Roger Kumarasinghe Email & Phone Number

Australia

Mitcham, Victoria, Australia

As the IWM planning manager I look forward to working my team and with many industry partners and stakeholders to create a better alternative water future for Victoria. This will be guided by the beneficial social, environmental and cultural connections to land and water that we strive to protect and enrich for our future generations.

The Meter Operations team will be responsible for managing the meter fleet. In conjunction it will also look at digital metering and support the ongoing process improvement and planning and conduct the digital meter rollout.

Project managing the detailed design, tender and construction phases of numerous projects including the delivery of 14 secondary chlorinators across Yarra Valley Waters network as well as the construction of the Clyde Street Sewerage Project in Surrey Hills, which will introduce a new sewer main underneath Whitehorse Road.

Lucknow St, Mitcham

Working on Growth Strategies in the Epping North Corridor, identifying the best way to service these areas with potable and recycled water now and into the future.Worked on the Doncaster Hill Recycled Water Community Engagement program in 2017, and helping to facilitate development int he Doncaster Hill area

Lucknow Street - Mitcham

Project Managing a Biological Risk Assessment for 30A emergency discharges from our treatment plants, The Aurora Ultrafiltration (UF) Challenge testing work, ensuring accreditation is still valid for log removal virus credits which are provided by the Department of Health (DH).Participation in SQ HACCP teamRecycled Water Customer Management - Managing Recycled Water Agreements and Environmental Improvement Plans with Recycled Water Reuse customers - promoting sustainable uses of our… Show more Project Managing a Biological Risk Assessment for 30A emergency discharges from our treatment plants, The Aurora Ultrafiltration (UF) Challenge testing work, ensuring accreditation is still valid for log removal virus credits which are provided by the Department of Health (DH).Participation in SQ HACCP teamRecycled Water Customer Management - Managing Recycled Water Agreements and Environmental Improvement Plans with Recycled Water Reuse customers - promoting sustainable uses of our water.Managing the specification for the installation of a subsurface irrigaiton scheme out in KinglakeCompleting a capacity review of the Craigieburn Treatment PlantConstantly searching for new customers who are interested in using sustainable recycled water for irrigation of their crop.Updating executive summary reports to quickly identify what information exec require to see regarding treatment plants and to deliver this message in a "easy to digest" format.Revamping customer contracts and EIP's to a more customer friendly format, which is clearer than previous contracts.Completing the Annual Performance Statement against our treatment plants, to ensure maintenance of EPA compliance. Show less

Lucknow Street - Mitcham

Beyond Easy Access is a program which is aimed at improving the current Easy Access & EasyDevelop platforms at Yarra Valley Water. Both these programs are aimed at plumbing applications and land development applications, and the improvements Beyond Easy Access will provide is more a more streamlined solution, geared towards more automation and less manual handling of workload throughout Yarra Valley Water. I was one of two business representatives on the project who worked with the business to… Show more Beyond Easy Access is a program which is aimed at improving the current Easy Access & EasyDevelop platforms at Yarra Valley Water. Both these programs are aimed at plumbing applications and land development applications, and the improvements Beyond Easy Access will provide is more a more streamlined solution, geared towards more automation and less manual handling of workload throughout Yarra Valley Water. I was one of two business representatives on the project who worked with the business to understand the business requirements and to suggest and implement alterations to these requirements to work with a more streamlined solution, to reduce manual handling.AwardsAwarded team of the month for Business Rules and Process redesign. This award was received for going through the business and gathering business requirements, but also redesigning business processes along the way. Streamlining business rules is never an easy task, and demonstration of the streamlined business rules and the logic in action has it's challenges, but the business eventually signed off on these rules and we are now heading towards a product that should see a reduction in referral's once it is working as it was initially intended to. Show less

Lucknow Street - Mitcham

As an Infrastructure Planning Engineer, my job is to ensure the safe and reliable performance of Yarra Valley Water's core networks. As a Water Service Reliability team member, my focus was purely on the water network, and ensuring the water was delivered to our customers safely & reliably. As part of this work, my work included but was not limited to, the following tasks25 year demand forecast for Yarra Valley Water's Network's, to supply to Melbourne Water Demand Forecast profile to size… Show more As an Infrastructure Planning Engineer, my job is to ensure the safe and reliable performance of Yarra Valley Water's core networks. As a Water Service Reliability team member, my focus was purely on the water network, and ensuring the water was delivered to our customers safely & reliably. As part of this work, my work included but was not limited to, the following tasks25 year demand forecast for Yarra Valley Water's Network's, to supply to Melbourne Water Demand Forecast profile to size their assets.Successful implementation of the Pressure Management Program, and a positive business case showing the successful return of revenue without loss of profit from the program, and a reduction in bursts and leaks, lowered water main renewal savings and a lower non revenue water program.Analysis of the current Non Revenue Water Program's around the business, with the creation of a model which involved environmental and financial factors to indicate the most cost effective and environmentally beneficial spending of money to recover Non Revenue Water.Successful implementation of the valve Insertion Program.Analysis conducted on a number of section to make part of the draft report submission for Water Plan 3.AwardedAwarded team certificate for the emergency relocation of a large water main, M416. I prepared the functional design report in two weeks, and operation's were able to put it to detailed design and deliver the main relocation all in a total of 2-3 months, which is much faster than normal.Awarded team certificate for the Non Revenue Water Team for delivery of the lowest Infrstructure Leakage Index of the three water retailers, and the lowest in Yarra Valley Water's history, in 2012. Show less

Mitcham

Spent time as a non revneue water analyst, assisting in finding leaks across Yarra Valley Water's Potable water network. Also assisted the leak detection crews in allocating resources to the most appropriate zones for leak detection work.

Carlton

Working on developing frameworks for the recycled water environmental flowsWorking on Integrated Water Management barriers and how they relate to the EPA

As a storeman / Back Dock worker at Big W, most of my work was regarding nightfill work. My job most nights was to ensure that all stock was safely packaged and kept sealed tight onto pallets, and to also ensure that they were stacked appropriately through the operation of a forklift.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.) Bachelor Of Science, Chemical Engineering

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