Hi, I’m
Anthony Sanchez-Lawson
Project Manager/Engineer
South Perth,CEB
Summary
Accomplished Electrical, Instrumentation, and Control Engineer and Project Manager with over 30 years of extensive hands-on experience in project engineering and management. Expertise spans all phases of project delivery, from conception to operational handover, utilizing effective strategies, systems, and resources. A proven track record of successfully executing projects across diverse sectors, including oil and gas (LNG), mining, petrochemicals, and mineral processing, demonstrates a strong commitment to excellence. Recognized for adaptability in managing challenging projects and fostering collaboration among clients and stakeholders while mentoring team members to achieve collective success.
Overview
39
years of professional experience
Work History
BHP Pty Ltd – Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter
Maintenance Execution Services
01.2019
Job overview
- A member of successfully delivering KNS MSD20 4 yearly major shutdown. Responsible for coordination and provision of the temporary power (gensets) for the site wide black out. Preparation of the execution scope workpacks for the HV Substation Electrical equipment (eg Switchboards, Circuit Breakers, Protection Relays, Transformers) 4 yearly maintenance cleaning and function testing.
RiBT Manufacturing Sdn Bhd
Manufacturing Operations Manager
09.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Reporting directly to the managing director to manage and oversee RIBT’s Operations division inclusive of the manufacturing facility at the Port Klang Free Zone West Port Malaysia.
- Country Manager (Philippines) to oversee the EPC contract and operation of the Site Factory to manufacture the ModformTM Modules, necessary in the construction of ~4000 social housing units in Indang Cavite, Philippines, a project by Hillman Realty Development Corp.
GEPL (Aust) Engineering Consultant
Managing Director
03.2024 - 08.2024
GEPL (Aust) and Petra Eco Build (M) Sdn Bhd Joint Venture
Asia Pacific Marketing Consultant
08.2021 - 09.2022
Job overview
- Reporting directly to the managing director by assisting in progressing and pursuing project development opportunities and marketing the company’s modular housing products and manufacturing capabilities in their continuing effort to expand their factories worldwide.
- Asia Pacific region, expansion target, included the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Hongkong and Japan.
GEPL (Aust) and Wawasan Building Products (M) SDN BHD Joint Venture
Project Manager
09.2020 - 01.2021
Job overview
- Manage the scoping, site visits, quote submission, contract negotiation and award with Unicorn Resources Enterprise Ltd, developer of the proposed PES (PNGean Economic Sphere) Smart City Project at Port Moresby.
- Responsibilities include client relations, stakeholder communications and on FID approval, will be responsible for the contract implementation in the supply of 40k units of residential modular houses and 10 by 4 story worker’s quarters utilising Wawasan’s modular manufacturing technique and fast track schedule delivery.
Woodside Energy Ltd – NWS Gas Offshore Assets
Senior Project Engineer
01.2020 - 06.2020
Job overview
- Portfolio management of the NWS Gas minor capex brownfield projects.
- Responsible for regular progress and status reporting related to overall delivery status to key stakeholders e.g. team leads and system owners.
- Budget management and cost control
I&E Systems Pty Ltd
Project Manager
01.2013 - 01.2019
Job overview
- Project involvement as follows:
- ConocoPhillips – Darwin LNG (DLNG) Life Extension – Preservation Scope
- Lead Engineer in the execution of Front End Loading (FEL3) gated process for the preservation scope of the Instrumentation, Control, Electrical and Telecommunication (ICE-T) equipment during the Plant’s Transition period. This entail the development of the project execution plan, preservation strategy, execute phase scope definition and input into development of project final installed cost and resource loaded schedule.
- Chevron Wheatstone Project – Onslow LNG Plant Start-up and Operation Support
- SIMOPS Automation Advisor ensuring plant trip is as low as reasonably practicable during implementation of automation changes whilst the plant is operational by conducting the risk assessment screening process.
- Chevron Gorgon Project – Barrow Island LNG Plant Commissioning and Start Up
- A member of a successful commissioning and start up execution (CSUE) team, delivering three back to back LNG train bettering overall project milestone targets.
- As Commissioning and Start up Engineer, leads a team of Ilec technicians in conducting the function testing of the complex loops, safety functions (UZ trips) and sequence start up control utilising the Yokogawa Centum VP (DCS) and Prosafe (SIS) system to assigned system or process areas verifying against control narratives, function logics, safety specification and design documentation to support a fault free start up.
- Chevron Gorgon Project – Automation Code Review Team
- Project Engineer overseeing a team of subject matter experts (SME) conducting a review of all complex control loops, safety function logics and compressor sequence starts up to eliminate or mitigate major software and logic configuration problems considered as a significant risk to safely start up of the plant.
- Woodside Energy Limited, Karratha LNG
- Lead Design Engineer for the detailed design phase of Woodside’s KGP Domgas Metering Upgrade.
