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Jose G. Ballesteros, Jr.
Blk 9, Lot 13 Betel Palm St., Whispering Palms Subd. Novaliches, Caloocan
Date of Birth: May 16, 1958
Cellular No.: +639952444121
Professional Proꝶ뚰le
● A professional with vast knowledge and experience in Power Plant Operation and
Commissioning, HVAC and Fire Fighting and Suppression System Commissioning,
seeking a challenging position in an organization with an excellent career growth
● Performancedriven leader with extensive Mechanical Engineer experience
● Abstract thinker, capable of translating complex concepts into simple ideas
● Proactive selfstarter with a proven track record of exceeding work expectations and
delivering results
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Professional Experience
Commissioning Engineer, Consultant (MEP Project)
Energo Projekt Consortium.
Qatar Substations Project.
Feb 17, 2008 present
Scope of Work:
● Review Tender and Technical Specification to ensure Contractors compliance.
● Safety coordination prior to commissioning to ensure a safe working condition
● Responsible in inspection / installation of ducting to ensure that materials used conforms
to technical specs.
● Liaise with contractors on the schedule of Inspection and RFI issuance.
● Direct supervision of HVAC installation Precommissioning and commissioning job, like
operation interlocking with fire fighting system, Air Balancing, Battery Charger exhaust
system and controls to ensure accurate function of all system.
● In charge in the installation inspection and load test of EOT cranes.
● Ensure that all mechanical Jobs, materials, and Installation, Testing and Commissioning
of equipments are all in accordance with the codes and standards like, ASHRAE, CIBSE
and other codes and standard.
● Ensure that all codes and standards pertaining to erection and operation are strictly
adhered to.
● Supervise in the Fastening of all ducting to ensure that support and all HVAC
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components are in place.
● Ensure that commissioning / pre commissioning procedures are strictly followed,
functionality check and operational standard is ensured.
● Review designs and make modification if needed.
● Ensure that the contractors adhere to the contractual specification and technical
Specification as well.
● Issue Non Conformance letter, if necessary.
● Generate punch list on the defects in construction and commissioning and ensure
rectification is being acted upon in the soonest possible time.
● Review As Built Drawings, Materials Submittals and Prequalification documents. Any
out of specification is outright corrected to avoid time wasted.
● Conduct regular meeting with contractors to update on work progress of the project.
● Making report and update of work progress on a daily basis for record purposes to the
Manager.
Process and Utilities PreCommissioning and Commissioning Engineer
National Iranian Oil Company
Consortium of JGC, Chiyoda and Toyo
South Pars Gas Field Development
Phase 6, 7 and 8 Onshore Facility.
Assaluyeh Site Iran
November 20, 2007 Feb 2, 2008
(OFF SITE)
Duties and Responsibilities:
● Identify Hazards in the area prior to commencement of work like, flammable gas,
presence of H2S and other toxic gases.
● Supervise all the activities related to Pre commissioning and commissioning of every test
block like water flushing and air blowing of Propane Rundown, Propane Loading Vapor
Return, and Propane Recirculation, ensuring that all blocks are ready for the gas in.
● Direct supervision of leak checking of pipes by using soap solution and masking tapes to
detect the point of leakage.
● Leak test block for Propane Rundown, Propane Loading Vapor return, Propane
Recirculation and any leakage detected is to be rectified accordingly.
● Leak test for BOG Compressors Suction and Discharge and Exchangers as well.
● Leak check for Butane Rundown, Butane Loading and Vent Condenser and Butane
Recirculation.
● Leak check for HP, MP and LP Propane Refrigerant System
● Ensure that all pipes and coolers are leak free prior to boxing up.
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● Supervise in the commissioning of the flair stacks.
● Supervise in the test run of compressors and blowers to ensure smooth operation and all
the technical data is meet accordingly.
● Supervise in the inerting of the system piping and equipment to ensure that system or unit
which handles hydrocarbon or combustible materials is oxygen or air free prior to
introduction of combustible material into a system or unit.
● Supervise in monitoring the introduction of hydrocarbon from platform to main plant.
● Making progress report on every block completed to monitor daily progress.
● Organise meeting with concerned department to be updated on project development.
