Ahmad Fawad

SJ, CA, 95123

408-396-6360
afawad2006@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE: Engineering 
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

 

Quality Assurance engineering expert with diversified combine experience of technical consulting services for more than 8 years of and more than 15 years experience with Quality Program System Development in power transformer manufacturing, Inspected transformers from design stage thru production and testing. 
 

A seasoned designer with PLS-Cadd, Bentley Micro Station V8i, Autodesk Inventor 2013 and AutoCAD releases 14, 2000, 2002,2004,2006,2007,2009,2010,2012,2013,2014.
 

Prepared electrical and mechanical production drawings using AutoCAD and Raster Image, Control of new part number and description, generation and revision control of Bill of Materials BOMs). Experience in managing digital inventories of engineering infrastructures, CADD management, CADD design and CADD support Experience in developing, verifying, and implementing engineering specifications. 
 

Skilled in obtaining solutions to project issues, Interface with other engineering departments to coordinate the release of new products.
 

Dynamic team player and team builder, detail-oriented, creative, organized professional and consistently motivating others toward success. Served as a power-user for JDE Liaison between Engineering and Production

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating System

Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 2000, NT 4.0 and Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 3.11, MSDOS 6.22

 

Applications

PLS-Cadd, MicroStation V8i, AutoCAD 2000 thru 2014, Autodesk Inventor 2013, Raster Image Design 2007, Google Earth, MS Access2007, MS Project, MS FrontPage, MS Visio, SharePoint 3.0 services, MS Office 2003 and 2007, JDE, Adobe Acrobat Reader/Writer, IBM (AS400) and CNC-KOMO

 

Telecom Products

Nortel Norstar Phone and Voice Mail System

 

EDUCATION:

1977-1983- Kabul University, Kabul Afghanistan BS- Hydro Technical Engineering

1985-1986- San Jose City College, San Jose CA

Certificate of achievement in Electro-Mechanical Drafting

1085 hours E/M Drafting Courses-

Lettering, tolerance, Multi-View Projections, Sectioning views, Auxiliary views, Revolution,

Dimension, Threads, Fasteners, Graphic Fabrication, PCB Drawings and Detailed PCB Layout

2000- Technical Certificate

JDE Manufacturing Engineer and CNC-KOMO

 

 

RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Jan 2006-present- Auriga Corporation, Milpitas, CA Mechanical Engineer

 San Diego Gas and Electric Substation Design QA/QC

Currently supporting the QA/QC project team for Mesa Rim, Garfield and Sycamore Substations for San Diego Gas & Electric Company

 

The followings are the scope of the projects:

Mesa Rim Substation

Scope: Relay upgrade for breakers, Added new circuit breakers, New Panels for Annunciator, Breaker controls.

Garfield Substation

Scope: Added new protection relay for the line, added new panel.

Sycamore Substations Phase I

Scope: Added new protection relay for the line, added new panel

Sycamore Substations Phase II

Scope: Added new protection relay for the line, added new panel

·                       QA/QC of wiring diagrams for the control circuits of the circuit breakers for Substation

·                       Review, identify and request necessary drawings of the existing control and protection scheme of stations

·                       Revise and review electrical engineering design drawings that include one-line diagram, three-line schematic, DC     schematic, physical layout drawings, wiring/interconnection drawings, annunciation, RTU function

·                       SEL port assignment for the communication processor, verified RTU point list

·                       Work with Bill of Material and cable schedule verification.

 

PG&E-Gold Hill 8 miles Road 230kV Transmission Line Project

Worked on T-line Project for Gold Hill 8 miles Road 230kV to develop PLS-CADD model of the existing line based on survey, line loading data and existing drawings and documentation supplied to Burns & McDonnell

•          Graphically sagging conductors to match the survey data and weather conditions at the time of survey

•          Determining the number of spans having clearance discrepancies.

§ Raising existing towers

§ Creating Plan and Profile drawings for the non-compliant spans.

§ Providing punch-list detailing tower modifications based on PG&E evaluation

§ Providing PLS-CADD .bak file and all other CAD files.

§ Providing drawings to reflect As-Built per Construction field notes.

