Corneliu Ciobanu

Experience

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  Design Service of Moldcommunecspluatatsia state company

  Dec 1989 - May 1993

  Electrical Design Engineer

  Lighting, power and special electrical systems design for buildings, energy analysis for reconstruction.

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  Moldelectrica state company

  Sept 1996 - Mar 2004

  Relay Protection & Control Engineer

  Testing and maintaining electromechanical and solid state protective relays, transformers and other equipment from 6 to 110kV. Developing control schematic and wiring diagram, preparing control cable/conduit list, preparing panel and control building specifications, performing power system analysis using for relay setting, performing relay setting for transmission line, transformer, breaker, bus, and others, and preparing relay setting document and/or database.I have experience in troubleshooting in-place protection and controls systems, substation apparatus and working knowledge of substation general arrangement and construction in North-West Filial of Moldelectrica state company. Show less

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  CET-1 Power plant, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

  Mar 2004 - May 2006

  Relay Protection, Control & Electrical Test Technician

  Testing and maintaining electromechanical and solid state protective relays, transformers and other equipment from 6 to 110kV.

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  Vitoriotrans SRL

  May 2006 - Nov 2008

  Relay Protection & Control Engineer

  Testing and configuring microprocessor protective relays(Schweitzer, ABB, AREVA ) in medium to high-voltage substations. Skills for organize, analyze, and help perform customer satisfaction survey. Determining elements of the design for quality and reliability program for hardware, software and manufacturing. Working with process owners in integration, hardware, software and materials to implement these elements as part of the product development process. Developing control schematic and wiring diagram, preparing control cable/conduit list, preparing panel and control building specifications, performing power system analysis using for relay setting, performing relay setting for transmission line, transformer, breaker, bus, and others, and preparing relay setting document and/or database.I have experience in troubleshooting in-place protection and controls systems, substation apparatus and working knowledge of substation general arrangement and construction, PLC programming experience, ability to utilize and teach technical software packages, expert level knowledge of common microprocessor and eletro-mechanical devices. Familiarized with project management concepts and application. Show less

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  Vectrogrup SRL

  Nov 2008 - now

  Relay Protection & Control Engineer

  Testing and configuring microprocessor protective relays(Schweitzer, ABB, AREVA ) in medium to high-voltage substations. Applications of SCADA, digital communication protocols applied for field device integration and control, programmable logic control devices. Performing complex system analyses including relay coordination, grounding, load flow, short circuit, and stability and power quality studies for high voltage substations, new technologies proposed for use in new designs. Skills for organize, analyze, and help perform customer satisfaction survey. Determining elements of the design for quality and reliability program for hardware, software and manufacturing. Working with process owners in integration, hardware, software and materials to implement these elements as part of the product development process. Developing control schematic and wiring diagram, preparing control cable/conduit list, preparing panel and control building specifications, performing power system analysis using for relay setting, performing relay setting for transmission line, transformer, breaker, bus, and others, and preparing relay setting document and/or database.I have experience in troubleshooting in-place protection and controls systems, substation apparatus and working knowledge of substation general arrangement and construction, SCADA and RTU experience, PLC programming experience, ability to utilize and teach technical software packages, expert level knowledge of common microprocessor and eletro-mechanical devices. Familiarized with project management concepts and application. Montage, comissioning and "point-to-point" tests with ABB specialists in Moldavian NDC SCADA project. Show less

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  Institute of Research, Design and Technology "Energoproiect"

  Nov 2014 - now

  Senior Design Engineer

  Feasibility, option assessment and outline design development of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) solutions and IEC 61850 Integrated Protection and Control design for 330 and 400 kV substations. Feasibility study for wind farm. Electrical design coordination. Coordinated with multiple groups of specialists involved in the SCADA designing process; including Relay Protection and Control, Telecommunication, National, Regional and Field Dispatching, Vendor Sale Management and SCADA specialists. Provided engineering technical expertise to ensure the operational reliability of SCADA systems. Managed schedules and coordinated changes following established procedures. Prepared System Architecture and SCADA Cable Drawings using MS Visio and AutoCAD. Coordinated GOOSE messages for 110 kV bay interlocking. Show less