Adnan Alsaadi (P.ENG.)

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Scarborough, Ontario, M1T 3J9, Canada

Tel: 416-***-**** home

647-***-**** Cell

benesaad @yahoo.ca

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

A dynamic and result-oriented individual with more than twenty six years of

experience in the areas of electrical engineering such as power

distribution and controls design, Industrial preventive maintenance

programs and testing of electrical equipments. Excellent communication,

organizational and analytical skills. Developed reputation for bringing

projects in on time and at below budget.

INDUSTRIES

. Working on VALERO-FGS Project-Benicia Refinery, California: Electrical

power distribution design, Power layout and Schematics, Developing

single line diagram, MCC, Switchgears, Switchboards and Panel boards

developments.

. Aerospace and Aviation Products: product development of the AC/DC

power distribution systems.

. Automotive Industry: parts production, spot welding quality control

testing, electrical power distribution and automation design.

. Cereal - Food Products: New design and modification of electrical

power distribution and controls for the new production process.

. Substation Manufacturer: Design of high/low Switchgears, Switchboards

and substations.

. OIL/GAS Crude Oil Pumping Terminal: Maintenance and operation of four

de-gazing stations and main crude pumping station (250,000b/day).

. Sugar Refinery Factory: Maintenance of the high/low power distribution

systems and steam generation plant.

. Power Transformer, Electric Motors and Ballast Manufacturer:

Maintenance Management and Laboratory Testing.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

SNC-LAVALIN INC. INDUSTRIAL DIVISION, CANADA May 2007 - Oct.2009

Electrical Design Engineer

SNC-LAVALIN is one of the leading groups of engineering and construction

companies in the world, and a major player in the ownership of

infrastructure, and in operations and maintenance services.

. Industrial building design experience and knowledge in the areas of

electrical power distribution, electrical clearances, grounding

foundations, conduits, duct packages, lighting design software and

panel layouts, MCC, switchboards, switchgears and ability to develop

single line wiring diagrams, physical station drawings, created

detailed bills of material, developed electric utility (high and low

voltage) substation equipment; Fire alarm system, Paging system and

Video surveillance security system using (Siemens Building System and

GE security products); review shop drawings and other vendor

documentation for technical conformance; and interface with client,

contractors, and vendors on technical issues.

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE, CANADA 2004 - 2006

System Engineer

Honeywell Aerospace subsidiary develops and manufactures electric power

conversion and distribution systems and electronic environmental control

systems for the aviation industry.

. Performing testing of the secondary electrical power distribution

center (SEPDC) and writing two technical reports for the safety of

flight (SOF) and two other reports for the qualification tests results

for system functional and power quality using Microsoft Office 2003.

Honeywell received the AIRBUS certification approval for the (SEPDC)

from a third party to start with the production.

TCE GROUP INC., CANADA 2002 - 2004

Electrical Design Engineer

The TCE Group is a company specializing in Automation, Information

Technology, and International Consultancy.

. Designing of electrical and control circuits and layout of control

panels for various industrial plants, using AutoCAD station and

Microsoft Office.

KRAFT FOODS INC., USA 1998 - 2002

Electrical Design Engineer

Kraft Foods Inc. is the second-largest food and beverage company

headquartered in North America.

. Tracking projects from design concept to start-up with in-house

Maintenance Central Crews (electrical and electronics technicians),

outside contractors and project engineers, which included

modifications and upgrading of cereal production processes with a high

standard of safety.

. Designing of 480V power distribution system and 110V control circuits

for food processing equipments by using Allen-Bradley products such as

(MCC, Motor Starter Disconnects, PLC-5, VFDs), designing and layout of

main control panels using AutoCAD14 station (CimLogic) and Microsoft

Office. Designing of electrical power and control circuits for water

treatment plant (240ton Chiller) by using (TRANE) programmable

controller. Preparing technical specs and BOM according to (NEC, NFPA

and OSHA).

BLU-SURF INC., USA 1997 - 1998

Electrical Design Engineer- 6 month contract

Blu-Surf's first product, a gas burner, was developed in 1960.Since then

the company has evolved into a full line company providing an ever growing

industrial client base with ovens, washers and complete process system

covering a wide range of applications.

. Designing of electrical and control circuits of different natural gas

ovens using Allen Bradley products, Honeywell, Watlow, Barber Colman

and Omron temperature controllers to meet FORD and CHRYSLER motor

companies specs. Locally and overseas using AutoCAD station and

Microsoft Office.

TCE GROUP INC., CANADA 1995 - 1997

Electrical Design Engineer

The TCE Group is a company specializing in Automation, Information

Technology, and International Consultancy.

. Designing of electrical and control circuits and layout of control

panels for various industrial plants, using AutoCAD station and

Microsoft Office.

METRO COMPUTER SERVICES, CANADA 1990 - 1995

Assistant Manager-Computer Business

. Responsibilities included the assembly and sales of personal computers

customized to the requirements of the clients, also supported customer

installation and configuration of both software and hardware, tutored

clients in math and provided customer support from troubleshooting and

repairs.

POL-AM CORPORATION, USA 1989 - 1990

Electrical Design Engineer- 6 Months Contract

Pol-Am Corporation performing electrical power distribution and controls

designs for FORD Motor Company.

. Worked on Design Modifications for upsizing high power rectifiers on a

hard coating anodizing production line at FORD Motor Company using

AutoCAD station.

PARK METAL, USA 1987 - 1989

Electrical Design Engineer

Park was founded in 1945 by professional electrical engineers to meet the

needs of business and industries for state-of-the-art quality power

distribution products of switchgears, switchboards, panel boards and

substations.

. Developed standard drawings for power, Metering and Control Designs,

Engineering of Substations, Switchboards, Switchgears in metro Detroit

area and other states according to the (NEC) by using ITE, GE and S&C

products and AutoCAD station.

JEFORD INDUSTRIES INC., USA 1984 - 1987

Resistance Welding Engineer

Jeford Industries, Inc. is into welding and stamping automotive metal

stamping.

. Overseeing and developing resistance welding machines capacity from

50KVA to 200KVA, operations and maintenance of new modified machines

with new ENTRON controller, implemented all the necessary mechanical

tests for quality control department.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF BASRA-Basra, IRAQ 1967 - 1971

Bachelor Degree of Science in Electrical Engineering

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/AFFILIATIONS

Member of Project management Institute (PMI)

2009

Project Management Course, Seneca College, Toronto, Canada

2009

. Active Member of (PEO) Ontario Society of Professional Engineers,

Canada 2007

. Course in Professional Practice and Ethics, Canada

. WHMIS certified : SNC-LAVALIN INC., Canada

2007

. Mini Seminar " Generator Application and Installation" Caterpillar,

Toromont Power System 2007

. Arc Fault Detection and Protection. Honeywell, Canada

2006

. Switching Harmonics in the Three-Phase PWM inverter. Honeywell,

Canada

. Medium Voltage Drives with Multilevel Voltage Source Inverter

Technology. Honeywell, Canada

. Courses in Power electronics and Programmable Controllers, Seneca

College, Canada 1992

. Graduate Courses in Modern Control System - U of M, Michigan, USA

1985

. 160 hours training course with the British and Swedish Employers

Confederation Training Centre in Preventive Maintenance Programs

(ALIRATI), Iraq.

1981

. Courses Quality Control and Maintenance Management, three months

training, Paris, France. 1981

References available upon request

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