Power Generation Team Leader

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Résumé

Kevin Dawson

Address: *1A Garden Street,

Laura, SA 5480

Mobile: 043*******

Email: ***********@*****.***

A multi-skilled Electrical Construction, Commissioning and Completions Engineer, Superintendent and Supervisor with extensive hands-on experience across a range of Oil and Gas, Mining and Power Generation projects in Australia and overseas

Profile

An adaptable, analytical and solution driven Electrical Specialist, Team Leader, Construction and Commissioning Superintendent / Supervisor with demonstrated experience delivering projects, safety education, mentoring, training, and compliance. High level technical and safety leadership with a 35 Year plus record delivering on-time, on-budget and compliant electrical projects from construction to commissioning in the Mining, Oil and Gas and Power Generation industries.

My experience is in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Middle East, and my time spent in senior positions on many projects allows me to adapt quickly to new roles.

Qualifications and Experience

Grade A Electrical Licence (SA & NT)

Cert IV Hazardous Areas Training – EEHA Inspection, Installation and Maintenance

High Voltage Switching

BOSIET, OPITO and MSIC

LV Rescue and CPR

Provide First Aid

High Risk Work – Elevated Work Platform

Work Safely at Heights

Construction Industry White Card

Key Areas of Expertise

Project Management, Supervision and Planning

Construction, Commissioning and Quality system supervision and document control

Electrical Design and Engineering including procurement of equipment and materials.

Management of Permit to Work systems and Lock Out Tag Out, including HV and LV Isolating Authority and Isolator

Hazardous Area Inspections

Career strengths

A team player able to lead others at any level of industry, or work as a hands-on member of a multi-disciplinary team.

Outstanding time management skills with a proven ability to meet tight deadlines on high level projects.

Unblemished safety record with the completion of many site-specific safety inductions and training.

Experience Permit to Work Coordinator and Lock Out Tag Out systems. Inpex ISSOW, Chevron, Esso etc.

Career synopsis

Commissioning Specialist Electrical – BARS Project – Olympic Dam, South Australia

Construction Supervisor/Standby Construction Manager – ABRA Hybrid Power Station Project, WA

Electrical and Instrumentation Commissioning Engineer – SCM21 Olympic Dam Shutdown Project. South Australia

Project Engineer/Supervisor - Electrical. Heathcoat Resources, 4MW Project, Beverly Uranium Mine. South Australia

Senior Site Manager - PT ABB Sakti Industri, Indonesia. 500/150kV Lengkong Switchyard installation and Commissioning Project

Senior Electrical Supervisor - ICE Engineering & Construction. SCM17 Project, Olympic Dam, SA

Senior Commissioning Engineer - INPEX Australia. Ichthy Project, Yokohama Japan & Batangas, Philippines

E & I Construction Superintendent - Jacobs Australia. AGRP Project, Southern Highlands, Paua New Guinea

Electrical Hook Up & Commissioning Superintendent - McDermott Australia. ESSO KTT Project, Bass Strait, Australia

Lead Electrical Hook Up & Commissioning Engineer - Mearsk Oil Qatar. Al-Shaheen Project, Qatar

Employment History

Oct 2023 – Nov 2023 Commissioning Specialist Electrical – Clough

Tallawarra B GPRS Project

Commissioning of the new Gas Pressure Reduction skid for the 350MW Gas Turbine Power Station.

Assisting with the CCMS commissioning completions system.

Sept 2022 – Oct 2023 Commissioning Specialist Electrical – BHP Pty Ltd

Olympic Dam South Australia - BARS Project

Commissioning of the new Bismuth and Antimony Removal System (BARS) in the Electro-Refining process.

May 2022 – Sept 2022 Electrical Supervisor/Standby Construction Manager – Pacific Energy Pty Ltd

ABRA Hybrid Power Station Project

Installation of 5 x Cummins 2MW LNG Gas Engine generators, 8MW Solar Farm, and 2MW Battery backup.

July 2021 – Jan 2022 Electrical and Instrumentation Commissioning Engineer – Bechtel Australia

SCM21 Olympic Dam Shutdown Project – Hot Metals, Smelter, and Casting

July 2019 – June 2021 Electrical Technician / Back up Electrical Supervisor – TEC Contractors Port Pirie.

Ladbroke Grove Power Station Control System Upgrade Project - Phase 1 and 2. South Australia

Hallet Power Station – Gas Turbine Installation project.

AGL Torrens Island Lighting Upgrade Project.

Nystar Port Pirie Lead Smelter – General Electrical Project work

Installation of Electrical equipment and cabling on new electrical projects.

Jan 2019 – June 2019 Project Engineer / Supervisor Electrical. 4MW Project. Beverly Uranium Mine. South Australia

Installation oversight, site engineering and procurement.

Site Supervision of the installation work.

