Moeed Khaqan
Boston,USA
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Project Manager - Power Delivery and Electrical Utilities
Leidos
03.2023 - Current
- Technical Project Manager in the Power Delivery and Electrical Utilities at a Fortune 500 company
- Managing a $6+ million portfolio of various sized electric utility projects for public-owned and investor-owned electric utilities located throughout the Northeast, including National Grid, Eversource, and Rhode Island Energy
- Supporting Project Management Services in the areas of comprehensive engineering design of electrical transmission and distribution, substation and transmission line projects
- Ensuring project execution and planning, including managing of project schedules, change management, engineering resources, engineering technical work, control, financial and risk management with lead and principal engineers to allow for profit of 180% of contract value
- Primary managing lead for a 25+ engineering team of electrical engineers related to protections and controls, relay settings, substation, and transmission engineers.
Project Manager - Analysis: Meter Data Management and Settlements
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
11.2021 - 03.2023
- Managed projects and performed energy and electricity market analysis at the Crown Corporation/Governmental Organization responsible for managing Ontario's power system
- Performed energy and provincial grid analysis using knowledge of electrical theory & principles, power systems & distribution, concepts of electrical metering, data processing, and statistics
- Performed analytical calculations in order to analyze and synthesize data related to the application and performance of metering installations, meter data management, and settlement activities
- Analysis and interpretation of single line diagrams and voltage readings to understand severity, conduct analyses, assess whether proposed methods for restoration are appropriate, and determine the best approach for reconciling data
- Effective written and oral communication skills to prepare reports, process description/user guides and system documentation, and to deal effectively with internal and external contacts involved in accomplishing work objectives
- Worked with Internal departments and external jurisdictions related to system and market operations, applicable market rules, legislation and practices related to metering, meter data management and settlement activities
- Applicable regulatory requirements, equipment characteristics, installation and field practices, maintenance practices and loss adjustment methodologies
- Development and analysis using statistical and database software, data processing, desktop software applications, various PC-based queries, calculation tools and computer system interfaces.
SQL Development Consultant
Scotiabank
04.2021 - 10.2021
- Developing SQL databases using Oracle Database and MySQL, applications to interface with databases, writing and testing code, designing tables, attending team meetings with Database Administrators, Developers, management, data analysts, and clients and troubleshooting to solve problems collaboratively using PHP, JavaScript, and Git
- Modeling, developing stored procedures, documenting code, creating and delivering reports, collaborating on in-application SQL statements, solving and performing corrective and preventative maintenance (including upgrades, backups, recoveries, and migrations).
Outage Project Coordinator
BWX Technologies, Inc/Bruce Power
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Working with the BWXT team (a supplier of nuclear components and fuel) to support coordination activities for $55-million Extended West Shift Plus (nuclear reactor maintenance) contract on Bruce Power Unit 3
- Coordinating between project managers and project controls staff on EPC services to maintain project schedules, work breakdown structures, planning assessments, scope breakdown and OPEX identification
- Primary coordinator between project managers, site managers, project engineers, customers, & project controls staff for delay tracking related to preventative maintenance, corrective actions, and customer needs
- Developed outage coordination and project planning tools, macros and templates for work scoping, lead-in, execution, and project close-out activities using MS Excel, VBA and Primavera P6
- Established outage requirements and tool criteria based on previous Retube and Feeder Replacement outage project lessons learned documentation.
Engineering Project Coordinator (Outage Planning Department) - Darlington Refurbishment
Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
05.2019 - 08.2019
- Major coordinator in delivering project & technical support in the scheduling, planning, and commissioning of the Darlington Nuclear Refurbishment multi-billion-dollar project
- Organized and lead weekly status meetings and schedule readiness meetings with 30 participants, recorded meeting minutes, and prepared detailed progress reports
- Reviewed, inspected, electricity generation assets and purchase orders in Asset Suite based on changes in Engineering, Procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts
- Developed and managed the revisions of refurbishment project schedules, business plans, engineering scope, action items registers and work breakdown structures using Primavera P6, MS Excel & VBA, Visio and ABB Asset Suite
- Interfaced with work management coordinators and work control team leads to assess corrective and preventative work tasks and corresponding resources for on-line and outage activities.
