SUNEER BABU KALLANCHIRA

Senior Electrical Engineer, Project Management & Power system professional with 21 years of quantifiable experience in Power system control and protection, Project engineering, Power transmission/distribution systems design, feasibility studies, installation &commissioning, operations & maintenance, budgeting & costing, quality assurance and control, HSE processes and team management. Presently working as Senior Electrical Engineer, Electricity Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Power System Networks (Role of Project Manager/Engineering Manager) with Qatar General Electricity and Water Authority in Qatar. Was earlier associated with reputed energy/engineering organizations such as Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority and Kerala State Electricity Board. Have completed bachelor’s degree in Technology (B. Tech) in Electrical &Electronics Engineering in 2001 and Master of business administration (MBA-Project Management) in 2014.

Senior Electrical Engineer                                                                      May 2020-Present

Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation(Kahramaa),Doha-Qatar

• Plan, perform, coordinate, and supervise on-site testing and commissioning activities  related to pre-commissioning, field testing, energization and post-energization
• Perform system disturbance analysis , recommend and execute corrective actions related to protection and control engineering with Electricity Operation Planning
• Provide professional leadership and direction to team members ,delegate, plan, prioritize and review the work of other engineers
• Approve protection and control spare parts, prepare material demand forecast and manage spare parts procurement
• Member of Technical Authorization Committee involved in standardization of Kahramaa /Bulk Consumer Technical/safety procedures and approval of Senior Switching Authorization 
• Direct or participate in client meetings ,deliver protection/control design and engineering data and prepare progress reports
• Review and accept vendor submittals based upon conformity to and compliance with applicable technical specifications and approval of Technical Evaluation Report
• Ensure HSE policy and Conduct Safety audits in workplace as part of Safety Operation and Fault Analysis Team.
• Performing Safety Analysis, HAZOP/HAZID/Hazardous area classification and Emergency response Management (HAZOP/HAZID/HAZOWPERM)
• Selection and standardization of Transmission and Distribution electrical equipment in Explosive atmosphere as per IEC 60079
• Electrical equipment design, installation, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting and repair which includes EHV/HV/MV/LV GIS, Transformers, Reactors, Generators, Capacitor banks, OHL,Cables, Protection/control panels, VFD, NER,AVR, SCADA, UPS, Battery Charger, RTU and metering panels.

Electrical Engineer (Protection and Control)                                         Sep 2008-Apr 2020

Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa), Doha-Qatar

• Lead and Coordinate Testing and Commissioning of HV/EHV Systems of Electricity Network, Generating Stations, Process Plants, Oil & Gas Plants,  Transmission and Distribution network ranging from 11KV to 400 KV
• Power System Studies- Load Flow, Transient Analysis, Short Circuit Analysis, Relay Coordination studies and Motor starting Analysis using ETAP and MiPOWER 
• Calculate and Review-Protection and control settings, IED configurations, CT/VT sizing calculations, LVAC and LVDC systems, SAT procedures and Protection design drawings
• Electrical design calculations which include voltage drop, equipment sizing, earthing, cable sizing, electrical protection and relay selection, setting and coordination
• Lead power system interruption investigation conduct fault analysis and propose engineering solutions and recommendations
• Senior Authorized Switching Engineer-Conduct switching operations, Arrange outage                                                                 and issue Safety documents in Electricity Network(400/220/132/66/33/22/11KV)
• Approve Power system Protection and Control Equipment as per Factory acceptance test (FAT).
• Manage tender packages as tender Manager for Local and Minor works Electricity Projects related with Protection and Control system Modification and Refurbishment works.
• Prepare detailed Scope of Work for Local (LTC) and minor works (MW) contracts, Clarification on Bidders Queries, Conduct Bid Technical Evaluation and submit Technical Evaluation Report 

Projects Handled:

1.Various 400/220/132/66/33/11KV substations and remote end modification Projects of electricity networks in National Grid, Generating Stations, Process plants(QChem, Qafac, Qafco, Qatar Steel) and Oil &Gas Plants(Qatar Energy, Dolphin Energy, Qatar Gas) 

2.Up gradation, Commissioning and Maintenance of RAF-B 609 MW Gas turbine powerplant

3. Commissioning of Phase-1 of Siraj 1/Al Karsaah 800 MW PV Solar Power plant

Assistant Engineer (Transmission Protection)                                     Dec 2006-Sep 2008

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA),Dubai-UAE

• Testing and Commissioning of  Protection and Control system of Transmission and Generating Stations 
• Team Leader  for Protection Maintenance –TMD 
• Working Committee Member for In house Training(Protection Testing and Commissioning) 
• Authorized to take Permit To Work(PTW)on all 400 /132/66 KV Circuits of DEWA Electricity Network 
• Configuration, Testing and Commissioning of Protection Relays-Line differential, Tx differential, Distance, REF Protections, Busbar Protections of ABB, SIEMENS and AREVA relays.
• Review protection and control documents of different projects including SLD, schematics, wiring diagrams, functional specifications and setting reports
• Handling advanced test equipment like Omicron CPC 100,Omicron CMC 156,256,FREJA 300,SVERKER 760,DOBLE M4100(Tan Delta)
• Testing of CT, VT, Power Transformer, switchgear control and interlock 
• Review Power system study (fault level and load flow) required to determine protection settings of various relays

Electrical Engineer (Commissioning)                                                      Mar 2004-Nov 2006

Modern Rajab Maintenance and Construction , Abu Dhabi-UAE

• Installation, testing& commissioning of 132/11 KV substations
• Protection Relays-Final Setting/Testing/Commissioning - Siemens , Alstom, Areva, ABB & Reyrolle make 
• Protection& Control scheme check, Interlocks test, Stability tests ,AC/DC Scheme, TCS, Trip Logic and Trip Test
• Verification of Site drawing/Mark up as  per site requirement
• Coordination with Client/Main contractor for test reports and as built scheme drawing submission
• Final Snag Clearance prior to Energization
• Spare parts and material management for specific projects 

       Projects Handled:  (i) Umm-Ul-Nar(S-18) and (ii) Buhasa(E-25) - 132/11 KV Substations- 

       Abu Dhabi Water &Electricity Authority (ADWEA)   

Assistant Engineer (Substation)                                                                   Jul 2001-Mar 2004

Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB),Palakkad-India

• Protection & control scheme testing and commissioning of Malampuzha-2.5MW hydroelectric power station (July 2001-Dec 2001)
• Substation Engineer of 110/33/11 KV Substations for Supervision of Operation and Maintenance of all Substation Equipment.  (Jan 2002-August 2003)
• Authorized Switching Engineer to provide outage and safety documents (PTW/LOTO) for maintenance and commissioning works
• 33 KV Overhead line construction and commissioning of 33/11 KV Substation -Agali (Sep 2003 - March 2004)
• Protection testing and commissioning of 33/11KV, 5 MVA Transformers

Master of Business Administration                                                         May 2012- Dec 2014

Bharathiar  University , India

Post Graduation            :       Master of Business Administration(MBA)-2 Years

Discipline                        :       Project Management

Bachelor of Technology                                                                                  Aug 1997- Jun 2001

University  of Calicut , India

Degree                             :      Bachelor of Technology(B-Tech)-4 Years

Discipline                         :       Electrical and Electronics