Experience

PNG Power Ltd

• Oil and Gas
• 300 - 400 Employee

• • Sep 2022 - Present

  Attached as a Maintenance Engineer up at Rouna Hydro Power Station to maintain operation of generation assets and bring Forced Outage Assets back into operation to required output.

• • Jan 2019 - Present

  - Collect, measure, and analyse downtime data, and create monthly performance reports which include, Hydro Plant Reliability (MTBF), Availability (MTTR), Utilization and Production Reports.- Defect elimination using Pareto 80/20 rule to focus on top failure modes for PPL hydro assets.- Confer with facility engineers to implement operating procedures, resolve system problems and provide technical support.- Conduct quality assurance on key mechanical improvement projects and construction.- Supervise and assure compliance on projects, notably Divune Hydro, hydrostatic testing of air cushion surge chamber and penstock, alignment of spiral casing. Other notable projects include the redesign of Rouna 2 intake Trashrack where i was mostly involved in the quality assurance and installation. - Involved in Testing & Commissioning of Warangoi Hydro Power Station after refurbishment in 2021. Tested functionality of sub-systems and assured standard performances of M&E equipment were met. Show less

• • May 2022 - Sep 2022

  This was a recently created position under the restructure of the Generation Business Unit. I was tasked with the following:- Plan and implement condition monitoring programs with existing equipment held with the reliability team. i.e . FLIR 840 Thermal camera conduct thermal imaging on various generation assets.- Specify and Procure other CM equipment. Created Business case to procure AMS 2140 from Emerson.

• • Nov 2016 - Jan 2019

  Joined PNG Power's Graduate Development Program which adequately prepared me for the power industry. As a graduate mechanical engineer, I was sent to various power stations across the country. These included:Moitaka Thermal Station - 3 monthsWarangoi Hydropower Station - 4 monthsRouna Hydro Establishment - 7 monthsAt these locations there is exposure to the plant's operation, the type of equipment and systems involved, mechanical engineering fundamentals, maintenance principles and the opportunity to learn other fundamental concepts like electrical engineering where there is emphasis on electrical safety, power distribution, power quality, protection and automation concepts.I was also attached with the Town Electrification and Investment Program (TEIP) for almost 11 months. Contract negotiations, document control, correspondence, meetings, etc. Received a ton of experience here reading P&IDs, electrical drawings, hydraulic schematics, project scheduling. Did site visits to both Ru Creek in West New Britain and Divune Hydro in the Oro Province. Show less



Water PNG Ltd

• Papua New Guinea
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trainee Engineer

  • Dec 2014 - Feb 2015

  10 weeks industrial training with Water PNG, consisting mainly of monitoring of pumps, Meters, Water Systems with emphasis on maintenance. *Maintenance work which also included installing and testing Pumps, Meters and Valves, Monitoring Water filtration systems. Borehole Maintenance (Air lift Surging).  *Production/Process Engineering (water production and treatment) - collecting flow rate data from treatment plant, residual tests for chlorine.  * Process control/Instrumentation – controlling water level of contact/reaction tanks, and control of water distribution. Show less