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Tharanga Amith

Tharanga Amith

Electrical Engineering Intern

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Manager - Power System Planning | Dialog | B.Sc. Eng (Hons)

  • Education

    • University of Moratuwa

      2013 - 2017
      Bachelor of Science of Engineering (Hons) Electrical Engineering

      Activities and Societies: EESoc University Of Moratuwa, IET YP Chapter University of Moratuwa is the country's leading technological higher education institute excelling both locally and globally. UoM is renowned for its huge scientific outcome and high quality publications. The Faculty of Engineering is the largest faculty in the University of Moratuwa, comprising 12 academic departments, over 200 academic staff and around 3500 undergraduate and post-graduate students. The Faculty at present offers Bachelor of the Science of Engineering degree in 9… Show more University of Moratuwa is the country's leading technological higher education institute excelling both locally and globally. UoM is renowned for its huge scientific outcome and high quality publications. The Faculty of Engineering is the largest faculty in the University of Moratuwa, comprising 12 academic departments, over 200 academic staff and around 3500 undergraduate and post-graduate students. The Faculty at present offers Bachelor of the Science of Engineering degree in 9 disciplines, Bachelor of Design degree in Fashion Design and Product Development and Bachelor of Science degree in Transport and Logistics Management. In addition, the Faculty offers a large number of post-graduate degrees leading to Master of Science, Master of Engineering, Master of Philosophy, Master of Business Administration and Doctor of Philosophy. Show less

    • Bandaranayake Central Collage, Veyangoda

      2003 - 2011
      GCE O/L, GCE A/L Physical Sciences 6-13

      Activities and Societies: Science Society Bandaranayake Central College, Veyangoda, also known as “Veyangoda Central College (VCC)”, is a National school in Sri Lanka. The school was originally one of the three first Central Colleges established on 6 January 1941 under the education reforms of late Hon. C. W. W. Kannangara, who introduced free education in Sri Lanka. Today the school educates close to 3000 students. To accomplish this task the school is fully equipped with all the required facilities such as lecture halls, science… Show more Bandaranayake Central College, Veyangoda, also known as “Veyangoda Central College (VCC)”, is a National school in Sri Lanka. The school was originally one of the three first Central Colleges established on 6 January 1941 under the education reforms of late Hon. C. W. W. Kannangara, who introduced free education in Sri Lanka. Today the school educates close to 3000 students. To accomplish this task the school is fully equipped with all the required facilities such as lecture halls, science & computer laboratories, auditoriums etc. This includes the 'College Hall' which is looks like a national theater. For many years the school has maintained an excellent academic record with its students archiving the highest grades at all national exams held annually. Show less

  • Experience

    • Noratel International (Pvt.) Ltd

      Oct 2015 - Jan 2016
      Electrical Engineering Intern

      Noratel International (Pvt.) Ltd can be considered as one of the leading manufacturing company in Sri Lanka. This company has mainly involved with designing, simulating and manufacturing process of all kind of toroid core products such as power transformers(single phase and three phase), audio transformers, medical transformers, plug in transformers, PCB mounted transformers, power supply units, current transformers and chokes. They have also started a new project on EI transformers. This company helps to development in our country by providing employment opportunities and various other benefits to the society.Noratel is a Europe based company which was started as a local manufacture of communication equipment and loud speaker systems. This company has been supplying transformer related products to many leading industrial companies in different industries of the world for the past 100 years. Currently it operates internationally having 16 companies in 12 countries. They are Norway, China, Sri Lanka, Finland, Brondby, Sweeden, UK, Germany, Spain, Poland, Nederilands, India. Show less

