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Project Engineer

Location:

Richmond, BC, Canada

Salary:

125000

Posted:

December 20, 2014

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Riaz M. Khan, Ph.D., P.Eng.

***** ******** ******, ********, ******* Columbia, V6X 1M3

< Residence 604-***-****

E-mail: acg3zt@r.postjobfree.com or acg3zt@r.postjobfree.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am highly interested in position of Project Manager - Electrical in your

Organization. I hold Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering (Power). I am a

professional Engineer registered with APEG BC, Canada. My resume is

attached for your review and consideration.

I worked for SNC Lavalin T&D Vancouver as a Project Engineering Lead for

almost 2 years. I worked for BC Hydro as a Senior Engineer - Resource

Planning in the Reliability & Planning (GRM) Group for 5 years. Prior to

it, I worked as a Senior Advisor - Load Forecast in the Market Forecast

Group (BC Hydro) for more than 2 years. I also worked for Alberta Electric

System Operator (AESO) as a Senior Engineer, Operations Planning in

Calgary, Alberta. I worked in the Training and Development Division, AMEC

Americas, Vancouver, BC writing instrumentation and control systems

procedures for Syncrude Oil Industry, Alberta, for 2 years. I also worked

as a design engineer in a transformer manufacturing company in Regina from

November 2001 to May 2002. I have 17 years electrical utility experience as

a Senior Electrical Engineer including 10 years North American utility

experience.

I possess excellent oral, written, presentation and interpersonal

communication, leadership, relationship development, and teamwork skills. I

have the ability to analyze and resolve challenging and unusual engineering

problems with considerable independence. I understand and appreciate

implications of costs, operability, and safety. I am also the author of 36

research publications related to load forecasting and other electrical

utility issues.

I have valid Class 5 BC driver license and valid Canadian passport.

I can be contacted by phone at +1-604-***-**** for further information.

Sincerely,

Riaz M. Khan

Riaz M. Khan, Ph.D., P.Eng.

11811 Oldfield Avenue, Richmond, British Columbia, V6X 1M3

< Residence 604-***-****

E-mail: acg3zt@r.postjobfree.com or acg3zt@r.postjobfree.com

Objective:

Seeking a challenging position as an Engineering Manager with a

growth-oriented organization, where my skills and experience

will be utilized to their full potential.

Professional Experience:

From 15th December 2012

to July 2014

SNC Lavalin T&D Vancouver as a Project Engineering Lead

. Leading a multi-discipline engineering team (Transmission &

Distribution) through Design/Engineering, Procurement and

Construction (EPC) phases of the BC Hydro projects including

mentoring junior engineers and designers.

. Monitoring project progress and quality of work to ensure

successful project completion.

. Ensuring compliance with all applicable SNC-Lavalin and BC

Hydro's policies and procedures, ensuring Safety, Environmental,

Quality Assurance and Quality Control on assigned substation and

T&D projects.

. Development and overall execution of the Project Engineering

Plan including Inspection and Test Plans, Technical

Specifications, Engineering schedule, Quality Plan, Construction

Requirement Document (CRD) and Project Engineering Resource

Plan. Checking specifications, drawings and test reports to

ensure high quality design.

. Participating in client design and constructability review

meetings.

. Managing construction support during the construction phase of

the project by responding to site queries (RFIs/FAMs) and

arranging the appropriate resources. Traveling and visiting

client sites during project definition and execution.

. Managing engineering project team communication, including

communicating objectives for critical milestones, budget,

schedule and customer satisfaction for project team members.

Enhancing and maintaining relationships with internal groups and

external contractors and clients.

. Create and maintain an attitude of leadership towards the

engineering team with respect to overall management activities

(including quality assurance, procurement, planning and

controls, construction management, pre-commissioning, labor

relations and safety).

. Writing and planning project scope, proposals, cost estimates,

change notices and budgets. Provide support to the development

of schedules, business proposal, risk registers, procurement

strategies, design plans and quality plans in the early stages

of projects.

