TAHAMANSOOR RIZVI

Electrical Engineer

Unit *, **6 Wynyard Street, Tumut, NSW 2720

D.O.B.: 25 May, 1984 Cell No: +923*********)

Email : acu0x4@r.postjobfree.com Skype : taha.mansoor Career Summary

Professional Electrical Engineer (Degree and Experience Accredited by Institution of Engineers Australia) with international electrical engineering experience in Energy (Thermal and Renewable Power Projects) Industry, delivering in diverse roles like; Lead Electrical Engineer for development of 350MW Supercritical Coal Fired Power Plant; Electrical Engineer for maintenance of Plant with modifications and Continuous Improvement Capital Projects, Project Engineer for engineering, construction and commissioning of 220MW Combined Cycle Power Plant; and Business Development Engineer for new projects’ Feasibility and Scoping studies. Nothing makes me more excited than adding value to the business bottom line by working with an

“Always seeking for Continuous Improvement” approach, whether it is engineering or maintenance phase of the project. It’s what drives me and is driving me to become a top- notch engineer / professional.

Have rights to live and work in Australia under the Skilled Independent Permanent Residence Visa

(Subclass 189).

Key Skills

Over a decade of diverse experience in in Project development, EPC and Commercial Operations Phases, while learning and utilizing following skills:

Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Excellent understanding of Electrical Engineering Concepts (Power)

Technical Monitoring, Debottlenecking and Troubleshooting (220 MW CCPP, 72MW Captive Power Plant and Solar Power Plant)

Scoping Studies for Plant Betterment Projects (Thermal Power and Renewable Power Plants)

Project management of small to medium scale Capital investments (Thermal Power Plants)

Excellent written and verbal Communication at all Management Levels

Liaison with EPC Contractors and Internal / External Stakeholders (All EPC and internal Projects)

Experience of liaising with renowned Consultants like Lahmeyer International

(Germany) and Scott Wilson (UK)

Developing Request For Proposal (RFP) of new Projects (80 MW OCPP, 250 MW CCPP, 50 MW Solar Power Plant)

Development and Review of Technical Documents (P&IDs, PFDs and Equipment Specifications)

Engineering Design and Document Management (220 MW CCPP and 350 MW Coal Power)

Design Safety and Risk Assessment Studies: (HAZOP and FMEA for Power Plants)

Equipment Sizing Calculations (Transformers, Switchgears, Power Cables)

Commissioning and Pre-Commissioning Support: (220 MW CCPP Project)

Due Diligence of Used Plant Units

HSE: Trained on DuPont’s Personnel and Process Safety/ Risk Management Systems

Hand on Experience with electrical simulation and sizing software’s like AutoCAD and PSS SINCAL

Skilled user of Microsoft based tools i.e. Windows, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Languages: English (IELTS 7) and Urdu (Native)

Qualification

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (2004-2007)

NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.

*Accredited by Institute of Engineers Australia (IEA); Ref # 4584875 Major Professional Trainings

One Week, Modern Power System Protective Relaying by Haward Technology Middle East

One Month, Combined Cycle Power Plant Training, Shenzhen China.

One Week, Finance for Non-Financial Managers by Rausing Executive Development Center, LUMS.

One Week, SAP Material Management, Plant Maintenance and Project Systems training by IBM.

Stress Management by Narejo Human Resources.

Strategic Time Management and Strategic Negotiation Skills by Time-Lenders.

Effective Communication Skills by Navitus.

International Work Experience (Australia and Pakistan) Lead Electrical Engineer

July 2015 – present

350MW Coal Fired Power Plant, Siddiqsons Energy Limited, Karachi, Pakistan Company Profile:

Siddiqsons Energy Limited is pursuing with the development of 350MW Coal Fired Power Plant based on Super Critical Once through Alstom Boiler. All applicable contracts are in place for final approvals and financial close is expected in July 2016. Power plant will be connected with 500kV DC Transmission Line by end of 2018. In parallel Siddiqsons is extensively involve in textiles, tin-plating, construction & real estate, dairies and renewable energy. Responsibilities:

As a lead Electrical Engineer, my core responsibilities are:

Finalization of power plant feasibility and environmental studies including approvals from government regulators

