SYED AHSAN SHAH

*** ****** ******, *** ***, Long Beach, CA 90814 832-***-**** acd7a5@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a position as a Control Systems/Automation Engineer, where I can use my professional experience and education to

contribute towards achieving the goal and objectives of the organization.

SUMMARY

More than 2.5 years experience of Instrumentation maintenance & process control at large scale oil & gas fired thermal

power plant

Experience with Emerson, GE, ABB, Allen Bradley, Rockwell, and other automation hardware & softwares

Sound knowledge of OSI layers, TCP/IP protocol stack, layer 2 & 3 networking, WLANs and sensor networks

Knowledge and experience with modern maintenance tools such as SAP PM/CM & MM CMMS and MS Project

Experience of commissioning and installation of large scale process control and safety systems

Familiarity with ETAP, SKM PTW32 and AutoCAD as a part of academics

Well versed in industrial documentation like PI&Ds, PFDs, I/O charts, electrical schematics, wiring, and single line diagrams

Knowledge of load flow and short circuit analysis and protective coordination of electrical power systems

Knowledge of AC/DC fundamentals, including understanding of three-phase power systems

KEY SKILLS

DCS (Emerson Ovation 3.3.1, ABB Pro Control P14)

PLC (Allen Bradley Control/Compact Logix, GE-Fanuc 90-30, Siemens S7-200/300)

Safety Systems (Emerson Delta V SIL3 SIS, Emerson CSI 6500)

Hardwired Control Systems (H&B Contronic III, BBC Pro Control Decontik K, Sie Forney Burner Management System)

PLC/DCS Programming (Ladder, FBD, SAMA, Ovation Developer Studio, RsLinx, RsLogix 5000, Proficy Machine edition)

HMI Designing (Cimplicity, Factorytalk)

Field Instrumentation (Transmitters, solenoids, RTD, thermocouples, switches, control valves, I/P converters)

EDUCATION

MS Electrical Engineering (Power), California State University, Long Beach 3.57 GPA 2014 May

BS Electronic Engineering, Sir Syed University Of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan 3.3 GPA 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Manager (Instrumentation & Control) – K-Electric (Formerly Karachi Electric Supply Company) Aug 2010-Jan 2013

Generation & Transmission - Bin Qasim-I 1260MW Power Station, Karachi, Pakistan

Worked as a part of the Network Administration team managing the overall engineering development & maintenance,

operations and asset management systems

Planned, organized, managed, and executed overall engineering operations for two power units (2x 210MW)

Led a team of 10 maintenance personnel comprising of associates and technicians

Managed and supervised annual outages, corrective and preventive maintenance jobs

Ensured proper operation of all the DCS & PLC equipments such as operator stations, servers, historians and switches

Ensured coordination with the operation team for round the clock coverage of maintenance staff; provided technical

support during plant startups

Assisted electrical team during the installation, commissioning and testing of 0.4KV motor control center panel and 6.6 KV

vacuum circuit breakers

Tested and verified all the safety interlocks and logic sequences of boiler, turbine and all other plant auxiliaries

Calibrated, tested and commissioned field instrumentation like pneumatic control valves, positioners and transmitters

Identified and rectified faults; conducted root cause analysis of instrumentation failure and plant tripping

Performed research, initiated procurement cases, scrutinized vendors' proposals, maintained annual budget & stores stock

Ensured company’s QMS and safety standards and procedures on all assigned tasks

Prepared maintenance activities reports with goals, achievements, and KPIs

Intern - K-Electric (Formerly Karachi Electric Supply Company) Summer 2009

SAP, IT & Communication Department, Karachi, Pakistan

Assisted in the implementation of initial phase of project “JOSH”, which included transformation of six IBC (Integrated

Business Centers) to SAP IS-U, the world’s leading utility ERP.

PROJECTS

Design, installation & commissioning of Emerson Ovation 3.3.1 DCS retrofit project at Unit#4 210MW having system

capacity of more than 3500 I/Os

- Reviewed & verified Ovation control logics with the as-built drawings.

- Coordinated with Emerson team in I/O checkout, database building, user profile creation, logic sequences validation,

field loop testing; boiler, turbine, and auxiliaries protection testing & startup of equipment

- DeltaV SIL 3 Safety Instrumented System commissioned for turbine & boiler protection

- Member of FAT team

Installation & Commissioning of Allen Bradley Compact Logix L1769-L35e PLC based data acquisition system

- Built I/O list, developed GUI for HMI; retrofitted old recorders with the HMI screens; established and configured

network and I/O loop testing

- Identified impedance mismatch issues. Rectified them using current isolators

TRAININGS & CERTIFICATIONS

Onsite training of Emerson Ovation 3.3.1 DCS (Hardware familiarization, Logic developing, HMI building & maintaining

Ovation, DeltaV SIS & CSI 6500)

By Mr. Phuong (Official Emerson trainer) from Emerson Process Management

7 days training session of Allen Bradley Control Logi x 5000 PLC family and Rockwell Automation softwares (RsLogix,

FTViewSE and RsLinx)

By Avanceon (formerly Engro Innovative) Pakistan

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

Tools: ETAP, SKM PTW32, MATLAB, VMware, AutoCAD, Multisim, Pspice

Languages: Python, C, Assembly

Operating systems: Windows 7/8/2007, Mac OS X, Linux

Applications: MS Office Essentials, MS Project, SAP

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