KHALID

AWAN
KHALID
AWAN

Electrical Engineer

Curriculum Vitae

+971509511254
khalidawan444@outlook.com
Pakistani, Married, Living in Abu Dhabi UAE
Driving License Issued in: UAE
www.linkedin.com/in/khalid-awan-a687b82b

Summary
Specialise supervision knowledge in medium voltage Distribution Substations
Installation, testing and commissioning, cable laying and allied works.
Site supervision of contractors medium voltage distribution substations.
Energy efficiency auditing in various buildings to analysis the energy-savings.
Condition monitoring and data collection of distribution substations.
Managing Installation and maintenance team of Automatic Meter Reading.
Testing and commissioning of Remote Terminal Unit, noise loggers, repeaters
and alpha units for leak detection of drinking water and provided technical
support for maintenance of warning and control stations of waste-water.
Maintenance of APC 40 kW UPS and 165 KVA Diesel Generators.
2016 Introduction to the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam, LinkedIn
2016 Project Management Fundamentals, LinkedIn
2016 Leadership Fundamentals, LinkedIn
2015 - 2016 Competent Person, LAP, AADC, UAE
2014 - 2016 Competent Person, LAP, ADDC, UAE
2014 - 2017 General Safety Course, Gulf Technical and Safety Training Centre, UAE
2014 HHU and MAXIMO Training, ADDC HQ, Abu Dhabi
2014 PD measurement and Thermal Image (Practical/Theoretical), Abu Dhabi

Education
4 years
2005 - 2008
3 years
2000 - 2003

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (Electronics), FUUAST, Pakistan

Recognized by Pakistan Engineering Council
Diploma of Associate Engineering (Electronics), RSIT, Pakistan
Recognized by Punjab Board of Technical Education of Pakistan

Experience
Since - 4/2014 Substation Engineer, Intec GOPA International Energy Consultant LLC, UAE (2
years 8 months).
2340480: Assistant Resident Engineer, Consultancy services of medium voltage
distribution substations for street lighting power along new Abu Dhabi Dubai
Road at Abu Dhabi.
- Site supervised monitor and control Contractors Installation, testing &
commissioning to 11/.4 kV package unit substation, H Pole Over Head
Line, 44km power cable laying and allied works to make sure compliance to
contractual requirements.
- Review of Contractors technical material to make sure conformity to project
requirements,
- Certify the Receiving Cum Damage Reports and Issue Site memo, NonConformance Report, Corrective and Preventive Action Request for
unconformities in the project execution, quality checks, documentation for the
entire project, reviewed as-built drawing and prepared the punch list.
- Supervise/Coordination for Site Acceptance Testing: General operation,
insulation resistance, high voltage, earth fault indicator, secondary injection,
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high set, primary injection, winding resistance, ratio, magnetizing, vector group
and earth resistance test.
D-102390:

Successfully completed, Condition monitoring and data collection of medium

voltage distribution substations of ADDC.
- Site survey and condition monitoring by visual inspection, partial discharged
testing and thermal imaging and data collection: of distribution substations.
- Responsible for site safety / working in energized substations.
- Data entry by Hand Held Unit, checking exported data, closing the work order
and collection of legacy files update in Maximo Asset Management system.
Electrical Engineer, Energy efficiency auditing for energy saving in the
accommodation buildings at Dubai Industrial Park in line with Dubai
Municipality/Green Building Regulations.
- Walk around to research and data collection from various buildings to analysis
best energy-saving opportunities. Making a report and show to the client all
saving and return back period.