. Ensuring the latest safe practices and methods are integrated

into the substation design.

. Managing, planning and scheduling a team of engineers, designers

and drafters in the design for 12 kV to 500 kV electrical

substations including all deliverables for protection & control

(P&C), telecom, SCADA, transmission, distribution, substation

layouts and station services.

. Responding to information requests from construction and

ensuring project documentation is completed.

. Coordinating with installation and commissioning activities of

substations with BC Hydro and subcontractors.

. Evaluating equipment for suitability as per site and standard

requirements.

. Request client for providing planning one line diagrams,

specification sheets, P&C, SCADA and Telecom applications.

Submit technical information requests to the client.

. Prepare tender specifications, IFC and IFF packages. Involve in

the tender evaluation process.

. Provide work leadership, advice and technical guidance to junior

engineers, drafters and substation designers. Monitoring

timesheets and man-hours expended.

From 1st July 2008

to November 2012

BC Hydro as a Senior Engineer - Transmission Reliability &

Interconnections

. Act as a BC Hydro Contract Representative for Generating Plant

and Operational Obligations Agreement (GPOOA) between BCH &

BCTC.

. Act as a BC Hydro member of Joint Operating Committee (JOC) and

Network Operating Committee (NOC).

. Arrange and review power-flow, short-circuit and stability

analysis results of various interconnection studies for BC Hydro

and IPPs. Arranged system impact study, feasibility study and

facility studies and also coordinate interconnection activities.

. Develop Transmission modeling in Generalized Optimization Model

(GOM).

. Develop new Facilities Construction Agreement (FA) for

interconnection process of BCH EARG new and upgraded projects.

. Review BCUC IRs, RRA/RDA, TSCP, ILM and OATT applications and

provide comments.

. Develop 10 business process maps for G&T business with BCTC for

interconnection.

. Develop system transmission map and Kootenay transmission one-

line diagrams.

. Act as a member of the transmission due diligence team for Teck

Cominco Purchase for Waneta Power Plant.

. Updated existing Generation Operating Orders (GOOs) and develop

new GOOs for Generators testing.

. Resolve operational, reliability and business issues with BCTC.

. Develop generators test report management (GTRM) system and

update TDBS.

. Responsible for monthly reporting to BCH Management (MD&A,

Availability Reporting) and NEB Reporting. Also responsible for

quarterly reliability report and semi-annual operations reports.

. Responsible for NERC reliability standards (MOD-010 & MOD-012

and VAR -002) and WECC Planning Coordinating Committee (PCC).

Also BCH member of the WECC Coordinating Committee.

. Approve & verify IOS monthly invoices for ancillary services

(RSVC, OR, SOR, Energy Imbalance, and FRR & Losses).

. Act as an experienced resource planning engineer, evaluates new

and existing resource alternatives by devising new approaches

and applying existing criteria and methods in innovative &

unique ways.

. Conduct system modelling to investigate, analyze and solve

resource evaluation problems.

. Technical knowledge in generation, transmission and reservoir

operation.

. Prepare business case justification from various perspectives

including social, technical, economic, environmental and

regulatory.

. Complete the assigned work as accurate, with overall plans and

recommendations reviewed for feasibility, soundness of judgement

and achievement objectives.

. Provide estimates of system benefits (energy production,

revenues and costs) from envisioned generation projects.

. Evaluate the system impacts of operating and/or non-power

constraints. Prepare and maintain data for system modelling and

analysis.

. Knowledge of various Hydro systems, policies and procedures and

the ability to develop innovative methods of analysis for

complex resource planning problems.

. Develop and modify computer models and programs for system

modelling and/or data analysis. Computer skills include

analytical models, databases, and spreadsheet software.

. Plan and manage resources and co-ordinate and complete phases of

work to ensure commitments are met.

. Review work done by consultants, contractors and other Hydro

staff for technical accuracy and achievement of required

results.

. Ability to analyze, interpret and evaluate various technical

studies, reports, and data. Ability to integrate knowledge of

various disciplines into analysis.

