Creative ~ Passionate ~ Strategic ~ Innovative ~ Formulated ~ Team Player
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
• Languages: English, Afrikaans, Hindi and Malayalam
• Control Systems & Instrumentation
• Project Management & Software Engineering - Computer Programming, Hardware diagnosis and configuration.
• Engineering Design: adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria, plans, schedules, and conducts work requiring Managing Change involving independent evaluation
PERSONAL SKILLS
• Devises new approaches to problems encountered
• Excellent Problem Solving Skills
• Volunteered at Religious organizations
• Excellent Technical Communication Skills
• Reading technical content, current affairs, magazines and journals.
EDUCATION
University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
B.Sc. Electronic Engineering (Honors) // 1999 – 2003
Majored in Software Engineering, Control Systems & Modeling, Telecommunications, Digital Systems, Business Management
- Participated in a Team of three developing the QUIZ software. Quiz is a convenient interactive, web-based database that can be accessed from anywhere at any time. Organized around computer based assignments, with online tutorial assistance provided as required, these designs dramatically reduce both student failure rates and instructional costs. QUIZ consists of three parts: a question and answer database, the LECTURER QUIZ, and the STUDENT QUIZ (February 2002 - October 2003).
- Assistance in maintaining School of engineering webpage, http://engineering.udw.ac.za (May 2001 – September 2003).
Professional Association Certification
• Engineering Society of South Africa (ECSA) - Member # 20095273 • Exida - Functional Safety Engineering 1 & 2
• IEEE - Membership # 93537254 • Torque IT - Cisco CCNA (ICND 1 & 2)
• IT Intellect - MCAD (Microsoft Certification)
KEY WORK EXPERIENCE
KBR, Inc. // Fourways / South Africa
SENIOR ENGINEER - Control Systems Engineering Department // 10/2013 – present
Responsible for:
• Performs work which involves conventional engineering practice but may include a variety of complex features such as conflicting design requirements, unsuitability of conventional materials, and difficult coordination requirements
• Responsible for selected medium-large scale local company control and instrumentation projects - single discipline and multi-discipline (within Southern Africa - management of engineering quality, manage engineering contractors)
• Oversees the performance of the project with regard to schedule cost and quality of the control systems scope with corrective action as required.
• Mentoring / coaching assistance in development of junior engineers.
• Experience in Intrinsic Safety calculations (Ex-xx) and other hazardous area protection methods (e.g. Ex-d/e/m/n/p)
• Participate in all project design reviews, model reviews, SIL-Safety Integrity Level, Hazop and Alarm reviews.
• Advanced controls optimization: expertise in MFD diagrams & Process control for developing control strategies as well as complex logic & control narratives.
• Expertise in specification and engineering of integrated plant control systems (OEM package units, PLC's, DCS, ESD/SIS, Fire & Gas and IIT systems)
• Experience in selection, evaluation and specification of field instrumentation and automated valves (control valves, safety on-off valves, transmitters etc.)
• Experience in specification of OEM custom unit integration , including compressors and instrumentation control.
• Compilation of FEED and Detailed process control packages. Process Control and Instrumentation (including analyzers) design and application. Integrated control systems including DCS and ESD design.
• Contribute to technical clarification meetings (various vendor technical specifications in a consulting platform)
• Proven ability to manage C&I engineering team and third-party contractors in a project environment
• Compile/compose Control narrative and Safe-guarding narrative for software engineering.
• Compile Cause & Effect diagram for Safeguarding software engineering platforms.
Skills Attained
• Strategy development
• Financial Management
• Business plan development
• Procurement and tender process
• Project & Software Management
• Customer relationship management
• Implementation of ISO 17025/9002 and IEC 61508/11
• Safety Systems, DCS & Control and Automation design using National and international Engineering codes and standards
Honeywell Process Solutions // MP / South Africa
PROJECT ENGINEER – Safety Systems Engineering Department // 09/2011 – 09/2013
Responsible for:
• Safety Systems enables compliance with plant safety standards, better system reliability and increased process uptime that lead to a safe production environment and operational savings.
• Provide assistance to Lead Engineer with contribution in terms of quality delivery on Multi-Discipline projects from Front-end-loading to completion with conformance to cost & schedule to taking over all responsibility of tasks on replicated systems and implementing ESD (Emergency Shutdown Device) system solution.
• Ensuring that required prerequisites and pre-commissioning work (e.g. design inputs, software and hardware testing, tools, and documentation) are in place prior to commencing work including quality assurance and commissioning.
• Developing and configuring complex Functional Logic Diagrams on the ESD (Emergency Shutdown Device)
• Manage the overall integration on multiple system elements, including ESD and DCS system.
• Performing site support and project design, implementation, QA/QC and commissioning.
• Execute Test work and documentation according to appropriate standards and quality systems.
• Regular project status updates (progress and technical problems) to engineering supervisor in analyzing all elements for the project to be successful.
• Implementing systems at site, scheduling scope for Construction Company.
• Produce parts of total functional design specifications and technical design specifications.
• Attend Engineering Technical meetings, FAT meetings and meeting with Clients.
Skills Attained
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