Experience

Lifecycle Controls

• Australia
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent Building Automation Consultant

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  As the owner of Lifecycle Controls, my main focus is currently: - To develop unique BMS training courses that solve specific industry challenges. - To develop design templates for sale as digital products. - To provide technical coaching to BMS engineers and managers. - To provide business-to-business consulting support to BMS companies and technology companies. For the first five years, I did the following at Lifecycle Controls: - End-of-life BMS upgrade projects. - BMS Server upgrade projects. - Energy efficiency upgrade projects (control strategy optimisation). - Building analytics projects. - BMS maintenance specifications. Following the Lifecycle Controls standard project delivery model. - Concept design - Specifications - Tender phase management - Reviewing contractor technical submissions - Responding to Requests for Information - Site inspections - Witnessing - Sign off and practical completion - Defects - Tuning - Budget estimates - Project management Show less



Norman Disney & Young

• Australia
• Construction
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Controls Consultant

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2017

  Support to mechanical engineers on new construction projects and existing buildings upgrade projects. Producing upgrade and new construction specifications, reviewing technical submissions, onsite installation and commissioning inspections, witnessing, defects and practical completion. Scope gap resolution. Fine tuning, remote diagnostics and trouble shooting. Reducing the risk the BMS has on practical completion and disruption to tenants. Independent advice regardless of BMS system type. Energy savings through control strategy optimisation and BMS upgrades. Show less



Johnson Controls - Australia and New Zealand

• Australia
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2013

  Project management and design to BMS projects up to $2M. Monthly financial forecasting, procurement management, resource management, programme management, customer satisfaction, budget control. Installation subcontractor management. Point schedules, valve schedules, damper schedules, metering schedules, functional description and network design. Project management and design to BMS projects up to $2M. Monthly financial forecasting, procurement management, resource management, programme management, customer satisfaction, budget control. Installation subcontractor management. Point schedules, valve schedules, damper schedules, metering schedules, functional description and network design.



Laing O'Rourke

• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Design Engineer

  • May 2008 - Apr 2010

  Major project design including responsibility for specification compliance and design delivery. Ethernet and field bus design, point schedules, valve schedules, damper schedules, VSD schedules, interface schedules. Motor control centre design, witness and signoff. Technical support to commissioning engineers. Design coordination between various other trades. Designing complete chilled water and heating hot water control systems for offsite manufacture on skids. Designing distributed power and controls to increase the speed of installation and commissioning. Show less



Johnson Controls UK&I

• United Kingdom
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Design Engineer

  • Sep 2006 - May 2008

  Major project design including responsibility for specification compliance and design delivery. Ethernet and field bus design, point schedules, valve schedules, damper schedules, VSD schedules, interface schedules. Motor control centre design, witness and signoff. Technical support to commissioning engineers. Design coordination between various other trades.

• Project Engineer

  • Apr 2005 - Sep 2006

  Sales quoting support, instrument selection, subcontractor management, design, software programming, commissioning and low level project management.

• Mobile Controls Service Engineer

  • Jul 2002 - Apr 2005

  Mobile controls service to three generations of BMS systems. Controls service to chillers, boilers, AHU's, FCU's, VAV's and chilled beams. Planned maintenance, reactive maintenance and emergency call out. Customer satisfaction.

• Commissioning Engineer

  • Mar 2001 - Feb 2002

  HVAC Control loop commissioning, instrument commissioning, software programming, network commissioning. HVAC Control loop commissioning, instrument commissioning, software programming, network commissioning.



Johnson Controls (South Africa)

• Commissioning Engineer

  • Nov 1998 - Feb 2001

  Motor control center commissioning, HVAC Control loop commissioning, instrument commissioning, software programming, instrument repair down to component level. Motor control center commissioning, HVAC Control loop commissioning, instrument commissioning, software programming, instrument repair down to component level.