Osama Abdellatif

Project Engineering Manager, Hitachi Energy,Grid Integration & Power Quality Solutions |FACTS Global Center of Competence| Certified Hitachi PME, and PMP®PMI

Västerås, Västmanland County, Sweden

About

Certified Project Engineering Manager by Hitachi Energy, and certified PMP by Project Management Institute, I am leading projects for the Global Center of Competence, Power Quality Solutions, delivering innovative and reliable grid integration solutions for FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) projects worldwide. I have over 18 years of experience in electrical engineering, project management, consultancy management, projects management, engineering lead, and tender submission. I have successfully executed STATCOMs projects in KSA, Egypt as a consultant project engineer. As a contractor, I worked as a project lead engineer delivering STATCOM projects in USA, Canada and Europe beside working in tender submission for STATCOMs projects. Working as a consultant project engineer representing the owner ( Saudi Electricity Company SEC/PDC) and shifting to work as a contractor ( HITACHI ENERGY); I have extensive knowledge and skills in Electrical design, FACTS projects, project management, Engineering Management, maintenance of substations and industrial applications. I have also contributed to the first international FACTS project between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, providing first STATCOM in Egypt. I am passionate about delivering high-quality solutions that enhance power grid stability, efficiency, and sustainability.

Experience

  • Project Engineering Manager at Hitachi Energy
    Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

    project Engineering Manager, Certified PMP and Certified Hitachi PME, Working for Hitachi Global Center of Competence (Sweden) , Power Grid Quality Solutions, FACTS projects. Project Lead for STATCOM projects and tenders in USA and UK.

  • Senior Project Engineer at Saudi Electricity Projects Development Company
    Dec 2020 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Senior Project engineer for SEC projects (Project Development Company) through Al- Othman consultant office. International FACTS project between Saudi Arabia (SEC/PDC) and Egypt (EETC), Dynamic Reactive Power Compensation (STATCOM) at Ounat 220kv substation (Egypt), capacity of 200 MVAR capacitive and inductive.

  • Consultant at Saudi Electricity Company
    Oct 2014 - Jun 2023 · 8 yrs 9 mos

    Through Dar Engineering

  • Project Engineer at DAR ENGINEERING
    Nov 2014 - Dec 2020 · 6 yrs 2 mos

    # Project engineer(certified PMP) for Dynamic Reactive Power Compensation project JDN S/S up to 300 MVAR (2 units of TCR, TSC, Harmonic Filters (2nd,3rd,5th,7th&9th) at Jeddah North 380/110 kv substation. #Project engineer for Wadi Jalieel project (two 110kv Capacitor Banks each 100MVAR).with Alstom/GE as a main contractor . # Project Engineer for 380 Kv Expansion Jeddah North West 380kv SS. From 11.11.2014 till now. # participated in Kudmi 132kv GIS extension #Project engineer for SVC/STATCOM Meddina East project #project engineer for construction of Hunayn 390/110/13.8 kv BSP.

  • Electric Engineer/ substations at Sues Steel (SSC)
    Sep 2012 - Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    substation engineer: Maintenance, testing and operating shift engineer 1-Testing and Maintenance of Circuit Breakers (vacuum), SF6 and GIS MV and LV switchgears (ABB) 33KV, 11KV, 6.6KV. 2- Maintenance & tests for power transformers up to 220kv for electric Furness (Electrical Arc Furnes) & LF. 3-Testing current transformer- primary current injection (ODEN). 4-Primary and secondary current injection using (SEVERKER) tester. 5-Power quality analysis and harmonics measuring. 6-Protection relay REF542 plus, SIPROTEC, REX521, RET, MICOM. 7-Static VAR Compensation 180MVA on 33KV with 2nd, 3rd &4th harmonic Filter (capacitors till 50MFeach). 8-Motors up to 11MVA (compressors & blowers).