Power Plant Manager Maintenance

Quazi Md Ziaul Hoque

(Permanent Resident of USA)

Email: *********@*****.*** Contact: 469-***-****

Professional summary:

An innovative and motivated professional engineer interested in operation, maintenance, construction & project management of power plant. Looking for an opportunity to contribute to organizational goals through continuous professional development and utilizing my extensive experience & knowledge.

Highlights:

25+ years’ experience in power generation engineering in various power plants

15+ years’ experience in the field of Control & Instrumentation of Thermal Power Plant

5+ years’ experience in power plant O&M management (Generator, Turbine, Boiler and BOP)

8+ years’ experience in leading large to small scale power project

Worked in HV, MV, LV switchgear & protection in station auxiliaries and power evacuation system

Led E2E large scale power project through construction, commissioning, and testing

Experienced in small to medium modernization projects for power plant

Experienced in installation, testing, commissioning of Relay Protection of generator & transformer

Prepared specification, scope of supply and works for power plant maintenance

Prepared tender document, tender evaluation report, reviewed OEM drawings and performed FAT

Experienced in performance test calculation of steam turbine and gas turbine power plant

Experienced in design, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of plant DCS, SCADA, PLC, BMS and multi loop control system

Experienced in maintenance, troubleshooting in power plant process control & instrumentation at all levels from field devices to control system and networking

Solid understanding and well experienced in troubleshooting of Turbine Governing and Control Mechanism, Digital Electrohydraulic Governor

Strong Field experienced and skill in commissioning and startup of boiler, steam turbine, gas turbine, back pressure steam turbine and generator

Strong understanding and well experienced in power plant thermodynamics, fuel combustion calculation

Strong knowledge and well experienced in power plant tripping analyzing and finding the root cause of critical equipment failure

Always focused on initiative-taking and predictive maintenance of power plant

Solid in analytical and critical thinking skills, adapt quickly to new tools and techniques. experienced in working well both individually and as a team member

Hands on experience on CAD, MS office package, MS Project, MS Visio TCP/IP network configuration

Work Experience:

ELECTRONIC NOTARY (REMOTE) 02/ 2021-Present

Notarize, Inc. USA

Verifying and approving the documents in the RON platform remotely

Chief Engineer (ON-SITE & REMOTE) 06/ 2020 – 07/ 2021

Power Development Board, Bangladesh.

Responsible for operations and maintenance of Power Plant equipment, managing technical and non-technical workforce as well as approving designs, ensuring safety, and operational efficiency.

Manager Maintenance(ON-SITE & REMOTE) 02/ 2016 – 06/2020

Power Development Board, Bangladesh.

Led Turnkey Project management on major overhauling of 210MW Siddhirganj Thermal Power Station as a Project Director

Led the project management for replacement of existing 210MW turbo generator with supply design, installation, testing, and commissioning of the new turbo generator

Witnessed the QA FAT for a new turbogenerator in a factory premises

Worked with Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA for two years as the focal contact person of Bangladesh Power Development Board to be a member of the organization to facilitating technical support on to improve O&M skill in power plant, developing local resources through training and sharing key research documents in power generation technology

Analyzed and prioritized equipment and operational troubles to ensure critical repairs are made to maintain plant reliability and availability

Provided technical and maintenance engineering solutions to problems regarding plant and associated equipment monitoring, instrumentation, controls, and protection

Managed prioritization of Plant Maintenance and Technical Support work orders through direct input to the Maintenance Supervisors and Maintenance Planners to ensure needed repairs are made to critical equipment

Interfaced with Operations, Environmental, Generation Support, and others to ensure adequate reliability of equipment at the plant to meet required generation on a daily, monthly, and annual basis in a cost effective and environmentally acceptable manner

Directed bargaining unit workforce through direct reports to provide supervision, safety management, labor relations, and training & development required to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient maintenance of the power plant

Directed activities of contractors/vendors for plant services, inclusive to all areas of the facility.

Improved technical skills by conducting on- job training, such as Turbine control system, Free Governor Mode Operation (FGMO), Plant protection system, etc. The training was instructional as well as hand on

Accomplishment:

Improved technical skills by conducting on-job training

Reduced OPEX, remarkable improvement in generation availability (reduced downtime& outage)

Sub-Divisional Engineer/Executive Engineer (I&C) 08/1998-02/2016

Power Development Board, Bangladesh.

Responsibility:

Responsible for all maintenance activities of I&C department, procurement process, and management for various medium and small size project such as upgradation, enhancement, replacement, and design modification of existing installations.

