Engr. Tanveer Alam

Leadership:

• Inspire and guide a team of skilled engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement to achieve departmental goals.
• Fostered a positive work environment with regular team building activities.
• Piloted change management initiatives successfully improving organisational adaptability.
• Coordinated hiring, recruitment and training strategies to build successful administrative team.

Maintenance Management:

• Oversee all project maintenance activities, ensuring compliance with safety standards through comprehensive preventive and corrective maintenance programs and scheduling to maximize operational uptime.
• Lead and supervise the daily operations and maintenance of High Voltage (HV) and Low Voltage (LV) electrical distribution networks, ensuring optimal system performance, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance programs for 33kV, 22kV, and 11kV substations, switchgear, and underground cable networks, minimizing downtime and enhancing asset reliability.
• Conduct condition monitoring and diagnostic testing, including thermal imaging, ultrasonic inspection, and partial discharge testing, to proactively identify and mitigate equipment faults.
• Respond promptly to emergency faults and power outages, performing root cause analysis and implementing swift restoration measures to ensure uninterrupted power supply.
• Supervise field teams and contractors during scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks, ensuring compliance with safety standards, work permits (PTW), and operational procedures.
• Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, switching logs, fault histories, and regulatory documentation to ensure transparency and compliance.

Technical and Commercial Expertise:

• Bridge technical execution and commercial strategy by evaluating project feasibility, managing budgets, and optimizing resources for enhanced profitability while maintaining high operational standards.

Strategic Planning and Execution:

• Plan and execute preventive and corrective maintenance activities, minimizing downtime, enhancing system reliability, and extending the lifespan of electrical infrastructure.

Coordination with Local Authorities:

• Cultivate strong relationships with local regulatory bodies to ensure compliance and streamline project approvals through effective communication and cooperation.
• Represented organisations at seminars, conferences and business events.

Timely Project Execution:

• Commit to delivering projects on time with maximum efficiency by employing rigorous project management practices to monitor progress and address challenges promptly.
• Coordinated cross-departmental collaboration for improved workflow.
• Supervised project timelines for timely completion.

Budgeting and Financial Management:

• Develop and manage departmental budgets, identifying cost-saving opportunities while ensuring service quality and efficiency.
• Negotiated vendor contracts to secure favourable terms and conditions.

Stakeholder Communication:

• Maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, facilitating smooth operations and presenting performance reports to senior management.

Safety and Compliance:

• Ensure adherence to local regulations and industry standards, promoting a safe working environment and developing emergency response plans.
• Enforced safety regulations to reduce workplace accidents.

• Plan and execute scheduled maintenance activities to ensure that equipment operates at optimal levels.
• Respond to breakdowns in timely and efficient manner to minimize downtime.
• Plan, supervise, and coordinate all maintenance activities to meet functional objectives.
• Preventive and corrective maintenance for secondary (33,22,11/.4kv) distribution substation.
• Switching operation on 33,22 and 11kv networks (private substation).
• Experienced in carrying out operation on different kind of ring units / switchgears.
• Attending emergency cases of power tripping, finding fault and restoring power to minimize power outage time.
• Monitoring & Inspection of High voltage, low voltage networks, and transformer status.
• Taking Shutdown from ADDC of HV and LV networks for Maintenance and rectification of any fault.
• Supervision of all activities during shutdown.
• Preventive Thermal imaging test and Partial discharge test.
• Ultrasonic test.
• Underground Cable fault locating (for High voltage and low voltage cable).
• Diagnose faults and repair equipment to ensure that it is operating effectively.
• Supervise engineering and technical staff to ensure that they are performing their duties correctly.
• Train and develop assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver respective section objectives.
• Support effective performance and cost control by investigating and highlighting any significant variances.
• Manage budgets to ensure that maintenance activities are cost-effective.
• Maintain statistical and financial records to track maintenance costs and identify areas for improvement.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation to provide safe working environment.
• Create maintenance procedures to standardize maintenance activities and improve efficiency.
• Issue daily maintenance schedules to ensure that maintenance activities are planned and executed effectively.
• Follow up on routine and preventive maintenance plans to ensure that they are executed as planned.
• Prepare Site Weekly Meeting Agenda, present current maintenance and inspection performance, highlight main issues and concerns, and update MOM.
• Attend daily PTW meetings to resolve issues affecting maintenance and operation.
• Ensure proper collection and completion of maintenance documentation and input all appropriate data into Maintenance System.
• Serve as focal point for Maintenance Management System to coordinate development and maintenance of databases for equipment history, work orders, and preventive maintenance.

• Studied drawing techniques and executed electrical work to specifications.
• Performed electrical operation and maintenance across company-owned facilities.
• Supervised electricians for cable pulling and high-level wiring installation.
• Provided technical support for electrical equipment issues onsite.
• Checked all work against approved drawings throughout each project phase.
• Reviewed technical submittals and completed material approvals via consultant feedback.
• Prepared daily and weekly work progress reports and maintained project records.
• Reviewed inspection reports and quality-control records for completed work.
• Maintained work quality onsite according to project requirements and method statements.
• Studied electrical plans and implemented designs on site installations.
• Led an engineering team through various project phases, ensured timely completion.
• Participated in project planning meetings with key stakeholders for successful project delivery.