UMAR IFTIKHAR (Mr.)
Present Address: House#***, Sector K1, Street#6, Phase 3, Hayatabad, Peshawar,pakistan
Email: *************@*******.***, **********@*********.**.**
Phone: +923*********
Date of Birth: 13-07-1988
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Over three years of experience in designing electrical, instrumentation and control systems of power plants., planning and building organizations’ systems infrastructure, implementing, modifying and designing information system, monitoring the performance of systems, and contract management for the execution of the above systems.
EDUCATION
Post Graduation, Advanced Control Systems and Engineering, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, Sep 2015- Dec 2016
B.S. Electronics Engineering, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology,
Topi, KPK, Pakistan, 2009-2013
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Design Tools: MATLAB, Multisim, Modelsim, Pspice, Livewire, Mide 51, µ Keil, MP Lab AutoCAD, Proteus.
Programming Languages: C\C++, Assembly, Ladder logic (PLC) and Verilog.
.Skills: Microsoft Office, Engineering Drawing, Microsoft Excel
PlC Training: Siemens Plc S7-200, S7-300, S7-400 by EES International (System integrators of Siemen),
TPC Training: Instrumentation and Controls i.e. (Temperature, Pressure, Flow, Level, Proximity, Anaylitical)
IOSH Certification : Manage Safely by IOSH
HONORS, AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International (IEEE)
Member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
Member of Project Management Institute GIKI Chapter (PMI)
Registered Engineer, Pakistan Engineering Council
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
March 2018 to Present University of Engineering and Technology,Peshawar
Research Engineer :
Modelling and design of an intelligent knee for amputees.
June 2017 to Present Creative Engineering Consultants
Junior Engineer/ Business Development (Contract):
Use machine learning and statistical modeling techniques to develop and evaluate algorithms to improve performance, quality, data management and accuracy
Develops and adapts best practices to design and build medium complexity machine learning systems
Stay informed on the latest machine learning trends and techniques
Proficiency in at least one programming language Matlab, Python, R, Java, C++
Contributes to design and prototyping of medium to high complexity machine learning systems
Jan 2017 to May 2017 QEL (Pvt) Limited, Pakistan
Systems Engineer
Provides influence and technical advice to Jr. level team members when developing solutions
Develops and adapts best practices to design and build medium complexity machine learning systems
Stay informed on the latest machine learning trends and techniques
Proficiency in at least one programming language Matlab, Python, R, Java, C++
Contributes to design and prototyping of medium to high complexity machine learning systems
Have a passion for all things machine learning
Proficiency in with at least one of the following relevant machine learning packages Scikit-learn, Weka, R.
June 2014-August 2015 National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK)
(Power and Mechanical Division)
Junior Engineer (Instrumentation and Controls)
[June 2014-August 2015]
Involved in 3X1200 MW Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (R-LNG) based Combined Cycle Power Plants at Bhikki, Balloki and Haveli Bahadur Shah. My major responsibilities were preparation of Pre-feasibility Studies, Tender Documents, Consultancy Agreement, Contract Documents, preliminary design. Participated in the Project kick-off meeting, Pre-award Bids review meetings, Contracts Award meetings.
425 MW Combine cycle Powerplant (NANDIPUR)
The project comprises three (3) gas turbines PG 9171E, three HRSGs, one Steam Turbine and balance of plant etc. The project is to operate on High Sulphur Furnace oil (HSFO) as base fuel.
Responsibilities:
Design review of drawings, documentation & control and contract document analysis of 425 MW CCPP Nandipur project.
Performed evaluation and review of instrumentation designs i.e. piping & Instrumentation Diagrams, Water Treatment System, DCS configuration, Fire Alarm System, vendors approval, equipment arrangement drawings, LCR and CCR layout, Schematics/ Control diagrams, cables trays layout, cables routing layout, cables lists, DCS I / O lists, instruments and control devices lists, terminals / interconnection diagrams, intercommunication and logics diagrams of the Combined Cycle Power Plant.
Work on project teams with instrumentation and control engineers involved in the design of distributed control systems, Overall configuration of automatization network for whole plant, modifications to existing power generation facilities and plant controls
Comparison / evaluation of proposed type of Control equipment by different Vendors, keeping in view the requirements of Contract Documents, MoM and latest applicable international standards.