Led execution of upgradation projects including installation, testing, and commissioning of existing i) obsolete plant control system by a new microprocessor-based control system and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. ii) Relay Protection System of Power Generating Unit by the Intelligent Electronic Device (IED). iii) obsolete Generator Static Excitation System by a Microprocessor based controlled excitation system. (Performed maintenance of the project)

Also reviewed design and supply package of the project and provided the approval of the same.

Prepared Tender documents and evaluated Tenders for process instruments and control valves,

Reviewed designed and technical specifications of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Motor Control Centers (MCC), Power Distribution Switchgear, Intelligent Electronic Devices (IED), Distributed Control System (DCS) and other control sub-systems

Team led in eliminating the trouble and malfunctions of Plant Control System (Boiler, Steam Turbine, Water Treatment, BOP, Gas Turbine), various analog and digital devices such as Valves, Actuator, Transmitters/Transducer, Secondary Instruments, Motor Control Center (MCC), Power Distribution Switchgear, Distributed Control System (DCS) & Programmable Logic Control (PLC) system

Hands on experienced in Programming, and Tuning of Plant Process Control Loops (Boiler, Turbine and BOP) including advanced PID algorithms

Ensured plant reliability, efficiency, generation, cost targets, and safety within strict environmental limits

Ensured day to day I&C maintenance of thermal power station, supported management for major/minor outage of the plant through the provision of LTSA

Supported field device services and calibration requirements for field observations and construction meetings

Supervised installation, testing, pre-commissioning & commissioning of Gas Turbine Control System MARK VI, Distributed Control System (DCS), Combustion Control, DLN1 Burner, GE Fanuc PLC integrated with the project of 2x120 MW GE Frame 9E Gas Turbine Peaking Power Plant

Accomplishment:

Achieved project completion within strict deadline

Improve plant efficiency by 1%, NOx reduced to 25PPM

Increased power plant safety and reliability, decreased false tripping of the unit

Senior Operator 09/1992 – 09/1998

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, UAE

Worked with the EPC contractor “Siemens,” during initial commissioning and testing of V94.2 Siemens make Gas turbine, Generator, Water Treatment Plant, Waste Heat Recovery Boiler and Desalination Plant. Plant control for the power and desalination facilities was achieved through Distributed Control System (DCS) Siemens Teleperm ME & Elsag Bailey INFI90.

Responsibility:

Supervised commissioning & testing of Gas turbine, Boiler, Desalination Plant & their auxiliaries

Managed and controlled operation including startup, shutdown, troubleshooting, issuance of line clearances for maintenance, and loss prevention for the following facilities

Gas Turbine power plant [5x150 MW, SIEMENS V94.2]

Back Pressure Steam Turbine power plant [2x71 MW, ANSALDO]

Waste Heat Recovery Boiler (HRSG) & Auxiliary Boiler

Multistage Flashing Desalination Plant and potable water producing Blending Plant

Black Start Diesel Generator (1000Kw)

Essentials Service Diesel Generator (1250Kw)

Operations Engineer 02/1988 – 09/1992.

Power Development Board, Bangladesh

Responsibility:

Managed and controlled for operations that includes unit startup, shutdown, loading/unloading, troubleshooting, and issuance of line clearances for maintenance, and loss prevention for 2x210 MW steam turbine, generator, high-pressure boiler, and their BOP (Balance of Plant).

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh

Professional Trainings:

Attended 2 weeks training on Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) of Station Equipment and Generator Protection System conducted by EKRA Research Production Enterprise, Russia.

Completed 7 days training on Frequency Control of Power Systems and Dispatch Optimizations conducted by DIgSILENT Pacific Pty Ltd, Australia.

Attended 1.5 months training on power plant (steam turbine) simulation by ABB (Germany).

Completed 3 weeks training on Public Procurement Reform Project (PPRP II) by CPTU.

Participated 45 days training on Mark VI, DAVR, DCS system, O&M of Gas Power Plant, Generator, Transformer, and Compressor.

Attended one month training on Gas turbine power plant operation & maintenance by Siemens.

Participated in one month training on operation & troubleshooting of Waste Heat Recovery boiler, Auxiliary boiler and, and Water treatment plant conducted by Waagner Biro.

Attended 2 weeks training on IS6-99B-OIS/PCV 5.1a Operators by Elsag Bailey.

Participated a weeklong training on electrical generator facilitated by Ansaldo.

Attended 2 months training on Ops. & Maint. of power plant by Ministry of Russian Federation.

Attended a month long on job training on operation & maintenance and troubleshooting of Regulator Microprocessor Control System (KP-500) and plant SCADA (Trace Mode) facilitated by ZAO Volmag.

References: available upon request

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