Jay Burgess

Since March 2022 I have worked as an Electrical and Instrumentation Technician on Yara Pilbara’s Ammonia and Ammonium Nitrate Plants. I have been responsible for safe execution of electrical and instrumentation work across all Yara Pilbara facilities including, preventive, corrective and breakdown tasks.

• Reduced downtime through proactive preventive maintenance programs for electrical systems and instrumentation equipment.
• Improved equipment reliability by conducting thorough inspections, identifying issues, and performing necessary repairs on electrical and instrumentation systems.
• Provided prompt emergency response to address unexpected failures in E&I equipment, minimizing production losses.
• Enhanced communication between maintenance teams by documenting work activities in detailed reports, contributing to efficient information flow among stakeholders.
• Assisted with emergency and scheduled shutdowns while performing regular electrical duties.
• Supported the development of apprentice E&I technicians through hands-on training, mentorship, and sharing best practices within the field.
• Optimized plant efficiency with the installation, calibration, and troubleshooting of process control instruments such as pressure transmitters, temperature sensors, and flow meters.
• Conduct Hazardous Area inspections.
• Participate in the continuous improvement of maintenance procedures, field inspection checklists and maintenance plans.
• Perform High Voltage switching operations to support maintenance tasks and shutdowns.

I worked as a seconded technician to the Karratha Gas Plant campaign maintenance teams. This included working in Utilities, Storage & Loading and Frontline Maintenance.

• Responsible for efficiently executing preventive and corrective maintenance tasks across all hydrocarbon storage and ship loading facilities, power generation turbines and generators including Hitachi Frame 5 turbines and GE LM6000 gas turbines. This included Included function testing and calibration of control and safety critical instrumentation, fire & gas protection systems and electrical maintenance of generator equipment.
• I was responsible for diagnosing and resolving electrical and instrumentation malfunctions throughout all sections of Karratha Gas Plant. I collaborated with Process Operators and Engineers to ensure the safe and efficient repair and maintenance of a wide range of process control instrumentation and electrical systems within the facility.
• Calibrated combustion controls to meet appropriate safety & environmental standards.
• Use of maintenance management program to access and manage work orders & notifications throughout maintenance execution (SAP).
• I worked as as a Performing Authority (PA) on the ISSOW Permit to Work System and as a Restricted Electrical Officer (REO)/Electrical Isolation Authority.
• Ensure compliance with all site and statutory electrical, testing and installation requirements

I was seconded to the Chevron Core maintenance team for 3 years. I was responsible for maintaining all onshore assets associated with Chevrons crude oil production facilities including production wells, processing stations and storage facilities.

• Responsible for performing preventive maintenance tasks and breakdowns on well site Pump Off Controllers, MCC’s, processing station PLC’s and instrumentation equipment.
• Liaise with Production Operators to rectify electrical & instrumentation faults to ensure ongoing safe production operations.
• Perform electrical isolations to Chevron standards, Electrical Authority for penetration and excavation permits.
• Provide technical support for projects and shutdowns (electrical authority).
• ·Supervise and train apprentices and trainees.