Profession: Senior Signalling Engineer

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Senior Signalling Engineer with wide-ranging experience in the Designing, Testing & Commissioning of Signalling-related works, especially in Panel Interlocking, Route Relay Interlocking and Electronic signalling systems including WESTRACE (MASS TRANSIT) and SSI.

QUALIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL STATUS

DIE Diploma in Industrial Electronics Engineering

DCS Diploma in Computer Software, System Analysis and its Application

IRSE Principles Design Engineer (1.1.130)

IRSE Associate Member

CAREER HISTORY

April '02 - Present WESTINGHOUSE RAIL SYSTEMS LIMITED

Scheme Design Engineer

Responsibilities

· To ensure that the technical aspects of design work comply with applicable legislation and all relevant standards.

· Ensure tasks are carried out to time and cost in line with guidelines given, conform with relevant group and company policies, i.e. Safety, Quality and others & also ensure that design complies with relevant technical, professional and group standards and undertake professional and technical development as required.

· Produce technical reports, procedures, specifications, method statements, conceptual design statements, risk assessments and drawings.

· Ensure the design change control process is followed to provide timely response to technical queries during each phase of the Project & assisting the Project Engineer in Developing a Design Management Plan for each phase of the design work to enable the maintenance of good design control and the appropriate management of all design risks.

· Support / lead and document when required regular Design Reviews of the particular discipline throughout all phases of design.

· Resolving site interface issues with client.

· Support / lead numerous Stagework commissioning & possession planning during weekends to achieve the successful planned handback of railway infrastructure.

CAREER HISTORY (Continued...)

· responsible for designing safely, to time and to programme, checking work off, manage the performance and development of junior staff in the team in conjunction with the Project Engineer and Project Engineering Manager including assisting with their development.

Worked on various Projects as a Senior Design Engineer, Principles Designer & Principles tester namely: -

· WHITECITY

Working as a Team Leader/ Principles designer with responsibilities pertaining to Cable diversion Works, design of Control Tables and planning, design & repercussion of ELCP (control panel) to other signalling equipments and leading the team to carry out the design activities.

· JUBILEE LINE EXTENSION / 7 CAR TRAIN

I was working as a Senior designer for 7 Car Train Project. Designing /Checking of modifications carried out on Scheme plans, Scale plan, Track plan, Bonding plans, site plans, control tables, Bookwiring, data (Westrace, WIP, MCT, BUSCS) & cadded drawings as per testlogs, Change Request, RFA comments.

Issueing of Request for approval (RFA), Document transmittal form (DTF) & Document Control Certificates (DCC) of drawings & data (hard copies, disks & proms) to Site and Tubelines.

· Kiel- Bad Schwartau (Deutsche Bahn) resignalling project

Test rig set up, I/O test, ICS test and principle testing (under mentorship for German principles).

· Evergreen project - Bicestrn Interlocking area

The work included designing SSI locations (new case profiles) with the equipment that had to go in it and the repercussion to the existing ckts to accommodate the same

March '02 - May '02 OWEN WILLIAMS RAILWAYS, UK & WRSL

Design Engineer

I was designing SSI locations of the EVERGREEN project, Bicestrn Interlocking area.

The work includes preparation of index, location case profile, fuse & terminal analysis, low voltage power distribution, 650V power distribution, Data Link Module wiring, signal circuits, module analysis, relay contact analysis, cable termination analysis, ATP interface analysis.

The work also included preparation of case profile with the equipment that had to go in it and the repercussion to the existing ckts to accommodate the same.

I worked with M/s WRSL on a sub-contract basis till April and then as an Employee there after.

Oct '01 - March '02 OWEN WILLIAMS INNOVESTMENT LTD, INDIA /

OWEN WILLIAMS RAILWAYS, UK

Design Engineer

The design included fitment of TPWS for OWR's "EAST ANGLIA PROJECT".

I was designing the SSI locations, which required the insertion of TPWS

Equipment using both method 1 (data change) and method 3 (non-data change method). Amending control tables as required, alterations to existing location cases, fuse analysis changes, cable termination analysis, alterations to

CAREER HISTORY (Continued...)

power supply scheme & design for TSS/OSS circuit were part of the job.

I also made modifications to signalling circuits, prepared production checks and updated records using appropriate media.