June 2018 – Dec 2018 Senior Site Manager – PT ABB Sakti Industri, Indonesia - 500/150kV Lengong Switchyard Project. Jakarta Indonesia

Lead the on-site Electrical activities of the Switchyard Construction and Commissioning work as the Sub-contractor representative.

Mentor the Indonesian workforce to improve site safety during construction, start-up, and commissioning phases of the project.

Develop and implement a procedure for the introduction of a PTW and LOTO system during energisation of the project.

April 2018 – June 2018 Electrical Leading Hand - TEC Contractors Port Pirie - Nystar Smelter Blast Furnace Shutdown. Port Pirie, South Australia

Installation of equipment and cabling for the new Alternate Feed system to the Blast Furnace, including 8 x Feeder conveyors and 2 x Riser conveyors

Dec 2017 – Feb 2018 Punch List Supervisor – Inpex Australia. Ichthys Project CPF Offshore West Australia

Supervision and coordination of the multi discipline punch list rectification team in the lead up to gas on and completion of the Hook Up and Commissioning phase of the project

July 2017 – Dec 2017 Senior Electrical Supervisor – Hot Metals / Utilities - ICE Engineering & Construction - SCM17 Shutdown, Olympic Dam, South Australia.

Overseeing Smelter shutdown electrical activities in the key areas of Casting, Electric Furnace, Flash Furnace and Gas & Dust

Sept 2016 – June 2017 Commissioning Permit to Work Coordinator - Kentz Australia. Inpex Ichthys Project, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Preparation of Permits and Isolations

Aug 2015 - Apr 2016 Commissioning Isolations Officer - Clough / E2O Australia. – Wheatstone Offshore Hook-up, West Australia.

High and Low Voltage Isolations.

Preparation of permits and switching programmes for specific scopes of work

July 2013 - May 2015 Senior Commissioning Engineer – Module Fabrication - Inpex Australia – Ichthys Project - Yokohama Japan / Batangas Philippines.

Contractor oversight and verification

Project compliance

Technical support

Feb 2013 - July 2013 Electrical & Instrumentation Construction Superintendent - Jacobs Australia – AGRP Project, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.

Construction Supervision

Technical review and contract compliance

Project reporting, QA/QC Inspections

April 2011 – Feb 2013 Electrical Commissioning HUC Superintendent - McDermott Australia – Esso KTT Project, Batam Indonesia and Bass Strait Australia.

Onshore and Offshore Completions

Commissioning and Hook-up Supervision

EEHA Inspections

QA / QC inspections

Vendor support

Feb 2011 – April 2011 Electrical & Instrumentation Construction Supervisor - Cork Instrumentation Australia – Adelaide Desalination Project, South Australia.

Construction Supervision

Project reporting

QA / QC Inspections

Sept 2009 – Oct 2010 Lead Electrical Hook-up and Commissioning Engineer - Maersk Oil Qatar – Al Shaheen Project, Qatar.

Client oversight

Onshore and Offshore Completions Supervision

Hook-up and EEHA Inspections.

Electrical and Instrumentation QA / QC verification.

Supervision of HV Switching operations

Oct 2008 – Sept 2009 Lead Electrical Hook-up and Commissioning Engineer - ConocoPhillips, Indonesia - North Belut Project, Batam, Indonesia.

Onshore Completions and Commissioning Supervision

Offshore Hook-up Supervision and EEHA Inspections

Technical support and design review

Electrical and Instrumentation QA / QC verification

Supervision of HV Switching operations

Feb 2006 – Sept 2008 Electrical Hook-up and Commissioning Engineer - ConocoPhillips China – Bohai Bay Phase II Project, Houston Texas, USA and Teda, China.

Technical support for the Offshore Hook-up and Commissioning team

SAP Job carding supervision

Constructability reviews and procurement support for offshore hook-up

Jan 2005 – Feb 2006 Electrical and Instrumentation Commissioning Engineer - Alcan Gove – G3 Expansion Project, Gove, Northern Territory, Australia.

Electrical and Instrument Commissioning Supervision

Management of the Permit to Work and Isolation LOTO system.

Commissioning documentation and database review

July 2004 – Jan 2005 Electrical and Instrumentation Field Engineer – ConocoPhillips, Australia – Darwin LNG Project, Northern Territory, Australia.

Engineering support for the Electrical / Instrument teams

Completions verification

Project reporting

May 2004 – July 2004 Client Representative - Newcrest Mining Australia – Telfer Gold Project, West Australia.

Oversight and client verification of the Electrical / Instrument construction and start-up

Project reporting

Sep 2003 – Mar 2004 Senior Electrical & Instrumentation Commissioning Supt - Western Mining Corp – Copper Solvent Extraction Plant Enhancement Project, Olympic Dam South Australia.