    • Lanka Electricity Company Private Limited

      Feb 2016 - Mar 2016
      Electrical Engineering Intern

      Lanka Electricity Co. (Pvt) Ltd. (LECO) is a private limited liability Company registered under the Companies Act No.17 of Sri Lanka for Distribution of Electricity. Present shareholders of LECO are CEB, UDA, Government Treasury and four Local Authorities (LA). The unique achievement of LECO as a successful business venture was its ability in meeting a challenge in attracting foreign funding for the network improvements. LECO with the financial assistance pledge by Asian Development Bank converted a technically run down network asset to an efficient and profit making network within a short period.Currently LECO supplies electricity to end consumers under seven branches. (Galle, Kalutara, Moratuwa, Nugegoda, Kotte, Kelaniya and Negombo) and 23 Customer Service Centers. There are 27 primary substation which is controlled by CEB to get electrical energy for LECO distribution areas. LECO has about 523000 customers including 1800 bulk customers. They use total about 4100 transformers including bulk transformers which has capacity of 100,160,250,400,630 and 1000kVA. The distribution voltage levels used by LECO are 11 kV and 400 V. Show less

    • Ceylon Electricity Board

      Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
      Electrical Engineering Intern

      Ceylon Electricity Board is a body corporate established on the 1st November 1969 under the Act of Parliament No. 17 of 1969. It is empowered to generate electrical energy, transmit the same and distribute it to reach all categories of consumers and to collect the revenue. It is also empowered to acquire assets, including human resources following the approved procedures. It is the duty of the CEB to make the optimal use of the resources through the application of pragmatic and time-tested managerial methods.Ceylon Electricity Board , A close scrutiny of the CEB’s mission would reveal that the functions of the CEB encompass major human, social and economic aspects. The availability, reliability and quality dimensions certainly highlight the degree to which we should orient our functions to delight the customer. These are also the major concerns of commercial and industrial customers of CEB, which provide job opportunities to our people and to contribute to the economic and thereby the social development of our people and of our country. Show less

    • Dialog Axiata PLC

      May 2017 - Jan 2020

      Power systems planning, designing and implementations• Managing and working to meet project milestones of all network expansions projects considering long term strategy of network plan • Maintain buffer stock and provide special end to end power solution to facilitate urgent network expansion solution• Power infra designing to optimize capex while meeting network KPIs and uptime• Implement all rollout projects to ensure end to end processes of projects and meeting targets• Designing of surge protection and grounding systems of all access sites and ensure sites are properly maintainedEnergy and cost optimization within the networkSpecial projects execution• New project initiation to enhance power availability and stability.• Green power and CRS projects implementations• Re-dimensioning and revising of power system to the optimum point• Analyzing and providing power solution/technical support for specially projectsProcurements• RFP Document preparation including technical specifications• Technical evaluations and vendor discussionCompliance to internal and ISO processesPower Infra database maintenanceMaterial management & deployment Show less • Managing entire regional network operational activities in an appropriate, cost-effective way.• Improve operational management systems, processes, and best practices.• Monitoring and maintaining regional KPIs & SLAs while managing human and material resources in optimum way.• External vendor management and coordination to carryout operational activities.• Material management to ensure breakdown recovery within the SLAs. • Planning and carried out of preventive & predictive maintenance activities. • Technical support for depot teams to trouble shoot BSS/Transmission & power related faults.• Expert support for power system operations within the region (Generators/Batteries/Air Conditioners/Rectifier systems/Lightning protection system, etc) Show less • Managing entire regional network operational activities in an appropriate, cost-effective way.• Improve operational management systems, processes, and best practices.• Monitoring and maintaining regional KPIs & SLAs while managing human and material resources in optimum way.• External vendor management and coordination to carryout operational activities.• Material management to ensure breakdown recovery within the SLAs. • Planning and carried out of preventive & predictive maintenance activities. • Technical support for depot teams to troubleshoot BSS/Transmission & power related faults. Show less

