Experience

UGL

• Australia
• Engineering Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Design Manager

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  Design Manager for HV Substations, utility-scale Solar Farms, Gas-Fired Power Stations and other. Projects include: • Snowy Hydro’s 132kV 660MW gas-fired Hunter Power Project. Contract value $200m • Powerlink’s 275kV Mt Fox Switching Station, facilitating interconnection to Powerlink’s 275kV transmission line to Kidston Power Station. Contract value $28m • Powerlink’s 275kV Tumoulin Switching Station with synchronous condenser option. Contract value $17m • APA’s Badgingarra Solar Farm (19.25MW, 33kV reticulation). Contract value $32m. Connected to Western Power’s 132kV network • APA’s Emu Downs Solar Farm (20MW, 22kV reticulation). Contract value $41m. • Gold Wind’s White Rock Solar Farm (20MW, 22kV reticulation). Contract value $35m. • Powerlink’s Cairns Substation Secondary Systems Upgrade Project • Operations and Maintenance support for above solar farms Early Works Designs: • 250MW 132kV gas fired power station (Newcastle Power Station) • 130MW 132kV solar farm (Tailem Bend II) • 800MVA 132kV synchronous condenser and substation (Woree) Tenders and Proposals • Proposal with equity partner for 110km 275kV transmission line with synchronous condenser and battery to support a Renewable Energy Zone • Tenders include 330kV line augmentation and substation, 50MW 132kV Battery Energy Storage System, 110MW solar farm with battery and synchronous condenser, some of the won projects listed above and other smaller tenders



MPower Group (ASX: MPR)

• Australia
• Solar Electric Power Generation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager, Commissioning Engineer

  • Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

  Project manager and commissioning engineer for the emergency power supply systems on the offshore components of the $40bn Inpex Ichthy’s project. The package delivered was a fully integrated system, customised to meet the stringent regulations as required for offshore gas plant. Role was third PM on project, thereby inheriting legacy issues. Duties: • Daily communication with senior project managers from SHI and DSME shipyards in South Korea to solve construction issues • Understanding and working with cultural differences • Expediting submission of outstanding documents • Responsible for managing the Det Norske Veritas (DNV) maritime regulatory approval • Five months spent on-site in South Korea to successfully commission the systems • Maintained safe work practices on a busy worksite of 35,000 workers • Presented four 3-day training sessions at a value of $200k



Hatch

• Canada
• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electrical Engineer

  • Jan 2008 - Jul 2013

  Hatch supplies engineering, project and construction management services, process and business consulting and operational services to the mining, metallurgical, energy and infrastructure industries. Numerous projects completed in Australia and Overseas. Work includes: • Owners' Engineer for multiple units of mobile stockpiling machinery in China. Tasked with ensuring they were designed to Aust. Standards and buyers requirements. • Concept through to final design of a 33kV switchyard and 3.3kV indoor substation. • Concept through to final design of the high voltage component of a $250m manganese concentrator project • Electrical design of a 220 kW plant fire pump system. • Numerous small-scale projects such as 3.3kV/415V transformer upgrades/replacements, polemount switchgear and cable replacements.



Hydro Tasmania

• Australia
• Renewable Energy Power Generation
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Vacation Student

  • Nov 2006 - Feb 2007



Silcar

• Vacation Student

  • Nov 2004 - Jan 2005