RAVISHANKAR . B . S

New York State, Schenectady, USA

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+001-518-***-**** ia7yit@r.postjobfree.com

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SENIOR LEAD ENGINEER/TECHNICAL LEADER

Accomplished, seasoned Electrical Engineer with a solid background in Electrical Equipment Design for Power Plant. Solid management capabilities with a proven track record of Project handling from Concept to Commissioning. Excellent success in interfacing with both Customers and co-workers. Outstanding presentation and communication skills coupled with a strong commitment to excellence.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Design Engineering Project Lifecycle Management

Inspection & Quality Assurance Supplier / Vendor Relations

Customer Relationship Management Project Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

QuEST Global Services Pvt. Ltd., East Hartford, USA 2006 - Present

An MNC Company and Super Centers for GE Energy - Global Engineering Development Center.

Senior Lead Engineer/Tech Leader

Leading a Team in the Engineering of Electrical COE (> 500MVA) for GE Energy USA,

• Design of Electrical Equipment for the various Generator (Gas Turbine and Steam Turbine) Projects and Balance of plant electrical equipment.

• Design of Medium Voltage switchgears and Low Voltage equipment implementation of Smart Meters/Relays for Motor Control Centers and DC Control Panels for Direct Material Productivity Projects.

• Design Practices for Low Voltage AC Distribution Board including Bus bar Sizing and Load calculations.

• Design Practice for Low Voltage DC distribution Board (Battery, Battery charger, Inverters DC controls) including Battery sizing, cable sizing and DC Load Calculations.

• Design Practice for Generator Short Circuit Calculations (as per IEEE/IEC) for the power plant to calculate Breaker SC level and other Electrical equipment.

• Functional specifications for various Protection Panels for the Generator auxiliaries.

• Created KKS codes for Entire Electrical Auxiliaries for the Power Plant.

• On-shore support on various projects that are under commissioning at site.

• Design and Standardization of One Line & Elementary drawings as per IEC, NEC/NEMA, BS, CSA and other relevant International Standards.

• Completed Technical proposals on Synchronous Condenser Projects for Manitoba, Canada on 1000MVA rating.

• Supporting the New Product Implementation (NPI) group in GE Energy -Electrical COE.

Highlights: a .Won appreciation letter from GE Energy for saving 50K USD+ in working in Smart MCC and BOP DC Panels and short circuit calculations .

b. Designing/Creating KKS codes for Entire Power plant and saved 100K USD+ and Won People Choice awards at GE Energy.

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Earlier leading a Team in the Engineering of Controls and Instrumentation for Generators (upto350MVA) for Hydropower Projects for GE-Hydro, Canada, Peterborough

• Supporting at the proposals stage for the IT proposal group in GE.

• Leading efforts on Design and calculations of Hydro Generator Controls and Instrumentation engineering.

• Functional specifications for various controls for the Generator auxiliaries.

• Offshore support on various projects that are under commissioning at site.

• Handling Vendor Selection and Approval of drawings as per IEC, NFPA and other relevant International Standards.

• Worked on Lighting Calculations, Fire Fighting Calculations as per the NFPA/NEC standards for the Generator Plant Area.

Highlights: Visited GE Energy, Peterborough, Canada and won appreciation letter from Head of Hydro Group for saving 100KUSD+ in convincing their end Client showing calculations on lighting, Fire Protection and other related areas.

Current Project: a. 4 x 330MVA NTPC Project- Thailand

b. 1 x 67MVA Sir Adam Beck Project, OPG

TOYODENKI POWER SYSTEMS PVT. LTD., Bangalore, India 1999 - 2006

(Under License from ToyoDenki Siezo k.k, Japan) – Leading Manufacturers of Alternators up to 40MW for Steam turbine, Diesel/Duel fuel/Standby & Hydro Prime Movers.

Manager

Involved in the Power generation activities on turnkey basis both in Steam Turbine and Diesel/Dual Fuel generators.

• Supporting at the Tender stage for the Marketing Department.

• Detailed engineering specifications of both High Tension up to 11KV & Low Tension Panels and Supervision of Commissioning Activities at site.

• Detailed Engineering of Generator Control Panels consisting of Micro Processor based Gen. Protection Relays, Digital Trivector Meters like GE-Multilin /Alstom/ABB makes only. (Including Configuration of Relay and Meters)

• Project Management and procurement including vendor selection, approval and contract administration.

• Designing Automatic Voltage Regulator circuit for our Generators using Basler (DECS 300,200,125) and ABB (UNITROL 1000 & UNITROL F series) makes.

• Short Circuit Studies, Plant Load Study, relay Co-ordination/settings and Earthing calculation for Power Plant.

• Inspection and Quality Checks of all HT/LT switchgear and control panels.

• Working Knowledge of PLCs on Mitsubishi (Q Series) PLCs, Siemens (S7) PLCs, ABB 800M/C PLCs & Groupe Schneider Modican PLCs.

Highlights: Visited Australia, company called Burrup Fertilisers Pty ltd., Burrup (WA) for the commissioning of Dual Fuel/Standby Power plant, as this was our first export order for all electrical equipments outside India.

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BOVING FOURESS. LTD., Bangalore, India 1995 - 1999

– Manufacturers of Hydro Turbines .

Senior Engineer

Company involved in the Power generation activities on turnkey basis in Hydro Turbine Power Plants.

• Involved in all aspects of Project handling from Engineering , Vendor evaluation and Selection, Budget Control to Contract fulfillment.

• Detailed engineering of both High Tension up to 33KV Substations & Low Tension Panels and commissioning Support.

• Detailed Engineering of Generator Control Panels and preparation of control schematics and drawings.

• Inspection of all switch gear up to 33KV and control panels.

• Preparation of technical specifications for Relay Panels, PCC/MCC, cabling, lighting, earthing and lightning protection.

• Preparation of Plant earthing, cable tray layout and cable termination schedules.

Highlights: Standardization of Functional Specifications and Drawings for all the Electrical equipments and 33KV Substation items in the Power plant

GTM LTD., Bangalore, India 1993 - 1995

Maintenance Engineer

• Maintenance of the complete electrical of the 11KV Substation and Emergency DG Set.

• Erection & Commissioning of Control Panels required for Textile Machines and Printing Machine.

Technical Expertise:

Operating Systems:

MS DOS, Windows 3.11, 95, 98, NT, 2000, and XP

Business Software:

MS Office, MS Project, MS Power Point, MS Access, AutoCAD 14, AutoCAD 2008 Electrical & Math Lab

PLC Controls:

Siemens PLC7, Mitsubishi FX & Q Series, ABB 800M/C PLC and Schneider PL7 Micro PLCs.

HMI Controls:

Mitsubishi A985GOT-TBD, Siemens Panel View and Groupe Schneider Panel View.

Professional Training

Internal Auditor for ISO 9000

Trained at ABB on Digital Excitation Systems for UNITROL F & 1000 AVRs.

Educational Qualifications

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (BE)

Visa – L1B visa

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