Sohail — Instrument and Controls Engineer

EDUCATION BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONIC FROM UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ~ 2000 CERTIFICATIONS C Programming with Unix Operating Systems Course Nos CENG 104 and CPAN 210 Intro to PLC Programming and Adv PLC Programming Course Nos: ELEC 314 and ELEC 502 Electrical Codes Course No: ELEY 004 Computer Aided Draft Elec (CAD) Course No: ELIC 203 Data Acquisition & Audio Virtual (LABVIEW Programming) Course No: ELIC 517 50 Microsoft Access | 2000 SUMMARY • 28 years of professional experience. • Experienced in Upstream and Downstream Oil and Gas, Hydro Power Generation projects and fossil fuel power plant I&C maintenance, overhauling, construction, commissioning and refurbishment. • Worked in maintenance of electrohydraulic and pneumatic equipment of large power units following the industrial codes, and applicable environmental health and safety issues. • Software experience: Visio, SPI, PLC Programming Allen Bradley and Siemens, Blue Beam, Brava, UPV. Page 2 WORK EXPERIENCE Project Manager | Albanese Solutions | Stepan Chemical Co | Fieldsboro, NJ 08505 | Nov 2021 – Present • Worked for managing Substation Refurbished & new Transformer Replacement Projects, $550,000 • Worked for managing Sulfur tank top manifold lighting project $ 50,000 • Worked for managing Warehouse Upgrade Project $300,000 • Worked for managing Wastewater Treatment Project $400,000 • Lead the contractors for managing different projects. • Worked for Project Scope, Scope change, Schedules, Construction Plan, BOM, Correspondence with Vendors. ELECTRICAL & CONTROLS ENGINEER | KIEWIT CO, LENEXA, KS, USA | Jan 2020 – Aug 2021 Worked for Calcasieu Pass LNG Project - Louisiana • Wrote Power and Controls Circuits at SPI (Smart Plant Instrument) • Worked on Smart View, Cable Schedule, UPV Model • Experienced in Duct Bank Heating and GE Turbine Control Drawings • Lighting circuit Design / Layouts as per UL 508A • Worked on Cable, Cable Tray and Conduit Sizing • Worked on circuits up to 33 KV • Tested and commissioned the Substation transformers, protective relays, breakers. • Worked on Load list, load flow, voltage drop calculations, keeping in consideration NEC codes. • Worked with Electrical Power Distribution system, One Line and Three Line Electrical drawings. SENIOR AUTOMATION ENGINEER | LARSON & TOUBRO INFOTECH CO, Bakersfield, CA, USA| Oct 2018 – Dec 2019 | Worked on Chevron Upstream Project Converted WW Tags into PIE Tags • Preparation of S-95 Document through P&ID & Electrical drawings, Remote PLC’s: ControlLogix, Page 3 SLC500 / PLC 5 • Worked with 86 Lock out relay, overcurrent, under current, differential current relays 86, over frequency under frequency, loss-of-field-excitation relay 40 • Complete knowledge of the upstream oil and gas process through P&ID drawings and visiting the sites for the preparation of S95 document. • Preparation of IOA (Information Object Analysis) document. • Used OSHA Safety Standards • Worked on Power/Energy Management System (PMS/EMS) at Wonderware platform • Worked on SMART GRID for Substations through SCADA at Wonderware platform. ELECTRICAL CONTROLS DESIGN ENGINEER | TESLA, FREMONT, CA, USA | | BARRYWEHMILLER DESIGN GROUP, CA, USA | Aug 2016 – Aug 2018 • PLC Ladder Logic Programming, Allen Bradley, Control Logix 5000 ● Worked for conveyor, sorters, material handling, with PLC ladder logic programming Siemens S7 300. ● Adding the photo eyes, E Stops PB in Siemens S7 300 PLC creating FB’s, FC’s and UDT’s ● Transferred UDT’s, FB, FC from TIA portal to S7 300 PLC and the PLC data types. ● Worked on wireless Siemens PLC ● Worked for Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) programming, configuring and commissioning. SENIOR INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROL ENGINEER |BURNS & MCDONNELL CO, KANSAS CITY, MO, USA| COMPLETED DOWNSTREAM ONE OAK, PHILLIPS 66 MONTANA REFINERY, P66 PONCA CITY, AND CVR ENERGY PROJECTS | APRIL 2013 – JUNE 2016 • Experienced with Process Safety Management, PHA/HAZOP/LOPA & PHA (Preliminary Hazard Analysis) • Hazardous locations and instruments selection, considering Class I (Groups A, B, C and D) or Class II (Groups E, F and G) or Class III / IEC Zone classification system 0,1, 2 and 20, 21, 22 • Thorough knowledge for refinery operation and process of oil and gas. • Worked on detailed engineering design • Prepared different