SRINIVAS DODLA
Phone: +1-778-***-**** Email: **************@*****.***
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/srinivas-dodla-42487251/ SUMMARY
Electrical Engineer with Over 16+ years of experience in Designing analysis, Project planning, Execution, Commissioning, and Technical Support, communication. I am a valid Canadian PR holder.
Expertise in Low voltage and medium voltage switchgear panel design in Auto CAD, EPLAN. Execution of projects from quote stage to commissioning stage and offering service support
Designed small to large scale projects which constitute wastewater treatment plants, oil & gas, data centers, hospital jobs, mining., commissioned hydel power plants and data center project.
I am a key contributor in simplifying and standardizing various complex engineering processes.
Seld motivated, team oriented, and a dependable individual with strong professional communication abilities across all organizational levels. I interacted with all cross functional engineering teams to ensure quality product design and schedule. Areas of Expertise
Auto cad 2024 Effective communication Customer Support
Engineering Design, Documentation Internal Interaction Technical discussions
Switchgear BOM Review documentation Collaboration
LV & MV Panel Design Customer interaction Providing feedback Rewards and Recognition
Greenbelt Certified for “Cycle time reduction in interfacing protection relays in custom projects” in 2013 from REGAL.
Won Gold Chain for securing highest marks in Secondary school education from AP Police welfare association.
Won 2nd Prize in paper presentations on SCADA IN POWER SYSTEMS at IIT KHARAGPUR while pursuing engineering.
Took Quarterly Award for on time delivery of projects execution twice under customer care category from REGAL.
Received award for “Creating Standard Operating Procedure, Programming Templates” for PGC controller from REGAL.
Received Customer Care Award thrice for meeting/exceeding the customer expectations. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IEM, Surrey, Canada Electrical Design Engineer Feb 2024 – Till Date
Analyzing, Designing LV / MV projects by adhering to UL, CSA standards.
Auditing BOM for Hospital jobs, energy processing centers.
Supporting sales in responding to technical queries received from customers over emails and conversation.
Initiating and attending conference calls with customers to clarify questions and seek responses on identified issues while executing projects.
Setting up a meeting to discuss the project deliverables with sales.
Conducting brainstorming sessions to identify the root cause of the problems creeped up in production stage.
Currently working on a new surrey hospital cancer center project worth 30 Million
Coordinating with project managers to resolve issues noticed at site on the products supplied.
Initiating the team meeting to overview work load and distribute it within the team. Aspin Kemp & Associates, Montague, Canada Electrical Engineer Nov 2022 – Feb 2024
Worked on Trenching design, creating Microgrid controller schematic design for 21MW Sunbank solar project.
Automation Panels schematic design for Oil refinery plant in EPLAN.
Designed, audited BOM and prepared documents for Potato Harvester projects.
Reviewing electrical design for old vessel retrofit.
Developed macros, standardized templates in EPLAN for creating schematics and BOM along with various production reports. Marathon Electric India Private Limited, Hyderabad, India Technical Lead May 2010 – Oct 2022 Marathon Electric India Private Limited, Hyderabad, India (a subsidiary of Regal, located in Beloit USA) working for Thomson power system switchgear business unit, Canada
Mentored a team of 5 members in Designing Low and Medium Voltage switchgear, Power Distribution, control panels in Auto CAD 2020, EPLAN for North American, Middle East, European and Asian customers by ensuring to follow industry standards and codes built under NFPA, CSA/UL/ANSI/IEC, UL508A regulations.
Auditing and releasing a Bill of materials for projects taken up in Visual Manufacturing 7 EPR tool.
Develop basic and detailed engineering drawings, bill of material, technical datasheet, Factory acceptance test as per manufacturer specifications
Attending meeting with clients to find out the exact scope of project and collect required inputs for developing engineering packages.
Preparation of detailed schematic drawings including Power Distribution, Low voltage, Medium Voltage, AC auxiliary power, DC power, control and communication systems & PLC interface
Prepare cable schedule for all the custom design engineering projects helpful during troubleshooting.
Reviewing and evaluating the design created by peers and providing feedback to them for improving the quality of product.
Experience in component selection, integration, and installation of panels. Created Standard Operating Procedures for programming PGC4000 Controllers, protection relays.
Able to plan and manage team activities to meet project, department & company objectives, prepare project schedules and status reports, review draft reports using supporting documentation, project drawings before release, identify potential problems and take corrective actions.
Provide support to Sales for customer quotes, work with Purchasing for price optimization while maintaining cost and delivery.
Coordinating with other disciplines like Mechanical Design team to execute projects on time.
Participated in kick off meetings to determine project scope, requirements, deliverables, budget, costing and schedules.
Active participant in driving and attending corporate social responsibilities programs from our office.
Evaluate the design specifications provided by customers and review it in detail and provide feedback to them.
Customer support offered by recorded the issues identified at site by receiving calls from operator, contractor and customer.
Major projects executed are Switchnap, Intrepid, Vantage, Cameco, ABC Shanghai Data centers, Saanich, Langley memorial Hospital jobs, Richmond Cogeneration plant, Leslie street water treatment plants, Marine Carnival Cruise, Industrial and Residential projects.
Esses Eltech Systems Private Limited, Hyderabad Project Engineer, Sales Engineer Sep 2007 to May 2010
Preparation of G.A’s, SLD’s, for all types of panels up to 33KV in AUTO-CAD for IEC market
Project tendering, evaluating, executing with the preparation of technical details, cable schedule, purchase orders for electrical components corresponding to hydel power projects
Attending technical discussions for quoting and finalizing projects from Rayalaseema alkalies
Commissioned a total of 6 no’s 5MW, 30MW hydropower projects in, Karnataka (Cauvery Hydro Power Limited, Ranganath Swamy), Himachal Pradesh (Upper Awa, Tarailla-II, Sahu Power)
Visited site to assess existing electrical system and deliver best electrical design for retrofits and new projects.
Assisted Electrical product testing team to carry on testing various components
Attended meetings alone with customers to clarify design concerns of hydel power plants
Programming, testing, commissioning of SR489 –GENERATOR MANAGEMENT RELAY (GE MULTILIN), SR745– TRANSFORMER MANAGEMENT RELAY (GE MULTILIN)
Overviewing project requirements and serving the quotation to customers on time under sales engineer position.
Negotiating with customers on getting and closing the order.
Attending meeting with customers in addressing the concerns on the products which we are offering after quoting. EDUCATION
Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from J.N.T.U, Hyderabad, 2003-2007