Power System Engineering Support

Viralkumar Chandrakantbhai Thakkar

B/**, Nadigram Society-2, Near Ward No-4, Sindhwai Mata Road, Manjalpur, Vadodara, Gujarat, India-390004 M- +91-997*******

Email: ****************@*****.***

PROFILE:

13 Years of work experience in Power and Energy sector in Service Providing in Switchgears ETC Company majorly in Erection, Testing and Commissioning of MV/LV Switchgears in power plants & Petrochemical Sectors in India and overseas.

Expertise in,

• Testing & Commissioning in MV/LV Switchgears.

• Troubleshooting and Maintenance of Various make Switchgears like Siemens, L&T, ABB & Schneider Electric.

• Relay Protection Testing, Programming, Configuration & Parameterization.

• Relay Co-ordination through E-Tap Software.

• Engineering of Load Flow Studies and Short Circuit Analysis of the plant.

• Project Scheduling, Site Execution, Team management and Project man hour control.

• Plant Pre-commissioning engineering support at site.

• Providing technical expertise & strategic direction to the site team. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

POWER SWITCHGEAR SERVICES

www.powerswitchgearservices.in

(Current Employer)

Power Switchgear Services is a reputed group of skilled electrical engineers rendering value-added Power Switchgear Services, Power System Protection Services, Testing & Commissioning Services, Retrofitting Services, Health Checkup Services, Power System Study on ETAP Software, etc. We are a fully-fledged company offering specialized services in the domain of electrical field before commissioning any plant. Sr. MANAGER- Project

From April 2021 to till date

• Testing & Commissioning of MV/LV Switchgears Projects Execution Role.

• Project for MV/LV Breakers Trouble Shooting and Maintenance and testing Completed in Hindustan Unilever Limited, Nepal for 2 Months and Testing & Commissioning & Execution of Jyoti Ltd. Make 6.6KV MV Switchgears Site Completed at BPCL, Chembur, Bombay for 5 Months.

• CRP Switchgears of 132KV & 220 KV Systems Testing & Commissioning Execution and their Relay Programming, Configuration and Parameterization Calculation for Distance Relays, Differential Relays, Directional Protection Relays Site Completed at MPPTCL, M.P. for 2 Years.

• Testing, Commissioning & Maintenance for Sites Planning & Execution Activities:

As a Manager Received MV/LV Switchgears Breakers Servicing, Testing, Maintenance and their troubleshooting Tender/ Work Order from ONGC, Mehsana Asset under my tenure for 3 years.

Testing & Commissioning of MV/LV Switchgears and Transformers of 6.6KV/440 V Project from IOCL, Vadodara Work Order Successfully Completed under my Planning and Observation.

Preventive Maintenance of MV/LV Switchgears work order from Reliance, Dahej Plant order Successfully Completed and Executed.

Preventive Maintenance of MV/LV Switchgears Breakers Testing & Servicing work order from CEAT Tyre, Halol Plant order Successfully Completed and Executed.

As a Manager, Responsibilities for Selection Team for Particular Project, their Training of Quality Work, Site Safety Standards, arrangement of Especially Personal training for Freshers Engineers.

Responsibilities for Making Strategies, Plans, providing Drawings and Specifications, Technical Engineering Advice & Procedures to Team as per Client Requirement before starting any Project/Job.

Establishing Project Schedules and Budgets.

Ensuring each and Every Electrical Instruments Calibration Reports copy and Test Certificate Formats handover to Site in charge.

Ensuring Engineering Standards of Quality, timelines and Performances are observed.

Plans to meet Internal & External Clients engineering requirements and ensure delivery of quality engineering services.

• Responsible to manage performance & Standards, risks, contingencies, procure resources, asset maintenance, monitors team & individual performance targets for better growth of the company.

• Provides performance feedback, prepare & presets business plans/ budgets with organization’s guidelines & requirements.

• Establishes & monitors processes so that continuous improvement is achieved at all levels of the business. Key Projects Handled:

2024- Testing & Commissiong of MV/LV Switchgears & Transformers at Aarti Industries Ltd. (Pilot Plant Project), Jhagadia, Gujarat, India

2023- Testing & Commissiong of MV/LV Switchgears & Transformers, MV/LV Motors at DCM Shriram Industries Ltd, Jhagadia, Gujarat, India

2023-2024- 2.1 GW Solar Project Commissioning at Adani Green Energy Ltd, Khavda, Kutch, Gujarat & 432.5 MW Solar Project by Ambuja Cement Ltd. at Khavda, Kutch, Gujarat, India. MANAGER- Project

From April 2019 to March-2021

2021-2022- MV/LV Switchgears Preventive Maintenance, Breaker Servicing and Troubleshooting at IFFCO, Kandla, Gujarat, India.

2019-2020- Testing and Commissioning of MV/LV Switchgears, Generators, Transformers, Motors at Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd., Dahej, Gujarat, India. Assistant MANAGER- Project

From December-2015 to March-2019

2017-2019- Testing & Commissioning of MV/LV Switchgears & Transformers at Mahindra Susten Solar Project, Charnka, Gujarat, India.

2015-2017- Relay Testing, Configuration and Parameterization at Torrent Power Ltd, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. EXPEL PROSYS

www.expelprosys.com

(Previous Employer)

EXPEL PROSYS – providing Prompt & Quality Services in the field of Power System Protection with prime service of Protective Relay & MV/LV Panel Testing & Commissioning and Relay Co-ordination. As founder of EXPEL PROSYS are having wide experience of Testing, Commissioning, Operation and Maintenance in Electrical Power & Distribution system, the service area is further expanded by adding up Health Check-up

(maintenance & overhauling) of LV/MV & EHV Switchgears to the prime services & Manufacturing of CRP, MV & LV Switchgears.

