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Nadira Karunaratne

Senior Reliability Engineer

Summary

I am a qualified engineer with over 15 years experience, primarily in oil and gas asset/maintenance management, as well as design in the civil and water sectors. I have worked in Asset Management positions for major coal seam gas operators along Australia's east coast, gaining sound knowledge in the maintenance and lifecycle

management of critical assets and heavy machinery for brown- and greenfield projects.

My asset management/maintenance expertise includes, but is not limited to:

  • Complete maintenance builds/re-builds
  • Written Schemes of Verification/Examination
  • SCE and ECA assessments
  • Performance standard review/development
  • Maintenance strategy review/development
  • Planned maintenance (preventive/predictive)
  • Developing and reviewing Integrity Management Plans.

My civil engineering experience includes the design of pump stations, water and wastewater treatment plants and pipelines, civil design, construction and site supervision, and contract administration/project management. I am also versed in

business development from assisting is principal engineers with tenders and proposals.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Specialist SME

BHP
05.2023 - 04.2024

Specialist SME working for BHP's Maintenance & Engineering Center of Excellence (MECoE) - Inflow Project

  • Developed and reviewed maintenance strategies for BHP's Total Equipment Strategy (TES) programs
  • Supervised strategy data teams to implement maintenance strategies into APM
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals on time and within budget

Specialist SME

BHP
5 2021 - 2 2022

Specialist SME working for BHP's Maintenance & Engineering Center of Excellence (MECoE)

  • Developed and reviewed maintenance strategies for BHP's TES programs
  • Supervised strategy data teams to implement maintenance strategies into APM

Senior Reliability Engineer

LogiCamms
10.2018 - 04.2021

BHP

Development and delivery of Maintenance Strategies for fixed plant and mobile equipment as part of the MECoE TES projects

  • Developed and implemented maintenance strategies for Pumps as part of the Peak Downs TES
  • Assisted the 930E Trucks TES project in developing and implementing maintenance strategies
  • Assisted the 6060 and 6040 Trucks TES project in developing and implementing maintenance strategies
  • Collaborated with external vendors, site-based maintenance teams, and Master Data to implement practical data-driven decisions

APM implementation and testing of pilot 930E Truck MECoE TES project

  • Carried out a pilot project in parallel to the 930E Trucks TES project to test viability of APM software
  • Assisted in developing a process flow for uploading historical maintenance strategy data into APM

Maintenance Engineer

K2 Technology Pty Ltd
11.2012 - 09.2018

Rio Tinto

Development and delivery of Asset Management Training Services

  • Commenced reviewing and revising the Rio Tinto Asset Management Professional Development program
  • Commenced a gap analysis on current training material to reflect Rio Tinto's Asset Performance Management (APM) processes and systems
  • Commenced developing and revising all training material

Queensland Gas Company (QGC)

Development and delivery of Asset Management Training Services

  • Reviewed and revised GE turbine maintenance strategies
  • Developed Work Instructions (WI) and Job Plans (JP)
  • Developed ‘Ready-to-load' CMMS templates (Maximo)

Safety, Security & Environment (HSSE) Performance Standard Review and Update

  • Reviewed HSSE Performance Standard (PS)
  • Aligned and revised the HSSE PS complete with applicable assurance tasks and limits to align with the WSoV

Structural Integrity Work Instruction Development

  • Reviewed Structural Integrity PS
  • Developed WI
  • Develop "Ready-to-load" CMMS templates (Maximo)

Midstream WSoE and WSoV for SCE

  • Project manager
  • Developed Written Scheme of Examination and Written Scheme of Verification based on SCE PS
  • Developed Verification Strategy
  • Reviewed midstream PS alignment to SCE maintenance strategies and technical instructions (TI)

Hyundai Heavy Industries (South Korea)

  • Trained HHI stakeholders to collate data, develop asset structure and respective metadata
  • Participated in the SCE and ECA workshop
  • Revised, and where required, developed applicable operations PS
  • Revised and developed maintenance strategies
  • Built maintenance plans using ADAM software
  • Assisted in validating and updating Bills of Materials (BOMs) complete with activity spare parts
  • Develop "Ready-to-load" CMMS templates (SAP)

Arrow

  • Development and verification of facility asset hierarchy from P&IDs, SL diagrams and other technical documents
  • Localised maintenance strategies in updated format
  • Incorporated applicable legislation, Australian Standard, special process conditions, environmental factors and OEM recommendations
  • Updated task list and standard text in localised strategies
  • Ensured assurance tasks are aligned with Arrow Energy PS
  • Reviewed of instrumentation and metering tasks to applicable local and/or international standards compliance
  • Localisation of Shell maintenance strategies into Arrow
  • Developed Maintenance Plans, Items and Task Lists load template for SAP
  • Developed TI for water assets

