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CURRICULUM VITAE
(Electrical Engineer)
PERSONAL PARTICULARS
Name : TAN, Peter Kay Yong
Nationality : Malaysian
Date of Birth : 14th September 1957
Marital Status : Married
Telephone Contact : Mobile +968 9618 1146
: Office +968 2467 1940
E-mail address : peterkytan@gmail.com and tan.peter@pdo.co.om
Qualification : Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
University Canterbury, New Zealand
Professional Affiliation : Professional Engineer registered with Board of
Engineers, Malaysia
Strengths : Flexible, versatile and resilient, able to effect change
management to achieve continuous improvement
: Leadership that inspires trust, creates self-esteem,
develops ownership and promotes good morale
: Communicates well and a Team-player with project &
company-first interest
CURRENT CAREER PROFILE
I am a professional electrical engineer with more than thirty-three (33) years’
experience in design, installations, testing and commissioning, operation and
maintenance of electrical system ranging from 415V to 275 kV.
I have significant experience in electrical engineering in various industries: Oil & Gas
(13+ years), Construction (7 years), Medical (6 years) and Power Generation (7
years). Currently I am the Lead Electrical Engineer with Petroleum Development of
Oman in the Gas Directorate and Technical Authority (TA2) for electrical
engineering. I am a mentor to many new graduate engineers joining the Company.
Gas Directorate is responsible to the Government of the Sultanate of Oman in
managing her gas fields’ development and production in accordance with the
Government’s directives for gas business strategies. The majority of gas production
for Oman is by PDO (90%).
The following is a brief description of my career history.

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Nov 2011 to date
Petroleum Development Oman
Position: Lead Electrical Engineer – Gas Directorate, Engineering
Awards: Letter(s) of Merit, ‘SHUKRAN’ for Completion of Concept
Selection and Basis for Design for Gas Facility Upgrade and Revamp
ahead of schedule and ‘SHUKRAN’ for Cost Saving
Safety: Keen proponent for safe behavior especially driving, seat-belt
and GSM-free
The Gas Directorate is fully accountable to the Government of the Sultanate
of Oman via the Ministry of Oil and Gas and manages the Gas portfolio and business
on behalf of the Government. The business involves explorations, drilling,
extraction, processing and delivery of gas. The Gas Directorate has four (04) main
departments namely Sub-surface, Operations, Engineering and Concept. I am the
Lead Electrical in the engineering department and have the following key duties:
1. Manages the electrical infrastructure for the Gas Directorate
2. Collaborate with the Electrical Function on main PDO electrical 132kV
infrastructure
3. Participate in concept selection and basis for design
4. Review and approval of electrical designs’ submission to assure compliance
to PDO’s Design, Engineering Procedures, Specifications and Guidelines
5. Review and approval of electrical equipment specifications
6. Produce in-house specifications for bids
7. Approval of testing and commissioning procedures and in cooperation with
the commissioning team
8. Attend to and resolve Pre-Start-Up Audits
9. Approval of electrical Inspection Test Plans
10. Attend to Factory Acceptance Tests for key engineered Electrical equipment
(Motors, Transformers, Switchgears, UPS etc.)
11. Resolve site construction and commissioning challenges
12. Trouble-shooting and fault analysis for electrical equipment in operations and
during commissioning and start-ups
13. Facilitate electrical design review for other PDO assets
14. Process, facility improvement and optimisation
Jan 2008 to Oct 2011
Petroleum Development Oman
Position: Lead Electrical Engineer – Qarn Alam Steam Project
Award: Technical Authority 2 (TA2) by Corporate Function Discipline
Head (Electrical)
This USD 1.4b Qarn Alam Steam Project (QASP) is a novel Enhanced Oil
Recovery development based on thermally assisted Gas-Oil Gravity Drainage
concept which as yet has no full field equivalent worldwide, increasing
recovery by almost 30% (of STOIIP).
The project scope consists of drilling some 150 wells and installation of
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day of steam; to produce and separate 7,000 m3/day oil from produced water
& gas and to dispose of 72,000 m3/day water in deep reservoirs. The bulk of
steam is generated by waste heat recovery from the existing power plant.
Some 220km of pipelines and flowlines are installed to connect the various
facilities with the water supply wells.
