Abhi Arora

• Specialist Studies Accountable for the successful delivery of the individual projects through the management of internal and external specialist resources as required
• Manage the planning and delivery of a portfolio of dam safety studies and investigations projects to meet need, time, cost and quality objectives using WaterNSW project delivery frameworks and tools
• Ensure all activities are undertaken with the safety of our people as the number one priority and always role model safe behaviour
• Own delivery of agreed outcomes across a portfolio of projects from needs analysis to completion, including recommending and implementing optimal solutions to address the business needs while meeting agreed time, cost and quality objectives and determining how benefits will be realised Control project performance through monitoring all aspects of project delivery and proactively managing situations that could impact on project outcomes Provide robust and accurate forecasts and regular and timely reporting on project parameters including progress against project plan, risks and issues and on project performance Ensure all project risks and issues are effectively captured, allocated, managed, actioned, retired and reported throughout the project lifecycle Lead negotiation and ongoing management of contracts for consulting, construction and any other externally provided services required to enable the delivery of projects Manage internal and external stakeholders and approval authorities, including community and public consultation processes, planning approval processes ensuring that approvals are obtained in a timely manner.
• Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
• Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
• Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
• Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
• Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
• Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
• Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.

• Role model the company values of Integrity, customers, accountability, respect and teams and associated behaviours, and inspire and enable others to do the same
• Responsible for MI's Corporate and Statutory planning and reporting obligations under the framework
• Accountable for the Asset Strategy and Performance assessment, planning and maintenance of entire integrated delivery network, implementation of ISO 55000 standard
• Managing the team of engineers and Data scientists and implemented tools and processes to ensure requirements coverage and reporting tools that provided management visibility on program progress and quickly identify problem areas
• Leading the Capital program with a team of commercial professionals, project managers and engineers
• Preparing long term asset management plans, including growth and demand scenarios and risk management plans
• Pioneered the development of asset class specific performance measures using data, these measures helped identify improvement projects and assisted in gauging the effectiveness of organisational initiatives on asset performance
• Develop and Manage the capital project planning process, including preparation of the 1,3- and 20-year capital expenditure forecasts
• Lead the development of Alarm Philosophy tailored to MI's technology needs whilst leveraging best practices from established standards
• Lead the development and implementation of FMECA standard to manage operational risk through maintenance and telemetry-based condition monitoring
• Review and update the Automation Strategy and Asset Management policy to align with current and future company requirements
• Driving the evolution of a safety-focused culture by ensuring effective, best practise systems and procedures are in place
• Helped identify the operationalisation strategy for industry leading hydrological engineering tools that leverage MI's extensive investment in asset modernisation
• The objective of operationalising such tools is the transformation of the organisation and the irrigation industry by realising the value of inherent in MI's infrastructure and data
• Manage the development, administration and ongoing support for the company's GIS and ensuring the integrity and accuracy of information
• Undertaking structured planning and continuous review to efficiently manage and allocate team resources including budget
• Performance enablement, underperformance management, and development initiatives for team members.
• Tracked, analyzed and executed quality and continuous improvement initiatives to hold departments accountable for performance.
• Led teams to drive results and meet production, quality and safety goals.
• Worked with technical resources to conduct root cause analysis and prevent future issues.
• Compiled research data and gave professional presentations highlighting finds and recommended optimizations.

• For Mines Lead and manage multi-disciplinary teams in the development and implementation of best practice asset management system for Boral assets
• Managed the asset management and reporting requirements including analysis and modelling of service standard scenarios
• Develop long term asset management plans and risk management plans, Responsible for
• Safety, Cost, Schedules and Quality. Oversee and Supervise engineering projects and modifications for the limestone mining operation and the lime plant
• Leading the capital program and provided guidance throughout the whole Front-End Process whilst also supporting commissioning and project defect management
• Act as the Nominated Statutory Function under the NSW mines/petroleum WH&S Act &
• Regulation
• Provided technical expertise and guidance to the production teams on a wide variety of electrical and operational aspects
• To provide leadership to ensure all operations are conducted safely in order to provide a safe working environment for all employees and comply with company standards and government legislation
• Lead many transformational projects including Centralised control room, Machine Analytics and IOT
• Ensuring compliance with statutory obligations for your area of responsibility
• Implementing
• Enterprise Asset Management throughout Boral cement sites.
• Supervised construction and pre-commissioning of electrical rooms and substations.
• Estimated project costs and resource allocation to forecast budget requirements and monitor adherence.
• Provided on-site engineering and technical services during installation and fielding processes.
• Mentored junior engineers and new hires in job-specific tasks and application of electrical processes.
• Evaluated electrical installations and systems to isolate faults and implement corrective actions.

