RETHINAVEL KANNAN
Summary
Senior Engineer experienced in residential, commercial, and industrial environments. Delivered effective installation, maintenance, testing, commissioning, and repair of electrical systems through strong leadership and teamwork. Committed to tackling challenging missions and driving growth and development.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Engineer
Power Automation Pte Ltd
11.2024 - Current
- Complete R155A decommisioning work and now in the midst of completing CR1550A SA! FPS work.
- Assisted in review and preparation of engineering plans, specifications and reports.
- Managed project documentation, ensuring all records were accurate, up-to-date, and compliant with regulatory standards.
- Tested equipment, machinery and instruments to assess proper functioning.
- Provided technical support and guidance to junior staff, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
- Worked closely with team to implement changes in process design, completing within tight deadlines.
- Conducted thorough site inspections and surveys, compiling detailed reports for senior engineer review.
- Maintained timely and accurate oral and written technical reports of engineering activities.
- Monitored construction sites to verify adherence to engineering plans, specifications, and safety standards.
- Performed calculations and computations and submitted to senior engineer for review.
- Supported quality assurance processes, conducting inspections and tests to uphold high standards of engineering work.
- Checked to verify all materials used in projects met quality standards.
Assistant Engineer2
SMRT TRAINS LTD.
10.2022 - 10.2024
- Executed SCS line maintenance duties to ensure optimal functionality and reliability of equipment.
- Role responsibilities are to perform testing, diagnosis, maintenance and repair of SCS equipment such as OCC servers, Overview display, Workstations, Network equipment, RTU, Station PSC HMI and Emergency door release (electrical controls), related peripherals to meet SCS branch maintenance KPI.
- Perform system backup, preventive and corrective maintenance timely.
- Attend to all calls and SAP work notifications for PM and CM.
- Ensure all reported fault reports and PM work orders are closed promptly.
- Perform good housekeeping (safe and hazard-free) of SCS equipment room at stations, base office.
- Review and update of PM Work specs, instructions or project procedures and risk assessment.
- Performed QA check on repaired item at site.
- Performed in-house repair as assigned.
- Optimize the usage of spare parts and consumable items.
- Assist in the disposal of condemned and unusable/obsolete equipment or parts.
- Perform and provide support in fault-finding and investigation to all parties.
- Attend to safety inspection/audit of SCS system/equipment and process.
- Attend to works by external parties including LTA, and contractors.
- Consolidated and organized technical data collection of equipment per supervisor's request.
- Review technical manuals/drawings on 'as-built' correctness submitted by contractors.
- Proposed areas for improvement, contributing to enhanced operational efficiency and safety.
- Responded to emergency recall as directed by supervisor.
- Performed night work duties as assigned by supervisor.
- Delivered project and engineering support for technical initiatives, facilitating effective implementation within SCS framework.
- Perform Station Person-in-charge (SPIC) duties for any SCS A&A and contractor work to ensure compliance with safety requirements and obey all safety instructions and procedures as specified in safety manuals and circulars.
- Performed night work duties as assigned by supervisor.
T&C Engineer
Joe Tech Eng Pte Ltd / STE Electronics Pte Ltd
11.2018 - 05.2021
- Working as T&C Engineer for PRTU & PSCADA system in STE, Singapore for NSEWL Power System Upgrading project.
- Perform Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for newly manufactured PRTU panels & Site Acceptance Test (SAT) for panels installed at site.
- Documentation and preparation of Test reports for Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) & Site Acceptance Test (SAT).
- Supervise and monitor site test activities for each specific T&C work.
- Participated in on-site activities for system installation, configuration, and pre-on-site testing to ensure project readiness.
- Preparation of technical proposals (testing and commissioning) for submission to LTA Worked on projects in Singapore.
- Managed service activities, preparing material breakdown lists and engineering documents (layout, process flow diagram, I/O list, load list, SLD, HMI, loop diagrams) to facilitate efficient project execution.
- Executed SAT and ITC for 22kV AC switchgear and 750 DC switchgear relays, ensuring compliance with operational standards.
- Execute the assigned mechanical, electrical, chemical, instrumentation field service activities.
- Use of SCADA, PLC & DCS.
- Diagnosed the RTU in a real live system Without disturbing the power Transmission (DC and AC).
- Support Panel Assembling Team for Cable wiring & termination for RTU panels in Factory.
- Attend to all calls and SAP work notifications for PM and CM.
- Attend site surveys and meetings with client and/or contractors.
- Performed assembly work and factory acceptance testing at vendor workshops.
- Prepare the sites for installation and commissioning of complete plants interfacing with technical department.
- Executed modifications at site based on specific site requirements.
- Experience in working with Schneider EcoStruxure Control Expert, SoMachine, Unity Loader, IED Scout, PuTTY, IEC Test Simulator, Modsim32, Modscan32, WinSCP.
- 24/7 support to attend Emergency situations and troubleshoot at site during Emergency.
- Singapore.
Site Engineer
Siemens C953
02.2013 - 05.2018
- Operated and maintained electrical systems.
- Operated and maintained various types of motors.
- Performed maintenance, troubleshooting and calibration of electrical equipment, tools and machinery.
- Maintained different types of UPS and batteries.
- Coordinated with internal teams and external vendors to ensure project alignment.
- Maintained and serviced fire alarms, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and heat detectors.
