At present, I am working as a Maintenance Engineer in Dawlance Group of Companies (the leading household appliances company in Pakistan); my job’s major responsibilities include; Maintenance and Automation of industry’s power system and machines along with the planning and the proper allocation of available resources to achieve the smooth and efficient operation of the plant by conducting routine and reactive preventive maintenance activities. Here, in Dawlance, I have learned, researched and practically implemented the applications of electrical automation engineering in manufacturing process along with the extensive knowledge of Electrical automation devices like digital relays, vacuum and oil circuit breakers, Programmable Logic Controllers, Programmable automation controllers , Human Machine Interface and instrumentation devices. Furthermore, I Led the project “Energy saving by the optimization of electric motor usage” with annual savings of 1.2 Million PKR by conducting efficiency analysis, Right sizing of installed motors, formulating the saving calculations and obtaining USAID OFFER by negotiations with vendors and USAID audit authorities.
Also because of ardent interest and motivation towards power system automation, I was selected for 16 weeks internship in National Transmission & Dispatch Company; the sole electric power transmission company of Pakistan. Where I gained quality level knowledge and working experience about Grid System Operations (GSO), Protection and Instrumentation (P & I), SCADA, Metering and Testing (M & T). Along with these technical aspects I also earned practical knowledge about transmission system planning including Power Flow Studies, Reactive power compensation studies, Reliability and Stability Analysis with respect to interconnection of distributed generation with transmission system. My work at NTDC was highly praised and I was awarded with the certificate of appreciation by the senior management.