EXECUTIVE ENGINEER

From June 2011 to March 2015

• Testing & Commissioning of MV/LV Switchgears at Various Sites.

• Project Completed in Essar Oil Limited, Jamnagar, Gujarat for 6 Months and Testing of MV/LV Switchgears Site Completed at Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited in Nigeria, Africa for 3 Months.

• Relay Programming and Configuration site Completed at PT. Indo Bharat Rayon, Indonesia for 1 Month.

• Testing & Commissioning Activities:

Site In charge for Testing & Commissioning of MV/LV Switchgears up to 33KV/11KV/6.6KV/3.3KV,415V and Transformers and Cable Testing.

Testing & Commissioning with the help of Calibrated Instrument at Site.

Responsible for Verify BOM/ BOQ (Bill of Material/ Quantities) in Each and Every Switchboard as per Schematic Diagram and as built Drawings.

With the Help of Manpower or Technicians we were verify tightness of Wiring and Ferruling and Tagging in Each Switchboards as per Schematic Diagrams.

Preparation of Departmental Activity for Details Project Schedule by using Brief Tool Box Talk in Everyday to Achieve Project mile- stones effectively and efficiently.

Team Members Man Hour Record/ Control for Effectively utilization of assigned project active hours and reporting to management on every Saturday and Participate in Conference Talk to head office to present project progress report.

Programming and configuration of Different Make Relay like Siemens, Schneider Electric, L&T, ABB, C&S with the Help of Relevant Software as per Client Requirement and Auto Changeover Scheme purpose.

Transformer Testing and Calibration and Power Cable Testing Activity also done at site.

Retrofitting, Configuration, testing and Parameterization of Different makes Relays.

Protection Audit Check in GETCO up to 132KV/220KV System Voltage.

• Responsible for any Troubleshooting during site testing and completion of sites as per given time line.

• Also, Responsibilities and involvement for Various Site Planning Activities at Head Office.

• Preparation of Each and Every Test Reports in Soft Copy as well as Hard copy after Site completion and handover to Client End as per given time line.

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

LESHCO-PIIPL.

LESHCO-PIIPL (PipeLine Infrastructure India Pvt. Ltd.) sub-Contract company that is part of Reliance Industries Ltd. Its core practice areas cover industrial Operation & Maintenance of direct flow of Ethylene, Propylene, Naphtha, semi rich & Lean Gases through pipelines between Various Reliance Industries Manufacturing Complexes. JUNIOR ENGINEER

From Jan. 2008 to Oct. 2009

As a Jr. Engineer (Operation) responsible for to direct the flow of Ethylene, Propylene Naphtha, semi-rich & lean gases through individual pipelines of 6”, 4” & 6” respectively from its entry point within the Gandhi Petro Complex point (GPC) of RIL at Dahej to its destination at IPCL at Baroda in a safe and efficient manner during shift duties at Baroda C/R

Monitor the state of certain equipment. Telemeters analog quantities such as pressure, temperature, rate of flow, pig passage etc. through SCADA system.

Daily reports for product(s) which have been dispatched in last 24 hours. This report shall be complete in every respect, signed by both the concerned officer-in-charge. This report shall be the basis of individual quantity of product transferred for billing purposes.

Plant operation like valve closing/opening; pump starting/stopping, manpower handling coordinating with other departments.

Preventive maintenance of HT/LT motors & panels, Ni-CD & Lead acid batteries Power transformers etc. Trouble shooting of various electrical equipment & control panels.HT/LT motor overhauling. & attended overhauling of 6.6KV power transformer.

Weekly monitoring of T/R Units, quarterly PSP (Pipe to Soil Potential) monitoring, anode output voltage, current & CPPSM (Cathodic Protection Power Supply Module) power Source status and monthly observation of system Alarms

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Course

Name

Name of

Degree

Field Of

study

Duration

Board / University Percentage Start Date End Date

Bachelor of

Engineering

BE

Electrical

Engineering

Sep.-2003

May-2007

Veer Narmad South

Gujarat University,

Surat

50.46 %

HSC

HSC,

Vadodara

Science June-2001 May-2003 GSHSEB, GUJARAT 49.54 % SSC

SSC,

Karjan,

Vadodara

General

April-2001

May-2001

GSEB, GUJARAT

84.29 %

• Computer Programming Languages- C, C++, (.Net) Visual Basic

• MS Excel, MS Office

• Windows, Internet & Email.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

• English

• Hindi

• Gujarati

TRAININGS

On Vocational Training in M/s. Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. Organization: Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. Dahej (Gandhar Complex) Duration: 1 month

I got Training in MV/LV Switchgears Operation & Maintenance and Motor Rewinding and overhauling Activities. EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Industrial Automation Training at Prolific Systems & Technologies Pvt. Ltd. for 3 Months.

(May-2008-July-2008)

PLC

PLC Hardware & Architecture, Source & sink Concepts, Wiring Different field Devices to PLC, creating new application, addressing Programming Languages, Programming Instructions, Upload / Download / Monitoring, Forcing of I/Os, Communication with SCADA software

SCADA

Creating new SCADA project, Creating & editing elementary graphic display, attaching controls to graphic objects, using alarms & events, Application of scripts, Communication with excel, Net DDE Communication DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM (DCS) & DRIVES

DCS applications, Hardware: processor, I/O modules, communication, bus redundancy. PROFESIONAL INTERENSTS

Photography.

Listening music.

Singing.

Trekking.

Cooking.

Playing Football, Cricket.

OTHER DETAILS

Permanent Address: B/36- Nadigram Society-2, Near Ward No-4, Sindhwai Mata Road, Manjalpur, Vadodara. Date of Birth: 08-09-1985

Nationality: INDIAN

Passport No. R4011042

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