
Wajid Ali
Senior Management Staff (SMS) Trainee

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Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineer specialized in PLC SCADA DCS RTUs maintenance, development, and their interface with field Instrumentation at Attock Refinery Limited
Education

Virtual University of Pakistan
2018 - 2019Post Graduate Diploma Information Technology A Grade
Capital University of Science & Technology
2011 - 2014Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering First Division
Experience

Attock Refinery Limited
Sept 2014 - Sept 2015Senior Management Staff (SMS) Trainee. Performed Instrument Calibration and Made relevant certificates,. Taking back-ups of PLCs and HMIs of process plants.. Performed preventive measurements(PM) jobs of control and instrumentation systems.. Provided trouble shooting assistance.. Developed Instrument Loop Diagrams.. Developed Control System panel layouts.

Attock Refinery Limited
Nov 2015 - nowLead a team of Instrument Engineers and Technicians to manage maintenance of Field Instrumentation, including ATG systems, Custody Transfer Metering (Gas/Oil), Fire & Gas Detection, Wellhead Instrumentation, Control Panels, and Building Fire Alarm systems.- Oversee Training Needs Assessments and create Annual Training Plans for team development.- Provide technical support during operations, maintenance, and plant modifications, upgrades, debottlenecking, and augmentation.- Ensure implementation of corporate SD&HSE policies, procedures, and local regulations. Participate in technical and safety audits of equipment and instrumentation.- Manage preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance for Field Instrumentation, Control Systems, Power Generation, Fire & Gas Detection, and Fire Alarm systems.- Handle 3rd-party inspections for Fire Alarm and F&G systems, and calibration of Mass Flow Meters and Weighbridges.- Maintain KPIs for Instrumentation within targets, including MTTB, Uptime, MTTR, and PM/CM ratio.- Ensure compliance with PTW systems and act as the focal point for JSA/TRA finalization for maintenance tasks.- Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), revise Preventive Maintenance plans, adjust PM frequencies, and update job plans.- Oversee technical evaluations, define asset trees, identify Safety-Critical Equipment, and develop SOPs, schedules, budgets, MOC documentation, and risk assessments.- Provide OPEX and CAPEX budget inputs, ensuring execution of CAPEX activities within scope and budget, and manage critical spares for CM/PM.- Coordinate with Engineering, Planning, and Reliability on failures, RCFAs, SIL/HAZOP, inventory management, and maintenance plans.- Oversee lifecycle replacements, system upgrades, and licensing of E&I systems for smooth operations.- Supervise instrumentation tasks during annual turnarounds Show less Nowadays, I am busy with the following task to carry out as an Engineer:. Plan and execute plant turnaround jobs pertaining to instrumentation and control system.. Develop maintenance and operating standards for instrumentation and control system.. Prepare contract documents and evaluate tenders for construction or maintenance.. Use Maximo for: Asset Management. Procurement. WorkOrders/Service Request. Spares Management. Preventive Management schedules for plant equipment.. Capable of developing customizedsolutions for process plants in VisualBasic for Applications(VBA), Python, JAVA and VBA.. Electric Low voltage network Design, Illumination System Design, Electric Power System Protection, Electric Motor Control Circuit Design, Photo-Voltaic System Design.. Control System administration such GE Proficy Process System (RX-3i), Allen Bradley CompactLogix 1769, Allen Bradley SLC500 . Troubleshooting and maintenance of SCADA system such GE Cimplicity, AllenBradley RSView32, and Allen Bradley Factory TalkView.. Employing Industry 4.0 techniques such as The Internet of Things and Machine learning to existing control systems. One such example is to automate preventive measures work-orders based on the live reading of Running Hours of Reciprocating Compressor from PLC MODBUS to a CSV file (essentially through a VBA script inside GE Cimplicity) ,which will be read by MAXIMO Continuous type GUAGE of Asset Monitoring for automatic generation of work orders for preventive maintenance. Show less Supervision of the jobs I did in the training stint of Attock Refinery Limited as SMS Trainee. Furthermore, I developed my skills further in the following area.. Capable of developing new process visualizations(HMI) using Allen Bradley Factory Talkview SE/ME, GE Cimplicity, Siemens WINCC,. New application development for Allen Bradley Compact Logix, Allen Bradley Control Logix, GE RX-3i, ,and Siemens S7-1200platforms in all four languages (Ladder Logic, Functional Block Diagrams, Sequential Functional Charts, and Structured Text).. Hands-on experience in ModbusRTU/TCP-IP, Profibus-DP, HARTindustrial protocols.. Trouble Shooting of Burner Management System SIEMENS LMV-52. Show less
Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineer(SMS Grade 3ii)
Apr 2022 - nowInstrumentation and Control Systems Engineer (SMS Grade 3i)(Permanent)
Jan 2018 - Mar 2022Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineer (SMS Grade 3i)(Contract Basis)
Nov 2015 - Dec 2017
Licenses & Certifications

Associate Member
IEEE, Pakistan
Permanent member
Institute of Engineers (IEP), PakistanJun 2018.webp)
Registered Engineer (Electro/19642)
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)Jun 2014
Languages
- enEnglish
- urUrdu
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