• Develop long term asset management plans and risk management plans, Responsible for
• Safety, Cost, Schedules and Quality
• Ensuring that assigned projects meet the technical, safety, compliance and operational standards of the organization
• Managing Capital Projects including feasibility, detail designing, implementation and commissioning
• Responsible for the leadership of a team of specialists on matters pertaining to safety, commercial, reliability, engineering standards, RCA/fault finding and improvement initiatives
• Ensuring that electrical, instrument and control systems (DeltaV, Citect SCADA) are maintained, where required, in the validated state
• Provision of innovative design solutions for new plant and optimization of existing plant
• Application of the principles of Good Engineering Practices in the design, installation and maintenance of electrical, electronic, instrument and control systems
• Leveraging simple technology solutions to increase support to production teams and improvements to Defect + Forced outage first response
• Preparing drawings, specifications, functional descriptions, strategic plans, policies and procedures
• Designing and Commissioning of Hazardous Area Instrumentation and Electrical
• Equipment.

Projects undertaken in Hatch Associates:

• SANTOS, Mayfield 3-7 Project, Brisbane. The objective of this project is to design surface facilities for the lease area of Mayfield 3-7. The responsibilities included:
• Involved in detail design phase which includes E&I drawings, operating procedures, scope of work, cable schedules etc.
• Engineering management and co-ordination.
• Liasing with vendors on technical matters.
• Construction of Bill of Materials (Electrical).
• SANTOS, Kia Ora West Project, Brisbane. The pilot currently consists of four separate CSG Wells, including two vertical fracture simulated wells (Kia Ora West 3 & 4), and a surface-to inseam lateral well. The objective of this project is to design surface facilities for the lease area of Kia Ora 5. The responsibilities included:
• § Involved in detail design phase which includes E&I drawings, operating procedures, scope of work, cable schedules etc.
• § Engineering management and co-ordination.
• § Liasing with vendors on technical matters.
• § Construction of Bill of Materials (Electrical).
• Rio Tinto ERA, Tailings and Brine Management Project, Brisbane. Tailings and Brine Management aims to transfer tailings from the tailing's storage facility and concentrated brine from the brine concentrator to Pit 3 for permanent storage as part of Energy Resources of Australia Ltd mine closure strategy. The control system solution consists of Honeywell DCS solutions and the Allen-Bradley Logix PLC platform. The responsibilities included:
• Involved in Feasibility design phase which includes basic engineering in which all the standard specifications, design criteria, control philosophy, data sheets, lists and MTO were generated.
• Preparing enquiry packages/tenders and preparing vendor evaluation reports.
• Involved in field inspections and provided immediate and effective solutions to field problems.
• Liaising with the vendors on technical matters.
• Holding projects kick off meeting and participating in engineering HAZOP review as required.
• Preparation of cost estimates for process control system, safety system, IT system, optical network system, CCTV and security systems.
• Rio Tinto ERA, Ranger Brine Concentrator Project, Brisbane, Australia. The Ranger Brine Concentrator Project aims to substantially increase the water treatment capability of the existing ERA Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory. The control system solution consists of Honeywell DCS solutions and the Allen-Bradley Logix PLC platform. The responsibilities included:
• Involved in designing and upgrading the Ranger power station and integration with the new Brine Concentrator power station. The Power Station Upgrade involves the design of new control system architecture. The major aspects of the project are replacement of the legacy Allen Bradley PLC5 controller with modern Allen Bradley ControlLogix, updating and improving the Human machine interface provided by the Honeywell Experion.
• Prepared instrument index, I/O Count, and process, operation, and control documents. Participated in HAZOPS, CHAZOPS, design reviews and site visits. Involved with SPIN (Smart Plant Instrumentation), P&ID, Terminations and Loop Drawings.
• Worked on-site with field engineering to provide construction and commissioning support. Involved in loop IO checking and Instrumentation troubleshooting.
• Preparation of safety management plan, specifications for safety systems and process control networks.
• Involved in PLC functional block design, SCADA system integration configuration.
• Involved in field inspections and provided immediate and effective solutions to field problems.
• Anglo American Metallurgical Coal, Grosvenor Feasibility Study, Brisbane. The Grosvenor Project is located to the northern boundary of the town of Moranbah in the Central Queensland Bowen Basin Coal precinct and Metallurgical Coal's Moranbah North Mine (MNM) abuts the Project area to the north. The responsibilities included:
• Worked on P&ID development and manages the Bentley Data Manager.
• Developed the Electrical, Instrument & Controls integration for the new equipment to interface with the existing plant facilities.
• Generated Tie-in system architecture for the control systems.
• Investigated PLC automation architecture options and provided costing schedule for each.
• Involved in designing automation systems utilising fieldbus technology namely: Devicenet, Profibus, Ethernet, TCP/IP, and Modbus RTU.