The major equipment comprises: Water Treatment Plant, Heat Recovery
Steam Generators, Produce Gas Compressors, Pumps, Motors, Variable
Frequency Drives, Transformers and Switchgears.
This is an EPC project and my main role as the Lead Electrical Engineer is to
head the electrical engineering design review team and to coordinate with the
electrical construction, pre-commissioning and commissioning team.
I also play a key role in the HSE, Technical Integrity of design & equipment
and ensuring all electrical Safety Critical Elements are in place.
The electrical scope for QASP consists of:
1. Electrical infrastructure comprising main 132/33kV 90MVA transformers,
33kV, 11kV, 6.6kV and 415V switchgears and AC and DC UPS supplies
2. Motors ranging from few kilowatts to 12.2 MW
3. Variable Frequency drives
4. Protection schemes
5. 33kV Overhead lines
6. 132kV tie-in
7. Interconnecting power cables
8. Interface with all other disciplines (Civil, Mechanical, Control and Automation
and Process)
My contributions are:
1. Assurance of compliance to project requirements, PDO design guidelines
(DEP, SP, IEC) and good engineering and safety
2. Approval of electrical designs
3. Approval of electrical infrastructure and tie-in to existing 132kV grid
4. Approval of all switchgear designs, layout, protections, inter-trips and feeders
5. Review, challenged and confirmation of motor designs, sizes and duties
6. Approval of loading, sizing capacity for transformers, cables ratings
7. Review and approval Technical Bid evaluations
8. Review and approve test procedures and factory acceptance tests for all
electrical equipment
9. Review all Type-Tests’ certificates
10. Attend Factory Acceptance Tests: ‘punch-listing’ & clearance prior to release
11. Review construction methodologies and Safety operating Procedures
12. Collaborate with the Electrical Function for deviations
Recognitions Awarded
1. Technical Authority 2 by Corporate Function Discipline Head (Electrical)

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2. Cost savings – using surplus materials and engineering design
3. Contribution to the safety of the construction personnel
Dec 2006 to Dec 2007
Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB) SM-EP
Position: Team Lead and Line Trainer (Electrical)
I was Team Lead with the Learning and Development Department and the
Electrical discipline Trainer.
My role was to facilitate the Operation Technicians (OT) trainees to gain
knowledge and achieve competence in their primary discipline and attain
awareness in the sub-disciplines. All OT’s are to be multi-skilled in Electrical,
Mechanical, Process and Instrumentation. For electrical disciplines they are
to achieve ‘Competent Electrical Person’ (CEP) and ‘Authorised Electrical
Person’ (AEP). These OTs are deployed to the various offshore facilities in
the Sarawak and Sabah waters.
I was the focal person for the upgrading the facilities (training and live plants)
to ensure that the OT trainees are kept up to date with technology currently in
used in Shell’s installations and to ensure that trainees are well prepared for
hands-on experience. All OT’s are assessed in theory and hands-on
knowledge and competence.
I was an Assessor for CEP & AEP for Shell.
Sept 2002 to Nov 2006
PERUNDING UZL Sdn. Bhd. (PUZL S/B)
Position: Project Engineer (M&E)
PERUNDING UZL (PUZL) is the M&E Consultant to BINTULU Port Authority
(BPA) for the BPA seventeen (17) storey Headquarters.
The total cost of the project is about US$27.5 million. The M&E contract is
about US$6.9 million. The project was completed in four (04) years.
PUZL designed and implemented the M&E services for the BPA high rise
Main Operations and Administrative Office in Bintulu, Sarawak. The design
consists of High Voltage and Low Voltage services, Stand-by Power
Generation, Telecommunication Infrastructure, Lighting and Power, Lifts and
Escalators, Local Area Networking, Audio Visual System, Air-Conditioning,
Fire Fighting, Cold Water Supply, Central Vacuum Services, Building Access
and Security and Integrated Building Management Systems.
As the M&E services Project Engineer based at the site, my work scope
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1. The co-ordination of all M&E services, provided by six (06) different
contractors, namely Main Contractor, Electrical Services, Mechanical
Services, Lifts & Escalators, Fire Fighting and Building Management
Contractors.
