Freelance Engineer

1. Automation and Control System Engineer
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Curriculum Vitae
Mohamed Salah CHERAIEF
588 Rue Kalil Wazir, Cite Ain Mariem
7000 Bizerte, Tunisia
STATUS
Born: July 26th
1987
Nationality: Tunisian
Mobile: (+216) 24 873 779
Mail: cheraief.medsalah@gmail.com
Social status: Single
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION
2007 - 2011: Awarded the National Degree of Engineer (Master’s degree) in
Automatic and industrial Computer science, with Honors
(Valedictorian) at the National Institute of Applied Science and
Technology (INSAT) in Tunisia.
DOMAINS OF COMPETENCE
Automation, Scada & Control Systems.
Electricity & Instrumentation.
SECTORS
Oil and Gas
Power Plants, Electrical Substations and Electrical Grid.
Petrochemical & Energy.

2. Automation and Control System Engineer
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PROJECTS EXPERIENCES
Company Name ALSTOM Grid/ General Electric Grid Solution
Function Project Control Systems Engineer
Date of the project start October 2015 Date of the project end October 2016
Project description
Projects:
Implementation of NMS (Network Management Solutions) for North Africa and West Africa
Regions.
Clients:
 CEB (Benin & Togo)
 TANESCO (Tanzania)
 SEEG (Gabon)
 SENELEC (Senegal)
 EEP (Ethiopia)
Achievement / Activities:
 In charge of the control center NMS/SCADA system engineering through
implementation and delivery stage of the project.
 Performing overall system design and engineering tasks.
 Responsible for the System integration: Design, Installation, configuration,
Troubleshooting, FAT and SAT in full compliance with recognized industry
standards, safety standards and client specifications.
 Install, configure and ensure proper functionality of the different EMP servers running
Linux, Windows operating systems and Virtual machine running through an ESXI Server
(VMware technology): SCADA/EMS servers, Communication Front End servers,
Historical servers, Backup servers, Web servers and HMI consoles.
 Install, configure and administration router firewall and switch equipment.
 Model the Scada network and generation database and displays as well as data
acquisition devices.
 Analysis and troubleshooting of RTU communication protocol IEC60870-5-101/104 and
Modbus.
 Preparing Data Bases for RTU and perform End to End tests locally and from the
Dispatching.
Software used
E-Terra (ALSTOM).

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PROJECTS EXPERIENCES
Company Name EMERSON
Function SCADA Engineer
Date of the project start August 2012 Date of the project end September 2015
Project description
Project:
RTU and SCADA commissioning for EMERSON UK:
 Manifa Project (Onshore/Offshore)
 Haradh Project (Onshore)
 Safania Project (Offshore)
 Qatif upgrade Project (Onshore)
 Ras Tanura pipelines Project (Onshore)
Client:
Saudi ARAMCO (Saudi Arabia)
Achievement / Activities:
 Developing and programming of RTU (Remote Terminal Unit: Controlwave,
Emerson/Bristol Babcock) logic program equipping with SCADA (Supervisory Control
and Data Acquisition) according to client’s requirement.
 Designing of SCADA based application screens.
 Configuring and commissioning of the RTU and SCADA system.
 Configuring the database and the historian.
 Executing test plans and procedures.
 Performing Third Party interface; Siemens PLC ESD, Pietro Fiorentini Multiphase flow
Metering, Roxar Multiphase Flow metering, Baker Hughes ESP, Schlumberger PDHMS
, Chemical injection … using Modbus protocol
 Site installation/ testing/ commissioning and completing site acceptance test.
 Troubleshooting, field modification, design recommendations and upgrades of legacy
operating systems.
 Operation and maintenance supervision and operator training.
Software used
Open Enterprise & Open BSI SCADA System (Emerson)

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PROJECTS EXPERIENCES
Company Name Integration Objects
Function Automation Engineer
Date of the project start January 2012 Date of the project end July 2012
Project description
Project:
Automation of Phosphate transport Band
Client:
Compagnie Phosphate Gafsa Tunisia (CPG)
Achievement / Activities:
 Provide the project proposal and required documents.
 Provide the power and heat balances of the workshop.
 Provide the electrical and instrument drawing of the workshop using AutoCAD
Electrical.
 Programmed the Emerson / Bristol Babcock control wave micro.
 Site installation/ testing/ commissioning and completing site acceptance test.
Software used
Open BSI (EMERSON)
Company Name Les Ciments de Bizerte (CB)
Function System Engineer (Final project study internship)
Date of the project start July 2011 Date of the project end December 2011
Project description
Achievement / Activities:
 Implementation of an automated system for tracking digital electricity meters.
 Programmed the PLC.
 Configured the digital meter using PROFIBUS protocol.
 Configured the Operator workstations and the SCADA system
Software used
STEP7 & WINCC (SIEMENS)

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TRAINING
Training on ALSTOM E-Terra SCADA System.
Training on Emerson OpenEnterprise SCADA system.
HUET certification
H2S training
OTHER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Quality control
Commissioning
Site troubleshooting
Modbus Serial, Modbus TCP/IP, HART and OPC
Platforms: Linux (Red Hat, Fedora ...), Windows (95, 98, XP, Vista), MS DOS
Programming languages: Pascal, C, C + +, VB…
Scientific Software: Matlab / Simulink, Xilinx, Windev, SQL, AutoCAD Electrical,
SolidWorks…
Other: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project…), Adobe,
Photoshop.
Other skills and awards:
Strong academic record (Valedictorian of the institute).
Good capacity for leadership, time and client management.
Languages:
Arabic: mother tongue
French: fluently spoken and written
English: fluently spoken and written
Italian: Low Level
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
Active member in the Tunisian Red Crescent.
Active member “LEO Club La Galite”.
Sport: Tennis, Football & swimming.
Chess game.
Spearfishing.