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Personal Profile• Dynamic leader with over 14 years of experience as a Substation Electrician • Excellent communication skills developed through experience in daily meetings, job planning and preparations with multiple departments.• Highly critical thinker with exceptional leadership skills developed through work experience in project lead roles.• Experienced in protection and Control schemes, design, commissioning, Installation, maintenance etc.• Experienced in Distributed Automation design, commissioning, installation, maintenance etc.• Experienced in various communication protocols and mediums, DNP, Modbus, 61850, radio, fiber, copper etc.• Networking, WAN, LAN, Routing, Switching, Goose Messaging• Proficient in AutoCad, Survalent and other various design software’s• Experienced in Operation, Maintenance and Installation SCADA system equipment (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)Substation Electrician• Construction, operation, troubleshooting, inspection, maintenance of Substation and Power System infrastructure.• Ability to read DC schematics, AC Schematics, 3 line, single line, cable schedules, distribution prints, etc.• Performed Job planning and lead on projects to insure timelines, guidelines, policies, regulations and standards are met. • Efficient in performing/analyzing a variety of electrical tests including Doble, insulation resistance, contact resistance, breaker Timing/travel analyzing, breaker min trip, battery load test, battery resistance, ratio test etc.• IR scanning electrical and mechanical infrastructureProtection and Control• Tasks include Install, commission, maintain, and troubleshoot Protection and control equipment. Equipment includes IED’s, RTU’s, Multiplexers, and Optical Stars etc.• Injection testing, logic verification, sanity checks, end to end protection scheme commissioning, transfer trip scheme testing etc.• Design and implementation of protection schemes. Including Feeder, transformer, bus, generation, breaker failure, transfer trip, under frequency etc.• Planning and development of commissioning procedures and documentation• Fault analysis• Familiar with IEC61850Distributed Automation and Communication • Responsible for Installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, commissioning of DA and communication equipment.• Familiar Equipment includes, Radios, Various RTU’s, IT switches, IT routers, Media Convertors, Remote Reclosers, Motor Operated Pole top switches etc.• Responsible for Maintenance, Troubleshooting, Programming, Commissioning of complete SCADA system of the Utility.