Experience

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  Sydney Water

  • Australia
  • Utilities
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Principal Engineer

    • Aug 2007 - Present

    Developing maintenance strategies for plants and implement continuous improvement strategies.

  • Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

    • Aug 2007 - Present

    Reporting to: Manager, Maintenance Engineering, The Maintenance Engineer/Analyst is to support the Manager using information gathered internally along with knowledge and experience gained from within the Maintenance industry to advise on maintenance practices/processes/condition monitoring and analysis to assist in improving the efficiency, effectiveness and safety of operations and maintenance of assets while reducing risk of failure and increasing the reliability and availability of assets for Sydney Water.Provide support to field teams in technical aspects of maintenance of water related infrastructures and Root Cause Analysis of failures.Key ResponsibilitiesAnalysis and development of maintenance procedures.Business improvement.Coach/MentorRelationships.InnovationKey actionsManagement and undertaking of analysis/investigations, Root Cause Analysis of failures, feasibility studies, concept and detail investigations/review of various mechanical maintenance activities.Proactively glean vital information and convert this into knowledge that will translate into improvements and tangible business benefits.Actively participate in the assessment / suitability process, design reviews, recommendation of equipment and technical support at all stages of the asset life cycle with a specific focus on 'maintenance' and 'operational tolerances' requirements.Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal customers and external suppliers, ensuring that their needs are understood and the best solutions are determined for both them and us.

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  Sydney Waters

  • Maintenance Engineering - Analysis

    • 2007 - Present

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  I joined Carlton & United Beverages

  • including Services Team Engineer, Line Manager Production and Team Manager

    • Jun 1994 - Present

    site services.In April 2004 I was promoted to the role of Team Manager - site services.· working as a team Leader of the Site Services Team· representing Kent brewery on the national energy policy team· providing services such as steam, air, CO2, refrigeration and technical support to various areas of the plant.· major focus on energy conservation, reliability and availability of site services, operational modifications and design of new systems, and OH&S of team membersAchievements:During my tenure as Site Services Manager there was not a single loss time injury to any of the team members.I was Team Leader for developing the assets disposal plan after the closure of brewery and was the primary contact for dealing with global tendering parties for effective disposal of plant.In June 1996 I was promoted to the role of Line Manager Production. Reporting to the Team Leader my responsibilities include:· overseeing operation and maintenance of the packaging machinery, trouble shooting and quality control of raw materials and the packaged product· developing and applying strategies for continuous improvement of the plant· assisting team to meet site and team key performance indicators, energy conservation and management, general administrative duties and project workAchievements:I was a leading member of the team, which installed and commissioned the new Krones filler on B2 line.Modified the B2 Line packer that was a bottleneck in the production line and raised the line efficiency from 55% to 70%.

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  GS Caltex

  • Reliability Engineer

    • May 2004 - Jul 2007

    Reliability studies for Lube Oil plant, conceptualise and implement projects to improve reliability of the refinery.

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  Carlton United Breweries...."Fosters"

  • Line Manager

    • 1995 - 2006

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  FOSTERS GROUP (CARLTON & UNITED BEVERAGES

  • Broadway Sydney

  • Site services Engineer

    • Jun 1994 - Feb 2005
    • Broadway Sydney

    Carlton & United Beverages, with over 6,700 employees, is Australia's leading brewer in three major segments of the Australian beer market - premium, full-strength and lower alcohol. It is well known for its consistent excellence in manufacturing process, brand marketing and product innovation. CUB's leading brands include Carlton Cold, Carlton Draught, Cascade Premium Lager, Cascade Premium Light, Crown Lager, Foster's Lager, Foster's LightIce and Victoria Bitter.

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  Carlton and United Breweries

  • Services Team Engineer

    • Mar 1990 - May 1993

    · working as a leading team member of the services team· providing services such as steam, air, CO2 gas, refrigeration and technical support to various areas of the plantAchievements:Successfully identified, initiated and supervised a number of projects in energy conservation in the services area.Worked as project engineer on the selection installation and commissioning of the new Ammonia chillers project.Reason for Leaving:As a result of the proposed closure of the Kent Brewery Site, and production moving to Queensland my position was one of many that were made redundant.; ELECTRICITY COMMISSION OF NSW (PACIFIC POWER) In March 1990 I joined the Electricity Commission of NSW (Pacific Power) in the role of Rotating Plant Condition Monitoring Engineer. I reported to the Plant Manager and was responsible for:· monitoring the condition of the rotating machines based on their vibration data analysis and the analysis of their lubricating oil samples· predicting machinery failures· advising maintenance requirements· conducting thermography surveys on heat exchangers, switch boards and wirings· developing monthly reports regarding the condition of the entire power station machinery· taking field measurements and analysing the plant performance data and writing plant failure analysis reportsAchievement:Coordinated number of engineering projects and organised the condition monitoring of various civil structures by engaging overseas consultants and monitoring their performance.· carrying out detailed engineering inspections and assessment of plant, identifying maintenance and capital projects, conducting economic evaluations of the options, writing project specifications and administration of contracts· conducting quality audits on suppliers as part of the contracts administrationAchievement:Successfully managed the project of cartridge conversion for boiler feed pumps that reduced the maintenance time drastically.

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  SAUDI CONSOLIDATED ELECTRICITY COMPANY

  • Mechanical Engineer

    • Oct 1986 - Jul 1989

    this period I held the role of Mechanical Engineer, responsible for: · providing engineering support to 24 remote power stations (10-20 people per power station)· relocating gas turbines · installing and commissioning of gas turbines (GE frame 5 and GEC turbines)· analysing requests for spares' requirements and analysing maintenance projects tenders· supervising new installations and coordinating expansion programsAchievements:Applied forecasting trends and spare parts management techniques which significantly reduced the consumption of spare parts.I Was the technical member of the purchase committee and for the power generation equipment.Reason For Leaving:Migrated to Australia.

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  MOBIL SHIPPING COMPANY LTD

  • Ships Engineer

    • Aug 1982 - Jun 1986

    joined the Mobil Shipping Company in August 1982 as a Ship's Engineer and was responsible for:· overseeing operation and maintenance of main marine propulsion system(17 000 BHP), and its various allied systems like boilers, economiser, hydraulics, pneumatics, desalination, various types of refrigeration and air conditioning systems, sewage treatment plants, Gas and steam turbines, pumps, compressors, control systems, fire prevention and so on· developing and maintaining preventive maintenance programAchievements:Joined the organisation as a third engineer and rose to the position of second engineer.Took delivery of ships from shipyards as part of the commissioning team that involved extensive testing and acceptance sea trials. Developed complete maintenance programs for new ship's machinery and finetuned its various systems for optimisation. Actively participated in major repairs in dry docks and ships' refitting programs in strict compliance with the Lloyd's Register of Shipping.