VINAYAK SHARMA
Summary
Detailed repair and service technician with a good understanding of technology and experienced in
troubleshooting and diagnosing equipment malfunctions. Employs proper safety and service protocols
and observes all OSHA and ISO regulations to drive workplace health and safety. Always interested in
learning new things.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Service Technician
Megger Instruments Calibration Repair Services
07.2021 - Current
- Testing, trouble-shooting, servicing and calibration of all Megger equipment's like Megger Insulation Testers i.e., MIT-300,400 series (handheld),500 series and S1 series (1KV, 5KV & 15KV insulation testers), Digital Low Resistance Ohmmeters (DLRO's) like DLRO10, 10X,10HD and DLRO200/600 series, Earth or Ground resistance testers like DET4 series, and much more.
- To follow latest ISO standards and maintain safety, security of ourselves and equipment's and of calibration standards used for the process of calibration along with maintaining environmental temperature and humidity levels at all times.
- Communicating customers on regular basis and assisting them to understand their instrument, service, repair or calibrate their equipment if needed, followed by creating quotes and calibration certificates and data reports.
- Maintain and document records for all the equipment assigned along with temperature and humidity,
inventory counts, and keeping records for all parts, tools, and replacement parts. Monitored supply
inventory and requisitioned replacement parts to maintain availability. Document recurring
equipment characteristics for maintenance and service records. - Initiated and interpreted engineering documents, drawings, and schematics to verify proper
execution of calibration, repair, and service procedures. Performed testing and troubleshooting
services down to board levels. Execute troubleshooting, testing and diagnosis for equipment errors or
malfunctions in accordance with the company procedure. Initiated maintenance and repair activities
to safeguard equipment functionality and performance.
• Ensure exceptional customer service and maintained customer relationships, by occasionally
communicating with the dispatch to coordinate with customers needs and requirement. Responded
to service requests and on-call emergencies with timeliness and professionalism.
• Kept up to date with current equipment and procedures to understand best practices by attending onsite
and online trainings, along with documenting maintenance and repair activities used as per
established methods.
• Inspect finished products for damage and take remedial action. Perform cleanliness and cosmetic
maintenance for professional looks. Test finished unit to guarantee conformity to standards and
performance. Reviewed and interpreted maintenance records and work orders to verify requirements.
• Develop and follow environmental and safety protocols, and requirements as listed by OSHA and ISO guidelines. Applied safety standards to eliminate, minimized or mitigate the risk of workplace safety
hazards. Complied with 5s and all safe work practices, policies, and processes.
Rail Vehicle Analyzer (LFLRVs)
Toronto Transit Control
05.2020 - 01.2021
- As a rail vehicle analyzer at TTC streetcar house (service and maintenance department), our major responsibilities are to do preventive maintenance and periodic inspections of streetcar, driving, performing yard defects, testing and ensuring its safe and reliable daily operation for service.
- Inspection and maintenance of pole and harp assembly, switching power from pole to pantograph, ensuring all the sand and washer fluids are full and the consumables are within the specific range and replacing them if necessary.
- Pre-servicing the streetcars for morning run-out service and ensuring operation of all the safety critical hardware, like, secured bogie skirts, emergency windows, windscreens, doors and sensors, bell, gong and horn are functioning, wheel flange lubrication system, sanding system, disk brake, track brakes and electro-dynamic braking mechanism, emergency stop pushbutton, master controllers functionality, track lights, headlights, indicators, reverse lights, pictograms, interior lighting, pole-catcher mechanism, exterior and interior cameras, stop request switches, passenger emergency strips, internal and external speakers, passenger assist system, EAD (Emergency Access Device) and EED (Emergency Exit Device) functionality, ensuring everything works accordingly and troubleshooting problems whenever necessary.
- Ensuring corrective operations of onboard computer; Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) that governs all the traction motors, traction convertors, dynamic braking system, disk brakes and track brakes, onboard power supply and its conversion, internal communication system, ramp and door mechanism, primary and secondary vigilance systems, rollback protection system, operator cabin and passenger HVAC and heating system, and much more. VCU also registers and records data like speed, battery and brake resistors temperature, heating faults, wheel flange lubrication fault, door sensors and operations, etc which can we retrieved later for study and analysis.
- Driving streetcar both inside and outside the yard, following all the traffic and street car rules and switching track switches accordingly. Also responsible for attending to the road calls and providing necessary troubleshooting and problem-solving.