2. Direct liaison with the Design Architect, the Civil and Structural Design
Engineers and the Mechanical and Electrical Design Engineers
3. The verifications and approval of Shop Drawings and Method Statements of
the different Contractors
4. The supervision and approval of works done
5. The approval of site tests that were performed during the various phases of
installation
6. Attended Factory Acceptance Tests for Stand-by Generator Sets (Malaysia),
Air Conditioning Plants (China), Main Switch Boards (Malaysia), Lifts
(Malaysia and Japan) and Building Management System (Australia)
7. Performing Testing and Commissioning of majority of the M&E systems
8. Liaison with the Clients on the co-ordination and interfacing of existing M&E,
External Electrical and Telecommunication services
9. The provision of efficient and effective solutions to contractors
10. Liaison with SESCO (Local Electricity Board), Telekom Malaysia, LAKU
(Water Board) and BOMBA (Fire Department) for approval and certifications
11. Site coordination of the various services – Air-conditioning, Fire Fighting,
Electrical, Cold Water and Sewer with the Ceiling Works
12. Approval of Methods, Witnessing and Certification of Testing and
Commissioning for High Voltage and Low Voltage systems, Stand-by
Generator Sets, Lifts and Escalators, Fire Fighting System, Cold Water
Pumps and Security and Building Management System
13. The verification and approval of As-built Drawings
14. The verification of Operations and Maintenance Manuals
15. Provide Project Progress reporting to PUZL management and BPA (Client)
Aug 2001 to Aug 2002
RANHILL BERSEKUTU (S) Sdn. Bhd.
Position: Project Engineer (M&E)
RANHILL BERSEKUTU was the M&E Consultant for Institute Kemahiran
Belia Negara, Miri Sarawak (IKBN). This is a Malaysian Government project
valued at US$27.5 million. Ranhill Bersekutu provided the design and
supervision of the installation of External and Internal Electrical Reticulation,
Public Address System, External and Internal Telecommunication (Telephone
and Local Area Network) System, Internal Water and Sanitary Systems, Fire
Prevention, Monitoring and Fighting System, LPG System, Compress Air
System, Lightning Protection, MATV and Kitchen Equipment. The M&E
services was valued at US$3.4 million
My scope of work as the M&E services Project Engineer included;
1. The coordination with main contractor, water service’s contractor, fire-fighting
systems’ contractor, air-conditioning system’s contractor, kitchen equipment
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2. The implementation of the M&E design
3. Provision of site solutions and designs to address site conditions
4. Approval of works carried out by contractors
5. Reporting on monthly work progress
6. Certification of works completion
7. Liaison with the local authorities (SESCO, LAKU, TMB) on the provision of
services to client
8. Certification of Testing and Commissioning for Low Voltage, Fire Fighting
System, Central Cold Water Supply and Kitchen Equipment
9. Verification and approval of As-built drawings
Mar 1998 to Jul 2002
SISTEM HOSPITAL AWASAN TARAF (SIHAT)
Position: Senior Consultant
SISTEM HOSPITAL AWASAN TARAF (SIHAT) is a Consultant to MOH
(Ministry of Health) Malaysia, providing specifications, guidelines, supervisory
functions, technical advice and designs for the management of hospitals’
(operated by MOH) assets. The hospitals’ non-core services, namely, Clinical
Waste Management, Cleansing Services, Linen and Laundry Services,
Facility Engineering Services and Biomedical Engineering, of one hundred
and thirty (130) hospitals throughout Malaysia were “out-sourced”. In
Sarawak and Sabah there are a total of forty-one (41) hospitals (Sarawak, 21
and Sabah, 20). My responsibilities as a Senior Consultant for the Sarawak
and Sabah Zones includes:
1. Initiated the Start-up operation of the Sarawak Zone and Local Hospital
offices
2. Revamped and upgraded the Sabah Zone operations
3. Interviewed and recruited suitably qualified personnel; Sarawak – 6 Engineers
and 2 administrative assistants and Sabah – 6 Engineers and 2 administrative
assistants
4. Trained and guided the administrative assistants and engineers in the
requirements of the MOH/Consultant and MOH/Contractors agreement
5. Provided training to the hospitals on the implementation procedures,
reporting, monitoring and expectations of the services provided by the
