Alfonso Chavez Email & Phone Number

Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

Australia

Team Leader for the review of civil, electrical and telecommunications infrastructure design of the project to Upgrade the SCADA infrastructure, communications and software components for Urban Utilities assets in the Brisbane outer regional areas, including liaison with Seqwater to coordinate data transfer for network operations and installation of.

Sydney, Australia

Hands-on development and integration of PLC and SCADA control system using Schneider PLC and ClearSCADA for the upgrade of regional Sewage Treatment Plants as well as supervision and commissioning of similar electrical and control system works delivered by contractors, and coordination of participation of key stakeholders.

1 Smith Street, Parramatta

Provide advice and support to both internal and external contractors project managers and engineers of the Liveable City Solutions Project Delivery scoping, design, planning, control and coordination of project and commissioning of upgrade projects in the Sydney North Region, including the development of commissioning standards and management systems..

Loganlea, Queensland, Australia

Successfully managed several small projects with significant execution delays to resolve design, resourcing, and coordination issues to bring them to completion, resolved design, resourcing, and project execution issues

Australia

Planning, preparation of FAT, SAT and hands-on commissioning activities for RO, Ultrafiltration and microfiltration plants located in Australian and overseas locations including South Korea, Chile, NZ, and different industries including mining, power generation, water treatment, oil and gas facilities and manfucturing, bringing systems to successful.

Hanwood, New South Wales, Australia

Preparation of Scope of Works, technical specifications, contract tendering documentation of the automation and SCADA works required for the modernisation of irrigation channel systems for MIA for a value of AU$11M, including the setup of tender selection tool, tender evaluation, contract negotiation and engagement of the contractor within a period of 3.

Brisbane, Australia

• Testing and commissioning works for a progressive control system migration and upgrade works for a 52 ML/d Water Treatment Plant servicing a Brisbane urban area
• Revision and preparation of Scope of Works, Functional Specifications and Preliminary Electrical Design for Point Lookout WTP, Amity Point WTP maintenance and upgrade projects
• Site investigation, preparation of conceptual design and Scope of Works for the Alarm Dialling system upgrade for the North Stradbroke Island WTP.
• Revision of Commissioning and Cutover Plans for multiple upgrade and maintenance projects.
• Inspection, Testing and Commissioning for multiple projects, including MCC, Switchboard and PLC/SCADA FATs and SATs.

Caboolture, QLD

• Inspection Test and Commissioning of Electrical, Instrumentation and PLC/SCADA software works for the Cooroy WWTP (http://www.unitywater.com.au/Cooroy-Sewage-Treatment-Plant-Augmentation) and Woodford WWTP.
• Liaising with stakeholders to establish project objectives, Constructability, rollout priorities, preparation of D&C Tender packages for the Sewage Pump Station Instrumentation upgrade and maintenance program (200+.
• Project Tracking, contract administration, supervision of test and commissioning works for the Sewage Pump Station Instrumentation upgrade and maintenance program (200+ SPS).

• Preparation of Project Scope, Management Plans, Tender preparation and evaluations.
• Technical support and assessment of proposed design solutions and constructability.
• Project Tracking, Contract Administration, coordination and supervision of commissioning works.
• Preparation of Inspection and Test Procedures to meet current Australian Standard
• Coordination and Supervision of Installation, Test and Commissioning Works for the Sewage Pump Stations High Reliability Switchboard Replacement Program.
• Verification of completion of "as built" design and documentation deliverables

Perth, WA

Detail design of the Instrumentation and Control systems for the Beenyup Secondary Water Treatment and RAS/WAS recirculation system upgrade. Preparation of the scope of works and tender documentation for engagement of the installation and PLC/SCADA software development contractor, inspection, test and commissioning works. (Siemens S7 400 redundant CPUS.

Perth, Australia

• Preparation of Preliminary Design / Option Analysis Reports
• Preparation of Engineering Design Reports (-10 to +25% Cost Estimation)
• Detail Design Engineering and commissioning for several Control and SCADA/Telemetry systems for regional Water Treatment Plants and Water Pump Stations.
• Development of SCADA HMI for the Perth Seawater Desalination Plant (Siemens PCS7)

Sydney, Australia

• Design, coordination and execution of temporary electrical cutover arrangements.
• FAT, Pre-SAT, SAT and commissioning tests for 20+ sewage pumping stations, including set up and configuration of switchgear, instruments and PLCs / RTU standard code (Serck eNET RTUs).
• Post-commissioning tests including pump performance and storage capacity tests.

Sydney, Australia

• Commissioning, Inspection and Testing of electrical and civil works for the upgrade of 89 sewage pumping stations. (IICATS project – Sydney Water Corporation)
• Instrumentation and Control System detail design for the Gippsland WTP project
• English/Spanish translation and interpreting services for project tendering and negotiation.
• PLC software modification works for Lidcombe Dairy Farmers milk plant (Modicon 984)

Master'S Degree, Project Management

Bsc Electrical Engineering, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Electrical Power Generation Systems Electrical Power Transmission and Distribution Systems and Networks Electrical Motors, Motor Drives.

Automation Project Management Specialist, Project Management, Automation Project Management Specialist

Activities and Societies: ISA - International Society of Automation

Master'S Degree, Industrial Automation, Post-Graduate Specialization

Classic Control Systems Theory (Analog Control Systems; Laplace, Siegler-Nichols, etc) Modern Control Systems Theory (Discrete Control.