NINAD GAWANDE
RELIABILITY ENGINEER
Pune
Summary
Electrical reliability professional with strong expertise in troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance of electrical systems. Known for reliability and adaptability in dynamic environments, consistently delivering results through effective team collaboration. Skilled in electrical diagnostics and system optimization with focus on safety and efficiency. Highly valued for problem-solving abilities and commitment to maintaining optimal equipment performance.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages
Work History
Electrical Reliability Engineer
Reliance Industries Ltd
08.2022 - Current
- Developed comprehensive maintenance plans of all electrical equipments, ensuring timely execution and adherence to safety standards.
- Provide reliability and integrity support to electrical assets.
- Conduct preventive and predictive maintenance on electrical systems, reducing machine downtime by 30%.
- Supervised a team of 40 contract personnel, overseeing routine preventive maintenance (PM) and breakdown repairs to ensure seamless operations and minimal downtime.
- Performed maintenance and testing of power transformers, OLTCs, ACBs, VCBs, UPS systems, and battery chargers, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
- Conducted diagnostic testing and troubleshooting of SF6 circuit breakers, CTs, PTs, isolators, and lightning arresters to prevent electrical failures.
- Managing the critical spare inventory for essential equipment by raising purchase requisitions to ensure operational continuity and minimal downtime.
- Proficient in diagnosing, maintaining, and troubleshooting electrical systems in 100 kV and 22 kV AIS switchyards, ensuring reliable power distribution and system integrity.
- Executed insulation resistance, contact resistance, and relay testing for switchgear components, RLA testing for transformers, ensuring compliance with safety and operational standards.
- Proficient in cable sizing, lightning protection calculations, earthing system design, and capacitor bank calculation for power factor improvement and harmonics elimination, as per Indian Standards (IS), to ensure safety and efficiency in electrical installations.
- Strategizing and allocating resources for the biannual preventive maintenance (PM), ensuring effective execution through coordination with plants, external vendors, contractors, technicians, and engineers.
- Monitoring load details of substation feeders, and implementing projects to manage loads within prescribed limits.
- To monitor daily power consumption of all the plants and maintain the power factor.
- Following the Work Permit System (WPS) to ensure compliance with safety protocols during operations.
- Prepare the 52-week PM planner, and conduct root cause analysis and quick breakdown solutions.
- Hands-on experience in dealing with EHS compliance and fulfilling the obligations and requirements from the client (Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Matrix, safety system of work and safety essentials, TBT, ZHC Policy).
- Conducting and coordinating various types of training and mock drills (electrical safety, firefighting system, PPE, LOTO).
- Conducting training and development programs for subordinates, new joiners, and subcontractors through external, in-house, and on-the-job training sessions.
Systems Engineer
Infosys Technologies
11.2021 - 07.2022
- I had a comprehensive training for six months on various computer languages, such as C, Java, DBMS, JCL, and COBOL.
- I worked on a project with an international client on a banking page, creating UI screens for banking server screens.
- I worked remotely in coordination with a team of eight from various places in India and the USA.
- Conducted end-user reviews for modified and new systems.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
AISSMS College of Engineering
Pune, India 04.2001 -
HSC - CBSE Board
Sinhgad Springdale Highschool
Pune, India 04.2001 -
SSC - CBSE Board
Sinhgad Springdale School
Pune, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Preventive maintenance
Timeline
Electrical Reliability Engineer
Reliance Industries Ltd
08.2022 - Current
Systems Engineer
Infosys Technologies
11.2021 - 07.2022
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
AISSMS College of Engineering
04.2001 -
HSC - CBSE Board
Sinhgad Springdale Highschool
04.2001 -
SSC - CBSE Board
Sinhgad Springdale School
04.2001 -
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