Experience

Bright Engineering Consultants Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Professional Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Electrical and Automation Engineer

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Bright Engineering Consultants offer: (1) Process, Mechanical Structural, Electrical & Automation Design Services for Pharma, Food, Beverages, Dairy, FMCG, Snacks & Confectionery (2) Commissioning assistance (3) HAZOP Studies, LOPA and Safety analysis Bright Engineering Consultants offer: (1) Process, Mechanical Structural, Electrical & Automation Design Services for Pharma, Food, Beverages, Dairy, FMCG, Snacks & Confectionery (2) Commissioning assistance (3) HAZOP Studies, LOPA and Safety analysis



MHA Consultants

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer

  • Jul 2015 - Oct 2022

  Involved in Detailed Design, Test, Installation, Commissioning of various exciting projects at CSL Behring in Melbourne, including: 1. AlbuRx 2. BFF 3. Logistics Hub 4. Genesis III 5. CSL112 6. Banksia 7. TOLL Involved in Detailed Design, Test, Installation, Commissioning of various exciting projects at CSL Behring in Melbourne, including: 1. AlbuRx 2. BFF 3. Logistics Hub 4. Genesis III 5. CSL112 6. Banksia 7. TOLL



Fluor Australia

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Instrument and Controls Engineer

  • Jan 2012 - Feb 2015

  Melbourne (Mar 2014 - Feb 2015): Santos' GLNG Upstream Project: Member of the Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering group and Responsible Engineer for the Detailed Design of Emerson's DeltaV supply for interfacing with ABB's MicroSCADA system for control and monitoring of Sub-station electrical infrastructure. Interacted with ABB, AECOM, and Santos to bring the design to a final stage. Brisbane (Feb 2013 - Feb 2014): Santos' GLNG Upstream Project: Member of the Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering group for the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for Instrumentation and Controls (including Emerson's Delta-V DCS and SIS systems), Communications systems, Fire/Security/Process CCTV systems, Control Room. Assist in review and approval process for documentation (including Specifications, Instrument Datasheets, I/O & Equipment Lists, Cable Schedules, Network Diagrams Fibre Optic Splicing Details, etc.), as well as liaison with engineers from Santos and Fluor’s Manila & New Delhi offices involved in the project. Melbourne (Jan 2012 - Nov 2012): Rio Tinto's Simandou Iron Ore Project: Conceptual and Preliminary Design of Instrumentation and Controls, Communications systems, Fire/Security/Process CCTV systems, Control Room, etc. Creation of Materials Take-Off list, engineering inputs into electrical schematic diagrams, control system network diagrams, panel layouts, I/O lists, etc. Drafting and reviewing documents like Control Philosophy, detailed specifications, data sheets, I/O lists, Instrumentation and Hookup lists, cabling and termination details, tender specifications for vendor supplied documents, etc. Show less



Thiess Degrémont (Victorian Desalination Project)

• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Instrument and Controls Engineer

  • Mar 2011 - Dec 2011

  Project Manager – Instrumentation and Controls Master Database Design and testing of the I&C Master Database I was responsible for defining user requirements, carrying out tender analysis and recommendation for vendor selection for off-the shelf products instrument database products. Then, later due to change in management decision, I managed the design, testing/validation and handover of an SQL based Instrumentation and Controls Master Database custom-built within our design team and provided technical and engineering inputs. Also, I was responsible to test the database and provide user training to the design and site personnel. Show less



Sinclair Knight Merz

• Australia
• Civil Engineering
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Sr Instrument & Controls Engineer

  • Sep 2004 - Mar 2011

  * Prepare project proposals and cost estimates * Engineering design and consultancy (project execution) * Site commissioning and troubleshooting * Discussions with clients, contractors and suppliers Main projects executed: (1) ElectraNet SCADA Upgrade Strategy Study to replace older RTUs in substations (2) Bell Bay Power Station – AGC Implementation design (3) CitiPower Substation at MCG – SCADA Investigation and design for power supply & lighting control (4) ElectraNet 275kV Oil-filled cable monitoring instrumentation upgrade design (5) Melbourne Water Detail Design (Electrical and Controls): upgrade of Somerton Chlorination Plant (6) Melbourne Water Detail Design (Electrical and Controls): upgrade of Tyabb Disinfection Plant (7) City West Water Altona Sewerage Treatment Plant Detailed Design (Controls - PLCs) & commissioning assistance (8) Water Corporation (Western Australia), Donnybrook Waste Water Treatment Plant upgrade – Preliminary Design (Electrical) (9) Water Corporation (Western Australia), Jindalee Pump Station – Preliminary Design (Electrical) (10) Melbourne Water Detail Design (Electrical & Controls): upgrade of Winneke Disinfection Plant (11) Melbourne Water Detail Design (Electrical & Controls): Bio-filters and Sludge Augmentation Project - Eastern Treatment Plant (12) Melbourne Water Detail Design (Controls): Grit and Screenings Project & Aeration Blowers Upgrade Project - Eastern Treatment Plant (Water Resources Alliance). (13) Complete project execution from start to finish – White Energy’s Tabang Briquetting Plant (software project proposal, cost estimates, functional specifications, detailed design, design of software structure, software coding, test specifications, software testing, factory acceptance tests, site commissioning and site acceptance tests). (14) Functional specifications, HAZOP workshops, software test/commissioning scripts & software testing of the Decontic to DCS changeover project at Newport Power Station, Melbourne. Show less



CSL

• Brazil
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Controls Engineer

  • Jun 2003 - Sep 2004

  Fault finding and solution for acetic acid plant (maintenance dept) Optimisation of a controller processor load (maintenance dept) Design, documentation and coding of sequence controls for CIP optimisation project (Projects and Systems Engineering Dept.) based on S88 standards of batch processes. Fault finding and solution for acetic acid plant (maintenance dept) Optimisation of a controller processor load (maintenance dept) Design, documentation and coding of sequence controls for CIP optimisation project (Projects and Systems Engineering Dept.) based on S88 standards of batch processes.



