Senior electrical engineer (Principal engineer)

Electrical engineering consultancy in oil & gas industry both onshore and offshore.

Over 24 years of Engineering/ Consulting experience in Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Project Management for Oil & Gas (Onshore & Offshore), Refinery, Petrochemicals, Chemical, Fertiliser, Bulk Storage and Handling Systems and Power projects (EPC).
The responsibilities include Engineering (Basic, Front End and Detailed, PMC), Procurement Services, Factory Inspection & Testing, Construction / Commissioning / Start-up assistance, Maintenance, Cost Estimation, Expediting, Co-ordination and Project management.



The works done includes the following major activities:

a. Engineering
„X Design of Power Distribution System for HV and LV systems, emergency power and AC UPS / DC UPS systems.
„X Hazardous area classification and selection of suitable electrical equipment.
„X Load lists and one line diagrams for overall power system, switchboards & MCCs, AC UPS, DC UPS, lighting etc.
„X Equipment sizing / design calculations.
„X Electrical system studies including load flow, short circuit, volt drop transient stability studies etc. using dedicated system computer software EDSA (USA), ETAP.
„X Control schematics and protection diagrams.
„X Power/ Energy Management System; Integrated Protection, Control & Monitoring system.
„X Substation equipment layout, cable/ conduit layout, cable trench/ tray layout, lighting layout, grounding & lightning protection layout etc.
„X Transfer / tie-in philosophy & schedule, load shedding philosophy, shutdown schedule, cable schedule, cable drum schedule, termination drawings, material take-off.
„X Building Electrical Services, Electrical Heat Tracing.
„X Electrical installation details.
„X Site inspection / survey and study for replacement/ relocation of the existing equipment.
„X In depth knowledge of IEC & BS standards, codes of practices, Institute of Petroleum model code of safe practices, IEEE & IEE regulations, SHELL design and Engineering publications & standard specifications (SHELL DEPs), Saudi Aramco, OXY, TOTAL standards and specifications.

b. Engineering assistance for Construction, commissioning and Start-up maintenance, shutdown electrical installation activities.

c. Project Management & Proposals
„X Contract review & clarifications
„X Manpower planning & progress reporting.
„X Preparation of EPC Tender package, technical evaluation of EPC Tender bids.
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B.Sc engineering in electrical engineering from Govt. engineering college Trichur, Kerala, India.
M.Tech in power system from Cochin university of science and technology, Cochin, Kerala, India.