Engineer Power Plant

Executive Summary

Senior Engineer/Manager with more than 25 years of experience in design,

engineering, documentation development, erection and commissioning.

Experience in construction-erection, commissioning and start-up of power

plants, substations, desalination plants, pipelines and industrial

facilities.

Product experience with large Generators, Switchgear, I&C, DCS/SCADA

installation-commissioning experience. Training of Commissioning and O&M

personnel in particular Control systems, Mechanical and Electrical BOP,

Standby & Emergency Plant. Coordination of Maintenance and HSE-Permit-to-

Work systems.

Good Oil&Gas experience (onshore-refinery) particularly I&C and electrical

field.

Core Qualifications

- Lead multiple disciplined teams on delivery of large, complex,

integrated projects,

- Provide leadership in the development of the Electrical and I&C

Engineering teams,

- Strong project commissioning management and team organization skills,

- Assume responsibility for management of medium to large scale

projects,

- In the capacity of a line manager, manage, coach and develop team

members,

- Senior consultants for design, construction, installation &

commissioning of power plants,

- Report writing and presentation of work progress, contractor

performance & schedules at Government/ owner level management

meetings,

- Construction field supervision (E&IC),

- Project engineer on large desalination plant,

- Rehabilitation supervision on large substations and HV distribution,

- Experience in Hydro, Thermal and Solar (CSP) power plants,

- In depth knowledge of industry standards,

- Strong knowledge of installation standards and installation standard

drawings,

- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all

levels,

Education and Courses

Faculty of Maritime Studies University of Rijeka, Croatia - BSc in Marine

Electronics, Engineering and Information Technology,

Polytechnics Institute of Rijeka, Croatia - Industrial electric technician,

ABB Mannheim Germany 2006 - MicroSCADA Basic Course

ABB University Switzerland 2010 - Protection and Substation Automation -

MicroSCADA Pro for Substation Automation

Advanced usage of MS Windows and UNIX (Linux) operating systems, CAD&CAE (P-

CAD, Visio), Access, Excel, Word and MS Project.

Languages

ENGLISH - fluent

ITALIAN - fluent speaking, well understanding and writing

FRENCH - basic, technical

Professional Experience

Commissioning Manager - February 2013 / September 2013

Employer: SPIE Oil & Gas LLC UAE - Madinat Zayed, Abu Dhabi

Project: Shams-1, Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), steam turbine (100MW

total project value $400m)

Leading SPIE Oil&Gas technical support team (Lead I&C Engineer, Lead

Electrical Engineer and 12 Instrument technicians) contracted by Shams-1

power plant to support owners commissioning team. Responsible for all

aspects of electrical, I & C commissioning works. Commissioning includes

Solar Steam Generator (SSG-Foster Wheeler), 7 Heat Transfer Fluid Heaters

(TEI-Babcock), 2 Steam Heaters (TEI-Babcock), MAN Steam Turbine, Brush 120

MW generator, 220kV GIS Switchgear and associated auxiliaries.

Coordinating commissioning activities, supporting Owner commissioning

Manager and ensure commissioning management in case of his absence, review

and verification of designs, method statements, commissioning certificates

and procedures.

Commissioning Manager - July 2011 / March 2012

Employer: Salini Hydro Ltd. - EPC Company - Uganda

Project: EPC - Bujagali Hydropower plant (5x50MW Kaplan turbine)

Duties: Commissioning Manager on Bujagali 250MW (total project value $600m)

power plant in final construction stage. Responsible for

construction/erection, pre-commissioning and commissioning of electro-

mechanical equipment (primary & balance of plant equipment), schedule

meetings with Owner and all subcontractors. Payment progress authorization.

Budget planning and control related to commissioning

activities.Coordinating the Subcontractor's activities, liaison with

Client, review and verification of electro-mechanical design, operating &

maintenance manuals, method statements, commissioning procedures..etc.

