Situation
FAT/SAT evidence, deviations, NCRs, punch items, commissioning records, and warranty feedback could lose context between teams and gates.
Engineering case study
BESS QA/QC from acceptance criteria to handover.
At TotalEnergies from 2019 to 2022, I worked across BESS portfolio intelligence, quality-cost drivers, warranty cases, standards, FAT/SAT evidence, NCR follow-up, and handover discipline.
BESS strategy and R&D leadership
This professional experience summary covers TotalEnergies, France, from November 2019 to June 2022. Explore the full-size graphic or read its complete text below.
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STRATEGIC R&D LEADERSHIP: DRIVING GLOBAL BESS & DECARBONIZATION
MOHAMMAD REZWAN KHAN
PhD | R&D ENGINEER
TotalEnergies, France (Nov 2019 – June 2022)
STRATEGIC FOCUS: BESS & DECARBONIZATION.
Driving global battery storage strategy and corporate decarbonization initiatives through technical innovation.
Q1: MARKET INTELLIGENCE & STRATEGY
Analyzed global BESS standards and competitor trends to build the company's decarbonization roadmap.
Illustration captions: GLOBAL STANDARDS; COMPETITOR ANALYSIS.
Q2: PRODUCT & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (PSS)
Managed technical specifications and business cases to ensure cross-portfolio compatibility for BESS developments.
Illustration captions: TECHNICAL SPECS; COMPATIBILITY.
Q3: TECHNICAL OPERATIONS & DECARBONIZATION
Optimized battery sizing, siting, and O&M for the interconnection of storage with Oil & Gas generators.
Illustration captions: O&M.
Q4: LEADERSHIP & CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COMMS
Provided affiliate support and developed training materials for international trade shows and strategic meetings.
Illustration captions: TRAINING; AFFILIATE SUPPORT.
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
- STRATEGIC MARKET SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS: Prepared comprehensive ESS market reports to guide future corporate roadmaps and PSS positioning.
- BESS PROCESS DEVELOPMENT: Driven technical solutions for Battery Sizing and Operation & Maintenance (O&M) processes.
- DECARBONIZATION VALUE ASSESSMENT: Quantified BESS product values to accelerate the company's transition toward carbon neutrality.
Situation, task, action, result
A common review path for records that normally live in separate systems.
Task
Connect inspection discipline with engineering feedback and supplier accountability without reducing quality work to document collection.
Action
Aligned requirements, test procedures, acceptance criteria, owners, evidence references, NCR status, and closure decisions.
Result
Reviewers could follow an item from planned acceptance through test evidence, deviation handling, and handover disposition.
Six-step traceability spine
The row is useful only when the review chain stays intact.
- 01Requirement
Identify the approved technical or quality obligation.
- 02Procedure
State how the obligation will be inspected or tested.
- 03Acceptance
Define the pass condition before execution begins.
- 04Evidence
Link the controlled record, log, drawing, or inspection result.
- 05Deviation
Assign failed or incomplete items to a named NCR and owner.
- 06Closure
Record due date, objective evidence, decision, and handover status.
Public proof artifact
Inspect ten sanitized rows before deciding whether the full template is useful.
The sample contains template fields and example acceptance wording only. It includes no client data, test result, or confidential project identifier.
Deeper template
Use the 18-row working CSV structure.
The fuller template extends the sample across design review, supplier review, FAT, SAT, commissioning, NCR closure, punch-list control, and handover.
The expanded CSV adds eight example rows across these review gates. It contains sanitized template wording, not client records or approved acceptance criteria. Your team must assign project requirements, evidence, owners and approval authority before use.
The expanded CSV is available immediately below. If you prefer to request the same template by email, prepare and inspect your message locally; copy or download the message if you do not use an email application.
Download 18-row CSV template Request full template by emailContribution and an inspectable review example
The contribution described here connects BESS quality requirements, acceptance records, deviation follow-up and handover information. It does not claim sole authorship of supplier tests, team deliverables or project acceptance decisions.
The bounded outcome is the traceability structure described above: a reviewer can follow an acceptance item through its evidence and disposition. No measured defect reduction, time saving or commercial result is asserted.
Read the calibration row before treating it as acceptance evidence.
In the public ten-row CSV, REQ-QA-021 connects the pre-FAT calibration register to REF-003, a QA/QC owner, status Template and closure Pending. These are example identifiers and fields, not a completed inspection.
Illustrative review decision: if the required calibration evidence is missing or unsuitable for the test, retain the pending disposition, identify the responsible owner and obtain the controlled record before acceptance. A populated row alone does not demonstrate readiness.
This example is derived from the sanitized public sample. It does not disclose a TotalEnergies failure, supplier or project record.
Evidence boundary
Public method, protected project data.
This case identifies employer, period, scope, and a reusable QA/QC structure. It does not disclose project-specific failures, suppliers, commercial values, or performance improvements that cannot be verified publicly.