Supervision of the E & I Commissioning team

EEHA Inspections

Management of the PTW system

July 2003 – Sep 2003 Project Manager - Broadspectrum Australia – QAL Hydrate Feed Project, QLD, Australia.

Subcontract management for the installation of a new conveyor feed system

Supervision of the Electrical & Instrumentation Construction and Commissioning team

Management of the PTW system

Sep 2002 – July 2003 Lead E&I Commissioning Supervisor - KBR Australia – Uranium Solvent Extraction Plant Enhancement Project. Olympic Dam, South Australia.

Supervision of the Electrical & Instrumentation Commissioning team

EEHA Inspections

Management of the PTW system

May 2000 – Sep 2002 Electrical Superintendent - Thiess Australia – SASE Demonstration Pig Iron Plant Project. Whyalla, South Australia.

Design, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, Operation and Maintenance of the Electrical and Instrumentation installation

Supervision of the Electrical & Instrumentation team

EEHA Inspections

Management of the PTW system

July 1997 – October 1999: Electrical Commissioning Supervisor - Broadspectrum (South Australia) - Olympic Dam Expansion Project, South Australia

Supervision of Electrical and Instrumentation commissioning technicians

Aug 1995 – Nov 1996 Power System Electrical Supervisor - Placer PNG - Porgera Joint Venture. Papua New Guinea.

Operation & Maintenance of 8 x 10MW Mars, Solar Gas Turbines at the Hides Power Station

Sep 1991 – July 1995 Electrical Superintendent – Thermal Operations Division - PNG Electricity Commission – Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea.

Operation & Maintenance of the Diesel and Gas Turbine Power Stations and generation switchyards throughout Papua New Guinea

Oct 1985 – Aug 1991 Electrical Superintendent – Moitaka Power Station - PNG Electricity Commission – Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea.

Operation & Maintenance of the Main Diesel and Gas Turbine Power Station and generation switchyard for Port Moresby.

Key Experience Summary

Key Responsibilities:

Electrical Completions and Commissioning services.

Supervision of Electrical Construction and Commissioning teams.

Client Representative, Project Management and Project Supervision.

Engineering oversight of multiple work groups, vendors and equipment specialist.

Progress updates and Reporting on project activities

Project Scheduling and Planning.

QA /QC Inspection and Electrical Equipment Hazardous area inspections.

Electrical Maintenance at Thermal Power Stations and HV Electrical Substations.

Management of Permit to Work and Isolation systems.

Perform fault finding on Electrical Switchboards, Motor Control centres and electrical equipment.

Run daily pre-start meetings and weekly Toolbox Safety Meetings. Inform teams of ongoing work schedules, project priorities, safety procedures and ongoing issues.

Key Achievements:

Leading highly effective Electrical Commissioning and Construction teams in the completion of assigned tasks to a high professional standard.

Management and Supervisory duties at onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities.

Management of a diverse group of different trades to achieve the required contractual obligations.

Consistently completing assigned work within agreed specifications and timeframes.

Maintaining an unblemished safety record across work groups in challenging construction and commissioning environments

Performed final testing and commissioning of electrical installations as part of project handover responsibility, safely and efficiently.

Completion of projects within Project schedule and budget.

Completed the hook-up of the North Belut offshore oil and gas facility in Indonesia ahead of schedule.

Safe and efficient management of the operations and maintenance on Power Generating equipment throughout Papua New Guinea.

Training and Licences

SA Electrical Licence

Licence to Perform High Risk Work – Class WP. Boom Type Elevated Work Platform

Cert IV Hazardous Areas Training – EEHA Inspection, Installation and Maintenance

HV Switching and Operation – Competency Training WA

Inpex ISSOW / Permit to Work Procedure

JKC Permit to Work system – Ichthys project

Chevron Permit to Work system – Wheatstone Project

JKC Area Work Clearance and Permit to Work training – Ichthys project

International Certificate of Vaccination

Australian Police Clearance check

New Zealand Police Clearance check

All licences and certificates are available for inspection on request

Additional Information

Computer Skills:

Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Internet and Email proficient

Drivers Licence:

HR Class – South Australian

Residency Status:

Australian Permanent Resident

References

Paul Lowry

Commissioning Lead - BHP

BARS Project

Olympic Dam, South Australia

Steve Dredge

Commissioning Manager - Bechtel Australia

SCM21 Project

Olympic Dam, South Australia

Mark Sims,

Electrical Lead - BHP

PMO Team

Carrapateenna, South Australia

Tony O’Connor

Project Manager – Pacific Energy

ABRA Hybrid Power Project

West Australia

Kevin Stanton

Commissioning Lead - BHP

BARS Project

Olympic Dam, South Australia

Gary Oswald

Commissioning Lead - Bechtel Australia

SCM21 Project

Olympic Dam, South Australia

Matthew Glegg

Commissioning Electrical Lead - Bechtel Australia

SCM21 Project

Olympic Dam, South Australia

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