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Operation and Maintenance

Industrial experience in a power plant: safety first, reliability always.

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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