Tim Gowland , Mba, Cpeng Email & Phone Number

Carlton, Vic, Au

Cambridge, Tasmania, Australia

The three key role objectives are to: • Manage the overall asset management framework to deliver maximum value at an acceptable level of risk to TasNetworks and its customers• Provide leadership and direction on asset management strategies and solutions to improve TasNetworks’ performance and to achieve sustainable, cost-efficient and effective levels of network investment• Ensure an integrated approach to asset management and service delivery through effective engagement with key internal stakeholders.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Provide strategic asset management expertise to lead the development and implementation of prudent lifecycle management of CitiPower and Powercor's distribution assets.Leading the application of risk based asset management approach through Dependability Management / Reliability Centred Maintenance and asset condition assessment techniques and strategically managing assets by balancing risk, cost and performance to achieve a safe and reliable network.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Provide strategic asset management expertise to lead the development and implementation of prudent lifecycle management of CitiPower and Powercor's distribution assets.Leading the application of risk based asset management approach through Dependability Management / Reliability Centred Maintenance and asset condition assessment techniques and strategically managing assets by balancing risk, cost and performance to achieve a safe and reliable network.

Melbourne, Australia

Provide engineering expertise to develop and implement safe, sustainable and efficient asset management strategies, plans and policies under the business’s asset management framework. Successfully delivering this work will achieve a balance between asset performance, risk and cost in accordance with the business’s strategic objectives.A key focus is to apply detailed Asset Management principles, Dependability Management / Reliability Centred Maintenance and asset condition assessment techniques.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of systems, processes and procedures, and effective data management to enable ESV to test, challenge and expose the sustainability of MEC systems, practices and controls. A key focus to the examination and analysis of safety cases, data and other intelligence to provide insight into MEC practice and inform ESV’s audit and inspection regime to best target resources. Individual Requirements:• Manage and lead Safety Case, Electricity Safety Management Scheme (ESMS) and Bushfire Mitigation Plans (BFMP) evaluations and systems audits.• Use asset management practice, data and intelligence to provide insight into where ESV should focus its activity regarding MEC asset management risk, controls and practice• Develop, document and continuously improve an ESV position of appropriate MEC asset management strategies, risk management practices and controls• Challenge MEC asset management practice to demonstrate it delivers appropriate safety outcomes• Provide a level of authoritative technical electricity safety advice and expertise to industry and management

Melbourne, Australia

Provide authoritative advice on the efficacy of the risk and project management capabilities of the major electricity companies to ensure they deploy new technologies on their networks that are intended to significantly reduce the threat of bushfire ignition caused by the networks. These technologies are required to be deployed within tight mandated timeframes. The specific technologies to be deployed include:• Rapid Earth Fault Current Limiters (REFCL)• Covered Conductor• Automatic Circuit Reclosers (ACRs)Individual Requirements: • Review and challenge the risk assessment and project management plans and programmes proposed by the distribution businesses and provide feedback as to their fitness for purpose and potential issues that warrant clarification and/or correction.• Assess and make recommendations regarding any requests for exemptions from the regulations that refer to the ability to deliver the requirements of the regulations within the mandated timeframes.

Melbourne, Australia

Provide comprehensive, detailed and timely analysis of the service performance, constraints and risks associated with AusNet Services’ electricity distribution and transmission networks. Develop and specify network projects, programs and asset management strategies to economically address safety, capacity, reliability, quality of supply, environmental, compliance and infrastructure security risks. Individual Accountabilities:• Liaising with non-network service providers, stakeholders, AEMO and the other Distribution Businesses and ensuring economic outcomes through joint planning.• Analysing embedded generator and major load connection proposals including review and comment on consultant’s reports.• Investigating network safety, capacity, reliability and quality of supply issues initiated by customers , embedded generators or network operators.• Undertaking comprehensive and detailed analysis of network constraints and developing non-network and network options for the cost-effective resolution or mitigation of constraints including preparing planning reports, economic cost-benefit assessments of options and integration of augmentation and asset renewal projects.• Preparing project business cases, presenting project proposals for approval and discharging the role of Project Initiator through delivery phases.• Preparing contingency plans and providing guidance for electricity use in emergencies. • Providing technical support to network operators during high demand or supply interruptions.• Develop economic 20-year asset management strategies for network assets. • Assisting the preparation of Regulatory Investment Tests, the Distribution Annual Planning Report, the Transmission Connection Planning Report, development plans, expenditure programs for regulatory resets, the Asset Management System and demand forecasts.

Melbourne, Australia

During my two year graduate program I was able to tailor my rotations into specific groups within SP AusNet as listed: • Asset Engineering – Stations Group• Asset Engineering – Lines and Towers Group• Field Engineering – Transmission and Distribution• Design Engineering – Internal Design Department• Asset Engineering – Protection, Control and Automation

• Field Engineering role specializing in Power Transformer cooling and control systems:• Online diagnostic testing and fault finding• Onsite removal and installation of transformer control systems• Factory Acceptance Testing • Interstate travel to replace and commission transformer control systems

Victoria, Australia

Snowy Hydro Turbine Evaporative Cooling Project: Silcar Major Outages and Project Group• Removal of decommissioned Plant• Installation of Evaporative Cooling Cells for each gas turbine• Test and Commission prior to plant becoming operational(NOTE: I was a qualified engineer at the time but saw appropriate to work as a trades assistant for experience working on primary plant with field personnel)

Victoria, Australia

Industry Vacation Employment: Silcar High Voltage & Electrical Services• Maintenance Business Review of Energy Brix Australia• Developed Gantt chart of a major outage at Blue Scope Steel, mapping key data for loss minimisation. • Aided and worked on transformer overhauls, • Worked alongside testers and technicians • Worked with electricians based in Latrobe Valley power generation sites assisting in day to day electrical maintenance activities• Plant safety review & review of workshop spray booth

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Post Graduate

• Power System Protection • Substation Design • Switchgear

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Electrical Engineering

Industry Based Project: Integrated EHV Grid Supply & LV Distribution Supply Technology Development, Ownership & Control (June 2008 –.