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KATHERYN LARA

MOUNT ANNAN ,NSW

Summary

A devoted employee to Sydney Water - working half of my life within the best water utility in the world :)

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Acting Operations Lead

Sydney Water
07.2024 - 01.2025
  • Working with our internal operations team located at WT0008 Nepean
  • Working with our long-term external BOO partners such as Trility and Veolia located at WT0044 Illawarra WT0048 Woronora WFP and WT0046 Macarthur WFP to meet all regulatory and customer requirements
  • Leading the team to manage product quality, quantity and efficiency outcomes and drive improvement
  • Working with stakeholder and contractors in delivering a number of major infrastructure projects
  • Working with reliability engineers and maintenance service provider to achieve asset performance and reliability outcomes
  • Providing leadership support to manage operational incidents.


Acting Operations Lead

Sydney Water
06.2024 - 07.2024
  • Working with our internal operations team located at WT0014 Orchard Hills WFP, WT0013 Warragamba WFP and WT0016 MHF Warragamba Chlorine dosing plant.
  • Work with our long-term external partners BOO partner - (Suez) at the Prospect Water Filtration Plant to meet all regulatory and customer requirements
  • Lead the team to manage product quality, quantity and efficiency outcomes and drive improvement - Working along side with Water New South Wales
  • Work with stakeholder and contractors in delivering a number of major infrastructure projects -
  • Work with reliability engineers and maintenance service provider to achieve asset performance and reliability outcomes (WRDT region mechanical and electricians)
  • Provide leadership support to manage operational incidents

Production Officer

Sydney Water
06.2019 - 06.2024
  • Helping deliver great water quality along with managing corrosion & odour for our customers and operating and maintaining external customer owned recycled water plants. Working on a daily basis in the field with Odour Control Units and Chemical Dosing Units.
  • Responsible for operating re chlorination plants and water quality instruments across the water network to help manage water quality, chemical dosing units and odour control units across the wastewater network to help manage corrosion and some customer owned recycled water plants to agreed Health Standards and Legislative requirements
  • Organized repair and routine maintenance of production equipment.
  • Determined best and most efficient uses of available resources, labor, and equipment.
  • Monitored daily and weekly key performance indicators to maintain on-track status.

Production Officer

Sydney Water
12.2014 - 06.2019

• Responsible for a safe workplace at Camden, Picton and Wallacia WRRP's.

• Operating the plant in alignment with approve Production plans ensuring license and regulatory compliance, and approved budgets

• Operating the plant under routine conditions (and provide assistance during irregular or extreme conditions), in alignment with Treatment and Sydney Water frameworks including health and safety requirements, quality and information management protocols, incident response and business continuity frameworks • Executing on-site process and asset checks using available systems, processes and procedures

• Taking measurements from installed field instruments and execute lab testing, as required

• Performing process and equipment monitoring using SCADA

• Identifying, monitoring and resolve risks and issues during process and equipment monitoring activities and escalate as required

• Performing diagnosis and resolution for process and asset issues, electrical, mechanical and instrumentation issues within capability

• Performing maintenance tasks, within capability and capacity

• Communicating between plants, (Liverpool STP) and the maintenance provider, and implementing planned work

• Providing input into relevant meetings regarding onsite activities including utilising online collaboration wherever possible and practical to minimise impact on operations

• Managing contractors on site and receiving chemical deliveries.

• Reviewing draft and final PTWCs, confirming isolation requirements timing and availability, and confirming the isolation of assets and performing LOTOs for work to be completed

• Supporting development of routine shutdown and/or flow management plans for the Hub which minimise disruption & safety risks utilising asset isolation procedures

• Applying isolation to assets and perform LOTO for work to be completed

• Implementing plans to meet Hub KPI and performance targets

• Contributing to production availability in alignment with operational risk appetite, production and asset plans.

Contributing to manage risks within the Hub, including providing input into operational risk review

• Contributing to audits and IMS reviews

• Contributing to incident management and response at a Hub level

• Contributing to safety improvement projects

• Contributing to successful completion of capital and operational projects

Production Officer

Sydney Water
08.2005 - 12.2014

• Responsible for a safe workplace at Glenfield STP, Liverpool STP and Bondi STP.

• Operating the plants in alignment with approve Production plans ensuring license and regulatory compliance, and approved budgets

• Operating the plant under routine conditions (and provide assistance during irregular or extreme conditions), in alignment with Treatment and Sydney Water frameworks including health and safety requirements, quality and information management protocols, incident response and business continuity frameworks • Executing on-site process and asset checks using available systems, processes and procedures

• Taking measurements from installed field instruments and execute lab testing, as required

• Performing process and equipment monitoring using SCADA

• Identifying, monitor and resolve risks and issues during process and equipment monitoring activities and escalate as required

• Performing diagnosis and resolution for process and asset issues, electrical, mechanical and instrumentation issues within capability

• Performing maintenance tasks, within capability and capacity

• Communicating between plants within the Hub and the maintenance provider, and implementing planned work

• Providing input into relevant meetings regarding onsite activities including utilising online collaboration wherever possible and practical to minimise impact on operations

• Managing contractors on site, receive deliveries and test products and materials as required

• Reviewing draft and final PTWCs, confirm isolation requirements timing and availability, and confirm the isolation of assets and perform LOTOs for work to be completed

• Supporting development of routine shutdown and/or flow management plans for the Hub which minimise disruption & safety risks utilising asset isolation procedures

• Applying isolation to assets and perform LOTO for work to be completed

• Implementing plans to meet Hub KPI and performance targets

• Contributing to production availability in alignment with operational risk appetite, production and asset plans

  • Contributing to manage risks within the Hub, including providing input into operational risk review

• Contributing to audits and IMS reviews

• Contributing to incident management and response at a Hub level

• Contributing to safety improvement projects

• Contributing to successful completion of capital and operational projects

Education

Bachelor of Science -

UWS
Penrith Campus
11.2002

Skills

  • Operational Efficiency
  • Environmental management
  • Acknowledgment of customer needs
  • Asset Management
  • Understanding of financial performance
  • Motivational attitude

Timeline

Acting Operations Lead

Sydney Water
07.2024 - 01.2025

Acting Operations Lead

Sydney Water
06.2024 - 07.2024

Production Officer

Sydney Water
06.2019 - 06.2024

Production Officer

Sydney Water
12.2014 - 06.2019

Production Officer

Sydney Water
08.2005 - 12.2014

Bachelor of Science -

UWS
KATHERYN LARA