Zuhair Syed

OT Cyber Security| Control System Engineering|GICSP|MIEAust|CPEng|NER|APEC Engineer|IntPE(Aus)

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

About

Syed Zuhair is an ambitious and confident individual, eager to embark on a career ensuring personal and professional growth in Automation & Control. He has over 10 years of diversified experience in project and maintenance in Power Generation and process plants. He possess multi vendor control system experience and following are his skill matrix: SKILL MATRIX: Equipment: Steam Turbine, Gas Turbine, HRSG, Gas Compressor, Pump, Utilities, Furnace, Cooling Towers, Heat Recovery, Conveyors, Material Handling Gas Turbine Control System: GE Mark VIe Speedtronic Control System DCS: Honeywell: Experion PKS, Emerson Ovation PLC :Allen Bradley Control Logix/Micrologix, Compact Logix,Siemens(S7300/S7200) Emergency Shutdown Sytem: Honeywell FSC Machinery Protection System: Bently Nevada 3500 F & G :Honeywell Notifier Communication Networks: Profibus, Modbus, Modbus/TCP, OPC, HART HMI: Wonderware, Cimplicity, Factory Talk, CITECT

Experience

  • EnergyAustralia (7 yrs 7 mos)
    • Operational Technolgy Engineer
      Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

    • Control System and Instrumentation Engineer
      Jan 2019 - Jul 2022 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Control System Engineer at IRIS Integration
    Feb 2018 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr

    * Prepare project work scopes, functional specification of control system and commissioning check sheets * Allen Bradley PLC programming and commissioning and SCADA software development * Project management ensuring that project is completed within stipulated time, cost and technical specification * FAT and SAT testing

  • Manager (Instrumentation and Control System) at K-Electric
    Dec 2012 - Jan 2018 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    Responsible for the corrective and preventive maintenance of instrument and control system for 560 MW power plant that includes the following systems and equipment: -3 x General Electric 9E Gas Turbines (125MW) - GE Mark VI e Speedtronic Control System -1x Steam Turbine (185MW), 3 Boilers (HRSGs) & BOP- Emerson Ovation DCS -Natural Gas Compressor and Water Treatment Plant- Allen Bradley Control Logix PLC  Provide startup support after planned outage or breakdown  Plan maintenance activities including turnarounds / shutdowns jobs within available time and cost targets and without any non-compliance to K-Electric Health, Safety and Environment policy  Managed numerous CI(Combustor Inspection) and HGPI(Hot Gas Path Inspection) of gas turbine and steam turbine rotor replacement shutdown  Troubleshoot faults, carry out root cause analysis and write down technical reports  Identification of instrument and control system vulnerable assets and carry out improvement projects to improve plant reliability and availability  Estimate cost of projects and prepare annual CAPEX budgets and provide justification  Develop control system and instrumentation functional design specification for capital projects and review vendor bids in conformance to engineering standards and project specification  Follow and implement management of change(MOC) procedure for plant improvement projects  Design, install and commission capital projects and ensure conformance to quality standards, timelines, budget targets and project specification  Prepare work scopes, contract documents and possess outstanding skills in contractor management  Ensure availability of critical spares to meet business objectives Development of maintenance procedures for equipment to ensure consistent and safe operation  Ensures effective utilization of computerized maintenance management system (SAP) in order to keep track of all maintenance activities

  • Deputy Manager (Instrumentation and Control) at Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited
    Apr 2008 - Dec 2012 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    Owners I & C Engineer for the commissioning and maintenance of 24 MW captive power plant  Member of a team that was responsible for design, installation, commissioning & maintenance of plant’s instrumentation and control system of direct reduced iron plant, material handling system and power plant  Selection of control system and field Instrumentation according to specification  Programming of PLC/DCS and SCADA using functional blocks and ladder  Software development and configuration of SCADA systems  Knowledge of hazard area classification and their approvals  Ordering of project Instrumentation, spares and their inventory management  Design review of drawings (P&ID, PFD, Hookup Drawings, Loop Drawings, I/O List, Control Logic Drawings)  Proficient in Honeywell Experion PKS DCS  Troubleshooting of faults in minimum possible time and ensure high availability and reliability of equipment  Plan and establishes preventive and corrective maintenance jobs and resources for instrumentation and control system  Participated in FMEA, RCFA, HAZOP studies