- Trained to perform all the periodic inspections from PD0 to PD6 which includes inspection of car body, interior fittings, truck skirt inspection, crash absorber, articulations and bellows, foldable coupler, mounts, bushings, sanders system, battery box, wheel flange lubrication system, truck inspections, traction motors, brake control unit (BCU), Hydraulic Power Unit, gear box, primary and secondary, accumulator, spring applied brake calipers, magnetic track brakes, doors and ramps, air filters, pantograph, trolley pole catcher, Necessity Action Switch (NAS) control unit, exterior lifting points.
Technical Specialist
Mary Agrotechnology's
10.2019 - 04.2020
- Worked for a start-up company called Mary AG (Agrotechnology's), which deals with the concept of inhouse farming for today's market. Every unit is a vertical garden in itself, that uses nutrients, deep root watering and artificial lighting techniques to grow a seed into a plant.
- Job duties include research and development, assembly, testing and troubleshooting of the aggrotech unites, followed by quality check, over night testing of each and every unit, sensor log documentation, representation and analysis.
Electronic Technician
Tacel Ltd. (Traffic Control Equipment's)
09.2017 - 01.2019
- Testing and repair of traffic light equipment's like the controllers, pedestrian panels, navigators, and etc. Updating the firmware version, power supply module, GPS, creating and sending quotes for repairs, preparing NCRs for under warranty or non repairable units.
- Following ISO procedures for record keeping, and health and safety.
- Wiring and assembly of various traffic control panels / cabinets for cities like Toronto, Guelph, Sudbury, Thunder-Bay, Calgary, Brampton, Mississauga, and etc. and also populating panels with electrical & electronic components.
- Understanding electrical schematics, product manufacturing and testing, troubleshooting, importance of 5S, understanding application of different wire gauge and other sub-assemblies, hands on experience on power tools like power drill, rivet gun, wire crimpers, soldering de-soldering irons and etc.
- Assembling electronic components and assembling panels in a field cabinet for testing.
- Soldering wire connections to terminals and switches.
- Reading schematics and completing weekly worksheets.
- Using various power tools and soldering iron in a safe manner as per Health and Safety policy.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechatronics Engineering
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies
INDIA05.2015
Skills
- Experienced operating Megger
equipment' s - Equipment repair, maintenance, sourcing
parts and service records - Customer service and safety protocols
Soldering (leaded and surface mounted
devices) - 3D design and rapid prototyping
- Analytical and imaginative
- Experienced using, troubleshooting, servicing and calibrating industrial Megger equipment's like; Megger Insulation Testers (MIT & S1 series), Digital Low Resistance Ohmmeters (DLRO's), Ground resistance testers, etc along with understanding and operating equipment as per its user's manual and datasheets specifications
- Experienced on driving and servicing of LRVT vehicles (preventive maintenance)
- Hands on 3D printing experience using Creative Slicer software for the purpose of rapid-prototyping, testing and analysis, using mathematical modelling software's like CAD and Solid Works on various 3D printing materials like ABS, PLA, Nylon, etc
- Printed circuit boards, designing, testing, troubleshooting and manufacturing experience, with hands-on soldering experience on both leaded and surface mounted devices (Imperial size 0805/ 1206)
- Can draw and understand electrical, electronics, hydraulics and pneumatics schematic diagrams
- Experience in programming 8-bit AVR and PIC micro-controllers at embedded C platform
- Experience and understanding of Ladder Logic Programming in PLC's
Accomplishments
- Was awarded a certificate of recognition for
successfully competing the research project
"Hand Mimicking Robot" at Centennial
College under APPLIED RESEARCH,
INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SERVICES (ARIES). Project was funded by
the college.
Certification
- OACETT Associate member.
Nature and wildlife photography • Trekking, camping, hiking and exploration.
- Like to trek, love photography and video making. A good picture has a lot to say for those who have the eyes to see it. Editing software's used my me are Picasa, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop_2018. Have made and posted couple of videos on Facebook and YouTube on nature and wildlife. Also have an account on GuruShots (Champion- Level), where people submit their pictures for competitions, challenges and rewards worldwide.
Timeline
Service Technician
Megger Instruments Calibration Repair Services
07.2021 - Current
Rail Vehicle Analyzer (LFLRVs)
Toronto Transit Control
05.2020 - 01.2021
Technical Specialist
Mary Agrotechnology's
10.2019 - 04.2020
Electronic Technician
Tacel Ltd. (Traffic Control Equipment's)
09.2017 - 01.2019
Bachelor of Science - Mechatronics Engineering
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies
- OACETT Associate member.
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