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Australia

Working in a senior role for various projects and clients. • Producing and submitting tender documentation • Coordinating with other stake holders and disciplines on complex inter disciplinary projects • Creating budgets and reporting forecasts to management • Estimation, forecasting expenditure & answering for costs spent & to complete • Identifying risks & opportunities • Tracking productivity & Programming works • Managing client expectations • Creating commissioning procedures and high-level project risk assessments • Leading pre-commissioning of E&I of gas compression facility • Discussing & clarifying legal obligations with the Electrical Safety Regulators • Balancing commercial, programme, quality, safety, environmental & community requirements

Australia

Australia

Charlie Natural Gas • Carrying out HA detailed Inspections • Providing guidance on HA defect rectification and inspection requirements. Knauff Plasterboard • Verification of vendor equipment for legislative compliance Amrun bauxite mine • Mining supervisor of commissioning team on Amrun project • Ensuring compliance with mining legislation Adelaide Light Rail• Electrical testing for stray current mitigation Canberra Light Rail • Independent verifier of electrical design New Century Zinc mine Restart • Restart of decommissioned brown field equipment • Verification of the electrical compliance of brown field equipment • Created verification procedures & criteria for restart Coca Cola Amatil • Carrying out Hazardous Area auditing field inspections • Produced HA classifications in accordance with AS/NZS 60079.10.1 KPL Filtration • Carrying out Hazardous Area detailed field inspections Wivenhoe Dam • HA classification in accordance with AS/NZS 60079.10.1 GE Aviation • Carrying out Hazardous Area periodic field inspections Queen Fine Foods • HA classification in accordance with AS/NZS 60079.10.1 Mereenie Natural Gas • Carrying out HA detailed Inspections • Upgrade & restart of decommissioned brown field equipment Senex Natural Gas • Reviewing Hazardous Area inspection check sheets • Creating pre-commissioning procedures for E&I equipment • Pre-commissioning of E&I equipment

Curtis Island, Australia

Based on site for the construction of the QCLNG, GLNG & APLNG gas processing plants in Queensland. Key competencies included:• Carrying out Detailed & Visual inspections of electrical equipment for compliance with AS60079 as part of the Queensland HA auditing process.• Reviewing CADs & Hazardous Area Verification Dossiers• Classifying Hazardous Areas in accordance with AS60079.10.1 & AS60079.10.2• Applying a sound knowledge of HA protection techniques & their corresponding standards• Producing & reviewing Ex e, Ex i & ventilation calculations• Working as part of a team managing very large databases• Making decisions from often incomplete information from a variety of sources such as photos, site visits and vendor documents.

Gold Coast Light Rail

Worked on the Gold Coast Light Rail project based on site in a small testing & commissioning team. Key competencies included:• Switching equipment in traction power substations & implementing Lock Out Tag Out procedure• Producing switching procedures from electrical & system diagrams• Using a range of test equipment (data loggers, Swain clamp, injection sets, multimeters & CuSO4 reference electrodes) for rail electrical testing to EN50122• Writing computer code to process large amounts of data logged on site• Applying first principals to create testing methodologies & during fault finding• Writing & issuing access permits to coordinate construction & rail testing operations• Providing technical advice to a wide range of individuals with varying technical backgrounds• Supervising a team of four electricians with rail electrical testing

Gold Coast

Worked on the Gold Coast Light Rail project based on-site, managing the installation of lighting ($4.3million) for Gold Coast City Council & rail bonding ($50k) for KDR over a heavily populated, 14km rail corridor. During this project I also managed temporary lighting ($500k), temporary power ($200k) & temporary CCTV ($150k) works. Key competencies included:• Identifying Safety & Environmental impacts of works, deciding on suitable control measures & producing Job Safety & Environment Analysis documents to suit• Thinking creatively to engineer solutions for design issues raised on site• Remaining calm & collected during difficult, high pressure scenarios such as stakeholder meetings & dealing with upset members of the community• Engineering new designs & work methods to reduce costs & forecast• Balancing commercial, programme, quality, safety, environmental & community requirements• Coordinating design changes with construction team, design team, asset owners & other relevant parties• Working unsupervised & often in remote site offices• Creating verification (inspection & testing) procedures in line with relevant standards• Discussing & clarifying legal obligations with the Electrical Safety Office• Estimation, forecasting expenditure & answering for costs spent & to complete• Identifying risks & opportunities• Tracking productivity• Programming works• Creating QA procedures & check sheets• Writing work method statements & construction execution procedures• Managing procurement of materials• Working with a wide variety of people (Project Managers, TAs, Supervisors, Electricians, Sub Contractors, Construction Manager, Design Manager, Project Director, Superintendant, suppliers)• Familiarity with a variety of electrical standards including AS3000, AS3008, AS3017, AS1768, AS4836, AS3010, AS3100, AS3019 & AS4741• Arranging Point of Supply connections with electricity supplier & retailer

Queensland, Australia

Worked for a Design Consultancy on a variety of small & medium sized projects in a professional office environment. Key competencies included:• LV reticulation designs to AS3000• Using DTMR standard specifications to produce street lighting designs• Public footpath, sports field & street lighting designs to AS1158 using AGI32 modelling software• Day time & night time site audits of existing LV electrical installations for compliance with AS3000• Adhering to safety & environmental requirements, especially important during site audits• Producing C&I functional specifications for Waste Water Treatment Plants & mining fuel farms• Attending regular client meetings• Working independently with minimal supervision in a remote office• Presenting & conducting myself professionally• Key projects & clients included: o Rate 3 Lighting Remedial Works, DTMR o Travel Time Signs, DTMR o Coulthard Creek Detention Basin, Moreton Bay Regional Council o Southpine to Hays inlet, Transfield o Casey City Lighting Jobs, Casey City Council o Beenleigh WWTP, Logan Water Alliance o Loganholme WWTP, Logan Water Alliance o Blackwater CHPP, BMA o Blackwater BIF, BMA

Tauranga, New Zealand