Senior Consultant Engineer - November 2010 / February 2011

Client: EVN - SlaMB - Vietnam

Employer: SMEC International - PMC

Project: Son La Hydropower plant (6x400MW)

Duties: Member of SMEC's team of consultants for design, construction,

installation & commissioning of 2400MW power plant (total project value

$1.2b). Day to day monitoring of construction progress. Further concerned

with adherence of contractor installed plant performance to specifications,

pursuing contractor QA/QC & project time schedule issues. Involved with

commissioning of Primary & Balance of Plant equipment, Alstom/ Areva

Electrical Protection schemes for 18/500kV generation & transmission

systems in conjunction with Alstom DCS/SCADA & control system installation.

Report writing/ submission, also presentation of work programs, contractor

performance & schedules at Government/ owner level management meetings.

Senior C&I Engineer - January, 2010 / April, 2010

Client: NEC - National Electricity Corporation, Khartoum - Sudan

Employer: INTERCON TIS L.L.C. Abu Dhabi, U.A.E

Project: Interconnection of new HV Substation RTU to the Power Plant

Control System

Duties: Integrating new HV substation with Power plant Control System,

Procontrol P14, through ABB RTU560 serial link with Modbus protocol.

Project documentation creation, installation of necessary equipment and

instrumentation, redesign the RTU and developing new software

configuration.

Rehabilitation Erection Supervisor / Lead Commissioning Engineer -

December, 2007/March /2009

Client: NEC - National Electricity Corporation, Khartoum - Sudan

Employer: ABB AG - Power Technologies Division EPC Company

Project: Blue Nile Grid Rehabilitation Project

Duties: Commissioning of 2 new GIS 110/66/11 kV and 2 new 33/11kV GIS/AIS

substations. Control system includes ABB RTU560 remote terminal units,

REF542+ Station level controllers, Eberle AVR's. Rehabilitation of 3

existing 220/110/33/11kV substation by replacing HV Circuit breakers,

Control and protection panels and connecting to new LDC (Load Dispatching

Center). Along with commissioning, all necessary documents preparation

(Commissioning Test Specification, Commissioning Test Plan, Commissioning

Test Report, Commissioning Test Procedures, As-Build documents

Commissioning Team Leader - February, 2007 / October, 2007

Client: KAHRAMAA Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation - Qatar

Employer: ABB AG - Power Technologies Division, EPC Company

Project: Qatar Power Transmission System Expansion - Phase VI - Part 2

Duties: Commissioning of new 66/11 kV substations. Control system includes

ABB MicroScada REF542+ (BCU) Station level controllers, Eberle AVR's. Along

with commissioning, all necessary documents preparation (Commissioning Test

Specification, Commissioning Test Plan, Commissioning Test Report,

Commissioning Test Procedures, As-Build documents

Control System Commissioning Engineer - November, 2005 / July, 2006

Client: UNDP - United Nations Development Program - Iraq

Employer: ABB AG - Power Technologies Division, EPC Company

Project: Electrical Network Rehabilitation Program Kurdistan Northern Iraq

- Sulaimaniyah Stage 2

Duties: Commissioning of three 132/33/11 kV substations. Control system

includes 3 VA-TECH AK1703 (BCU) Station level controllers, 23 AM1703 Bay

level controllers and 3 VA-TECH SCADA systems SAT230. Along with

commissioning, all necessary documents preparation (Commissioning Test

Specification, Commissioning Test Plan, Commissioning Test Report,

Commissioning Test Procedures, Typical Flow-Charts, As-Build documents

Commissioning of Cewe Instrument "Cetrics", Computer Telecounting Tariff

System on five substations (Kallar, Said Sadiq, Old Dokan, Penjween and

Qualadiza).

Lead Design Engineer - March, 2004/ May, 2005

Client: MKES - Marine & Industry department - Croatia

Employer: MKES - Marine & Industry department

Project: MCC and control panels design

Duties: Initial design of microprocessor controlled MCC for water pumps and

control panels for diesel generators (200 to 500 KW). After acceptance,

software and pc board development, assembly and testing.

Lead Commissioning Engineer - September, 2001/ November, 2003

Client: SOGEM - Republic of Mali, West Africa

Employer: ALSTOM POWER Generation AG, EPC Company

Project: Hydro Power Station Manantali - 5 x 47 MW Kaplan turbines

Duties: Commissioning of 5 x 47 MW Groups at Manantali HPS. Control system

includes 8 AC410 Advant controllers, 5 AC70 small controllers and 3 AS500

OS, NT based operation stations. Partially redesign of relay logic, s-build

documentation creation. Control loop checking. System integration.