Engineering Co-op - (Control Room/System Operations)
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
05.2016 - 12.2016
- Supported the IESO control room to coordinate activities for Ontario's electricity system and market participants
- Lead a team of 4 in the coordination of IESO-OPG voltage control automation design project and developed processes using Python, MySQL, Tableau, and Oracle ERP
- Prepared outage schedules, cost reports and analyzed MS Project logic based on work scope requirements
- Collaborated in team to develop and evaluate risk and impact assessments for 13 end-user computing tools designed for power system evaluation, meter data analysis, and the demand response program
- Developed and improved 7 computing tools (queries & macros) using Excel, & VBA, Python, Access, SQL databases based on customer requirements and reliability standards.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, BEng -
McMaster University
Hamilton, ONSkills
- Qualified project manager; having managed projects and interfaced with customers and stakeholders with 9 years in the power and tech industries, namely at the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), Bruce Power and OPG Darlington nuclear plants
- Designed multiple End User Computing (EUC) tools for various Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) service projects for IESO and OPG operations and control room
- Developed excellent communication skills while coordinating with internal & external stakeholders, vendors, and project controls staff at OPG during Darlington refurbishment outage readiness
- Performed scoping, risk, costing, & asset management analysis using various programming & scheduling tools for Bruce Power and Darlington generator outage projects
Websites
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP) prerequisites, 3+ years of experience coordinating projects at BWXT, OPG, and IESO, Completed 35 hours of required project management training - LinkedIn, Certificate of Completion
- Certified Tester ISTQB Foundation Level (CTFL) 2020, Udemy - Certificate of Completion
- Project Management with Primavera P6, Developed detailed knowledge of planning and scheduling methodologies, principles, and techniques as well as hands on practice planning, scheduling, and utilizing Primavera P6 EPPM in a project environment., Solid understanding of the skills required to operate Primavera P6 EPPM and implementation of all of its features in a project environment - Oracle University & Udemy, Certificate of Completions.
Timeline
Project Manager - Power Delivery and Electrical Utilities
Leidos
03.2023 - Current
Project Manager - Analysis: Meter Data Management and Settlements
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
11.2021 - 03.2023
SQL Development Consultant
Scotiabank
04.2021 - 10.2021
Outage Project Coordinator
BWX Technologies, Inc/Bruce Power
01.2021 - 06.2021
Engineering Project Coordinator (Outage Planning Department) - Darlington Refurbishment
Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
05.2019 - 08.2019
Engineering Co-op - (Control Room/System Operations)
Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
05.2016 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Engineering, BEng -
McMaster University
Leadership And Volunteer Activities
- Director of Leadership Development, Engineers Without Borders, McMaster Chapter, 09/01/19, 04/01/20, Coordinate with organizations, clubs and industry professionals to host workshops at McMaster, Develop a timeline for events and provided leadership coaching to 30 first-year students
- Lead Volunteer and Sustainability Coordinator, Mississauga Member of Parliament and Halton Environmental Network, 09/01/17, Present, Demonstrated reliability and dependability by organizing events and seminars for candidates and voters., Arranged environmental facility projects and sustainability initiatives such as the Environmental Planning event.
Skills And Technical Proficiencies
Oracle, MySQL, Tableau, Minitab, R, Python, Excel VBA, Java, C++, C, MATLAB, Advanced MS Excel, Access, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, SCADA, AutoCAD, Aspen Plus, HYSYS, Simulink, Pipe-Flo, MS Project, MS Visio, Asset Suite, Primavera P6, SCADA, Mr. Mario
Leadership And Volunteer Activities
- Director of Leadership Development, Engineers Without Borders, McMaster Chapter, 09/01/19, 04/01/20, Coordinate with organizations, clubs and industry professionals to host workshops at McMaster, Develop a timeline for events and provided leadership coaching to 30 first-year students
- Lead Volunteer and Sustainability Coordinator, Mississauga Member of Parliament and Halton Environmental Network, 09/01/17, Present, Demonstrated reliability and dependability by organizing events and seminars for candidates and voters., Arranged environmental facility projects and sustainability initiatives such as the Environmental Planning event.
Skills And Technical Proficiencies
Oracle, MySQL, Tableau, Minitab, R, Python, Excel VBA, Java, C++, C, MATLAB, Advanced MS Excel, Access, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, SCADA, AutoCAD, Aspen Plus, HYSYS, Simulink, Pipe-Flo, MS Project, MS Visio, Asset Suite, Primavera P6, SCADA, Mr.Mario
Leadership And Volunteer Activities
- Director of Leadership Development, Engineers Without Borders, McMaster Chapter, 09/01/19, 04/01/20, Coordinate with organizations, clubs and industry professionals to host workshops at McMaster, Develop a timeline for events and provided leadership coaching to 30 first-year students
- Lead Volunteer and Sustainability Coordinator, Mississauga Member of Parliament and Halton Environmental Network, 09/01/17, Present, Demonstrated reliability and dependability by organizing events and seminars for candidates and voters., Arranged environmental facility projects and sustainability initiatives such as the Environmental Planning event.
Skills And Technical Proficiencies
Oracle, MySQL, Tableau, Minitab, R, Python, Excel VBA, Java, C++, C, MATLAB, Advanced MS Excel, Access, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, SCADA, AutoCAD, Aspen Plus, HYSYS, Simulink, Pipe-Flo, MS Project, MS Visio, Asset Suite, Primavera P6, SCADA, Mr.Mario is cool