. Demonstrate ability to effectively interface with other lines of

business within BC Hydro and external stakeholders.

. Contribute to the five/ten year capital plan, coordination of

design and project management staff in the delivery of capital

projects, as well as policy and procedure development and

implementation.

. Develop and maintain effective professional relationships with

internal and external colleagues.

From 20th March 2006

to 30th June 2008

BC Hydro as a Senior Advisor - Load Forecast

. Act as a project leader and conduct complex high profile

forecasting studies for the BC Hydro Annual Peak, load and

market research and customer surveys concerning the peak

forecast.

. Provide high level expertise in complex load research,

forecasting, profitability, customer information and other

studies related to load management policy.

. Develop complex and comprehensive economic and energy forecasts

through research and analysis of historic data and the

evaluation of the data's application to future trend

projections.

. Direct, develop and maintain economic models for use in

providing consistency of economic forecasts; establish and

ensure modeling methodology and forecasting techniques and

procedures used throughout the group are appropriate and applied

properly.

. Provide high level technical support and advice to other

business units in evaluating and designing marketing, energy

management, resource, rates and pricing structures and in

planning programs.

. Review planning methodologies resulting from technological and

software developments; present change recommendations for

approval; oversee implementation of approved changes.

. Provide high level expertise and act as a departmental

representative on Task Forces and Work Groups.

. Maintain currency with socio-economic, demographic and

technological trends and segmentation approaches to forecast and

prepare impact reports related to lifestyle, business and

technological change scenarios.

. Participate and liaise as a Senior Advisor on complex

forecasting and other issues with other utilities, planning

agencies; represent BC Hydro on external committees as required.

From 1st January 2005

to March 2006

Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO), Calgary, Alberta as a

Senior Engineer - Operations Planning

. Develop, document and maintain operating policies and procedures

and standards to guide the reliable and safe operation of the

Alberta Interconnected Electric System (AIES).

. Develop, document and maintain operating policies and procedure

to guide the operation of the electric energy market and the

ancillary services market.

. Review and comment on operating policies and procedures from

industry regulating bodies such as NERC, WECC and NWPP, and

ensure alignment of the Independent System Operator (ISO)

operating policies and procedures with the NERC, WECC and NWPP

operating policies and procedures.

. Act as liaison with industry stakeholders, including market

participants and facility owners, regarding ISO operating

policies and procedures.

. Conduct training sessions and provide support to the System

Controllers regarding operating policies and procedures.

. Provide support to other areas such as operations planning,

projects, commercial services and market development.

. Wrote the following Operating Policies and Procedures and

Standards in Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO:

o Special Protection Schemes and Safety Nets in

Alberta

o AESO Standards and Criteria

o AESO Security Standards

o Physical Facilities and Cyber Security of Alberta

Interconnected Electric System (AIES).

o Reliability Directives by the System Controller

o Alberta - BC Interconnection Operation and

Transfer Limits

From 1st October 2002

December 2004

. I worked in conjunction with the AMEC Training and

Development (AT&D) services team to create training programs

that are customized to our clients' requirements. As a

technical writer, I was responsible for writing

instrumentation and control procedures/manuals, operations

manuals, normal procedures, emergency procedures, start-up

and shutdown procedures, pre-commissioning procedures and

training plans for Syncrude Oil Industry, Alberta.

. I designed and wrote lesson plans and assessments for the

classroom/field instruction of Operating Manuals and

Procedures for Floating Production Storage and Off-loading

(FPSO) systems on the Kizomba Project. I am able to read and

fully understand Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs),

vendor information, process control descriptions, and work

closely with our subject matter experts (SMEs).

. I wrote electrical foundation modules for British Petroleum

on the Caspian Project.