Origin Energy

  • Assisted in development of Planned Maintenance BOMs
  • Development of low-cost Condition Monitoring and Vibration Analysis work orders
  • Development of load sheets and CSV files for upload via eAMS

Port Authority of NSW

  • Field verification and asset hierarchy build using TAGMAN and ADAM software for field and infrastructure assets

Queensland Sugar

  • Field verification and asset hierarchy build using TAGMAN and ADAM software for field and infrastructure assets
  • MEX data cleansing and analysis to optimise asset hierarchy

Origin Energy

  • Desktop verification and asset hierarchy build using ADAM software for Upstream CSG integrity related assets

Queensland Gas Company

  • Assisted in the development of the Midstream Method of Technical Integrity (MOTI)
  • Assisted in the development of WSoV and WSoE as per legislative requirements
  • Reviewed and revised midstream PS alignment to safety critical maintenance strategies and TI

Degremont

  • Desktop verification and hierarchy build for the Prospect Water Filtration Plant using P&IDs, GA drawings and SL drawings

Santos

  • Maintenance strategy development for GLNG upstream using Meridium Asset Management software
  • Built asset hierarchies, developed failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and
  • Asset Strategy Management (ASM) based on reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) principles

Civil/Water Infrastructure Design Engineer

SMEC
06.2010 - 09.2012

Linc Energy – Selma Pipeline Concept Design

  • Developed a concept design study to investigate options and constraints for the provision of bulk water supply to the proposed Teresa Coal Project
  • Developed a concept design of the pipeline, intake pump station and pump sizing, high level cost estimate and a project program

Allconnex Water – Pump Station Signage Inspection

  • Performed an audit and provided a report in respect to the minimum safety and advisory signage required at the listed wastewater and water pump stations
  • Identified the current situation along with recommendations of signage required to meet these requirements in adherence to Australian standards
  • Provided a guideline document for the minimum safety and advisory signage that is required for typical wastewater pump stations (standard submersible 2/3 pump – curb side pump station: standard building pump station

Seqwater – Moogerah Dam 5 Year Comprehensive Inspection

  • Conducted a comprehensive inspection with assistance from a senior engineer
  • Condition assessment of the upstream and downstream walls, pump house and discharge outlet, left and right abutments, spillway, crest, and other associated areas
  • Developed a report that highlighted any problems encountered and recommendations for how to address them

Origin Energy – Annual Ponds Inspection

  • Managed the Annual Ponds Inspection as part of Origin's CSG development in southern and central Queensland
  • Assisted the two senior inspection engineers in preparing the inspection reports for submission to the client

Gold Coast Rapid Transit – Gold Coast University Hospital

  • Assisted the superintendent's representative with the contract administration for the job
  • Took on responsibilities of the surveillance officer while on site with inspections prior to construction
  • Daily reports on the works undertaken and compiling defects lists for the safety audit
  • Assisted in preparing monthly progress claims
  • Liaised with the contractors to verify lot records and quantities

Civil Engineer

GHD Pty Ltd
02.2005 - 05.2009

Thiess – Goodna STP Upgrade

  • Prepared reports on the decommissioning, demolition and constructability for the early works preliminary design

Santos – Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas Project

  • Conducted a scoping study and an order of magnitude estimate for the design, supply and installation of a raw water pipeline to the proposed GLNG plant on Curtis Island near Gladstone

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) -

University Of Queensland
Brisbane

Bachelor of Business Management - Management And Organisation

University Of Queensland
Brisbane

Engineers Australia -

Member (MIEAust)

Maintenance Engineering Society of Australia MESA -

Asset Maintenance And Management Fundamentals Cert

Skills

Reliability and Maintenance Analysis - K2's ADAM, TagMan and DocMan

CMMS - APM (Meridium), SAP, Maximo

Sound knowledge of MS Office Suite - Excel, Word, Project and Visio

Project Management - some experience in leading small graduate teams to project completion within budget and on time

Courses

TapRoot®

Root Cause Analysis Course

References

References will be provided upon request

Timeline

Specialist SME

BHP
05.2023 - 04.2024

Senior Reliability Engineer

LogiCamms
10.2018 - 04.2021

Maintenance Engineer

K2 Technology Pty Ltd
11.2012 - 09.2018

Civil/Water Infrastructure Design Engineer

SMEC
06.2010 - 09.2012

Civil Engineer

GHD Pty Ltd
02.2005 - 05.2009

Specialist SME

BHP
5 2021 - 2 2022

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) -

University Of Queensland

Bachelor of Business Management - Management And Organisation

University Of Queensland

Engineers Australia -

Member (MIEAust)

Maintenance Engineering Society of Australia MESA -

Asset Maintenance And Management Fundamentals Cert
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