Requisite

Purify Suite etc), in creating the design requirement, and analyze Software

Interface with clients, subcontractors, and other engineer

Aid new staff members and technical interns, as applicable, in their professional development

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC – Pittsburgh, PA August, 1991 – March, 2003

Engineer, Senior Engineer March, 1997 – March, 2003

Designing expertise:

Provided leadership and direction to subordinate engineering staff in modernizing relay control

logic for heating and ventilation control systems for 1) auxiliary, 2) containment, and 3) electrical

buildings with digital/microprocessor based control logic, Westinghouse Distributed Process

Family (WDPF), technology for Ringhals Unit #2 nuclear power ($230 million project) plant’s I&C

System

Worked interactively with new and existing customers and clients to develop strong relationships

for the successful execution of Nuclear Safety Related contracts

Provided engineering expertise and technical expertise in interpreting the existing Process and

Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID), Engineering wiring Diagrams, Logic Diagrams, Design

Specifications etc.

Provided engineering expertise and technical expertise in developing functional design diagrams

and design specifications for the new design.

Provided engineering expertise and technical expertise in Programming instrumentation for

control systems (i.e. PLCs) for nuclear power plants using WDPF control builder technology

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Programmed instrumentation for control systems for nuclear power plants using WDPF control

builder technology

Experience with Westinghouse Ovation control system equipment, i.e. Ovation System

Architecture, Ovation Power Tools etc.

Project Management:

Oversight of ~10 technical personnel (Engineers, Designers, technical specialists engineers in

developing plant alarm presentation system and man machine interface.

Oversight of ~10 technical personnel (Engineers, Designers, technical specialists) for the

exaction of software test

Provides leadership and direction to subordinate engineering staff (~10 FTEs) on all aspects of

software/functional (factory acceptance) testing for Temlin Nuclear Power Plant ($200 million

project) (i.e. budget planning and determination, manpower planning, employee training to foster

personal and technical growth, and business development. Interfaced with customers and field

mounted equipment personnel)

Implements plans, solutions, and cost improvements to address the client’s needs via interfacing

with responsible leads performing Software/Hardware/Architect & Engineer (A&E) tasks,

procurement, contracts/proposals, regulatory compliance, and equipment dedication/qualification

Ensures the application of Lesson’s Learned and Best Practices to improve performance for all

activities

Testing:

Utilized Access relational database and other computer systems to complete tasks including

properties of components and interfaces to plant systems

Wrote and performed software/functional (factory acceptance) test procedures for Temlin Nuclear

Power Plant ($200 million project)

Created factory acceptance test procedures

Created commercial dedication instruction (CDI) for safety grade

Performed Factory Acceptance Testing (simulated I/O points) for Temlin Nuclear Plant equipment

Associate Engineer August, 1991 – March, 1997

Designing expertise:

Programmed National Instrument’s Data Acquisition and Signal Processing modules using C

computer language

Designed (H/W, & S/W), implemented and tested historian/logger system for Arkansas nuclear

one power plant using WDPF control system technology

Supported in the installation and testing of the Intel based (Westinghouse EAGLE 21) Process

Control

Designed (H/W, & S/W), implemented, and tested Reactor Vessel Level Incore System (RVLIS)

for KRESCO using WDPF technologies

Programmed WDPF control system equipment using control builder

Retrofit components in order to deal with the Vintage and Obsolesce issues

Project Management:

Managed designed, implemented and tested historian/logger system ($10K project).

Managed design, implementation and testing Reactor Vessel Level Incore System (RVLIS) for

KRESCO ($30K project).

Led 15 engineering, technician, consultants and administrative personnel

supervised 7 test technicians in completing software/functional testing and hardware testing

oversaw 5 design engineers in preparing Lifetime record data packages

Developed complex, high quality proposal responses for power facilities that contain accurate and

Up-to-date technical information.

Developed quote and marketing proposal writing technical proposals for customers

Oversaw repair test engineers/test technicians department in completing the component repair.

Addressed Vintage component issues

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Interfaced with the customer on a daily basis. Provided support for field engineers in component

installation and testing

Testing:

Developed software/functional (factory acceptance) test procedures

Performed hardware verification and validation testing

Performed Software verification and validation on C, C++ languages

Utilized Pspice and Orcad electric circuit simulation programs to deal with the obsolesce issues

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, Executive Program, Indiana University of PA, Indiana, PA

Master of Science, Computer Engineering, Graduate Course Work, West Virginia University,

Morgantown, WV

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

EPRI Engineering Fundamentals Training I&C System Overview

Boiling Water Reactor Systems Training NSSS Description

Project Management Rod Control System

Presentation Skills Alarm Systems

Write-on! Seminar Turbine Control Overview

Introduction to Pressurized Water Reactors Ovation Power Tools

Reactor Vessel Level Instrumentation System Ovation System-Architecture

Digital Metal Impact Monitoring System Westation Hardware Maintenance

Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL WDPF System User Course

Power Plant Performance Access Database

AS 400 Query Object Oriented Architecture & Design (OOAD)

Core Architecture Data Model (CADM) Unified Modeling Language (UML)

INDUSTRY AWARDS

2011 Platts’ Global Energy “Engineering Project” Award - AREVA/DUKE Energy’s 1st Digital

RPS/ES Upgrade Project in the U.S.

2012 Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Top Industry Practice “Vision and Leadership” AND B.

Ralph Sylvia “Best of the Best” Awards - AREVA/DUKE Energy’s 1st Digital RPS/ESFAS

Upgrade Project in the U.S.



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