      • Specialist - Power System Planning

        Mar 2019 - Jan 2020

      • Operations Manager - Western central Region

        Mar 2018 - Mar 2019

      • Operations Manager - Uva Region

        May 2017 - Mar 2018

    • Dialog Network Services (Private) Limited

      Jan 2020 - now

      Leading Dialog Access network Power Planning scope including, Power Systems planning, designing and implementationsStrategizing power infrastructure planning for network expansionImplementing cost-saving initiatives and energy-efficient solutionsFacilitating infra sharing business to boost revenue streamsSpecial projects executionProcurementsTechnical SupportEnsuring compliance with industry standards and documentationPower Infra database maintenanceMaterial management & deploymentSolar system planning , design for Telecommunication sites Show less Power systems planning, designing and implementationsLeading power systems planning team to meet project milestones of all network expansions projects considering long term strategy of network plan Strategizing power infrastructure planning for network expansion• Power infra designing to optimize capex while meeting network KPIs and uptime• Implement all rollout projects to ensure end to end processes of projects and meeting targets• Designing of surge protection and grounding systems of all access sites and ensure sites are properly maintainedImplementing cost-saving initiatives and energy-efficient solutionsFacilitating infra sharing business to boost revenue streamsSpecial projects execution• New project initiation to enhance power availability and stability.• Green power and CRS projects implementations• Re-dimensioning and revising of power system to the optimum point• Analyzing and providing power solution/technical support for specially projectsProcurements• RFP Document preparation including technical specifications• Technical evaluations and vendor discussionTechnical Support• Technical support for rectifying products related faults• Introducing best practices in operating power systems to enhance lifetime and reliability• Conducting and designing training programmes to enhance the knowledge in power systems for regional teamsEnsuring compliance with industry standards and documentationPower Infra database maintenanceMaterial management & deploymentSolar system planning , design for Telecommunication sites Show less Power systems planning, designing and implementations• Managing and working to meet project milestones of all network expansions projects considering long term strategy of network plan • Maintain buffer stock and provide special end to end power solution to facilitate urgent network expansion solution• Power infra designing to optimize capex while meeting network KPIs and uptime• Implement all rollout projects to ensure end to end processes of projects and meeting targets• Designing of surge protection and grounding systems of all access sites and ensure sites are properly maintainedEnergy and cost optimization within the networkSpecial projects execution• New project initiation to enhance power availability and stability.• Green power and CRS projects implementations• Re-dimensioning and revising of power system to the optimum point• Analyzing and providing power solution/technical support for specially projectsProcurements• RFP Document preparation including technical specifications• Technical evaluations and vendor discussionTechnical Support• Technical support for rectifying products related faults• Introducing best practices in operating power systems to enhance lifetime and reliability• Conducting and designing training programmes to enhance the knowledge in power systems for regional teamsCompliance to internal and ISO processesPower Infra database maintenanceMaterial management & deploymentSolar system planning , design for Telecommunication sites Show less Power systems planning, designing and implementations• Managing and working to meet project milestones of all network expansions projects considering long term strategy of network plan • Maintain buffer stock and provide special end to end power solution to facilitate urgent network expansion solution• Power infra designing to optimize capex while meeting network KPIs and uptime• Implement all rollout projects to ensure end to end processes of projects and meeting targets• Designing of surge protection and grounding systems of all access sites and ensure sites are properly maintainedEnergy and cost optimization within the networkSpecial projects execution• New project initiation to enhance power availability and stability.• Green power and CRS projects implementations• Re-dimensioning and revising of power system to the optimum point• Analyzing and providing power solution/technical support for specially projectsProcurements• RFP Document preparation including technical specifications• Technical evaluations and vendor discussionCompliance to internal and ISO processesPower Infra database maintenanceMaterial management & deployment Show less

      • Manager - Power System Planning

        Sept 2024 - now

      • Unit Manager - Power System Planning

        Jul 2023 - Nov 2024

      • Assistant Manager – Power System Planning

        Jun 2022 - Jun 2023

      • Specialist - Power System Planning

        Jan 2020 - Jun 2022

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