Ammar M. Nomani, EIT
Houston, TX *****
****@***********.***
SUMMARY
U.S Citizen, Electrical Engineer with specialty in quality assurance, compliance, design, controls and automation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Toshiba 1/2015 – 10/2016
Compliance/Design Engineer
Research and Development
Medium Voltage Drives
Managed European CE Safety and Electromagnetic Compatibility Technical Files.
Coordinated UL North American Safety Standards.
Scheduled and Directed Invoicing for Compliance Testing.
Drafted Electrical AutoCAD Drawings.
Invensys, Houston, TX 07/2011 – 09/2013
Project Application Engineer (Rotation program)
Turbo-machinery
Hardware design, programming FAT(s), SAT(s), and startup commissioning. FATs included customers flying in for a week or two, testing their equipment and then shipping it out if satisfied with the final product. Testing was performed till customer satisfaction
Experienced in Turbo-Machinery controls
Safety Systems
Projects: Pre-sale/post-sale meetings, technical design/implementation to startups. Worked with industry leading chemical plants and refineries on safety/control systems.
Experienced in Safety Systems Control Design using industry leading TRICONEX PLC platform
Experienced in cabinet design, building graphics and HMI screens using Wonderware, and other platforms according to customer specifications.
Intelligence Automation
Designed control systems for industrial processes using P&ID specs
Maintained customer relations and accommodated design inputs/changes
Developed databases for project documentation and team progress tracking
Familiar with standards of process control industry, including communication protocols, I/O types, instrumentation, system architecture, distributed control schemes, and safety mechanisms.
Proposals
Responsible for overall organization of proposal content for major pursuits
Strategized a price and plan to win major pursuits for strategic accounts
Electric Reliability Council, Taylor, TX 06/2009 – 08/2009
Operations & Planning Standards Compliance Analyst (Internship)
Compared and contrasted different software to find the best possible solution
Recommended changes to tools that will assist the department in accomplishing existing processes
Streamlined current processes using existing technology (SharePoint) to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Figuring root causes for problems faced by engineers who used the software.
Ensure compliance of NERC and FERC standards in the company by training the other departments
General Electric, Houston, TX 01/2008 – 08/2008
Transformer Repair Co-op
Revised and improved transformers and generators
Repaired, operated and tested customers’ transformers and generators by identifying performance issues and interruptions
Verified that inspection and repair tasks are strictly carried out in compliance with customer quote
Served as Sourcing and Purchasing agent for Electrical Engineering Cell/Department
Prepared final reports for customers that included solutions to their issues with instructions
America’s Best Value INN, Austin, TX 06/2007 – 08/2007
Ramada INN, Houston, TX 02/2006 – 08/2006
Best Western Hotel, HOUSTON, tx 02/2005 – 02/2006
Night Auditor/Front Desk Manager
Managed and prepared the daily audit report
Supervised the maintenance of the hotel
Booked reservations & cancellations
In charge of night security
Dealt with the overall customer handling
EDUCATION
Bachelors in Science, Electrical Engineering May 2011
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
GCE Advanced Level, Jan 1990 – Jun 2003
Aitchison College, Lahore, Pakistan
CERTIFICATIONS
Engineer in Training (EIT) Certification (FE Exam) 2011
AutoCAD I & II Certification 2014
Plant Design Management Systems (PDMS) November 2014
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Electronics, DC Motors, Digital Control Systems, Digital Logic Design, Electric Circuit Analysis, Signals and Systems, Linear Control Systems, Power System Operation and Control, Digital Signal Process, Intro to Thin Film Science & Technology, Genomic Signal Processing. Rockwell Automation. Allen Bradley
PROJECTS
Designed and implemented a robot guidance system based on Logic functions and basic circuit design, capable of turning, following light emitter and arched paths.
Designed a bionic arm that performs functionalities on a master slave basis with a sleeve and glove using Haptech technology (Senior Design)
ACTIVITIES
Captain - U.S National Tent Pegging team 2014
President - YourDil (Development in Literacy) Houston Chapter www.yourdil.org 2013
Pledge - Xi Gamma Chapter of Theta Tau 2007
Vice President - Pakistani Students Association 2009-2010
Memorial Cricket Club (Houston, Texas) 2005-2009
Fighting The Flood –TAMU Chapter 2010
Vice-Captain - Aitchison College Equestrian Squad 2002-2003