Technical and commercial negotiations with EPC

Transmission line network studies for safe and reliable operation of power plant

Finalization of power purchase agreement and implementation agreement

Development of RFP for 10 years’ operation and maintenance of power plant as per lenders requirements

Negotiation and finalization of operation and maintenance contract as per allowed tariff

Duedilligence of SWFDG and ESP for ensuring environment compliance

Development of Electrical team project budget and monitoring Business Development Engineer

Dec 2013 – July 2015

Engro PowerGen Limited, Karachi, Pakistan

www.engropowergen.com

Company Profile:

Engro PowerGen Limited (EPL) as a subsidiary of Pakistan’s biggest conglomerate Engro Corporation is involve in technical services for government and private companies in international market as well as in domestic market. Presently involved in O&Ms of mid-scale power plants in Africa, Ghana and Pakistan.

Responsibilities:

As a technical lead, my core responsibilities were:

Evaluation of the business cases & economic viability of power assets in International and domestic markets for sales and services purpose

Assessment of clients’ need with available resources and prepare a sales and services proposals based

Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed

Prepare and train dedicated team for operation and maintenance of power plants including operation and maintenance Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs)

Technical consultation and on ground support during the execution of approved projects

Technical assistance to Engro PowerGen Thar Limited (EPTL), a subsidiary of Engro Corporation for development and finalization of technical specifications of 2x330MW coal fired power plant in Pakistan

Support services to 217MW Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP) owned Engro PowerGen Qadirpur Limited

Achievement:

I have received an Excellence Award from CEO of Engro Corporation for my services for execution of power plant in Nigeria in minimum possible time of 5 months

As a support to Engro PowerGen Qadirpur Limited (subsidiary of Engro Corporation) conducted a major inspection of 135MW and 125MW Turbine Generators in their Major Outage in 2015 and successfully closed all activities timely

Developed a feasibility of 240 Million USD Regasify Liquid Natural Gas (RLNG) based 225MW Combined Cycle Power Plant at Port Qasim Karachi including the management of topographical, hydrological and Environmental Impact Assessment(EIA).

Developed the technical design of Engro PowerGen Limited’s first captive power plant in Nigeria and successfully commissioned the Power Plant based on GE 3xTM2500 Turbines worth 80 Million USD.

Electrical Manager

May 2013 – Dec 2013

Karachi Electric Supply Company, Karachi, Pakistan www.kesc.com.pk

Company Profile:

K-Electric (Formerly KESC) is a vertically integrated Electric Utility managing the Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electricity to the city of Karachi, a city of over 18 million people. It has it biggest generation facility at Port Qasim Karachi, generating 900MW from Plant one and 550MW from New Plant 2.

Responsibilities:

As an Electrical Manager at New Plant 2, my core responsibilities were:

Responsible for implementation and maintaining safe work practices in compliance with local laws and regulations and approval from Departmental Manager

Assign, coordinate and review the technical work of electrical team consisting of 12 personnel

Ensured timely Operation & Maintenance (O&M) readiness from a Systems point of view including set up of maintenance

Responsible for scheduling of routine and major outage activities with management of 20 persons team during major outage faced during the stay with the company

I have conducted a Root Cause Analysis(RCA) and Fault Tree Analysis(FTA) of electrical failures including failure of 220KV HV Cable Insulation and sea water intake medium voltage motor bearing failure

I was responsible for the development and implementation of modification on power transformers for continuous online monitoring of oil gases for safe operation Project & Maintenance Engineer

Nov 2008 - May 2013

Engro PowerGen Qadirpur Limited, Qadirpur, Pakistan www.engropowergen.com

(Formerly Engro Energy Limited)

Company Profile:

Engro Energy Limited is first Independent Power Producer (IPP) of 220 MW capacity in Qadirpur, Pakistan designed on permeate gas being flared in environment for last three decades. This Combined cycle plant utilized a General Electrical (GE) Gas Turbine, Harbin Turbines Company

(HTC) Steam Turbine and a Heat Recovery Steam Generator for power generation. Responsibilities:

As a Project and Maintenance Engineer, my responsibilities were:

Designing, budgeting, costing, planning, scheduling, execution and monitoring of all projects and utility related activities in order to assure their appropriate execution & on-time completion with full customer satisfaction.