Commissioning Engineer (CONSULTANT)
Kuljian Consulting Engineers
SECWR Power Project, Shoaiba, Jeddah K.S.A
October 18, 2005 October 20, 2007
6 X 400 mw Alstom Boilers / Alstom Turbine Generator oil fired
2 X 129 t/h @ 90tbt désaliénation plant
6 X 135 m3/h @ 9,700 A Chlorination house
3 train of Demineralization plant
Duties and Responsibilities:
● Proper coordination with the safety officer prior to commencement of commissioning
to ensure a safe working environment.
● Coordinate with the contractors on the scheduled inspection and issuance of RFI to
avoid conflict in inspection schedule.
● Responsible for commissioning of boilers,turbines and auxiliaries to ensure that all
equipment are operating according to standard parameters requirement and
performance, like fans, boiler feed pumps and compressors.
● Responsible in the commissioning of Steam Turbines like controls, alarms,
interlocks, trip tests, turbine protections to ensure that the operating requirement is
being followed.
● Responsible in witnessing in the functional test, valve tightness test and checking on
the transducer in every point of the Steam Turbine to ensure that accurate signal to
the main control room is received.
● Responsible in all testing required at the control room like, run back test, Load
rejection, Reverse power, Turbine trip etc.
● Conduct regular meeting with contractor to ensure that Testing and commissioning of
all equipment is on time and inspection of all construction related job like inspection
of wastewater construction,Distillation plant erection inspection and commissioning
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and all water related construction job to ensure a perfect completion according to
required specification and codes.
● Generate Punch list and NCR’s when required.
● Oversee the Flushing of all the pipes associated with the process.
● Witness and Direct the Water Flushing, Steam Blowing, Hydro Testing and air
blowing to ensure the cleanliness of the pipes and free of foreign materials prior to
boxing up or inerting.
● Responsible for commissioning of 3x 129 t/h @ 90TBT Desalination plant and
Reliability test run and Performance test and close monitoring on distilled outlet for
pure distilled water result.
● Conduct inspection of completed construction of wastewater and commissioning of
wastewater treatment plant and neutralization system to ensure that the effluent is
environmental friendly prior to effluent disposal to be environmentally friendly.
● Responsible for chlorination plant commissioning, reliability run and performance
test to ensure sufficient supply of chlorinated water to avoid accumulation of algae at
the intake.
● Conduct inspection on the installation and commissioning of fire fighting and
detection system / dry and wet, FM 200, deluge system, preaction sprinklers and
foam system.
Ensure that all firefighting equipment are U.L listed and in accordance with
the N.F.P.A codes and standards.
● Responsible for commissioning of Demin Plant and condensate polishing system to
ensure an acceptable quality of boiler water thru acceptable PH, conductivity, and
silica measurement.
● Responsible for witness points where required to confirm operational status of all
equipment and logic are strictly followed.
● Responsible for commissioning of all compressors.
● Responsible for all equipment heat run test, sequence test and ensure that all
instrumentation and controls are working to the desired parameters.
● Responsible for protection and logic testing and tuning to ensure a smooth operation
of all equipment.
● Responsible for function group tests, open and close loop check, and burner tuning
witnessing and boiler parts function witnessing like wind box dampers.
● Direct supervision of the installation of HVAC ducting to ensure that support and
ducting thickness requirement are in accordance to required specs as per standard and
codes.(ASHRAE)
● Ensure that diffusers, grills Motorized and manual volume control dampers are
properly adjusted to meet the air volume requirement.
● Direct supervision in the air balancing of the unit.
● Direct supervision in the commissioning of the unit to ensure that all interlock and
operation logic are perfectly adhered.
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● Responsible for commissioning of 8X250 Tons Chiller type HVAC system 10 units
of 50 Tons Split and Package type Units and 20 Units of Air handling ( Ventilating
System ) units in the whole power plant and ROP buildings.
● Responsible for turbine protection test, tightness test, and other test required.
● Coordinates with client and contractors as well for commissioning schedules, system
walk down to ensure that Plant defects and other requirement as per codes and
standards are properly addressed.
Commissioning Engineer / Operation Staff
Sembcorp Utilities and Terminals
Pulau Sakra, Singapore
1997 2004
3 x 350mw MHI boilers oil fired
Duties and Responsibilities:
● Proper coordination with safety officer to ensure that hazards are eliminated prior to
commencement of commissioning of boiler (confined space)
● Responsible for commissioning of boilers and all auxiliaries.
