Sarfaraz Ahmed Naseem
S*L 2P7, Saskatoon,
Canada
***********@*******.***
To acquire a challenging position towards a career as Electrical /Instrumentation /Electronics /Production Technologist/Technician where I can utilize the most of my technical skills.
Summary
07 years experience in generation and distribution of electrical power instrumentation and control power electronic devices control loops and protection system.
Worked on generators considerable knowledge of the generation and distribution of power up to 17MW
Worked on different types of Switchgear including SF6 breaker, A.B.C breaker, oil filled breaker Vacuum circuit breaker.
Familiarity with Instrumentation and Control Systems for plants including Field instruments, DCS, PLC etc,
Familiarity with Protection and control panels for substations, transmission and distribution systems.
Testing and calibration of measuring instruments like voltmeters, Amp meters,Megger Power meters, Frequency meters, PF meters, Power recorders, Energy meters and Transducers.
Testing and commissioning of HV equipments like CT, VT, CB SF6 CB, Oil CB, and Vacume CB.
Familiar with transformer, breaker failure and bus bar protection schemes.
Considerable knowledge of Distance protection relays, Admittence relays, Mho relays Differential relays and Bus bar protection relays.
Working knowledge of all power electronic devices like inverters Converters Switch mod power supply cycle converters static switches etc.
Energetic team player with strong organizational, interpersonal and presentation skills.
Effectively and efficiently managed multiple tasks independently and in a team environment.
Technical report writing, communication skills and team sprit including all necessary computer skill.
Technical skills
Generation: Linder berg, Duets, Cummins generator sets
Distribution: Cable, routing laying, end termination loop designing, safety schemes and zone division
Switchgear: ABB, A.E.G, Siemens (control panels& switchgear)
Instrumentation Transducer, Transmitter, Controllers, Thyristor based Temperature controller electronic gauges Level switches, pressure switches etc.
RF devices: GPS Receiver RF Signal generator Network Analyzer.
Professional Experience
Currently working for Saskenergy (Contract ending soon)
ADGA Group: August 2012 to Nov 2012 AS Electronics Technologist (temporary, returned to home country for 3 months to care for family member)
December 2011 to April2012 (5 months Laidoff)
Shaw Cable; Saskatoon
Cable Technician
Installing, maintaining and repairing residential cable television and internet services.
Installing basic residential coaxial cable wiring.
Installing and/or replacing underground and aerial cable.
Instructing customers on the operation of TV converter control and services.
Install jacks, terminal boxes, splitters, converters, decoders, satellite and television equipment, and other cable hardware and system
Test installed systems and equipment on the subscriber's premises.
SED System, September 2011 to December 2011, Saskatoon
Electronics Technician, Temporary role for 3 months,
Involve in functional and manual testing of electronics cards and also involve in assembling of electronics components.
Vecimal Networks Inc.
March 2009-July 2011 As Production Technologist
• Worked on Terrace QAM, to Analog RF convertor, Wireless products, system level and board level
• Worked all types of Terrace Products Combo boards, RF distribution board, auxiliary boards
• Failure Analysis/debugging of faulty boards by using ATS loader.
• Inspect repair and assembling of defective boards with the help of Schematics & BOM
• In Circuit testing,Functional testing computerized testing Manual testing
• Worked on Calibration of Network Analyzer, RF generator and other equipments
• Fully capable to locate faults by sniffing and voltage measurements by using schematics and PCB layout
• Updates record of defective and repair in Error Tracker
• Analysis of failures resulting from RF tests including Adjacent Channel Noise, Spurious Noise, Phase Noise
• Implementing hardware and software solution
• Analyze and recommend improvements to existing products.
• Proactive communication between design and production.
• Update troubleshooting documentation derived from experimental results
• Provide bridging between departments SMT operation Testing and final product Inspection.
Feb 2008 –Jan 2009 unemployed
Celestica, Toronto May 2007- Jan 2008
Electronics Technician (relocated to Saskatchewan)
Circuit testing, Functional testing of all kind of Electronics Boards .Repair defective boards by using schematics and PCB layout.
From July 2005-April 2007 Involved in Teaching (Mathematics and Physics)
Celestica, Toronto Feb 2004-June 2005 Electronics Technician.
Pakland Cement industry worked as Electrical Engineer Karachi, Pakistan Feb 2002-Dec 2003
Responsible for maintenance of plant and shutdown maintenance on different machines... Experience of working DC drives, AC
drives, Inverters Converter etc. Responsible for MCC control room and stabilize sequence. Co-coordinated with local and foreign.
supplier and contractor’s .Responsible for Spare parts consumption and budgeting. Responsible for maintain computerized record
based ISO standards.
Power Plant and High Voltage experience
From July 1998-Dec 2002 as Electrical Engineer (Power House experience)
• Worked in environment of 15 MW generations & distribution of electrical power.
• Experience of working in an environment of 09 alternators running synchronously.
• Experience of working on dual Duets& Lindenberg alternators with a voltage of 11Kv (Troubleshooting and maintenance)
• Have worked on switchgear system comprising of SF6 Circuit Breakers (LV side) along with all accessories to prevent Reserve power fault, over current fault, Earth fault, Differential fault, line-to-line fault voltage and current unbalance fault under frequency over voltage excitation loss fault.
• Working experience with other Power House accessories such as Lube oil separators, H.F.O separators Boosters modules, Air compressors.
• Responsible for the routine, monthly and shutdown maintenance works as different machines as well as Alternators Transformers Feeders Circuit breakers.
Heavy Electrical Complex Hatter Pakistan. As Junior Electrical Engineer From Nov 1996 to March199.
Professional registration/affiliations/certifications
Licensed member of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
Licensed member of Institute Members of Engineers Pakistan (IEP)
Successful assessment of qualification by the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE) for the license of P. Eng.
Successful Evaluation of Bachelor of Engineering degree from University of Toronto Ontario Canada.
SAFETY TRAINING/CERTICATIONS
1: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
2: CONFINED SPACE AWARENESS (CSA)
3: Fall Protection (FP)
4: Safety construction training (SCOT)
Short Courses:
1: Motor Control AC drives & DC Drives From George Brown Collage Ontario Canada.
2:PLC Allen Bradley From Centennial Collage Ontario Canada.
Computer skills
MS office, MS word, MS POERPOINT, MS excel
Assembly language, Fortran Pascal as a part of Curriculum
Education:
Bachelor's degree In Electrical Engineering (UET Lahore 1996)
Project: worked on shiekhupura grid station 220/132KV
Major Subjects
: Power System Analysis, Power Distribution, Power Transmission, Power System Protection, High voltage,Machine Design Theory, Instrumentation, Electronics, Power Electronics, Industrial Electronics,Network Analysis, Logic Design, Computer Architecture& Programming and Feedback Control System.
Canadian Citizen
References: Bev Mechor (SED System ) 306-***-****