A13108: Consultancy Services for Supply, Installation and Construction of 11/0.4 kV 100
Brick Built Substation and A12678.2: Consultancy services for 33/11 kV
Package Unit Substation Mega Development Project in Al Ain.
- A study feasibility including site survey, data collection and existing HV
cables sizes to decide the feeding arrangements, size of substation, relocation
of plots of PUs substations and finding nearest Grid stations site and data.
- Support to preparation of design substation as-per ADDC and town planning
department requirements.
9/2013 - 4/2014 General Electrical Engineer, Sardinia General and Electrical Maintenance
LLC, UAE (8 months).
Responsibilities: MEP works undertaken by contractors such as cable laying, installation of HV/LV
panels, transformers, generators, DC systems as per approved documents and
authority standards. Method statements, SAT and FAT procedures for equipment
and reports by UAE standard and policies.
5/2010 - 8/2013 Electrical Support Engineer, Amplex - Emirates WLL, UAE (3 years 4 months).
G-3923: Smart Metering/Automatic Meter Reading in Abu Dhabi.
- Managing the support teams for maintenance and troubleshooting of
Automatic Meter Reading system. Testing and repaired Automatic Meter
Reading modules, CPU, power line communication and allied modules.
G-5634: Drinking and Waste Water Project in Al Ain.
- Testing and commissioning of noise loggers, repeaters and alpha units for leak
detection of drinking water using Hand Held Unit.
- Provided technical support for maintenance of warning and control stations of
wastewater.
6/2007 - 5/2010 Students Support In-charge/Sr. Lab Technician (Electrical), Research Center
for Modeling & Simulation / NUST, Pakistan (3 years).
- Maintenance of 40 kW UPS, 165 KVA Diesel Generators and electrical wiring.
- Maintenance and programming of telephone exchange.
- Maintained hardwares of ALTERAs FPGA cards and National instruments
devices in Electronics System Design Automation lab and repaired electrical
and electronics devices.
3/2003 - 6/2007 Service Engineer, SIEMENS (Com EN), Pakistan (4 years 4 months).

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- Installation, maintenance and programming of Siemens telephone

exchanges. Troubleshooting of Siemens telephone system, power supply,
telephone sets, uninterrupted power supplies and computers repaired.
- Installation of MDF, IDF data and voice network 10 to 100 pairs of cables and
patching with krone punch down tool in the Panels.
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Other Certifications
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
2013 - 2015
2013 - 2015
2013 - 2014
2011
2011
2010 - 2013
2010 - 2013
2009
2009
2007
2004
1999

New Manager Fundamentals, LinkedIn

Project Management Simplified, LinkedIn
Solving Common Project Problems, LinkedIn
Business Writing Fundamentals, LinkedIn
Efficient Time Management, LinkedIn
The 5-Day Excel Challenge, LinkedIn
Basic Fire Fighting Training, Tatweer Safety Consultancy, UAE
Basic First Aid Training, Tatweer Safety Consultancy, UAE
Competent Person, LV Work, ADDC, UAE
PMP Program Training, Cambridge Education PMI, UAE
2150 AV Flow Meter Training, TELEDYNE ISCO, UAE
Basic Fire Fighting Course, ETSDC, UAE
Basic First Aid Course, ETSDC, UAE
Modeling and Simulation Techniques, RCMS/NUST, Pakistan
Stochastic Modeling and Simulation, RCMS/NUST, Pakistan
LabVIEW Training & LabWindows CVI, CCTSM/NUST, Pakistan
Advanced Digital Design (Verilog HDL), College Of Digital Sciences, Pakistan
Computer Course (6 months), Barkat Ali World Computer Connection, Pakistan

Skills
Project Management, Planning, Erection, Testing and commissioning, Microsoft
Office, Business Writing, Windows, Maximo, LabVIEW, Verilog and Quartus

Rewards and Grants

2016 Appreciation + Incentive - Business Year 2016, Intec, Abu Dhabi
2015 Letter of Appreciation, Intec, Abu Dhabi
2014 Two Performance Rewards + Incentives, Intec, Abu Dhabi

Talks and Presentations

2016 Testing and Commissioning of MV/LV Cables and 11 kV PU Substations,
Intec, Abu Dhabi

Languages
Punjabi:

mother tongue

English:

good

Urdu:

excellent

Arabic:

beginner

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