maintenance contractors
6. Briefed the contractors’ staff on the expectations of service standards per
contractual requirements
7. Managed the zones (Sarawak & Sabah)
8. Audited the work carried out by the contractors
9. Worked closely with the hospitals on payments and the deduction of
payments (for failing to meet required standards) to the contractors
10. Advised the hospital on the timely upgrading and replacement of facilities and
equipment
11. Acted as Project Manager for project works carried out in the hospitals
12. Provided technical and administrative advice on engineering matters, to the
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13. Supervised work done by Contractors to ensure that health, safety, statutory
and technical regulations are met
14. Conducted regular trainings and briefings to all level of hospital staff on
improvement to hospital support services
15. Increased awareness of hospital staff on matters relating to the ‘support
services’ and introduced and implemented service standards’ bench marking
Jan 1996 – Feb 1998
JURUTERA PERUNDING WAHBA (JPW)/PERUNDING PKM (PKM)
Position: Resident Engineer (M&E)
JURUTERA PERUNDING WAHBA (JPW) was the Principal Consultant for a
Consortium that was responsible for the design, implementation and
supervision of the construction of the New Miri Port. PKM was the M&E
design consultant. The total project cost was US$27.5 million. The M&E
services and facilities designed included High Voltage Substations, General
Power and Lighting, Telecommunications Infrastructure, Cold Water Services,
Fire Fighting and Prevention systems of the office building, port compound
and wharf. The cost of the M&E services was approximately US$4 million.
As the M&E services Resident Engineer, I was responsible for;
1. The implementation all Mechanical & Electrical designs
2. The supervision and approval of the work carried out by the contractors,
comprising three (03) engineers and approximately fifteen (15) site staff
3. Provision of effective solutions and modification of designs due to site
constraints
4. The approval of installation methods
5. The co-ordination of M&E, Architectural and Civil & Structural works
6. Certification of Testing and Commissioning for High Voltage and Low Voltage
Systems and Switchboards, Fire Fighting and Cold Water systems and Stand-
by Generator Set
7. Compliance with Statutory Regulations
8. Certification for progress payment for M&E works
9. 'High Voltage (11,000 volts)' switching engineer for the High Voltage
installations
10. Approval of As-built drawings
In addition to the above responsibilities, during the final six (06) months of the
project, I provided additional quality services to the Client on the set up of
operational maintenance programme, security requirements (CCTV, Card
access), Data and Audio equipment.
May 1994 – Dec 1995
EP ENGINEERING Sdn. Bhd. (EP)
Position: Electrical Engineer
EP ENGINEERING (EP) is a registered Contractor to the Sarawak Shell and
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engineering contractor. As the electrical engineer, my direct responsibilities
include:
1. Contributed to the production of EP’s Health, Safety and Environment
Operation Guidelines to meet the requirements of Sarawak Shell and
Petronas
2. Electrical designs for the ‘turn-key’ project proposal of an Independent Fast-
track Power Producing Plant
3. Electrical and Instrument Analysis Engineer for the Procurement department
for on-shore oil and gas project (BSTAB & MLNG DUA)
4. Factory testing and approval for electrical switchboards designed for use in oil
and gas plant
5. Factory testing and approval for explosion proof capacitor board for used in oil
& gas plant
6. Coordinate for the delivery of products to site meeting project schedule
7. Carried out technical clarification with the specialist suppliers for electrical and
instrumentations for the project
Jun 1988 – Feb 1994
NORMAH MEDICAL SPECIALIST CENTRE (NMSC)
Position: a - Hospital Engineer
b - Project Engineer
Normah Medical Specialist Centre (NMSC) is a private hospital in Sarawak,
offering specialist services in invasive and non-invasive treatment and health
care. During the construction stage, I was the M&E Project Engineer; after
the successful commissioning of the medical centre I was retained by the
management to be the Hospital Engineer.
