Arash Sedighi

• Improved team productivity by providing technical guidance and mentoring junior engineers.
• Established strong working relationships with clients through exceptional communication skills, fostering trust and collaboration.
• Achieved successful project outcomes by maintaining accurate documentation and meeting strict deadlines.
• Developed positive working relationships with stakeholders to effectively coordinate work activities.

• Managed a team of technicians and subcontractors, providing guidance and support for skill development and performance improvement.
• Leading the entire gamut of maintenance activities of combined cycle powerplant including project, outage planning & conducting activities related to production, plant.
• Implementing maintenance schedules and steering periodic checks and conditional monitoring to ensure performance of various equipment and maintaining requisite documents for the same.
• Reducing the cost of maintenance and increasing the availability of the production units.

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
• Drove all electrical maintenance activities of 8 GE gas turbines and auxiliary systems and two GE steam turbines (combined cycle)

• Managed risk effectively through careful analysis of project requirements coupled with proactive problem-solving techniques.
• Supported project planning and execution efforts relating to technical documentation and process development.
• Surveyed potential sites for building of power plants facilities.
• Edited technical documentation for clarity and conformity with overall goals, safety guidelines, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversight and control the performance and efficiency of the generation units, Oversight and controlling operation & maintenance of the plants, providing monthly and yearly production and performance reports in collaboration with electricity market, Calculating the power plant internal consumption need, Holding technical meetings to investigate the technical problems of power plants, to share and follow up on solving problems, Site visits and holding meetings with plants engineers and superintendent (weekly basis), Vendor management and Approval electrical design of new investment projects, Preparation of electrical BOQs and MTOs. fulfill procurement requirements. Reviewing specifications proposals for tender processes. To fulfill other duties within the department's area of responsibility

• Oversaw hiring, training, scheduling and support.
• Optimized resource utilization for two combined cycle power plant projects under management by prioritizing tasks based on criticality while maintaining focus on timeframes and deliverables.
• Conducted thorough evaluations of system performance, optimizing operations as necessary for optimal results.
• Established a reputation for excellence within the industry by consistently delivering high-quality commissioned projects on time and within budget constraints.
• pre-commissioning, commissioning, start up, test run, training, operation and handing over of the plant to the client according to contractual requirements and project objectives in terms of safety, quality, budget, and schedule.

several years of non-stop, full-time work at various power plants and in various locations one after another, a total of 21 power generation units. Steered commissioning of Electrical systems, mainly in power plants, including electrical protections, High voltage equipment.

Highlights:

As an electrical commissioning engineer/manager and from an electrical point of view I have been involved with the big and small power plants and its ancillary electrical systems daily, including design management, Commissioning, upgrading and retrofit solutions.

1. Installation/ cabling/ termination of Electrical equipment

2. Commissioning and interlock design of 6.6 KV bus bar including 48 Outgoing and 4 incomers and fore bus couplers including HV tests, CB analyses, Relays tests and live commissioning under supervision of CMEC and Siemens (750 MW conventional power plant)

3. Testing and commissioning of 6.6 KV Motors

4. Pre-commissioning, testing, and commissioning of 400KV oil immersed transformers and other type of Transformers.

5. Testing and commissioning of LV Bus bars, and design review of all electrical and control interlocks

6. Testing of protection relays/paralleling and synchronizing device/CB closing discrepancy detection relays, electromechanics type.

7. Testing and hot commissioning of generators >185MVA

8. Interlock design between distribution substation and power generation system.

9. Testing and commissioning of generator excitation systems (Asi-robicon, sımadyn base, S5 and S7 base)

10. Life assessment of oil immersed transformers

11. Testing and commissioning of numerical protection relays different types

12. Lighting and lightening design

13. Overhauling of substation CBs and transformers OLTC

14. Lifetime assessment of oil immersed transformers: DGA, DIRANA test, conducting all individual tests, oil purification and fault analyses

15. electrical faults root cause analyses

I/O test and familiar with DCS and PLCs and communication protocols.