CV_Shahzad Ali protection engineer

Muhammad Shahzad Ali (Power Protection Engineer)
mshahzad_uetian@yahoo.com / +92 3324503559, +92 6222 73947
Date of Birth: 9th
January, 1985
CAREER PROFILE
 Qualified electrical Power Protection engineer with a track record of over 8 years in the fields of
Power Protection and Substation automation.
 Skilled experience to run the project as In charge of Project of Testing and Commissioning of
Substations up to 380kv.
 Proficient in troubleshooting faults, Making work schedule and managing site activities related to
testing and commissioning of substations.
 Managing all site expenditures, site engineers’ technical support and all financial invoices related to
client and other contractors.
BUSINESS EX POSURE
XERVON LLC SAUDIA ARABIA July 2008 - To Date
Designation:
Site Manager/Site Lead Engineer: July 2013 – To date
Senior Commissioning Engineer: July 2011 - To June 2013
Senior Testing Engineer: July 2010 - To June 2012
Junior Commissioning Engineer: July 2009 - To June 2010
Junior Testing Engineer: July 2008 - To June 2009.
380/230/115/13.8kv Substation Doha, Dammam (Saudi Arabia) (5.4 Million SAR)
Key Responsibilities
 Site Lead engineer and Senior Testing and commissioning engineer, responsible for all scheme check,
modification in scheme, Testing main protection relays and giving full technical support to juniors
and training them.
 Assigning activities to all engineers at site and making three week schedule and coordinating with
SEC-CSD and SEC-PMD teams.
 Making site invoices and progress report on weekly basis and getting signature from client as well.
132/13.8kv S/S Bani Sar S/S AL-BAHA (Saudi Arabia) (SAR 2,100,000.00)
 Project manager and site in charge of full site. Handling of testing and commissioning scope of work.
Cable pulling schedule and full protection scheme execution. Full site material handling and handling
of all scheme modifications.
 Leader of testing and commissioning team. Making of three week schedule and managing full site
testing and commissioning activities.
 Managing project cost and all its expenditures. Making monthly progress report and company invoices
from client. Making master schedule and execution of master plan on time. Arranging company
accommodation and maintaining company office at site. Attending client (Saudi Electricity Company
(SEC)) weekly meetings. Making sure of approval of my engineers from client (SEC). Clearing company
invoices from client very efficiently on monthly basis.
 I am also responsible of clearing technical issues regarding testing and commissioning activities. I also
deal with CSD (Commissioning Services Department) and make sure of clearing all snags, punch point
and site instructions. I also make sure of arranging all testing equipments and maintaining of their
calibration certificates.
 In this site I also tested main relays of ABB like REB500(Low Impedance Bus Bar), RED670(distance +
differential), REC670( Auto Re closer, Synch Check, O/C,E/F, bay control of LCC panels, U/F, High
Impedance Bus Bar ), RET670(transformer Differential), RET615(Transformer REF circuit) and
REF615(O/C, E/F, Bay Control of Switch Gear), Alstom Relay Micom P546(Distance+ Line Differential),
SEL relay 451R(O/C ,E/F relay)
 I also work on big schemes like double bus single breaker scheme, ABTS,RTCC and ACCS Schemes and
their BCU configurations(ABB relay REC670).

