Ayesha Ihsan

Experience

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  UET Lahore

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2014

  Electrical Engineer with Distinction - Gold Medal Holder
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  GE Power

  Sept 2014 - Nov 2017

  Projects: 1. Sapphire-Muridke CCPP (Combined Cycle Power Plant 225 MW Pakistan)2. Saif-Sahiwal CCPP (Combined Cycle Power Plant 225 MW Pakistan)3. Orient-Balloki CCPP (Combined Cycle Power Plant 228 MW Pakistan)Perform technical calculations for individual units and complex Heat Rate and Power Output corrected to site conditions.Performance Monitoring of Gas Turbine and Steam Turbine based on station instruments and using GE specific tools.Perform and report GE O&M Contract Performance calculations.Periodic performance testing as per customer or GE internal requirement.Coordinate for Annual Capacity Test under the Power Purchase Contract.Continuous GT Compressor Efficiency Monitoring and recommendation for offline water wash.Prepare monthly or as per requirement technical reports and presentations.Responsible for data input to GE O&M data base “ORAP”.Coordination with site team to address the bottle necks for Performance and Reliability improvement.Calculate and maintain Factored Fired Hours and Starts to determine CI and HGPI intervals. Coordinate with GE Performance and Engineering Team to support for the implementation of Output and heat rate improvement plans under the scope of Industrial Internet.Responsible for tracking of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for site Operation.Technical review of quotations, prepare purchase requisitions and follow up.Hands on experience of using ultrasonic flow meter and infrared gun to determine performance parameters.Additional Roles:Assist IMS coordinator to monitor IMS compliance through internal audits and lead coordinator during external audit and developed master catalogue for IMS documents.Effective member of site FMEA team and coordinate for RAM drivers.Perform Technical and Commercial calculation as part of site Predictively Enhancement andPerformance Improvement (PEPI) contract execution. Show less

  • Performance Engineer

    Feb 2016 - Nov 2017

  • Assistant Performance Engineer

    Dec 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Trainee Performance Engineer

    Sept 2014 - Nov 2015
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  Engro Digital

  Jun 2020 - Oct 2022

  Project Lead (Digital Solutions)

  Projects:1. Bokpoort CSP (Concentrated Solar Power Plant 55 MW South Africa) OPM (OperationalPerformance Management)2. Noor 2 CSP (Concentrated Solar Power Plant 200 MW Morocco) OPM (Operational PerformanceManagement)- Provide subject matter expertise for Engro Digital’s portfolio of on-premises and cloud-based industrial internet applications that are focused on the monitoring and optimization of plant processes.-Develop physics based thermodynamic models of existing power plants and process plants using industry standard tools (Ebsilon) & validating results using engineering principles- Work in close collaboration with the software engineering and data science engineering teams to complete the development and execution of Digital Solutions on customer sites. Show less

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  ACWA Power

  Oct 2022 - now

  Performance Engineer

  Performance Engineer for 2 large-scale utility projects in the Kingdom of Bahrain. An Independent Water and Power Project that will generate 1,500 MW of Power based on Combined Cycle Gas Turbine technology, and produce 50 MIGD of water through Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) technology. In addition to a 100 MW Solar Photovoltaic Independent Power Project.