● Responsible in the start up and commissioning of the Turbine like, Turbine protection,
Turbine trip test, interlocks and checking all Turbine sensors for accurate reading at the
control room.
● Responsible for commissioning of chillers, sea water pumps, chlorination package and
close cooling water pumps to ensure that all supply requirements of customers are strictly
adhered to as per protocol.
● Direct supervision of HVAC erection and commissioning.
● Responsible for commissioning of 150 Tons Chiller type HVAC, Split type and package
type units and Air handling unit in the power station.
● incharge startup and shutdown of boilers and auxiliaries equipment.
● Supervision in the Natural gas receiving terminal and operation thru nomination
requested by end user thru SCADA to determine requested gas volume in BBtu.
● Incharge in the startup of water bath boilers and changeover of cyclone filters, to ensure
the heat requirement by the end user is met and hydro carbon is eliminated in the gas
path.
● Close supervision of manpower in patrolling all gas pipe line to ensure that leak is
addressed (if any) without delay.
● Direct Supervision in the operation of Ethylene Plant and coordination from end user in
receiving the Propane gas.
● Responsible of the commissioning of Fire fighting system like, Deluge system, FM 200
and Foam system within the Power station.
● Manage manpower in all departments of the utilities like, water, waste water, steam,
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● Coordination and safety and efficient process of commissioning of all piping, motors,
pumps, generators, and other equipment within the power station.
● Maintain the oil level of all the equipment, which is under commissioning.
● Monitoring of all equipment at the time it started for the vibration, noise level,
temperature and ensures that all parameters will not go beyond tolerable limits.
● Ensure that bearing cooling water has a continuous flow by ensuring that all valves are
normally set.
● Install gauges on pumps and motors to check on changes on temperature for provable
misalignment.
● Cool down the pump or equipment to recheck and confirm the shaft eccentricity
specially the steam turbine.
● Responsible for hydro testing, steam blowing, water and air flushing of various lines by
setting the valves to a prescribed limit of opening and conducting inspection on various
lines while the test is ongoing to ensure a safe and efficient commissioning.
● Responsible for coal yard operation and other related equipment like reclaimer,
pulveriser, and ball mill.
● Responsible in the commissioning of all Fire Fighting System in the whole Power
Station, like, Deluge system, foam system and Sprinklers system.
● Responsible in the commissioning of 200 ton HVAC Chilled water type, 5x100 ton Split
type units and 8x50 tons of package type units and all Air handling units (Ventilating
units).
Commissioning / Operation Staff
Resource Sciences Arabia Limited
Yanbu AlSinaiyah KSA
Period : from 1990 to 1992
3 x 150 mw Steam Turbine and MHI boilers
Duties and Responsibilities:
● Coordination and safety and efficient process of commissioning of all piping, motors,
pumps, generators, and other equipment with n the power station.
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● Responsible for boiler start up, shut down and monitoring of all operating equipment with
in the area of responsibility.
● Report all abnormalities to the ShiftCharge Engineer
● Responsible for start up and monitoring of desalination plant to ensure sufficient flow
requirement to the customers.
Operation Staff
Kafou Corporation
SCECOSOUTH POWER PROJECT
ABHA KHAMIS MUSHYAT, KSA
Period : 1986 to 1987
6 x 20 mw MAN Diesel Gen and 5 x 60mw Gas Turbine
Duties and Responsibilities:
● Responsible for all start up and commissioning of the plant
● Responsible for proper isolation, lubrication of all equipment and other related
operational function outside the control room.
● Assist in the proper inspection of all equipment and auxiliaries, lines and various
systems with in the area of responsibility.
Operation Staff
National Power Corporation
Sucat Thermal Power Plant, Philippines
Period : 1978 to 1979
Sucat I 160mw thermal plant Press: 1800psig
Boiler: Hitachi Japan, Turbine Gen: General Electric
Sucat II: 200mw Press: 2700psig
Sucat III 200mw Press: 2700psig
Duties and Responsibilities:
● Responsible for all start up and shut down of the plant on the field
● Responsible for proper isolation, lubrication of all equipment and other related
operational function outside the control room.
● Assist in the proper inspection of all equipment and auxiliaries, lines and various systems
within the area of responsibility.
● Conduct hourly reading of all equipment parameters to ensure a smooth operation
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