Date of Birth: 9th
January, 1985
380/110/13.8kv S/S Taif Central-2(SISED AREA). (SAR 2,000,000.00)
 Site manager of Testing and Commissioning Team, Handling of site schedules, making of site invoices
and giving all technical support to other engineers.
 Testing of protection relays as Distance/Line Differential(7SD522,RED670,REL670) Breaker Failure
(7VK611) , Over Current (7SJ611,7SJ64, REF615), Bus Bar High Impedance Relays (MFAC), Over Flux
(7RW6000) relay etc.
 Commissioning activities like Bus bar Stability, Power transformer Stability, Primary Injection, and
Protection Panels Function check.
 I worked on 380kv one and half circuit breaker scheme and 110kv double bus single breaker scheme.
 I did final setting of protection relays of transformer, Over Head lines, and Breaker failure panels.
 I did End to End test of OHL, External/Internal Close Loop with LDC and Line stability test.
 I manage full site and all its activities and finished project before due date.
Experience :
I worked as a Power Protection Engineer in the following substation of Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia.
● 380/110/13.8kv S/S Taif Central-2
● 132/13.8kv S/S Bani Sar AL-BAHA
● 110/13.8kv Jabal Omar S/S Makah
● 380/110/13.8kv Makah West S/S Makah.
● 115/13.8kv S/S DIE_6 Dammam
● 380/132/13.8kv S/S 9017 Riyadh
● 115/13.8kv S/S DIE6 Dammam
● 230/34.5kv S/S # 3, JUBAIL-2
● 115KV/13.8KV S/S DHAHRAN SOUTH
● 132KV/13.8KV S/S SAKAKA-C
● 13.8kv S/S PSR-2 ABHA.
● 4.16kv/480 v S/S #10 MHI MA’ADEN Phosphate Project (Ma’aden Minral City, Ras Az Zawar):
● 4.16kv/480 v SWGRs MH2 MA’ADEN Phosphate Project (Ma’aden Minral City, Ras Az Zawar):
● 115Kv S/S # 10 Aramco Gas Plant Khursania:
● 380/115/13.8Kv S/S Manifa BSP:
● 115/34.5kv S/S # 04, Jubail-2:
● 115/34.5kv S/S # 02, Jubail-2:
● 34.50 kv Transmission Line Protection Switch Gear’s Testing At Khurais (ARAMCO):
● 380/230 kV Al-Fadhli S/S:
● 13.80 kv Transmission Line Protection Switch Gear’s Testing At Khursaniyah (ARAMCO):
● 400 kv GCC Interconnecting Authority Transmission Line Testing Salwa(KSA) To Doha(QATAR).
● 380/132/13.8kv S/S Shuqaiq(Jazan).
● POWER FACTER CORRECTION PROJECT RIYADH/ QASSIM AREA.
Testing Of Main Relays:
1) SIEMENS Relays:
● 7SD522 (Distance +Line Differential Relay +Breaker Failure)
●7VK611 (Breaker Failure Relay)
● 7SJ64 (Over Current Relay)
● 7SJ80 (Over Current)
● 7VE63 (Synchro Check)
● 7VH6001 (Differential Current Relay)
● 7RW6000 (Over Flux Relay)
● 7SV6001 (Breaker Failure Relay)
● Making many logics and Configuration using CFC like ABTS/CBF Scheme as a programme.

Date of Birth: 9th
January, 1985
2) ABB Relays:
● REB 500 (LOW Impedance Bus Bar Differential and Breaker Failure)
● RED 670 (Line Differential/Distance/Over Current Relay)
● REL 670 (Distance/Over Current Relay)
● RET 670 (Transformer Differential Relay)
● REC 670 (Synchro check /Auto Re closer & Control Relay)
● REF 615 (Over Current relay, Breaker Failure, Auto Re closer & Control Relay)
● REU 610 (Over/Under Voltage Relay)
● SPOU 140C (Over Current Relay)
● RASC (Synchro Check Relay)
● Under Frequency Relay MDF 4
● SPAJ 140C (Over Current Relay)
● RAEDK (Over/Under Voltage Relay.
3) AREVA Relays:
● Micom P546 (Line Differential/Distance/Over Current Relay)
● Micom P142, P143, P123, P122 (Over Current, Auto re closer, Breaker Failure Relays)
● Micom P923 (Over/Under Voltage Relay)
● MCAG, MFAC, MVTT14 (High Impedance Bus Bar Protection Relays)
● Making Protection Logic and configuration in PSL.
4) SEL Relays:
● 311L (Line Differential & Distance Relay)
● 387E (Transformer Differential Relay)
● 451R, 651R, 751R (Over Current/auto Re closer Relays)
● Making new Configuration and Logics in the relays as ABTS scheme.
5) Other main Relays:
● Cooper System Auto Re closer Control & over Current Relay
● GE multiline MIF II (Over Current Relay) & C70 Breaker Failure and Auto Transfer Control (ATC) Relay
● STARTCO SE-134C & SE-326 (Ground Check/Fault Relay
● Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) Relay Tapcon.
Electo mechanical/Aux. Relays Testing:
● ABB: RXMD1, RXMA1, RXME1, RXMB1, SPER 1C1, SYNCH CHECH RELAY,
VT FUSE FAILURE RELAY, E-MAX.
● Areva: MVAX12, MVAX11, MVAX31
Meters & Transducers:
● Testing of all type of Digital and analogue meters Included power, Current, voltage, model ION6200
(Schneider).Shark (Nexus).
● testing of Energy Meters Nexus 1272, Nexus1262, SEL Energy Meter, Video Graphic Recorder type
SM2000 (ABB).
● testing of Transducers of Current, voltage, MWATT, MVAR (CEWE) and programme able
Transducers (CEWE), Voltage Transducers of type ISTAT300 (Areva).
Commissioning Activities:
● Local and Remote operations of LCC 380/230/115kv Panels.
● Checking Earth Switch, Breaker, Dis connector’s local and Remote, Inter Locks.
● Checking Tripping and Closing Circuit of 380/230/115/110KV GIS.
● Checking Operation from Control Panels/SCADA,
● Checking ON-Load Transfers Bus Scheme.
● CT primary/secondary Injection,
● Bus Bar stability, Bus Bar Sensitivity, Transformer Stability, Transformer Sensitivity.
● Checking back indications of Earth switch, Dis connectors, Breakers at control panel and Scada.
● Checking manual /auto synchronization of bus and line VT’s.
● Ckecking Close Block of Breakers.
● checking all SCADA & ANNCIATOR points of station.
● Checking closing, tripping of 34.5KV SWITCH GEAR of all breakers from LOCAL/REMOTE