 

San Diego Gas & Electric-TL660 Encinitas-Del Mar 69-kV Line, Solano Beach Stub Pole Relocation

Worked on T-line Solano Beach Stub Pole Relocation

Prepared the Bases of Design for SDG&E to replace four (4) guyed wood poles with self supporting poles to eliminate the guys and guy stub requirements

 

The transmission line is an existing 69-kV single circuit with 12-kV under build and secondary services. Four (4) poles: Z24481 (41), Z24482 (42), Z24483 (43), AND Z24484 (44) are to be replaced and two (2) require the relocation or replacement of transformers to serve residences

 

NERC Mitigation Waves 14-20 (PG&E)

The scope of this project was to mitigate the identified NERC discrepancies with PG&E required criteria which may require structure raises, facility modifications and/ or replacements.

Ø      Submitted the 30% Engineering Design and Constructability Review.

Ø      Submitted 60% review of the proposed mitigation (SOW) with the appropriate PG&E personnel, to update/revise and issue a final SOW.

Ø      Submitted 95% Design Review package and conduct a Design Review of the proposed mitigation (SOW) with the appropriate PG&E personnel.

Ø      Submitted IFC electronic Notification and hard copies of the IFC package, Updated PLS-CADD Model based on project scope document.

Ø      Generated a Tension Check Report (actual vs. design) for each span with a discrepancy.

Ø      Modified existing Structure Data Sheets to incorporate changes required to support the tower raises.

Ø      Provided bill of materials to PG&E for required hardware and assemblies (based on coordination with PG&E).

Ø      Provided necessary drawings for mark up of Caltrans Crossing / Safety Installation, incorporate field mark ups of drawing for submittal to Caltrans for crossing permit.

 

WARM SPRINGS EXTENSION Design-Build Line, Track, Station, and Systems

Worked on the first phase of the project: Typical Design drawings for radio

The scope included to prepare new AutoCAD drawings for the 800 MHz trunked radio

System for the WSX Extension

 Detail drawings including panel and cabinet layouts, equipment, interconnection diagrams, equipment and material lists, manufacturer's descriptive and technical literature, catalog cuts, and installation instructions.

 

SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility District)

Worked on Upgrading Relay Protection for Carmichael (CAR) and Orangevale (OVL) 230/69 kV Transformer project: The scope included to prepare new AutoCAD drawings for "Insert Panel A", for  Transformer Bank #1 and Breaker 5930 Controls & Relay Protection (One Line Control & Relaying Drawing), AC Schematic Drawing, Protection Drawings (Differential & Over current), DC Control Elementary Diagrams for Transformer High side 230kV & Lo side 69kV, "Insert Panel A" Layout and Wiring Diagrams, including wiring to new RTU and Device Nameplate schedules    

 

 

Kyrgyzstan 

500 kV Transmission Line and Substation Single Line Diagram (USTDA funded project) - As a member of the project team Mr. Fawad developed substation single line diagrams using AutoCAD, version 2006and utilized Google Earth to develop a comprehensive GIS database to be integrated with the Utility management system.

City of Lodi 

60kV Transmission Line, Substation site selection and as-built Single Line Diagrams. As a member of the project team Mr. Fawad identified optimum alternatives for new substation site and transmission line relocation. Developed substation single line diagrams using AutoCAD, version 2006, and Google Earth to develop a comprehensive GIS database to be integrated with the Utility management system.

TID (Turlock Irrigation District) 

Verification of the power, signal and communication systems as- built and as-is construction and drawing update. As a member of the project team Ahmad performed site, system and facility walk-downs and red-lined drawings or develop sketches as necessary to document the as-built configuration. The scope included development and/or update drawings for fiber conduit and cable tray layouts, panels layouts, wiring diagrams, single line diagrams, schematic diagrams, sonnet equipment Diagrams, Jungle Mux Node assignment diagrams, wiring schedules, and conduit schedules.

San Mateo County Transit District Caltrans 

Digital Microwave Communication System. Ahmad prepared equipment and electrical room layout and schematic drawing for the new system. Developed equipment mechanical installation and telecommunication related designs and drawing.

    

BART Test Engineer 

Ahmad performed numerous automatic fare collection system tests in support of the BART Only Smart Card and TransLink (Clipper Card):

∙         7000 BART Only Smart Card (BOSC)

∙         TransLink system integration field testing (800,000 transactions)

∙         TransLink Phase 2-Fare Gate Integration-System Integration Test-Integration Test 5 (IT5)- Test Plan, Procedure and conduct.