- Performed preventive and breakdown maintenance of 22kV switchgear, 750V DC switchgear, and step-up/step-down transformers.
- Maintained and serviced transformer oil levels and checked winding temperatures.
- Maintained, installed, and troubleshot PLC systems, including Siemens and Schneider.
- Used laptop and desktop’s work stations to troubleshoot problem sources on PLC program-controlled equipment in the machining production and assembly areas of the plants.
- Install, calibrate and validate equipment, troubleshoot problems, provide preventative maintenance and support continues improvement projects.
- Major areas of responsibility include power distribution, process controls and control systems, motor control and related devices, lighting, instrument maintenance and proper associated documentation.
- Use a handled communicator, field test equipment, and bench testing equipment to commission, troubleshoot, configure, calibrate and test all type of industrial field instrumentation and control system I/O.
- Maintained proper operation of all exhausted fan, EVAP cooler, Reznor heaters, HVAC units.
- Conducted safety checks on all equipment and replaced any bad equipment including but not limited to electrical cords, damaged conduit and damaged outlets.
- Maintain and repair all HV equipment 22KV, 480V.
- HV Equipment includes air switches, networks and breakers repair and maintain street lighting, switch board and motor control centers Assist.
- Install and repair overhead and underground high voltage wiring pad mound transformers, switches, relays.
- Service and inspected the air space power distribution system street lighting, transformer banks and air field lighting.
- Tightened and cleaned insulators and poles to ensure electrical safety.
- 22KV &66KV transformer preventive test.
- 11KV&66KV high voltage cable pulling dressing, termination & pretest, line insulation test.
- Tighten and clean insulator and poles.
- Check the load switch clean and flexibility or not.
- Checked and cleaned cold shrinkage terminals on high voltage cables to prevent failures.
- Checked tension levels of wires and lighting conductors to ensure they remained within normal ranges.
- Regular inspection of switch gears, power transmission lines and power distribution system equipment.
- Timely discovering hidden dangers of electrical equipment and timely eliminating them.
- Inspection and record of the comprehensive protection of the power plant production.
- 22KV&66KV transformer oil and binding temperature test.
- HV, LV, MV transformers oil conditions sample test.
- Performed preventive and breakdown maintenance of 22KV switchgear and 750V DC transformers.
- Installation, repair and maintenance of SF6 switch gears.
- Directed and participated in various electrical routine and scheduled preventive and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, and breakdown maintenance.
- Perform Preventive and Corrective maintenance of LV / HV motors, LV / HV switchgear, power equipment’s.
- Install adjusted maintain troubleshoot and repair and control relays and other control apparatus associated with station service, generation and power feeder circuits to various instruments, panels, motors, etc.
- Prepare wiring and elementary diagrams for special test circuitry maintain emergency alarms security and in-plant fixed communication systems.
- Maintain motor-operated valves, programmable logic controllers, batteries, transformers protective relays and performing vibration analysis.
- Operated and maintained vertical and horizontal AC and DC motors.
- Troubleshooting and Fault Rectification of Control Panels.
- Operating and Maintaining of Air Compressors.
- Operating, Maintenance of all types motor Starters.
- Installation, repair and maintenance of Circuit Breakers & Motor Starters like Direct on Line, Star - Delta Starters.
- Erection of Electrical Panels and Distribution Boards.
- Responsible for Cable laying, Glanding, Jointing of Cables.
- Installation and commissioning of pressure Gauge& Transmitters.
- Level indicators, control valves, Thermocouples.
- Participated in LTA Project for Down Town Line 1, 2, and 3 Power Supply System in Singapore.
Education
Batchelor of Mechanical Engineering -
Noorul Islam University
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering -
SA Raja’s polytechnic college
Skills
- Engineering principles
- AutoCAD
- System troubleshooting
- Equipment maintenance
- Technical documentation
- MS Office Excel
- MS Word
- MS PowerPoint
Languages
English
Tamil
Custom Section
Best safety technician in SIEMENS C953, SINGAPORE During 2015& 2016 in One Million &1.5 million Safety Man-hour Milestone.
Training
- Safety & firefighting conducted by Ever green Pte Ltd.
- H2S & SO2 and safety Awareness Program with PTW.
- Training of first aid treatment conducted by Ever green Ltd.
- Training program has completed for industrial automation in PLC.
- Safe chemical handling & communication skills.
- PIC (Track access supervisor, LTA Singapore)
- PIC (SMRT Contract supervisor for Site & Track testing works, Singapore)
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is true, correct and complete to the best of my knowledge., SMRT TRAINS LTD, SINGAPORE, 2024-06-28
Personal Information
- Passport Number: V8412424
- Father's Name: R. Rethinavel
Certification
- BCSS
- First Aid
- Implementation Risk Assessment
- Confine Space Supervisor
- Supervise Work and Height
- Construction Safety Management
- WSH for LTA construction supervisor
Timeline
Assistant Engineer
Power Automation Pte Ltd
11.2024 - Current
Assistant Engineer2
SMRT TRAINS LTD.
10.2022 - 10.2024
T&C Engineer
Joe Tech Eng Pte Ltd / STE Electronics Pte Ltd
11.2018 - 05.2021
Site Engineer
Siemens C953
02.2013 - 05.2018
Batchelor of Mechanical Engineering -
Noorul Islam University
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering -
SA Raja’s polytechnic college