The M&E services included air conditioning plants, hot water and steam
boilers, high voltage and low voltage electrical supplies, fire fighting and
prevention system, laundry and kitchen equipment, stand-by generator set,
telecommunications network and cold-water services. My scope of work for
these two (02) positions is as follows;
a - Hospital Engineer
1. Overall in-charge of all facility and building maintenance and operations
2. Started the maintenance department
3. Recruited and trained maintenance technicians
4. Set up preventive maintenance schedules for facility engineering
5. Negotiated, drew up and oversee Specialist Maintenance Contracts for
Biomedical Equipment and Manufacturer proprietary equipment (e.g. Lifts,
Boilers, Radiation Equipment)
6. Ensure compliance of Statutory Requirements (SESCO-Electricity Supply
Board, LAKU-Water Board, AELB-Atomic Energy Licensing Board)
7. Preparation and presentation of annual and five-year budgets to the
Management and Share Holders
8. Provision of specifications for upgrading and improvement of services to the
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9. Installation and commissioning for Computerised Axial Tomography (CAT)
Scanner
10. Assisted Siemens in the replacement and commissioning of X-ray tube for
static X-ray equipment
11. In my fourth year of service, I was fully involved with the Hospital
Management, Doctors and Architect in the conceptual design of additional
hospital blocks, medical specialists’ block, facilities and medical equipment
b - Project Engineer
1. Supervised the installations of all M&E services
2. Hands-on testing and commissioning of M&E systems (HV, LV, A/C Boilers,
Lifts, UPS)
3. Assisted in the testing & commissioning of Medical Equipments)
4. Co-ordination of various services to ensured smooth progress of work
5. Ensured the compliance of all statutory requirements
6. Reported on the progress of work to the Project Manager
7. Hands-on installation of medical equipment
Aug 1983 – May 1988
SARAWAK ELECTRICITY SUPPLY CORPORATION (SESCO)
Positions: a - System Engineer
b - Measurement & Protection Engineer
c - Power Station Engineer
SESCO is a statutory body responsible for the production, distribution and
sale of electricity in Sarawak. During my employment tenure, I had the
opportunity to work in three (03) sections, as;
a - Systems Engineer
Responsibilities:
1. Analysis of faults in the system
2. Approval of high voltage (11,000 volts) plans - private submissions
3. Produced specifications for specialist test equipment for tenders
4. Analysis and recommendation of tender document
5. Trained technicians throughout Sarawak on the use 'Cable-Fault Location',
'High-voltage Testing' and other analysis equipment
6. Part-time lecturer for in-house training schools for technicians
7. Reported on technical investigation of faults and other system failures
8. Assisted the Senior Engineer to carry out High-voltage (33,000 and 275,000
volts) testing and commissioning and switching operations
9. Certified High-voltage (11,000 volts) switching engineer
10. After-hour standby team for fault locations and High-voltage (11,000 volts)
switching
11. Testing and Commissioning of new installations and systems
b - Measurement & Protection Engineer
Responsibilities:
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2. Performed accuracy tests on all energy meters (KwH & KvarH) before being
put into service
3. Carry out on-site accuracy tests for meters
4. Testing and commissioning of electrical LV switchboards, 11, 33 and 275 kV
HV substations, 11 & 33 kV underground and over-head cables
5. Location of cable faults
6. Monitored loading characteristics of substations and recommendation for
upgrading and replacement programmes
7. Analysis and approval of Low-voltage (415 volts) switchboards
8. Part-time lecturer for in-house training school for technicians
c - Power Station Engineer
Responsibilities:
1. Provided building and equipment preventive and corrective maintenance of
oil-fired power stations
2. A member of the installation team for the Batang Ai Hydro Power Station (120
MW)
3. A member of the installation and testing and commissioning team for mini
hydro-power stations
4. Part-time lecturer for in-house training school for technicians
Jan 1981 – Mar 1983
NEW ZEALAND ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT (NZED)
Position: Assistant Mechanical and Electrical Engineer
NEW ZEALAND ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT (NZED) is the producer for
electrical power throughout New Zealand. Electricity is sold to various local
councils, for distribution to consumers. After my completion of tertiary
education, I worked as an Assistant M&E Engineer with NZED and my
contributions were:
1. Member of the maintenance team for a 700 MW hydro-station
2. Responsible for the redesign of the heating and ventilation system of this
hydro-station, incorporating the escape tunnel
3. Responsible for the gathering data for 'power-line' carrier for the operation of
a fully remote controlled hydro-power station