Correspondence with Client, Contractor and site staff for resolving any issues relevant to Control part of Power Plant for smooth working of the Project
747 MW Combine Cycle Powerplant (GUDDU):
The project comprises two (2) gas turbines GE-9FA, two HRSGs, one Steam Turbine and balance of plant etc. The project is to operate on Natural Gas (NG) as base fuel.
Responsibilities:
Performed evaluation and review of instrumentation designs i.e. piping & Instrumentation Diagrams,Water Treatment System, DCS configuration, Fire Alarm System, equipment arrangement drawings, LCR and CCR layout, Schematics/ Control diagrams, cables trays layout, cables routing layout, cables lists, DCS I / O lists, instruments and control devices lists, terminals / interconnection diagrams, intercommunication and logics diagrams of the Powerplant.
Design review of flow diagrams, Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams, Vendors credentials, LCR and CCR layout, Schematics/ Control diagrams, cables trays layout, cables routing layout, cables lists, I/O lists, instruments lists, motors lists, control devices lists, terminals / interconnection diagrams, intercommunication drawings, logics diagrams.
Troubleshooting and programming of Siemens PLC: S7-300 series, S-7 1200, S7- 200, Siemens LOGO, Siemens.
Evaluation of proposed instrumentation and control equipment by different Vendors, keeping in view the requirements of Contract Documents. Technical Evaluation of Proposals, selection of vendors and establishing common understanding amongst vendors.
Ensured compliance to all local and international standards for all systems
Trainee Instrumentation and Controls Engineer [November 2013-May 2014]
(39 (3 X 13) MW BAKSHABAD HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECT
[January 2014 – February 2014]
Involved in the preparation of control system design criteria for the Bakshabad Dam, relevant conceptual control system drawing, engineers cost estimate.
120 (5 X 24) MW TAUNSA HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECT
[October 2013 – February 2014]
Involved in proof reading the feasibility report for the taunsa Hydropower Plant, relevant conceptual control system drawing and prepared the due-diligence report for the control system part.
INTER STATE GAS SYSTEM B/W IRAN PAKISTAN:
The pipeline system comprises gas compression facilities, block valves stations and pigging facilities and starts in Pakistan from the delivery point (“Mile 250”) - designated takeover and endpoint of the 56’’ Iranian IGAT 7 branch pipeline - at the Pakistan-Iran border.The pipeline route in Pakistan has a total length of approx. 785 km. It is following mainly the Coastal Road in west-eastern direction up to km 551 and then crossing the Kirthar ranges in North East direction, followed by the Indus river crossing and then heading towards the tie in point located north at Nawabshah, at which the gas is injected into the national gas transmission system of Pakistan.
Responsibilities:
•Review of Front End Engineering Design Documents for IRAN PAKISTAN GAS PIPELINE project.
Trainee Electronics Engineer [September 2013 – November 2013]
•Reviewed electrical drawings and contract documents of the Reconstruction projects in Abbottabad. Assisted the team on the electrical installations and design of the Peshawar High Court, Abbottabad.
Intern [July 2012-August 2012]
•Worked on Tarbela Power Station Pakistan and acquired practical knowledge of the functioning of one of the largest dams in Asia. My internship was divided into:
Studying the electrical system of Tarbela Power Station
Detailed Study of Turbine Governor System
Detail/Observation of Electrical Equipment and its related accessories
FINAL YEAR POST GRADUATION PROJECT
TITLE: Cost Effective Maximum Power Point Tracking
The maximum power is delivered at a particular point on the IV curve of PV panel, this point is tracked using P&O (perturb and Observe) tracking algorithm, and implemented using power electronics principles and micro-controller. The project objective was to improve the economical aspect of P&O MPPT.
PROJECTS
Electronics II: Design & implementation of mobile phone jammer
Microcontroller: Design & implementation of an alpha-numeric keypad system using 8051 micro-controller.
Microcontroller: Design of an IR temperature sensor using 8051 microcontroller.
Digital Logic Design: Design & implementation of an automated traffic signal.
Electronics I: Design & implementation of an emergency light system and UPS
Design Implementation of a Basic Computer
Voice identification using Matlab
Technical Report Writing: Feasibility Report of Opening a Pizza Hut on GIKI Premises
Project Management: Feasibility Report on the installation of Solar Panels
Communication Skills
Have full command in oral and written communications in English, and strong organizational, communications and interpersonal skills.