Commissioning Test Plan and Test procedures writing.

System applications where partially rewritten and along with commissioning,

training of local engineers conducted. Partial documentation creation

(Operating criteria, Operating Manual).

Project Engineer - February, 2000/ February, 2001

Client: SWCC - Saudi Arabia

Employer: ABB Automation - Milan, Italy

Project: Desalination Plant and water pipeline -Shoaibah Phase 2 - LOT 2

Duties: Design and engineering of a Data Acquisition & Control System for

the Shoaibah Phase 2 - LOT 2 - Water Transmission system Project -

desalination plant. System included 13 AC450 controllers, 61 AC70

controllers, 18 AS500 OS (UNIX) operator stations, 3 IMS (UNIX) stations

and one AS500 ES.

The scope of supply was new Data Acquisition and Control (DAC) system

relevant to the water pipelines Shoaibah-Jeddah and Shoaibah-Makkah-Taif.

Shoaibah-Jeddah was a new pipeline, while Shoaibah-Makkah-Taif was an

existing pipeline the capacity of which shall be increased by the addition

of new pumping units and other station devices.

It was foreseen to provide a complete new Data Acquisition and Control

(DAC) system for use with Jeddah pumping system and to replace the existing

systems (BBC) in use for the Makkah-Taif pumping system, including design,

manufacture, configuration, programming, factory testing, delivery to site,

installation supervision, site testing, commissioning and provision of

record drawings, documentation and maintenance manuals.

Joined project as project specialist. Duties included system integration,

AC450/AC70 application development, multiple MVI-RCOM redundant

configurations, multiple MVI-MODBUS configuration and LCD panel application

design, MB300E extension through LanBridges, MB300E extension in multi drop

configuration trough LAN Routers over telecom system, AF100 redundant

configuration, AS500 Operation Station software installation and

configuration, Display design. Mimic panel application design. Partial

documentation creation (FDS - Function Design Specification, DDS - Detailed

Design Specification). TCP/IP plant network configuration. Factory

Acceptance Test.

ITT Consultant Engineer - January, 1998/May, 1999

Client: Diverse - Croatia

Employer: Freelance Engineer

Project: Diverse

Duties: Consulting Engineer for computer communication networks.

Participate in planning, design, installation and commissioning of

different systems; operating personnel training.

Telecommunication Engineer - February, 1988/December 1997

Employer: Mup - Rijeka - Croatia

Duties: Installation and maintenance of Motorola telecommunication

equipment. Installation and commissioning of point to point radio links,

point to point microwave links and point to multipoint radio network. From

1990 - 1997 computer networks engineer, responsible for planning, design,

installation and network administration.

I&C Engineer - February, 1984/January, 1988

Employer: ATM - INA - Refinery Rijeka - Croatia

Duties: Member of maintenance department. Managed a small team of I&C

technicians on daily maintenance activities. Investigation for root cause

in case of any instrument equipment related incidents. Provided technical

support to instrument engineering activities in refinery. Maintained

equipment's and prioritized their repair according to need.

Safety Engineer - November, 1982/January, 1984

Employer: DINA - PETROKEMIJA, DOW CHEMICAL & INA j. v. - Croatia

Duties: Safety Engineer, responsible for safety procedure, training

personnel, supervising of safety equipment.

Control System Engineer - July, 1980/November, 1982

Employer: IMP - Industrial Installation - Croatia

Duties: Control System Engineer working on installation, start-up and

maintenance of HVAC systems.

E&I Technician - August, 1973/May, 1977

Employer: ATM - BRACA KAVURIC - EPC Company Croatia

Project: Aromatic Plant - Refinery Rijeka

Duties: E&I Technician, working on construction of Aromatics plant in INA

Refinery Rijeka. Duties included installation of instrumentation, electric

power distribution, MCC - electric control panels, pumps and firefighting

system.

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