Ahmad Fawad
SJ, CA, *****
adbvep@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE: Engineering
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Electro/Mechanical Designer with diversified combine experience of technical consulting services for more than 12 years and more than 16years’ experience with Quality Program System Development in power transformer manufacturing, Inspected transformers from design stage thru production and testing.
A seasoned designer with AutoCAD 2D/3D releases 10 thru 2017, Bentley Micro Station V8i, SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor 2013, PLS-Cadd and CREO 6.0.
Strong technical capabilities using AutoCAD (2010- 2017) and Micro-Station V8i
Good understanding of the use of paper space and model space (use of Xrefs, attaching PDF’s, working with different units. decimal & architectural)
Experience in use of drafting cad standards, templates, block library and layer management
Experience with drawing tiff files and file manipulation/scaling
Experience with drawing file management software
Experience with TeamCenter
Experience with BlueBeam Revue
Prepared electrical, mechanical and structural drawings using AutoCAD 2017 and Raster Image 2016, Control of new part number and description, generation and revision control of Bill of Materials (BOMs) Experience in managing digital inventories of engineering infrastructures, CADD management, CADD design and CADD support Experience in developing, verifying, and implementing engineering specifications.
Dynamic team player and team builder, detail-oriented, creative, Customer service oriented attitude,
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, Deadline driven, self-motivated, and technically savvy
Organized professional and consistently motivating others toward success. Served as a power-user for JDE Liaison between Engineering and Production
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Applications
CADD APPs
Years of experiences
Microsoft APPs
Years of experiences
AutoCAD 2000-2017
20+
MS Word
20+
AutoCAD 2017 3D
1+
MS Excel
20+
Microstation V8i/2D/3D
3+
MS PowerPoint
10+
Autodesk Inventor 2013
In-Home Training
MS Projects
10+
SolidWorks
In-Home Training
MS Visio
10+
PLS-CAD
1+
MS SharePoint
10+
CREO 6.0
1+
MS Access
2+
Adobe Acrobat Pro
10+
REVIT
1+
TeamCenter-11
1+
BlueBeam Revue
1+
EDUCATION:
Kabul University, Kabul Afghanistan BS- Hydro Technical Engineering
San Jose City College, San Jose CA
Certificate of achievement in Electro-Mechanical Drafting
1085 hours E/M Drafting Courses-
Lettering, tolerance, Multi-View Projections, Sectioning views, Auxiliary views, Revolution,
Dimension, Threads, Fasteners, Graphic Fabrication, PCB Drawings and Detailed PCB Layout
Technical Certificate
JDE Manufacturing Engineer and CNC-KOMO
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS (Work History)
Oct 2016 to Present - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Providing Electro-Mechanical Design/Drafting support for the Gallery and Tunnel. Upgrading Cable Tray and Racks layouts for the LCLSII project using AutoCAD 2017 and Microstation v8i.
Process drawings and other technical information using database management software.
Maintain systems documentation and experimental records.
Provide graphics and related technical material in support of design reviews, procedures, and other documentation.
Contribute to preliminary design concepts for hardware, component, and systems including making independent judgment and decisions under moderate technical authority.
Estimate scheduling and costs to determine effective methods in design, materials, and time to meet project deliverable and prepare and present technical material for design reviews, procedures, and other related documentation.
Maintain systems documentation and experimental records and creating EDR’s
Provide graphics and related technical material in support of design reviews, procedures, and other documentation.
Review completed drawings and other documentation for adherence to SLAC drafting standards and specifications.
Aug 2016 – Oct 2016 - Glenmount Global Solutions, Inc. (Work History)
Dublin San Ramon Services District Water Treatment Plant - SCADA Upgrade Project, Pleasanton, CA
Electrical Designer
The scope is upgrading Pump stations SCADA Monitoring Systems; including:
Replacing existing or installing new Control Panel, Current Monitoring Devices, Antenna and Mounting Brackets. Creating Site layout and Antenna Layout drawings by using AutoCAD 2017 with use of paper space and model space (use of Xrefs, attaching PDF’s, tiff files, file manipulation/scaling, layers and working with different units.)
Jan 2006-July 2016- Auriga Corporation, Milpitas, CA
List of projects completed: (Work History)
San Diego Gas and Electric Substation Design
Structural / Electrical Designer
Worked for SDGE as Structural designer for the Substation projects
The scope was modification of Ultimate Arrangement, General Arrangement, Power and Control Duct layout, Grounding Layout, Foundation Layout and Concrete Layout for the 69kv Substation using AutoCAD Raster Image 2016, also working with As-Built modification with many more substations.
San Diego Gas and Electric Substation Design QA/QC
Supported the QA/QC project team for Mesa Rim, Garfield and Sycamore Substations for San Diego Gas & Electric Company
PG&E-Gold Hill 8 miles Road 230kV Transmission Line Project
As a team member of this project we provided the followings:
Final Walk down Checklist/Notes, Final PLS-CADD Model, Final Tower List/Punch List, Final Material List, Revised Structure Data Sheets (SDS), Final SDS, Final Plan & Profile Drawings (printed from PLS-CADD), Final Tower Modification Drawings, Tower Reference Drawings, Tower Raise Data Sheets, Stringing Chart.