From 1st November 2001

to 31st May 2002:

. Design and Plant Engineer in Partner Technologies

Incorporated, Regina, Saskatchewan. My responsibilities

included preparation of the most economical transformer

designs without sacrificing product reliability and quality,

all in accordance with customer specifications and

appropriate standards. This includes the development of

transformer and related engineering design, S.C. analysis and

magnetic field analysis programs. Sought new product ideas in

conjunction with sales, and assisted all departments in the

development of new procedures, methods and selections of new

materials. Assisted in making application for R&D funding and

tax credits.

. Developed computer database and computer models for design.

. I designed more than 100 transformers from 5 kVA to 10 MVA

for Saskpower and other electric utilities in Canada.

May 1993 to

Jan 1998

Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA),

Islamabad, Pakistan, Senior Project Engineer

. Reviewed scope of complex, high risk projects such as those

involving multiple disciplines, stakeholder engagement

consultations.

. Reviewed detailed power station and 132 & 230kV substation

designs.

. Coordinated, between design disciplines, construction and

procurement, during project designs.

. Ensured engineering activities were completed on time and

within budget.

. CPI and SPI calculations.

. Determined financial, budget, scheduling and reporting

requirements.

. Identify specific levels of detail required to meet quality

standards for project delivery model and structures project

tasks accordingly.

. Supported the management of financial and budget requirements

of projects by performing a variety of duties such as:

preparing and/or compiling estimates and budgets; advising

task managers of procedures and requirements involved in the

financial process; providing financial analysis by using,

adapting and creating financial reporting tools.

. Prepared the scheduling and reporting requirements of

projects by performing a variety of duties such as: preparing

various project schedules; monitoring project progress,

schedule and costs and proactively managing issues arising

from cost over-runs, project deviations and delays according

to anticipated impacts on task dependencies and linkages;

preparing a variety of progress reports for the use of the

project team and liaising with task managers as required to

meet on-going informational requirements; and assisting the

project team in the preparation of technical reports using

standardized reporting formats.

. Supported the risk management requirements of projects by

performing a variety of duties such as: preparing risk

registers; monitoring risk and mitigation activities; and

liaising with task managers and assigned risk owners as

required persuading them to the recommended course of action

in order to proactively mitigate project risks.

. Ensured any identified errors in processing, record-keeping,

or systems are addressed, and that corrections and

adjustments are made in project records.

. Ensured a variety of performance measurements, such as those

related to cost, schedule and earned value, are within

specified tolerances throughout the project by tracking and

maintaining project schedules, payment schedules and cash

flows, task start and end dates, and financial details in

project applications.

. Performed Failure analysis and field inspections of

distribution transformers throughout Pakistan

. Ability to analyze, and resolve challenging and unusual

engineering problems with considerable independence and

understand and appreciate implications of costs, operability

and safety.

. Arranged on-line training for the field staff throughout

Pakistan.

. Knowledge of project management, including cost control and

project administration.

. Prepared two technical reports about 200 pages each related

to "Causes of Distribution Transformers Failures and its

Mitigation".

. 20 project technicians and technical supporting staff worked

under my supervision and guidance.

30th September 1992 to

10th May 1993

Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Islamabad,

Pakistan, Senior Distribution Engineer

. Designed and constructed distribution lines for new customer

connections and service upgrades.

. Involved in operation and maintenance of distribution network and

supplying uninterrupted power supply to the customers.

. Involved in distribution system design, planning, standards,

grounding, reliability, thermal capability, electrical interferences,

ferro-resonance, short circuit levels, relay studies and coordination,

surge protection levels, fault to load ratios.

. Expert in designing, staking, estimating and preparing work packages

for construction of new facilities and modifications to existing

plants. Identifying conflicts with other utilities and road

authorities and recommending alternate design. Joint use Audits, data

collection activities, various customers activities associated with an

electrical utility.

. Conducted field survey of distribution system to prepare single line

diagrams and collect technical data of existing system to calculate

voltage drop and technical losses at tail end and different nodes and

improve the system losses through rehabilitation of feeders.

. Prepared specification and tender documents involved in negotiation

with contractors, award of contract and review the progress of

contractors work.

