Electrical Technician ( Protection & Control) in BUI POWER AUTHORITY

Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Current:BUI POWER AUTHORITY
Education:Electrical Engineering/ Telecommunications

Job Experience

Electrical Technician ( Protection & Control)

BUI POWER AUTHORITY

January 2012 to Actually working here

? Troubleshooting of instrumentations like RTD, Limit Switches, Transmitters, solenoid valves, level switches, temperature sensors, pressure gauges, vibration sensors, interlock system Control systems and several other electrical automation components on turbine systems and the generator.
? Worked on the Plant Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and the Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system.
? Handled the responsibilities of maintaining Plant Protection systems (unit & distance protection relays) fire-fighting system and analyzing each trip on the units.
? Troubleshooting Unit startup related problems.
? Troubleshooting on Switchyard equipment such as SF6 Circuit Breakers, Disconnect Switches, Current & Potential Transformers, Earthing Switches, Transmission and Distribution Lines and all switchyard controls.
? Carry out maintenance on Governor and Excitation Systems.
Maintaining and troubleshooting plant Communication Systems like (SDH, MDF (Harris), PABX (Harris), PLC, DECT (Harris) and CCTV).
? Implementing preventive maintenance schedules of various machineries and instruments to increase machine up time and equipment reliability.
? Proactively identify areas of obstruction/breakdowns and take steps to rectify the equipment?s through application of trouble shooting tools.
? Review electrical design specification developed by other engineers.
? Helped in the Power Plant Operations to meet the System or National code requirements.
? Assisted in Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning to ensure equipment safety to meets acceptable standards and preparing as-built documentation.
? Involved in the functional tests, loop tests, calibration of the field instruments including water analysers, interfaces with PLCs Switchgear, interlocks according to the process requirements.
? Troubleshooting on PLCs (Schneider or Siemens) Problems or faults.
? Installation, Commission and Maintenance of Dewatering and Drainage Pumps controls.
? Maintenance of all electrical systems or equipment used in the pumping station and waste water treatment systems.
? Writing of Standard Maintenance Procedures as part of in house training of Junior Engineers, Technicians, Mechanics etc.

Education

Electrical Engineering/ Telecommunications

Ghana Technology University

Currently studying

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