∙         TransLink Fare Payment System FACI (First Article Configuration Inspection)

Metropolitan Transportation Commission 

Ahmad conducted field operability testing of the TransLink On-Board Equipment including FACI (First Article Configuration Inspection)

SCE (Southern California Edison) 

Mr. Fawad provided AutoCAD design to update for Fiber Optics such as shelf layouts, equipment rack layouts, T1 wiring diagrams, alarm points wiring diagrams, single line diagrams, schematic diagrams, Alcatel MDR-8000 wiring diagrams, conduit schedules, floor plan and site plan.

2002-2005 ENTREPRENEUR - MANAGED OWN BUSINESS

RELEVENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1999-2002 Waukesha Electric System, Milpitas CAEngineering Quality

∙         Served as a liaison between engineering and production line.

∙         Inspected Transformers from design stage to production line based on design and customer requirements as follows:

∙         Transformer Core Cutting Inspection

∙         Transformer Coil Winding Inspection

∙         Transformer Winding Assembly Inspection

∙         Tanking Inspection

∙         Transformer Testing Inspection

∙         Daily production meeting presence and issue follow-up, coordinate point of engineering NCR’s,

 

Manage NCR’s within engineering, NCR’s ownership assignment, NCR’s completion and response tracking and ECO communication back to manufacturing.

∙         CARB (corrective action review board) activity participation

∙         Recommend CAR’s to improve engineering quality, assign CAR’s within engineering, and implement process improvements to the engineering quality system based on NCR, FDR and customer survey feedback, CAR tracking and completion.

∙         Quality system development

∙         Developed detailed checklists for engineering, toll gate keeper and management of checklists, coordinate design for manufacturability activities within engineering and coordinate weekly meetings with design, quality and production departments to review engineering drawings before shop release

∙         Created Tollgate, checklists and NCR’s log sheets.

∙      Attended daily production and weekly CARB and NCR’s meetings and appointing the NCR’s ownership.

∙         Managed engineering archive.

∙         Served as a power-user for JDE.

∙         Created JDE instructions for all JDE users

∙         Power Point presentation

∙         Reported directly to the Engineering Manager.

1988-1999 North American Transformer, Milpitas CA Senior Engineering Technician

Responsible for ordering materials for transformers, create and design of Oil Flow Washers, connection diagrams, major insulations, interpretation of customer needs for test department, detailing of engineering design and creating of BOM(Bill Of Material) for production line

1986- 1988 Reliance Electric System, Milpitas CA Electro-Mechanical Drafter

∙         Detailing of transformers design layout for production purpose using Auto-Cad, Q-Pro spreadsheets and IBM (AS-400, SYS-36).

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL PREPARATION

∙      Using AutoCAD 2012 and Micro-station v8i, preparing, and updating engineering and technical drawings

∙      Using MS-Word, creating Proposals of (IT, Telecommunication, Engineering and Transportation) projects for the Local, State and International clients.

∙         Managing the Projects and Proposals Archive

∙         Organized, create and formatted the Proposal Template

∙         Created synopsis of the personal

∙         Using MS-Projects, Creating Project Schedule

∙         Using MS-Visio, Creating the Organization Chart and the RFP process

∙         Using Acrobat Reader/Writer, converting Word doc. to PDF and much more

∙         Created PowerPoint Presentations

IT SUPPORTS / Business Development

IT Administrator

Provided IT support Services for Auriga’s IT System

As an IT admin ordering computers and laptops, executing equipment replacement activity, updating asset management system to reflect work performed, monitoring daily activity, installing and maintaining PC hardware and software, troubleshooting network usage and computer, perform system backups and data recovery, resolve network communication problems, e-mail administration, disk capacity monitoring and network security, and other administrative duties. More 6 years experience with PC support, including deployment with PC hardware troubleshooting and repair. Escalate quickly when issues arise. Assist other technicians as needed. 

 

Business Development Associate

·               Member of business development team, coordinating efforts of multiple technical and logistical team members to respond to local and international Requests for Proposals/Qualifications (RFP) and RFQ)

·               Developed annual marketing analysis of internal proposal development process to identify gap analytics and improve proposal turnaround by 2-4 days

·               Developed spreadsheets to track proposal generation and marketing developments on a weekly basis