Electrical And Instrumentation Technician - Level 1
CurrentCallide Power Station, is a 1530MW coal fired power Generator (Callide, B and C) which supplies electricity to Australia’s east coast grid. As an Instrumentation Technician, I am responsible for the Installation, commissioning and maintenance of various types of control processes and mediums (steam, ash, water chemistry, furnace combustion, & air flow). I work with a wide range of measurement devices including water & gas analysis, pressure, flow, vibration, temperature, weight and much more. Installation & Commissioning: De-commissioning outdated process and control instrumentation, Pre- commissioning all the way through to final stages of commissioning, Testing – using a variety of testing toolsMaintenance Instrumentation:Involved in 3 major plant overhauls and 2 forced outages. The scope of a Major Plant overhaul for the control system group consists of instrument calibration (of over 1200 instruments in Air & Gas, Boiler, Turbine, Fuel, Water treatment and Ash & Dust plants for each generation unit), control system functional testing and protection system testing.Electrical - Installation & MaintenanceTesting equipment, motor connections, testing and installation of wiring and effective troubleshooting of all electrical and instrumentation, High Voltage switchingAchievements:Received Officer in Charge status within 3 months of arriving at CS Energy Received People and Culture Champion Award Co- ordinated a crew of 4 to complete emergency Installation & commissioning of Siemens Simatic PLC Rack