Aug '93 - Sept '01 SIEMENS LTD, INDIA

Project Engineer (design, erection, testing & commissioning)

My job responsibilities included tendering & technical evaluation of the tender bids for various Automation and Safety System Projects undertaken for Indian Railways.

I had to deal with client for various marketing functions.

Preparing complete documentation required for Designing & execution of work like Route Section Plan, Indication cum Operating panel diagram, Relay rack Plan, Selection table charts, Locking table charts, Route charts, Power supply drawings, Fuse and negative tag-block analysis, 96way tag-block analysis for Cable termination Racks, etc.

Designing and checking of relay based circuits for railway signaling systems (Route Relay Interlocking) using CAD engine (Microstation) software as a front end & ODBC interface to connect ACCESS at the backend.

I had carried out the Principles check of design and also conducted the Principles testing on most of the sites that I have worked on during my tenure.

I was controlling project execution, co-ordination with client for execution of work at site. I was involved in vendor development and outsourcing of various products and Financial and Technical negotiations with various suppliers for critical components.

Oct'92 to Aug'93 ATUL PRODUCTS, INDIA

Jr.Engineer

I was responsible for the maintenance of 500 lines EPABX Systems and 100KV/11KV receiving Sub-Station to cater to the increased demand of power due to ongoing expansion activities for their upcoming plants. This involved Inspection of Equipments, Faultfinding and rectification.

Feb'92 to Sept'92 MOTWANE PVT LTD, INDIA

Trainee Engineer

I was promoting their new product "Automatic Water level Indicator" used in thermal plants.

Interlockings working on/ worked on: -

WESTRACE - (White City Siding, 7 Car Train, Jubilee Line Extension, Kiel -Bad Schwartau)

SSI - (Evergeen Project - Bicesten Interlocking area, East Anglia Project)

RRI - Mehsana RRI (Indian Railways/Western Railway)

Secunderabad RRI (Indian Railways/South Eastern Railway)

Mughalsarai RRI (biggest yard in ASIA (Indian Railways/Eastern Railway))

Varanasi RRI (Indian Railways/Northern Railway)

Delhi (Main) RRI (Indian Railways/Northern Railway)

PI - Manmad (biggest PI in Indian Railways/Central Railway)

Salamatpur, Vidisha, Datia - 3 Nos PI (Indian Railways/Central Railway)

Siddhapur, Unja, Kambli 4 Nos PI (Indian Railways/Western Railway)

Equipments worked with/ designed for: -

Two & three Aspect colour light signals, Shunt Signals, Q-relays, FS2550 Jointless track circuits, 4 ft pneumatic point machines, trainstops, position detectors, Emergency Stop plungers, Flood gate Controls, Platform Repeaters, Remote Secure Indicators, Rail Gap & Traction Indicators, Route Indicators, Point heaters, Key Protection Keyswitches, Rear Cab Clear Plungers, WESTRACE, WIP, LNP, BUSCS, MCT, MBP, Signalling Diverse Monitor PLC, Power Supply Panel, ATP.

Signal Modules, TPWS, Relays, 2/3 Aspect colour light signals & Apparatus Cases/Loations for TPWS fitments.

SIEMENS SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT (comprising of complete scaffolding required for the erection of Relay racks, Relays Racks, IDF, Point Groups, Signal Groups, Route Groups, Relays, ECR's, Point machines 110V DC & 3 phase 380V AC, K-50 Neutral and Latch Relays, Key lock relays (wherever applicable), SICASE ( SIemens Computer Aided Signal Engineering), SCHEMATIC S5 (Programmable Logical Controller), AFTC's (Audio Frequency Track ckts), Train Describers, Axle Counters, LX barriers, ground frames.

COURSES RELATED TO SIGNALLING ATTENDED: -

1. LUL ENTRY PERMIT
2. LUL EQUIPMENT ROOM AWARENESS COURSE
3. LUL FIRE SAFETY COURSE
4. LUL SAFETY ON THE TRACK

SOFTWARES PACKAGES KNOWN & WORKED ON

Very well conversant with Windows Office, Microstation J, AutoCAD, Visual Basic & MS- Project

LANGUAGES

English: Excellent ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language.

Marathi: Mother tongue.