Wei Min Cheong, MEng, PEng's Resume

Wei Min Cheong, MEng, PEng

Contractor and Project Distributor Sales Manager

Male

Sales Manager/Supervisor

Live in Malaysia

Nationality

Contractor and Project Distributor Sales Manager
Schneider Electric
2024.01-Current
(2 years)
6 years 8 months (2 years 2 months) Driving business strategy and growth through our esteemed partners and customers for the entire business portfolio Schneider Electric has to offer.
Strategic Account Sales Manager
Schneider Electric
2019.07-2023.12
(4 years)
(4 years 6 months) My main priority is to create and capture the demand for the entire portfolio of field services offered by Schneider at strategic accounts: technical services including the start-up, maintenance, testing, retrofit, upgrade and recurring contracts. Secondly, I am accountable for the selling of turnkey projects ranging from simple replacement of equipment to fully engineered solutions. Recognised as a trusted technical adviser and am responsible to create, develop, and maintaining high level relationships including technical leaders. Keeping close communication with strategic customers and understanding their issues and proving most appropriate solutions. Ultimately to partake on a technical journey with customer to help them achieve their short, medium, and long term goals.
Senior Project Manager
HITEC Power Protection
2017.03-2019.07
(2 years)
(2 years 5 months) Managed various high value projects around APAC region which compromises of sales phase, contract phase, and after-sales phase.
Project & Engineering Manager
Statron AG
2015.09-2017.02
(a year)
(1 year 6 months) • Responsible for the execution of all incoming projects and ensuring that the project is executed in accordance with the set timeline and maintaining profit margins through effective coordination with multiple subsidiary teams and efficient use of resources. • Work closely with customers to ensure project specifications are met. • Responsible for the management of manpower including recruitment, development and training to ensure high competency level of the workforce in achieving targeted goals. • Responsible for technical and project coordination with other STATRON’s business units and sup-suppliers. • Responsible of developing the project management and engineering team in STATRON Asia Pacific. Knowledge transfer from STATRON Switzerland. • Responsible for basic engineering as a support to the sales team during tendering stage. • Detail design engineering based on technical specifications and plant requirements. • Responsible in working closely with the global Quality & EHS Manager (Switzerland) for the implementation and compliance of approved ISO standards and occupational EHS. • Ensuring a cohesive working synergy among the project management and engineering team for the company to grow and move forward as one entity with other business units. • Assisting the managing director in formulating the company business objectives, strategy plans for short, medium, and long term to support the business expansion plans and operational requirements.
Senior Electrical Engineer
Alstom Power
2011.12-2015.08
(4 years)
(3 years 9 months) • Working as a lead engineer for project execution in terms of cost (engineering hours) and time (MTS) for all engineering activities in the Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR), Generator Protection and Synchronization. • In charge of the technical coordination with other Power Automation and Control division’s activities. Ensuring holistic view of each division’s engineering activities is clear to have a timely project execution, completion and maintaining profit margins. • Responsible of developing the Generator Protection and Synchronization business in PAC Malaysia. Knowledge transfer from Alstom Switzerland and Alstom France. • Responsible for basic engineering of the generator synchronization system as a support to the tendering group during tendering stage. • Detail design engineering for AVR, generator protection, and synchronization systems based on technical specifications and plant requirements. • Guiding junior engineers in Synchronizing, Generator and Transformer Protection engineering, and excitation systems. • Interface with local manufacturing facilities, taking care that manufacturing, testing integrity and quality are assured. • Providing technical support during tendering stage by competent analysis of the plant specific requirement and technical specifications of electrical component(s). • Providing technical support to commissioning engineers such as control sequence, preliminary settings, diagrams and equipments. • Responsible of technical risk management of the project within the division’s scope of work. • Technical and sales support for Customer Service Division. • Negotiate with clients, vendors and contractors where necessary to protect the interest of the company.
Electrical Commissioning Engineer
Alstom Power
2010.06-2011.09
(a year)
1 year 10 months (1 year 4 months) Working as a unit lead electrical engineer for a 1300MW Combine Cycle Power Plant in Maasbracht, The Netherlands. Consisting of three (3) KA26 Gas Turbine and one (1) steam turbine, multi-shaft configuration.
Electrical Commissioning Engineer
Alstom Power
2009.12-2010.05
(6 months)
Worked as an electrical commissioning engineer for a 2x435MW Combine Consisting of two (2) KA26 Gas Turbine and two (2) steam turbine, single-shaft configuration. Commissioning of Seal Oil and Gas Cooling System for the H2-cooled Generator, Standby Diesel Generators (CUMMINS - 706kVA). Performed standstill and load test for Generators (520MVA).
Electrical Commissioning Engineer
Alstom Power
2009.02-2009.10
(9 months)
Worked as an electrical commissioning engineer for a 3x155MW Open Cycle Power Plant in Relizane, Algeria. Consisting of three (3) 13E2 Gas Turbine. Commissioning of Generator and Generator instrumentations, Avera Generator & Transformer Protection (Micom - P123, P344, P633, P631), ABB Synchronizing Synchrotact 5, Generator Step Up Transformer, Station Service Transformer, Excitation Transformers, DC/UPS system (Cholride and Statron), ABB LV Switchgears/ Distribution Board (with MNSiS system), HV Interfacing with the power plant, Generator Circuit Breaker. Performed standstill, no load, synchronizing and load tests for Generator 225MVA.
Electrical Commissioning Engineer
Alstom Power
2008.11-2009.01
(3 months)
Worked as an electrical commissioning engineer for a 450MW Combine Combination of two (2) 13E2 Gas Turbine and one (1) Steam Turbine, multi-shaft configuration. Commissioning of Generator and Generator instrumentations, Avera Generator & Transformer Protection (Micom - P123 / P345 / P633), ABB Synchronizing Synchrotact 5, Unit Auxiliary Transformers, Excitation Transformers, Battery Discharge Test. Performed standstill, no load and synchronizing tests for Generator 225MVA.
District Maintenance Engineer
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
2006.06-2008.09
(2 years)
4 years 4 months (2 years 4 months) 1. Responsible for ensuring the reliability and sustainability of the medium Voltage (MV) electrical network. 2. Plan and execute preventive/ routine maintenance programs for existing circuit breakers and transformers. 3. Develop and execute preventive maintenance programs for Medium Voltage (MV) underground / overhead cables using VLF Test, Partial Discharge Test, and CBM. 4. Identify weak points in the distribution system and develop contingency plans to overcome it. 5. Develop corrective action plans for all Medium Voltage (MV) breakdowns to ensure minimal repetitive breakdown or zero-repetitive breakdown. 6. Perform investigation on all Medium Voltage (MV) breakdowns and do root- cause analysis.
Project Engineer
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
2004.06-2006.06
(2 years)
(2 years 1 month) 1. Plan and execute new incoming projects (residential, commercial,industrial). 2. Plan and ensure optimum utilization of CAPEX and OPEX budget. 3. Overcome obstacles faced at site and ensuring smooth project implementation. 4. Testing and commissioning of newly installed MV switchgears and cables.