1. Professional Summary
Skills
Certifications
Work History
RAJEEV GANDHI
210 East Baldwin Road, Unit K, Panama City, FL 32405 | (C) +14129808601 | sirsa.rajiv@gmail.com
A Lead Field Electrical Engineer with well over 14 years of Commissioning Experience, I posses practical, hands on, Field
knowledge in Hardware and Software for Drives and Automation Systems. Successfully Completed the Commissioning of
projects in Marine and Off Shore, Oil & Gas including the Compressor Drives, Steel Rolling Mills, Continuous Pickling Lines &
Tandem Cold Mills.
Independently Completed the Drive Commissioning of 2
Vessels for HARVEY GULF OFF SHORE
Independently Completed the Drive Commissioning of 12
Vessels for HORNBECK OFF SHORE
Independently Completed the Drive Commissioning of 5
Vessels for BRAVANTE OFF SHORE- BRAZIL
Independently Completed the Drive Commissioning for
Thyssen Krupp Steel- PLTCM & CPL including Low Voltage
and Medium Voltage Drives.
Medium & Low Voltage Variable Frequency Drives
Commissioning
Training received for Commission of the German, French and
U.S. Medium Voltage Drives
Training Received from U.K. Rugby Mark 2 Active Front
End Drives.
Successfully Completed Commissioning training for Solar
Drives in Pittsburgh.
Successfully Commissioned General Electric's (U.S.) 1st
Manufactured MV7000 drive, rated 27 MW - Commissioned at
Anardarko Oil and Gas
Independently Completed the Drives Commissioning for
Williams Gas Pump Station in Colorado.
Recommissioned the Drives for the Global 1200 &? Helix
Producer Vessels
Received the "Above and Beyond" Award by GE multiple times in recognition for Drive Expertise.
HUET Safety Training Completed- Shell Training Facilities- Louisiana
First Aid & CPR Training Completed with the American Red Cross
OSHO Certification Training Completed
Medium Voltage Safety Training Completed at GE facility, Pittsburgh, PA
12/2012 to CurrentLead Field & Drive Commissioning Engineer for GE Power Conversion
Eastern Shipyard – Panama City, FL
Independently Completed the Drive Commissioning of 19 Vessels for Harvey Gulf, HornBeck Off Shore & Boldini
Bravante-Brazil.
Responsible for but not limited to performing a wide range of engineering tasks to the Medium and Low Voltage
drives; Successfully Leading the Drives Propulsion Teams.
Wrote the Drive Software for Medium and Low Voltage Drives as well as integrating the systems between the Drive and
Automation Software.
Commissioned Active Front End (Mark-1 & Mark-2) UK Manufactured Drives and Diode Front End Drives.
Tuning the Drives according to the customer's requirements.
Providing Support to the Metal and Gas Industries for the Medium Voltage Drives.
Providing Project Support, Emergency Support & Remote troubleshooting.
Developing Drawings & presentations and providing training and instruction to personnel on systems operation and related
issues.
Conducting "Sea Trials" For the Vessels to test for the efficiency of the Vessels as well as testing all of the Software and
making the necessary modifications required.
2. Generating the entire Vessel's Performance Reports.
05/2012 to 12/2012Lead Field Engineer for GE Power Conversion
Anadarko Gas – Vernal, UT
Successfully Developed the Software for MV7000 Drives & Tested the Hardware to it's maximum capacity.
Successfully Commissioned and handed over the MV7000 Rated 27 MW Drive (Manufactured here in the US for the first
time) to the customer.
06/2010 to 12/2011Lead Drive Commissioning Engineer for GE Power Conversion (Converteam)
Thyssen Krupp Steel – Mobile, AL
Successfully Completed the Commissioning of more than 500 Low Voltage Drives.
Successfully Executed the Master & Slave Applications & Achieved the maximum speed at PLTCM & CPL Lines.
Successfully completed the commissioning of Eight 16 MW MV7000 Drives for Tandem Cold Mill.
Achieved the maximum speed of the line to 1200 MPM. Drives training provided to the customer after completing the
project.
01/2010 to 06/2010Drive Commissioning Engineer for GE Power Conversion (Converteam, Inc.)
APM Steel Company – Monterrey, Mexico
Completed Commissioning of MV3000 & LV7000 with Active Front End Application for Continuously Tandem Cold Mill.
Successfully Commissioned more than 75 Drives up to 3000 KW
01/2008 to 12/2009Converteam
GE Power Conversion – Pittsburgh, PA
Worked alongside the Engineering Department to Procure Motors, Drives & Inverter Selection for TKS Project,
PLTCM& CPL Lines.
Successfully developed new LV7000 Drives with New Application & Design with features of AFE Profibus Driver, CAN
Driver.
Selection of the Parameter Modification, Common DC Link Application.
Worked along side the Drawing Department to Generate the Drawings for the Drives.
Power Tested almost 400 Drives for TKS before Shipping to the site.
Drive Testing Results handed over the the Factory & Customer for the Acceptance Test.
Tested MV7000 Prototype Drive for the Customer Training.
04/2007 to 11/2007Project Engineer
HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LTD – Silwasa, India
Commissioned DC & AC Drives with Automation System for the re-vamping of the Cold Rolling Mill.
PLC (old version) replaced from S5 PLC to S7-300 PLC and Drives Old Version from 6RA20 drives to 6RA70 (Siemen's
Products)
Successfully Commissioned 2 Aluminium Caster with Mitsubishi new series of PLC and Telemechanic AC drives for
caster trolley and assembly movement.
Replaced all caster temperature controllers and sensors to prepare the caster in Auto Mode.
Implemented the same sequence to All the Casters
Commissioning of the "Shot Blasting" machine completed with one drive 6SE70 which controlled four motors for shot
blaster.
Commissioning of EUROTHERM drive for the Caster Furnace and made it in auto control of the Temperature for
different zones with separate PID controllers.
Commissioning of ROLL GRINDER machine with WNTC drive and GE Fanuc PLC
Worked with Central Engineering cell for various projects to improve production in the plant.
10/2001 to 03/2007Electrical Automation Engineer
JINDAL STAINLESS LTD – Hisar, INDIA
Worked with project team for 20- Hi Cold Rolling Mill used Thyristor controlled DC drives for main and Coilers motors,
Siemens SIMADYN-D used as a control system for automation.
Two coupled separately excited DC motor used for Mill and Coilers drive.
The Motor rating was up to 810V DC and 1500x2 KW
Motor Field controlled from single quadrant Siemens 6RA70 drive used for two coupled motor field in series
Rewinding line commissioned with separate Siemens 6RA70 drives, Field and armature control by same drive unit.
3. Education
AC Danfoss drive Commissioned for paper winders.
AGC system controlled with hydraulic in two different applications.
12-pulse Drive Thyristor stack used for DC Drives and DBR panels used for the breaking.
After finishing the Commissioning of 20 High Rolling Mill involved in Maintenance to improve the production efficiency
of the rolling Mill.
Worked for revamping of SKIN PASS MILL made reversible by changing the old drives with ABB DCS-500. GE-Fanuc
PLC used as an Automation System for the Skin Pass Mill
Grinding lines used VNTC/WNTC drive and GE FANUC C35-90 series for roll grinders.
Side Trimming Line was Commissioned with ALSPA MICRO-2 and GE FANUC C35-90 Series.
Bright Annealing line was Commissioned with MV1000 & GE FANUC C35-90 Series.
2003-2007BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
JRN RVD University - Udaipur
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Continuing education in ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
1998-2001THREE YEAR DIPLOMA- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Government Polytechnic - Sirsa
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING