Roshane Nanayakkara Email & Phone Number

Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

⇨Responsibilities:✔ Design & Development of automated industrial equipment for Nursery and Horticulture industries– 3D CAD, Pneumatics, Hydraulics✔ Automation - Familiarity with PLC Programming , Proximity sensors, Encoders, Variable Frequency Drives✔ Testing and Commissioning - Working together with technicians on making improvements and fine tuning machine before delivery-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------⇨Significant Projects:✔ Combined Pot/Tray washer for Nursery industry✔ Big Bale Breaker✔ Automated Micro Herb Seeder✔ Herb Pot Sleeving and Bagging Maching✔ Soft Bin Tipper

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Responsibilities✔ Design & Development of automated industrial equipment for the apparel industry✔ Sales, Design, Purchasing, R&D

Ella, Sri Lanka

Melbourne, Australia

⇨Responsibilities:✔ Design & Development of industrial equipment – 3D CAD, Pneumatics, Assembly, Testing✔ Equipment commissioning - FAT protocols✔ Liaising with suppliers, contractors, clients and external engineering organisations✔ Engineering documentation – Plant manuals, Operator instructions, Assembly details✔ Maintenance – remote troubleshooting, site visits---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Achievements:✔ Member of a 6 person team that took just 5 weeks from conceptual CAD design to delivery of an automated industrial machine for multinational medical equipment manufacturer ResMed✔ Played a leading role in designing and developing a universal machine platform which ResMed have implemented in over 20 of their plant machines since March 2013✔ Demonstrated initiative in learning PLC programming in 3 weeks to modify and optimise the code for a project of 9 machines for ResMed---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia

⇨Responsibilities:✔ Preventative maintenance – Risk based inspections (RBI), statutory inspections✔ Plant reliability & energy/utility management – Data historian packages (PIMS)✔ CMMS – Computerised maintenance management implementation✔ Plant equipment improvement and testing✔ Asset database - tidying and tweaking-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------⇨Achievements:✔ Automated the data retrieval from plant software to graphically represent KPI’s (key performance indicators) to plan plant cost/energy reduction strategy over an 8 month period.✔ Was a key member in giving asset numbers to all instrumentation, electronic spare parts and hose systems to implement CMMS at GSK Port Fairy✔ Automated preventative maintenance scheduling by using MS Access database and Excel✔ Performed line pressure tests and flow rate measurements to implement a powder crusher system in the fine chemicals facility (FCF2)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Highett, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

⇨Responsibilities:✔ Leading a group of international students on a project to produce bio diesel using algae✔ Performing field testing on a new raceway pond design to validate theoretical data from CFD models✔ Obtaining data samples and comparing against computer generated models✔ Doing research for thesis and validating research criteria in experiments-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------⇨Achievements:✔ Obtained 87% (High Distinction) for the research paper✔ Coming up with new methods of “particle tracking velocimetry” using simple experiments

B.Eng (Hons), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: ✔International Students Council - Committee Member ✔Rotaract Club - Member

Advanced Diploma, Industrial Automation

High School

Activities and Societies: School Prefect - 2006-2007, Squash - Captain 2004, Leo Club - Editor 2004, Represented Sri Lanka Junior National.