Date of Birth: 9th
January, 1985
● Checking Functional of Protection Panels, and 34.5KV SWITCH GEAR Panels.
● Checking all Scheme of ACDBs/DCDBs (ATS).
● Bus bar Protection Scheme including Breaker Failure.
● Pole Discrepancy Scheme.
● High Impedance Bus bar Protection Scheme.
● working on ONE & HALF breaker Scheme.
● working on SAS automation, configuration and alarms System of ABB.
380/230/132/115/110 KV GIS & 34.5/13.8 KV Switch Gear Testing:
● Testing of CT (Protection & Metering) using CT analyzer of Omicron ● testing of VT using CPC100 of
Omicron ● Breakers (using Breaker analyzer TM 1600 of Programma) ●Isolators ● Earth switch ●Bus bar
●SF6 Purity Test●SF6 Dew Point Test ●Winding Excitation of Transformers● All Transformer Testing
●HiPot Test of Breakers, ES, DS & Bus bars. ● testing 115kv GIS of Hyundai ●Testing of 380/230kv GIS of
Areva ●Testing of 34.5kv, 33kv, 13.8kv Switch Gear ABB● Testing of 13.8kv Switch Gear of Shnieder
● Testing of 4.16 Switchgear of Siemens● Testing of 480 V Switch Gears of Larson & Turbo
● 4.16 kv Switch Gear of GE
SOFTWARE USED:
● Siemens Digsi : Version 4.84 & 4.86 used for Siemens Relays
● PCM600 (ABB) : Version 2.5 & 2.6 for ABB Relays.
● Micom Studio : For Areva Relays.
● S1 Agile : For ALSTOM Relays
● SelAccelrator : Used for SEL USA Relays.
● Proview : Version 4.0.1 used for COOPER SYSTEM USA Relays.
2) January 2008 to May 2008 : Power Maintenance Engineer
Company Profile: ZTE Telecom Pakistan LTD.
Responsibilities : Maintenance of Power Systems, Power Converters, Inverters, UPS
And Battery Banks. Maintenance of Power Generators and Power
Circuits.
PERSONEL PERTICULARS
Date of Birth: 09.01.1985 Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Pakistani Passport #: 1793552
Graduate from University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore-Pakistan
Driving License: Valid Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia & Pakistan Driving Licenses
OTHER
 Technical Skills: Windows 9x, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project.
 Technical Affiliation: Registered as a professional engineer with Pakistan Engineering Council
 Languages known: English, Urdu, Hindi and Arabic

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