. Managed and coordinated system resilience projects/IPPs hydroelectric

projects, calculated steady state voltage regulations, impact

analysis, voltage profile, thermal capability, short circuit analysis,

protection coordination, equipment ratings and transients studies,

design and estimation to improve the distribution system reliability

based on benefits cost ratio, customers interruption cost and utility

cost and reliability indices. To identify the projects, planning,

design, environmental assessment, community relationship, financial

and technical approval, portal and passport design, work order

approval and issuance, preparation of contract documents, bidding,

evaluation of tenders, comparative statements, finalizing and award of

tenders, resource management, construction and material management,

assessment, control and risk management and its impact on scope,

schedule and cost. Project tracking, reporting, monitoring and its

future trend, quality and defects managements, issues managements and

resolutions, project closing.

. Reviewed work of the team and of consultants and contractors to ensure

accuracy, achievement of required results, and adherence to accepted

engineering practice.

. Imparted engineering knowledge and developed design standards and

standard equipment settings and configurations.

. Arranged on-line training for the field staff throughout Pakistan.

. Knowledge of project management, including cost control and project

administration.

. Prepared two technical reports about 200 pages each related to "Causes

of Distribution Transformers Failures and its Mitigation".

. Supervised 20 technicians and technical support staff.

Education:

2001

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering (Power) from Brno University

of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic.

. Thesis: Short-Term Load Forecasting for Large

Distribution Systems using Artificial Neural Networks

and Fuzzy Logic.

1997

M.Sc., Electrical Engineering (Power) from N-W.F.P.

University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar,

Pakistan.

. Thesis: Failure study, investigations and on-line

monitoring of distribution transformers in WAPDA's

Area Electricity Board (AEB) Peshawar Pakistan.

1992

B.Sc., Electrical Engineering (Power) from N-W.F.P.

University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar,

Pakistan

1989

Bachelor of Arts from University of Peshawar, N-W.F.P.,

Pakistan

Professional Training:

6 weeks

(Spring 2004) Write Angles - Design for Better Business Documents Course

at AMEC, Vancouver, Canada

6 months

Basic Management Course from WAPDA Academy, Tarbela,

Pakistan

6 months

Basic Technical Integrated Induction course from WAPDA

Engineering Academy, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

. Introduction to thermal and hydro power stations,

operations and maintenance of grid stations,

transmission and distribution systems

. Training in basic computer usage and application,

distribution line construction, safety and First Aid

2 months Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA)

High Voltage and Short Circuit Testing Laboratory, WAPDA,

Rawat, Islamabad, Pakistan

. Electrical testing and troubleshooting of HV, MV and

LV electrical equipment (transformers, switch gears,

CT's, PT's, fuses, insulators etc.)

1 week

Protection and Instrumentation (P&I) Special Training

Course in WAPDA GSO Training Centre, Tarbela, Pakistan

2 weeks

Computer Orientation Course for Junior and Senior Engineers

in WAPDA Engineering Academy, Faisalabad, Pakistan

2 weeks

Project Management Course, AESO, Alberta

1 week

NERC Reliability Standards course

1 day

Power System Safety Protection (PSSP-3), BC Hydro

1 day

Reliability Evaluation of Electric Power Systems course,

2009

2 Days

Energy Marketing course I & II (EITI), 2009

1 Day

Negotiation skills workshop, 2009

1 Day

Business & Technical writing workshop, 2009

1 Day

Presentation skills workshop, 2009

1 Day

Effective Facilitation Skills, 2010

1 Day

Introduction to Managing Project Risk, 2010

1 Day

NERC Resolver Risk and Compliance Program

1 Semester

Optimization of Large Hydro Power Projects, UBC, Vancouver

Skills:

. Ability to provide technical guidance to technicians,

technologists and other technical support staff.

. Ability to prepare technical specifications, layouts,

material lists, cause and effect charts, P&IDs and drawings.

. Ability to work in a team environment with good interpersonal

skills.

. Ability to develop methods of analysis for electrical and