Senior Electrical Expert,
SMEC
Total years of experience :19 years, 0 Months
Detailed electrical design and controls systems design assistance for waste water treatment plants 15ML/day in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Funded by ADB.
Electrical design of HV and LV distribution systems and facilities for new and upgraded works at Toowoomba Regional Council.
Advising ADNOC in the establishment of a facilities management system to manage a township of 40, 000 residents; including establishment of all IT and record keeping, risk management, operational procedures, electricity and water use optimisation, sustainability, maintenance of all electrical, mechanical, civil and structural assets, help desk, computer aided facilities management system and asset register.
PM and design activities, tender evaluation, economic modelling, construction project management, installation and commissioning and on-site construction supervision of new 1.1MW steam plant, a1.3MW expansion of LV switchboards, new submains DBs, new s/s steam and water pipework, a new control system, new RO plant, power and control cables, routing of new power and controls cables, sterile processing room strip out and refit, HVAC modifications, fire detection and firefighting system modifications, concrete works and painting.
Asset management and engineering services focused on high value building and critical plant.
During this role I also was seconded to Healthpoint Hospital completing electrical refit projects to redundant power supplies in high dependency wards, modifications to HVAC electrical switchboards and PM of earthing system upgrade of entire hospital.
Design), MINETEK, Singleton, NSW: Electrical design and systems design of water treatment plants and enhanced evaporation systems for mine spill water.
Engineering and
Transfield Services, Brisbane
Business Model Development - Transfield Rail SA. Development of a business model that would improve asset management and utilisation for track maintenance assets distributed across the southern half of Australia. Assets are capital intensive and slow to relocate, while the track work and the relocation of maintenance assets must not disrupt normal track operations. (Role sandwiched within MBD contract above.
Commissioning and Defects Rectification
SE Qld Potable Water Asset Valuation - Qld Treasury Technical Due Diligence, Cardno. Due diligence on $10 billion of water infrastructure assets prior to their acquisition by state government from local authorities. As part of the Cardno team my role was as facilities coordinator, managing teams of discipline engineers and participating in asset evaluations of electrical infrastructure.
Goondicum Raw Water Pipeline - Monto Minerals, SunWater. Contract and project management as superintendent’s representative on design and construction of a private 30km 350mm DICL and PVC raw water pipeline to supply mine water from a regional bore.
Price Creek and Paddy’s Green Upgrade - Mareeba Irrigation Area, SunWater. Electrical design for upgrades to pumps and electrical infrastructure at two pump stations.
Moranbah Eastern Extension - Burdiken-Moranbah Pipeline, SunWater. Compilation of asset hierarchy for later SAP upload, total $250m asset.
Clare A Pump Station Renewal - Clare A, Burdiken River, SunWater. Project management for renewal of minor river-intake pump station providing raw water to irrigators in Central Queensland.
Boondooma Dam - Vacuum Priming System, SunWater. Brownfield detail design for vacuum priming system for dual HV raw water pumps at height of drought to enable remaining dam water to be accessed.
Stanwell HV Pump Station - Electrical Infrastructure Renewal, SunWater. Project engineering for the roll out of new supply cables and switchgear on 3.3kV raw water pump station on Burdiken River, Central Queensland.
Fluoridisation System Assessment - Queensland Health Dept, SunWater. Assessment of individual town water supplies SE Qld in preparation for state-wide roll out of fluoridisation systems.
managing the day to day activities of a team of electrical technicians (18 full time and contractors) maintaining electrical plant and equipment in large gas production plant and performing a turn-around.
Sea Tests and Trials - Collins Class Submarine Project. Managing the conduct of submarine sea trials to demonstrate compliance with contracted performance for weapons, navigation, sonar, radar and communications systems, and preparation of detailed system test procedures, assessing results and reporting to RAN on achievements.
2002
Adjunct Lecturer, Adelaide University, Australia
Supervising final year engineering students in their honours program projects.
Levels I and II - Airwork (Bombardier) Project. Instructor in mathematics, physics, electronics and computer skills to enlisted personnel and trainee officers at Muasakar Al Murtafa’ HQ, Muscat.
Prep and 1st Year Engineering Instruction - Sohar University. Instructor in mathematics, physics, electronics and computer skills to civilian officers
Transmission Substation FEED - Ministry of Housing, Electricity and Water, Sultanate of Oman. Design review and certification of subcontractor documentation for the design and build of transmission stations and substations.
Mixed Feed Oil-Gas Pipeline - Sohar Refinery Project, Sultanate of Oman. Conceptual design and ROM costings of alternative implementations of 230km mixed feed hot oil pipeline from Sohar to Muscat.
10MW LNG Cogeneration Plant - PDO Refinery Project, Sultanate of Oman. Conceptual design of 10MW cogeneration plant to provide electricity and process heat to Petroleum Development Oman from its own gas turbines.
and Test and Trials Engineer, Kockums Pacific Technology, Adelaide Harbour Release and Sea Trials - Collins Class Submarine Project.
As a test and trials (commissioning engineer) for Kockums Pacific Technology, the design authority for the Collins Class submarine platform, conducting performance trials on propulsion and electrical systems and enforcing rules of safe system design on designers and constructors.
Electrical Systems - Design and Maintenance, Collins Class Submarine Project. Electrical engineer responsible for the systems design and/or commissioning of main submarine batteries, emergency backup batteries, earth fault detection and rectification, AC/DC power conversion, on board heating, diesel generators 5MW, reverse osmosis water system, main propulsion motor, dc 5MW, weapons discharge systems, underwater antennae deployment system, emergency propulsion system, gas detection system, emergency breathing systems, fire detection systems, emergency escape systems, optimisation of propulsions system.
M.Sc. El. Eng.
M.Sc. El. Eng.