Synertec Pty Ltd

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Senior Controls Engineer

  • Feb 2003 - May 2003

  Design work for reagent preparation plant for one of their clients Design work for reagent preparation plant for one of their clients



Burns and Worley (now a part of WorleyParsons)

• Senior Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

  • Jul 2001 - Jan 2003

  * Prepare project proposals * Engineering design and consultancy (project execution) * Discussions with clients, contractors and suppliers Projects handled :  Detailed electrical and control systems design for upgrade of Renmark Pumping Station in SA for Tonkin Consultants  Conceptual design of telemetry and SCADA system for SA Water for their state-wide SCADA system upgrade to bring controls and monitoring of all their assets around the state into their central control location in Adelaide.  Requirements specifications for upgrade of control systems at Tarong Energy’s Tarong Power Station, Queensland.  Edison Mission Energy's Loy Yang Gas Power Station (Valley Power Peaker Plant) project involving installation of 6x50 MW gas turbines. My responsibilities included the selection, purchase, designing, documenting, testing and commissioning of the control system for the ‘balance of plant’ PLC for their project. Show less

• Software Project Manager

  • Jul 1999 - Jun 2001

  Software Project Manager and Systems Design Engineer for upgrade of the automation system (ABB's MOD300 Distributed Control System) with their Engineer-IT suite. Software Project Manager and Systems Design Engineer for upgrade of the automation system (ABB's MOD300 Distributed Control System) with their Engineer-IT suite.



Newport Power Station

• Senior Software Design and Test Engineer

  • Nov 1997 - Jul 1999

  Participation in the Software Design, Configuration, Testing and Commissioning of Yokogawa’s CENTUM-CS Distributed Control System, used as the main Automation Control System. Initially, I was involved in preparing software functional specifications. Then, I was the Software Testing Co-ordinator, and designed the test specifications format. Thereafter, I was the Software Engineering Configuration Manager for the project. This was a brown-fields project in which the existing hardwired solid state logic system (BBC) was being replaced with Yokogawa's DCS. Show less

• Software Design and Test Engineer

  • Jul 1992 - Nov 1997

  Team Member in CSL's greenfields project for the Software Design, Configuration, Testing and Commissioning, and Project Management of ABB’s MOD300 control system. I started as a Software Design and Configuration Engineer, then was the Software Test Engineer, then the Software Test Group Manager. I was involved in Software Commissioning and Trouble-shooting, and also took up the Software Project Management position during the last two years at CSL. I also managed the yearly shutdown activities for control systems including upgrades to MOD300 software. Show less



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Commissioning Manager (PLC, Instrumentation, Process Computers)

  • 1978 - 1992

  Started in Siemens India as an Installation and Commissioning Engineer for Siemens’ Programmable Logic Control Systems (PLC) and Process Computers. In the last few years in Siemens, I was the manager of the PLC, Instrumentation, and Process Computers groups. I also developed, conducted and managed the training courses in software programming of the PLC’s, for the customers’ personnel and Siemens’ in-house engineers. Was in Germany for 1 year and 3 months getting trained on Siemens’ control systems (PLC’s and Instrumentation). This included undergoing industrial experience in Germany for 3 months. Worked for a total of 8 months overseas, Bhutan (5 months), Thailand (2 months) and The Philippines (1 month) on jobs involving commissioning / trouble-shooting of the PLC software and instrumentation. Was in USA for 3 weeks for a workshop in further advancements in the PLC Software Programming. Projects handled :  Penden Cement, Bhutan: I&C commissioning  Cement Corporation of India's Nayagaon Cement Plant: I&C installation & commissioning  Birla Jute's Satna Cement Works: I&C installation & commissioning  Grasim Industries' Vikram Cement Ltd. - Phase 1 & 2: I&C installation & commissioning  Kesoram Industries' Vasavadatta Cement Ltd.: I&C installation & commissioning  Tata Iron & Steel Co.: PLC commissioning for Blast Furnace charging  Steel Authority of India Ltd.'s Salem Steel Plant: Hardwired logic commissioning for steel rolling mills  Tata Iron & Steel Co.: PLC commissioning for billet grinding machine  Tata Refractories Limited, Belpahar: PLC commissioning for automatic press charging and blending system  Tata Electric Company: PLC commissioning for flue gas desulphurisation plant  Modi's Bihar Sponge Iron Limited: commissioning of software for the control of the plant.  Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, Mae Moh Mines, Lampang (Thailand): lignite crushing, transportation, stacking and reclaiming. Show less



Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

• India
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Apprentice Instrument Engineer

  • Aug 1977 - Jul 1978

  Overhaul, calibration and testing of pneumatic and electronic instruments used in a petroleum refinery. In-situ testing and trouble-shooting of field and panel mounted instruments and valves. Overhaul, calibration and testing of pneumatic and electronic instruments used in a petroleum refinery. In-situ testing and trouble-shooting of field and panel mounted instruments and valves.