All works performed by using PLS-CADD, Micro station v8i and AutoCAD
San Diego Gas & Electric-TL660 Encinitas-Del Mar 69-kV Line, Solano Beach Stub Pole Relocation
Worked on T-line Solano Beach Stub Pole Relocation
WARM SPRINGS EXTENSION Design-Build Line, Track, Station, and Systems
Worked on the first phase of the project: Typical Design drawings for radio
The scope included to prepare new AutoCAD drawings for the 800 MHz trunked radio
System for the WSX Extension
SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility District)
Worked on Upgrading Relay Protection for Carmichael (CAR) and Orangevale (OVL) 230/69 kV Transformer project: The scope included to prepare new AutoCAD drawings for "Insert Panel A", for Transformer Bank #1 and Breaker 5930 Controls & Relay Protection (One Line Control & Relaying Drawing), AC Schematic Drawing, Protection Drawings (Differential & Over current), DC Control Elementary Diagrams for Transformer High side 230kV & Lo side 69kV, "Insert Panel A" Layout and Wiring Diagrams, including wiring to new RTU and Device Nameplate schedules
City of Lodi
60kV Transmission Line, Substation site selection and as-built Single Line Diagrams. As a member of the project team Mr. Fawad identified optimum alternatives for new substation site and transmission line relocation. Developed substation single line diagrams using AutoCAD, version 2006, and Google Earth to develop a comprehensive GIS database to be integrated with the Utility management system.
TID (Turlock Irrigation District)
Verification of the power, signal and communication systems as- built and as-is construction and drawing update. As a member of the project team Ahmad performed site, system and facility walk-downs and red-lined drawings or develop sketches as necessary to document the as-built configuration. The scope included development and/or update drawings for fiber conduit and cable tray layouts, panels layouts, wiring diagrams, single line diagrams, schematic diagrams, sonnet equipment Diagrams, Jungle Mux Node assignment diagrams, wiring schedules, and conduit schedules.
San Mateo County Transit District Caltrans
Digital Microwave Communication System. Ahmad prepared equipment and electrical room layout and schematic drawing for the new system. Developed equipment mechanical installation and telecommunication related designs and drawing.
SCE (Southern California Edison)
Mr. Fawad provided AutoCAD design to update for Fiber Optics such as shelf layouts, equipment rack layouts, T1 wiring diagrams, alarm points wiring diagrams, single line diagrams, schematic diagrams, Alcatel MDR-8000 wiring diagrams, conduit schedules, floor plan and site plan.
BART Test Engineer
Ahmad performed numerous automatic fare collection system tests in support of the BART Only Smart Card and TransLink (Clipper Card):
7000 BART Only Smart Card (BOSC)
TransLink system integration field testing (800,000 transactions)
TransLink Phase 2-Fare Gate Integration-System Integration Test-Integration Test 5 (IT5)- Test Plan, Procedure and conduct.
TransLink Fare Payment System FACI (First Article Configuration Inspection)
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Ahmad conducted field operability testing of the TransLink On-Board Equipment including FACI (First Article Configuration Inspection)
ENTREPRENEUR - MANAGED OWN BUSINESS
RELEVENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Waukesha Electric System, Milpitas CA (Work History)
Engineering Quality
Served as a liaison between engineering and production line.
Inspected Transformers from design stage to production line based on design and customer requirements as follows:
Transformer Core Cutting Inspection
Transformer Coil Winding Inspection
Transformer Winding Assembly Inspection
Tanking Inspection
Transformer Testing Inspection
Daily production meeting presence and issue follow-up, coordinate point of engineering NCR’s,
Manage NCR’s within engineering, NCR’s ownership assignment, NCR’s completion and response tracking and ECO communication back to manufacturing.
CARB (corrective action review board) activity participation
Recommend CAR’s to improve engineering quality, assign CAR’s within engineering, and implement process improvements to the engineering quality system based on NCR, FDR and customer survey feedback, CAR tracking and completion.
Quality system development
Developed detailed checklists for engineering, toll gate keeper and management of checklists, coordinate design for manufacturability activities within engineering and coordinate weekly meetings with design, quality and production departments to review engineering drawings before shop release
Created Tollgate, checklists and NCR’s log sheets.
Attended daily production and weekly CARB and NCR’s meetings and appointing the NCR’s ownership.
Managed engineering archive.
Served as a power-user for JDE.
Created JDE instructions for all JDE users
Reported directly to the Engineering Manager.
North American Transformer, Milpitas CA Senior Engineering Technician
Responsible for ordering materials for transformers, create and design of Oil Flow Washers, Connection diagrams, Major insulations, interpretation of customer needs for test department, detailing of engineering design and creating of BOM(Bill Of Material) for production line
Reliance Electric System, Milpitas CA Electro-Mechanical Drafter