Hasmita Chhima Email & Phone Number

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Provided operational and maintenance support for engineering issues that occurred on the grid. This included investigating equipment failures, creating standard maintenance documentation and providing advice to service providers to maintain the grid.

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Carried out client-facing tasks working with a variety of clients from across the world.
• Completed technical reviews and performed a technical advisory role to commission wind farms.
• Attended various factory acceptance testing for high voltage equipment in Asia. This included transformers, substation equipment, transmission line insulators and a digital control system for a CCGT power station.

• Undertook substation risk reviews which was an initiative started by the CEO. The project involved a high level study of the substation and site visits with our customers to identify and assess risks. The scope.
• Undertook substation risk reviews which was an initiative started by the CEO. The project involved a high level study of the substation and site visits with our customers to identify and assess risks. The scope.
• I presented a paper on the Substation Risk Review initiative at the Electricity Engineers Association of New Zealand (EEA) annual conference in 2010.
• Project manager for the Site Development Strategy project. The purpose of this project was to bring together disparate sources of information about the development needs and constraints at substation sites, and make.
• Conducted a study to see the root cause of Human element incidents that were attributed to the Regional Operating Centres. Show less

• I am able to quickly assess and resolve problems with planned outages on the grid using technical tools such as the STNET PowerFlow and my comprehension of the operation of the NZ network.
• I have organised and presented a project to create a web based tool for the team and industry that enables visualization of the generation balance. This tool simplifies the identification of generation shortfalls.
• Effective communicating skills allow me to explain complex consequences of… Show more
• Effective communicating skills allow me to explain complex consequences of outages to Field Services Planners who have a different perspective on the situation. Show less

• Completed two year rotational training programme that provides a diverse range of professional experience.
• Gained excellent communication skills, made a lot of contacts and gained knowledge about Transpower and the processes.
• Enabled me to see how different teams operate and how managers run their team. This included strategies that worked as well and those that did not.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Electrical And Electronic) With Honours, Specialised In Power System Engineering

A Bursary, Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics; Calculus, Mathematics; Statistics, Physics