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Operation and Maintenance
Industrial experience in a power plant: safety first, reliability always.
Timeline
Where it fits
How it works
Monitor
Watch condition, alarms and performance of the electrical and control systems.
Maintain
Planned maintenance, outages and contractor coordination.
Troubleshoot
Unplanned events: fast diagnosis with the team on the shop floor.
Improve
Engineering studies, improvement and development projects.
What I did
2016 – 2018
Lead Electrical, Control and Instrumentation O&M Engineer
Elpedison SA (Enerwave)
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- Lead electrical, control and instrumentation engineer for a 410 MW combined cycle power plant
- Hands-on with most electrical, instrumentation and control equipment of the plant
- Organised and supervised contractors, foremen and technicians for daily work, troubleshooting, and planned and unplanned maintenance
- Focus on safety, with highlights in reliability
- Acted as team lead and trained new members of the maintenance department
- Responsible for improvement projects, engineering studies and development projects of the plant
- Handled the gas and steam turbine long-term agreement activities, spare parts and SAP processes
Equipment and tools
- LV, MV and HV switchgear
- Protection relays
- Generators and transformers
- Siemens S7 DCS
- ABB GT and ST controls
- HIMA safety PLCs
- UPS and batteries
- SAP
- Outage planning
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