Analyze daily activity reports of department, to identify and recurrence of similar breakdowns and defined standard hours for maintenance activities.

Responsible for the proper functioning and allocation of personnel in the shops and supervise all activities in conjunction with the generation and supply of utilities.

Supervise and inspect the installation, modification, testing and operation of new equipment install in projects.

To prepare BOQ’s & technical specifications of all Electrical Engineering related activities and carry out the price negotiation meetings as per company’s policy before awarding any contract to ensure the most competitive cost and delivery time.

Monitoring and Implementation of the Schedules/Plan to avoid delays and reworks including critical inventory management

Timely review of appraisals of reporting technical team members, plan and implement their skill development programs

I was responsible for carrying out Root cause analysis(RCA) of nuisance plant trippings & other equipment failure and mitigate the cause for improvement in power plant reliability

I was responsible to research and implement applicable portions of Personnel safety and Risk Management (PSRM), Process Safety Management (PSM) & Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene (OHIH)

Achievements:

Played key role in achieving DuPont’s Level-II within first three years of Operation & Maintenance

Implementation of electrical department documents and drawings management system

Performed critical Design and Commissioning activities with a high level of independence during the power plant engineering phase resulting in robust system with highest reliability.

Developed a maintenance program for Electrical department and deployed it to SAP-PM

Responsible for development and implementation of Permit to Work System at power plant as per NFPA 70E and OSHA

Design and executed the 360KW off-grid solar system for Engro PowerGen Limited residential area as an alternate for grid supply and diesel generator and to contribute in reducing the carbon effect in environment

Lead an activity for commissioning of Online Partial Discharge Monitoring system on 125MW Steam Turbine Generator

I have successfully supervised an overhauling of 10 MVA Oil Filled Transformer to mitigate the internal critical fault based on root cause analysis done by myself Trainee Project Engineer

Dec 2007 - Oct 2008

Siemens Pakistan, Karachi

http://www.siemens.com.pk

Company Profile:

Siemens Pakistan is Pakistan’s Leading multinational firm in the field of transformers, Switchgears, Generator Sets, Motors, Automation and Projects. I was a part of part of project execution team responsible for upgrading of nine high voltage power grids of K-Electric. Responsibilities:

As a Trainee Project Engineer, my responsibilities were:

Procurement of electrical equipment.

On site troubleshooting at different grids.

Planned and supervised installation of PABX system at different grid. Projects & Assignments

RFP (Request for Proposal) Preparation and Evaluation of New EPC Project proposals (Year 2011 to 2015):

Year 2013 - Detailed Working for RFP development and review of EPC bids’ technical and commercial evaluation for a 250 MW combined cycle power plant on RLNG (Regasify Liquid Fuel Oil) using GE Aeroderavatives Turbines and Siemens SGT20000 Gas turbines

Year 2014- Lead the prefeasibility working and development of RFP for installation of 50 MW wind Turbine Power Plant.

Year 2015 – Developed and reviewed RFP for EPC bids of a 350 MW Coal Fired Power Plant based on Supercritical Boiler Technology

Self-Initiative Professional Development Project

Worked as Design Calculations’ review engineer for development of 360 KW PV cell based solar power plant for residential purpose

Installation of Generator Online Partial Discharge Monitoring

Comparison of once through cooling system versus forced cooling system for power plant efficiency

Energy conservation project for power plant residential colony

Installation of transformer oil gas monitoring system on power transformer, saving running cost of oil samples from external contractor

References

1. Sami Ullah Chaudhry – Process Engineer - VISY Pulp and Paper, Tumut, NSW, 2720

(Australia)

Team Mate / Colleague in 220MW Engro Powergen Qadirpur Project Cell: +61-405****** email: acu0x4@r.postjobfree.com

2. Sohail Ahmed – Electrical Manager HUBCO Power Company (Pakistan) Supervisor in 220 MW Engro Powergen Qadirpur Project Cell: +92-300******* email: acu0x4@r.postjobfree.com

3. Khurram Abdullah – Project Manager Siddiqsons Energy Limited (Pakistan) Supervisor in Business Development, Engro Powergen Limited Cell: +92-333******* email: acu0x4@r.postjobfree.com

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