Rio Tinto
Manager Project Engineering - Electrical
01.2011 - 01.2013
Job overview
- Overseeing and managing the project engineering team, responsible for executing the delivery of a portfolio of sustaining capital projects in a brownfield environment on Rio Tinto Iron Ore Pilbara assets as follows:
- Pilbara Sites Fuel Monitoring and Management System Installation (~$35M).
- Pilbara Sites Gate Access Security System Upgrade (~$41M).
- Dampier Parker Point to 7Mile 33kV Overhead Line Installation (~$4M).
- Wickham Low Voltage Faulty Underground Cable Replacement (~$8M).
- Dampier Parker Point 33kV Ring Cable Installation (~6M).
- Tom Price 33kV Overhead line feeder 1 replacement (~3M).
- Concept study of a 1MW Dampier Wind Turbine Pilot Plant. (~10M)
Transfield Worley Woodside Alliance
Senior Project Engineer
01.2001 - 01.2011
Job overview
- Managing and overseeing the project delivery of a number of minor capital projects to the value up to $10M AUD.
Brownfield Projects Group
Lead Instrument and Control Engineer
01.2001 - 01.2007
Job overview
- Managing and overseeing the workload of the instrumentation and control design team providing detailed design deliverables for projects undertaken in the Karratha LNG Gas Plant. Duties involved:
- Management of team scope and workload.
- Coordinated the 2001 Plants’ site wide IPF (SIS) classification exercise.
- Technical integrity focal point for any instrumentation and control design issues.
- Managing and ensuring resource allocations are adequate to project’s requirements and schedule.
- Monitor compliance with the Alliance QA, Health and Safety initiatives and environmental goals.
Various Engineering Design Roles
Business Development Group
01.1987 - 01.2001
Job overview
- For Santos Pty Ltd, Process and Reporting Information Management System, SCADA Projects
- For Woodside Energy Ltd, FPSO Cossack Pioneer Optimisation Project
- For Worley Ltd – Western Mining Corporation, Kwinana Nickel Refinery Capital Projects
- For Transfield Worley - Woodside Energy Ltd, Condensate Stabiliser Capacity Restoration Project. (Five Process Train Shutdown, modification and start up)
- For CSBP Farmers, Sodium Cyanide Plant Expansion Project
- For CSBP Farmers, 500TPD Nitric Acid/Ammonium Nitrate Plant Project. (Yokogawa Centum CS/Modicon 984 PLC)
- For Worley Ltd - Esso Aust Melb, Cobia and Fortescue Offshore Platform’s Gas Lift Compressor Upgrade
- For Worley Ltd - Esso Aust Melb, Bream B Facilities on Bream A Platform
- For WAPET, Barrow Island SCADA System Upgrade
- For Woodside Offshore Petroleum, North Rankin A Platform
- Instrument/Control/Electrical Engineer (Various Consultancy Roles)
- For KJK Kaiser on Woodside Offshore Petroleum, Karratha LNG Onshore Gas Plant - Project Phase III
- For Booth Technip Australia on WMC, Mt Keith Project dewatering project, Bunbury, Western Power System Rating Study, ALCOA Mudlakes protection study, CSBP’s Urea Handling and Storage Facilities.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering from Electrical Power
Skills
Project management and delivery
Affiliations
Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia - MIEAust, CPEng (Ret)
Training
- Certificate IV in Electrotechnology Explosion Protection (UTE 40799).
- FS Engineer Functional Safety Certification Course.
EXPERIENCE
Over 35 years of hands-on experience on various aspects project management/engineer as owner’s representative or delivery engineer in an EPCM environment encompassing all facets of gated decision processes submission, procurement specification, detailed design, factory acceptance, construction support, commissioning, maintenance and operational support on process facilities mainly in oil/gas (LNG), petrochemical, mineral refinery, mineral sands and alumina industry.
Timeline
Manufacturing Operations Manager
RiBT Manufacturing Sdn Bhd
09.2024 - Current
Managing Director
GEPL (Aust) Engineering Consultant
03.2024 - 08.2024
Asia Pacific Marketing Consultant
GEPL (Aust) and Petra Eco Build (M) Sdn Bhd Joint Venture
08.2021 - 09.2022
Project Manager
GEPL (Aust) and Wawasan Building Products (M) SDN BHD Joint Venture
09.2020 - 01.2021
Senior Project Engineer
Woodside Energy Ltd – NWS Gas Offshore Assets
01.2020 - 06.2020
Maintenance Execution Services
BHP Pty Ltd – Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter
01.2019
Project Manager
I&E Systems Pty Ltd
01.2013 - 01.2019
Manager Project Engineering - Electrical
Rio Tinto
01.2011 - 01.2013
Senior Project Engineer
Transfield Worley Woodside Alliance
01.2001 - 01.2011
Lead Instrument and Control Engineer
Brownfield Projects Group
01.2001 - 01.2007
Business Development Group
Various Engineering Design Roles
01.1987 - 01.2001
Bachelor of Engineering from Electrical Power
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