Garry Brell Email & Phone Number

Hunter Valley / Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Brisbane, Australia

I am an experienced project manager, senior/lead/principal electrical engineer, looking for the next opportunity to utilise my 45+ years in executing electrical infrastructure for the mining, industrial and utilities industries.With experience across surface facilities, open cut and underground mines, coal handling and preparation plants including.

Brisbane, Australia

Project Manager at TGOOD Australia providing oversight of OEM and other MV & LV electrical product delivery, including in TGOOD portable switchrooms and kiosks. TGOOD has experienced significant recent success in the Solar PV market providing MV gathering solutions to a number of large PV projects across Australia.

Bowen Hills Brisbane

Worked on contract for the Siemens Large Drives group. Involved in a number of activities including technical support to sales, bidding and projects across the mining and oil & gas industries.

Brisbane, Australia

Took a much earned break for long service leave and family affairs during 2017.Delivered over $75m worth of electrification and automation infrastructure during 2013-2016 to the Anglo American Grosvenor underground mine project including the Moranbah North CHPP upgrade. I was integral to the successful delivery and commissioning of over 20 MV/LV Switch.

Grosvenor Underground Mine And Moranbah North CHPP Upgrade

• Owners lead electrical engineer on the Grosvenor construction project and upgrades to Moranbah North CHPP and facilities as part of the Grosvenor Project.
• Managed the client electrical and automation project processes to upgrade the Moranbah North Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP) including all required HV and LV infrastructure.
• Provided safety leadership to ensure all electrical activity was conducted safely and to relevant regulations.
• Managed site and consultant engineering teams to deliver procurement, construction and commissioning of all electrical and automation upgrades.
• Managed client procurement activity required to monitor and deliver nine switchrooms which included 11kV switchboards, 415V MCCs, Rockwell 415V VVVF Drives, AB Control Logix PLCs and Citect HMI. The 11kV power systems.
• Managed the Yokogawa Centum CS3000 DCS replacement in the Moranbah North CHPP as part of the CHPP Upgrade Project with Citect HMI and AB Control Logix PLCs. While DCS are not common in coal mining CHPPs and TLOs they.

Process Automation Division - Mining, Darra, Queensland

• Delivered 13 MV and LV switchrooms and substations sucessfully for the Grosvenor Project, leading a team of engineers in order to develop, design, deliver and commission an integrated electrical solution that met the.
• Managed a team of engineers to deliver surface electrical infrastructure for the Anglo American Grosvenor Underground Coal Mine.
• Managed project activities including as supplier delivery of thirteen switchrooms and two 66/11kV 30/40MVA substations including 66kV ABB GIS PASS Switchgear, 11kV ABB ZS1 Arc Fault contained switchgear and ABB MNS.
• Managed the technical review and input to bids and proposals for electrical and automation projects other than the Grosvenor Project.
• Provided business development within minerals group supporting client contacts and interactions leading to project execution opportunities.
• Provided training and input to minerals group understanding of the business operations and functioning of mining organisations, their project pipelines and stage gating processes.

Brisbane, Australia

• Managed the initial conceptual options development and engineering of electrification activity for on and off site infrastructure including mine power supply, water supply, Mine Industrial Area, Coal Handling and.
• Managed the development of 275kV power supply options for the Carmichael Coal Mine Project and associated community infrastructure.
• Participated in the framing of infrastructure requirements for the Carmichael Coal Mine Project in the Galilee Basin which will require significant new infrastructure to progress to full mine operations over the next.
• Ensured compliance and governance of all electrical infrastructure works for the Carmichael Coal Mine Project and associated community infrastructure.

Supporting Global Coal Operations, Bankable Feasibility Study teams and Global M&A activity.Focusing on surface infrastructure requirements and improvements, determining the requirements for surface power and water supply, road and rail infrastructure, coal seam gas collection and processing facilities, water storage and other civil engineering works as.

Eagle Farm/Darra, Brisbane, Queensland

• Provided market research in minerals and mining sector for the development of market intelligence on the opportunities for electrification and automation.
• Provided technical support to sales & coordination with Centers of Excellence (CoE) for Open Pit and Underground Mining.
• Developed marketing pursuits where the Minerals and Mining Division deployed its local competencies and overseas capabilities where required to increase market share.
• Developed and implemented project “Capture Strategies” with support from the Centers of Excellence.
• Managed project execution by actively ensuring co-operation and information exchange for successful engineering and project outcomes.
• Provided minerals industry expertise and interpretation to develop systems for the minerals and mining sector.

Brisbane, Australia

Corporate based projects and governance role with responsibility for improving the Anglo American Metallurgical Coal (previously Anglo Coal Australia) group's use of electrical and control systems technology at all mine sites.Governance and audit role over the Dawson and Lake Lindsay Coal Handling and Preparation Plant Projects over several years including.

Brisbane

As the corporate leader in Electrical, Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) for the Anglo American Metallurgical Coal group (previously Anglo Coal Australia), I was involved in all major projects to ensure that the latest proven technology was used and adopted across the group.Major Projects included:Owners Engineer (OE) for the EC&I scope of Dartbrook Coal.

As the Senior Electrical, Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) for the Shell Coal group, I was involved in all major projects to ensure that the latest proven technology was used and adopted across the group.Major Projects included:Owners Engineer (OE) for the EC&I scope of Dartbrook Coal Preparation Plant (CPP) Dewatering Project using membrane press.

As the Systems Superintendent I was responsible for the operations and development of computer systems at the Port Waratah Coal Services Carrington, Newcastle coal loader. This included both technical and commercial, port databases and PISCES (Port Information System for Coal Export Services)Systems managed included daily reporting of coal movements, ship.

As a graduate engineer I was involved in process improvement projects from stockpile machine anticollision, conveyor sequencing, relay replacement with PLC, belt weigher calibration and management (26 weighers across 11 coal streams), vibratory feeder automation and calibration, isolation and safey related activity.