instruments & Valves purchase packages • Worked on SPI for specifications of Control Valves under given design and operating parameters temp, press, pressure drop, flow rate, Viscosity, density, sound pressure level, for the calculation of Flow Coefficient Cv and control valve size • Sizes and selected the Control valve actuators • Pressure Relief Valves selection and data sheets preparation as per the given Phillips 66 design guidelines Page 4 • High temperature Pressure safety relief valve data sheets preparation and selection as per the given Phillips 66 design guidelines • Emergency Isolation Valves EIV data sheets and selection as per the given Phillips 66 design guidelines • Orifice design and preparation of data sheet • Prepared data sheets for Ultrasonic, Nuclear, Coriolis flow meters and transmitters under given design and operating conditions with respect to different applications and environments. • Worked for preparing costs of different instruments • Control Loops generation, Instrument Index, Wiring of marshalling & junction boxes • Use of REP’s (Refining Engineering Practices of Phillips 66) / REP Deviations • Experienced with SPI Model Review. • Worked on Thermowell Wake Frequency Calculations • Performed Quality reviews at SPI, for different instruments and control valves and isolation valves • Thorough working and development knowledge of P&ID drawings • Understanding and used codes as per ISA, ANSI, IEC, NEC/ CEC and OSHA safety standards • Worked at Blue Beam / Brava editing red line P&ID drawings / documents SENIOR CONTROLS ENGINEER | L&S ELECTRIC CO, ROTHSCHILD, WI, USA | AUG 2008 – DEC 2012 Worked on Hydro Power projects (Wood Ward Governor Control, SASK Power, PUGET Sound Energy) • Lead the instrument technicians and contractors. • Developed P&ID drawings for electrohydraulic equipment at Visio software • Worked on different hydro projects from scope, feasibility, design to cold and hot commissioning. • Well versed of hydro power plant process and related P&ID drawings • Worked on installation/removal cut in drawings. • Prepared wiring drawings / elementary drawings • Tested and commission the protection relay panels, CT and PT • Reviewed the designed panel drawings. • IO identifications & hardware design, for PLC • Unit, governor and protection control panel testing considering codes • Conduct FAT Test and wrote manual. • Designed Control panels as per the NEMA rating chart / IEC’s IP for different environments and as per UL 508A, UL 698A. • Worked with Allen Bradley ControlLogix 5000 / SLC500 • Automation / Instrumentation / Controls Engineering: PLC/RTU Drawing Projects • Developed bills of material (BOM) to meet system requirements Page 5 • Gained knowledge of downstream oil and gas processes and related P&ID’s • Designed wiring drawings • Generated I/O list for the projects • Developed the Control Philosophy. • Executed cause & effect drawings. INSTRUMENT & CONTROLS ENGINEER | OLD NAME: WED / NEW: ARABIAN POWER CO (APC) | ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E), MAY 1986 – NOV 2000 Worked at Thermal Power Plant, Capacity 2x300 MW+ 2x75 MW+5x65 MW ● Performed modifications of Sie Graphic Editor (SGE) programming software of Turbine Control ● Worked in installation and commissioning for new projects. ● Thorough knowledge of thermal power plant process, water treatment Plant, Desalination Plant and related P&ID drawings. ● Coordinated with Operations Engineers for the development of procedures and philosophies for the design and productivity of the new projects. ● Worked on Siemens Simatic Turbine Controls. ● Worked on Burner Management Systems (BMS), control logics and instrumentation. ● Performed FTA (Fault Tree Analysis) frequently on boiler and steam turbine shutdown ● Refurbished Compressor Controls logics & Instrumentation ● Worked frequently on Generator protection tests before actual start up. ● Worked on Diesel Emergency Generator control logics and instrumentation. ● Worked on CMMS Computerized Maintenance Materials Management Systems ● Carried out protection tests frequently for Boiler & steam Turbine before actual start up. ● Performed modifications for electrohydraulic control system of turbines. ● Experienced in control logics, interlocks and safety trips for high-pressure boilers and steam turbines & Control of high & low-pressure gas lines. ● Water Treatment Plant instrumentation control logics and instrumentation