Khurshid Alam MIEAust

Experience

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  Al Fasil Electrical Contracting & Trading Co.L.L.C

  Sept 2001 - Sept 2008

  Electrical Engineer

  Key Responsibilities• -Prepares engineering specifications and drawings, for commercial, residential, institutional and industrial building as well as municipal infrastructure projects such as pumping stations or roadway lighting.• -Prepare lighting designs and calculations, power distribution design, structured cabling design, fire alarm system design and security system design.• -Ensuring drawings and specifications meet established project criteria and applicable standards.• -Responsible for taking design projects from start to finish.• -Helps prepare reports, proposals, bid submissions, budgets, project plans and other supporting documentation as required.• -Liaises with contractors, performs on-site inspections and maintains external contact with supply chain and/or suppliers.• -Presents a professional image and strong corporate commitment to colleagues, clients, suppliers and all external contacts.• -Perform all other related tasks that will help complete the project. Show less

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  Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority (SEWA)

  Oct 2008 - Sept 2016

  • Managed operations and maintenance of power distribution network.• Planning and coordination of normal and strategic outages and preparation of switching orders and techniques• Implementation of all works across the distribution network.• Contingency planning and preparation for emergency situations including load forecasting and identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the network and reconfiguration for a satisfactory solution• Fast detection of system fault and analysis, isolation, and supply restoration by efficient field crew management with situation awareness and thereby determining the causes of fault and errors, judgment and decision making and time management.• Study and reconfiguration of power distribution network and strategic planning and database management for system upgrading.• Management of reliability and stability for achieving optimal performance and cost effectiveness for better financial maintenance management to improve profitability• Continuous maintenance improvement with living reliability using new and advanced technologies Show less Develop & maintain fit for purpose power system analysis and reporting to support power system operation and performance by autonomously contributing to: • Security and reliability assessments for unplanned events, planned outages, advising key stakeholders of mid and longer-term network access opportunities. • Development of contingency plans or recommendations to manage system security • Assisting in developing operating instructions to manage system security. • Work in conjunction with Network Development Team & ENG(Emirates National Grid) in establishing network limit equations. • Monitoring and reporting on Power System compliance issues. • Compiling, interpreting, validating and processing of all network performance data. • Providing recommendations and advice on network performance measures and systems. • Assisting during investigations of unplanned power system incidents (i.e. post-fault data), analysis on the event and recommendations where necessary. • Supporting the management of the real time system’s transmission & Distribution network model and associated databases. • Providing monthly, quarterly and annual network performance reports, including exception reporting and Statutory Submissions for SEWA(Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority), the Board and external customers and the Emirates National Grid. Show less

  • Real Time Control Engineer

    Mar 2016 - Sept 2016

  • HV Operation Engineer

    Oct 2008 - Feb 2016
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  Ausgreen Solar Solutions

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2021

  Project Supervisor

  • In General, Providing high quality electrical engineering design for new infrastructure projects across Australia• Experience with design of solar projects Residential & Commercials. • Experience in Solar PV, LV and protection requirements• Design of LV & HV Distribution systems• Experience with solar inverters, and DC infrastructure• Testing and commissioning• Design, integrate and commission power system automation projects based on company standards and accepted engineering practices.• Provide technical support to sales and project group managers in the review of customer specifications and drawings and provide technical assistance in the development of quotations and proposals.• Identify cost reduction opportunities for projects.• Ensuring infrastructure designs and installations meet Australian Standards requirements. Show less

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  Rio Tinto

  Feb 2022 - now

  -Liaise with processing and maintenance teams and provide engineering solutions to improve equipment safety and availability.-Conduct audits on electrical infrastructure and equipment and advice on remedial action for compliance Review drawings and manage electrical as builds.-Liaise with Process Control Engineers and Mechanical Engineers to integrate and optimize designs.-Where requested, assist in implementing corrective actions which have been identified through the failure analysis process. This may require monitoring in the field or via data interrogation to ensure actions are completed and documenting the result.-Perform risk assessments and create system models to develop and document a definitive plant criticality hierarchy, eventually incorporating all assets within the entire process.-Responsible for optimized electrical reticulation system protection and protection grading.-Take the lead in implementing Reliability Investigations.-Manage the process of Oil Sampling. Partial discharge & Thermography Data Analysis and verification for electrical equipment.-Manage the daily down-time data, data quality and validation and Drive Defect Elimination Program-Review Critical Plant Equipment Contractor Service Reports and ensure actions and key learnings are captured and carried out by responsible sections.-Assist Maintenance in the development of critical Documentation i.e. Safe Work Instructions, PMs etc.-Assist Planning Team in Optimisation of Turnaround Maintenance Process (Shutdowns)-Apply RCM methodology and develop system models to provide insight into the effectiveness of our current maintenance strategies.Cross-reference Rio Tinto current stores holdings against historic failure and downtime data, and against RCM cost models to allow spares criticality to drive our warehouse inventory.-Facilitate RCAs and drive RCA Implementation. Show less

  • Specialist Engineer Utility Operation

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Reliability Engineer-Electrical

    Feb 2022 - Aug 2022