PETER OCHAYA THOMAS
BYFORD
Summary
Engineer specializing in water and wastewater projects for municipalities. Proven history of leading design and construction projects delivering safe drinking water to area residents and businesses as well as treating wastewater and sewage. Well-versed in preparing documentation for regulatory compliance, data analysis and construction. Proficient in hydraulic modeling and pipeline design.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Water Treatment Engineer
Gove Refinery Decontamination, Demolition and Disposal Project - Rio Tinto Site at Gove Cloure-Northern Territory
- Participate in plant closure project
- Manage the day-to-day operation of water and waste Treatment plant
- Supervise the installation and commissioning of water treatment plant
- Participate in water treatment plant design
- Undertake large scale project
- Participate in testing, scoping design improvements, plant optimisation, and implement design changes
- Undertake procurement activities
- Operate and troubleshoot on site treatment facilities and liaise with project team and specialist technicians
- Assist with the development of management plans and provide reporting for client and company needs
- Focus on complex water and waste management via site based automated HMI/SCADA
- Modular treatment systems
- Writing a technical report and data interpretations
- Calibration of probes and Instruments
- Laboratory sampling, testing and interpretation of data to manage and optimise treatment processes.
Water Treatment Operator
MAK WATER COMPANY
2021.12
- Monitoring water treatment plants and Portable
- Maintenance of the plants
- Conducting water sampling and water tank chlorination
- Operational service and maintenance of Water Treatment Plant
- RO Membrane experience Operation
- Maintain performance logs of monitored plant under your operational control
- Perform basic computer skills for log and performance recording
- Able to always liaise with clients professionally
- Adhere to the company confidentiality policies
- Adhere to the company health and safety policies
- Report all matters to the Senior Management.
Rental Coordinator
Airmet Scientific
2012.01
- Develop and maintain relationships with customers via efficient equipment coordination, support and quality of product
- Ensure that all equipment is prepared in accordance with procedures and ready for hire
- Co-ordinate hires and maintains equipment
- Provide advice to customers and technical support to assist with equipment selection
- Efficient use of software systems and knowledge of key account customers
- Ensure adherence to procedures, planning and reporting requirements
- Repairs, clean, calibrate equipment ready for hire.
Process ENGINEER/controller
ACCIONA Trility Joint Venture
2022.04 - 2024.01
- Process control including ordering of chemicals and receiving deliveries, verifying documentation, and liaising with the client on demand and flow change
- Monitoring of all plant performance including all process equipment and responding to plant and process alarms
- Undertake maintenance activities both planned and unplanned
- Project management duties including liaising with suppliers and contractors, procurement of contractors, commissioning, risk assessments
- Conduct sampling and liaise with external laboratory provided as required
- Keep up to date record across all areas
- Safety, Quality and Environment: Ensure ATJV systems for Safety, Quality and Environment are used and that all activities undertaken on site comply with these plans; Actively participate in and drive the continuous improvement of these systems; Ensure that appropriate risk assessment and JSEA’s are developed in line with ATJV’s procedures
- Participate in audit processes to ensure compliance with ATJV plans
- Ensure that good housekeeping practices are maintained at all times; Attend and participate in Safety, Quality, Environmental, Maintenance & Customer Audits or Inspections as invited
- Participate in the training of new Process Controllers
- Plant Commissioning: Assist in the commissioning of new plant and equipment as necessary, including testing of plant equipment and verification of plant performance
- Process Control: Undertake on site analyses and testing to determine plant performance and make adjustments to flow and chemical dosing as appropriate
- Within financial control limits order chemicals, receive deliveries to site and verify documentation, quantities, quality etc
- Undertake periodic stocktakes of chemical quantities
- Liaise with the client on demand and flow changes, quality and on the status of plant and equipment
- Computer (linked to plants by modem) or by attending plant
- Be available to give advice or assistance during out of hours periods from time to time
- Monitoring of Plant Performance: Ensure all aspects of the performance of the process equipment is monitored and recorded
- Respond to plant and process alarms and attempt immediate rectification
- Anticipate equipment failure and take appropriate action
- That is, carry out process troubleshooting and arrange for work to be done to ensure optimisation of plant resources
- Maintain records of resources and continually evaluate plant performance
- Ensure Water Quality records of the plants are maintained and initiate corrective action when adverse trends are detected
- Planned Maintenance: Undertake planned first call maintenance activities on assets where appropriate including mechanical and electrical equipment and calibration of instrumentation
- From CMMS (computerised maintenance management software,) schedule and closeout your own jobs as required
- Liaise with the Asset & Maintenance Coordinator regarding raising Work Orders for specialised contract service requirements
- Attend plants as required to undertake work
- Jobs may require the arranging of items to go offsite for testing
- Make all necessary arrangements
- Complete CMMS job sheets as required
- Raise new CMMS jobs as required for defects found during servicing
- Assist in the review, audit, revision and generation of new service agreements and new routine tasks as required.
Quality assurance officer
Department Of transport
2013.01 - 2021.01
- Auditing vehicle and driver’s application paperwork in a busy environment
- Attend to a diverse range of customers and resolve a broad range of enquiries and transactions that are sometimes complex, demanding and sensitive
- Advise and assess eligibility and process a variety of licence applications and transactions for customers, in accordance with relevant legislative, regulatory and departmental policies and procedures
- Verifies documents that are presented, to ensure compliance for renewal, transfer and variation of motor driver’s and motor vehicle licences and also determine if the requirements are met
- Processes and receipts monies received directly into the licensing database, including allocation funds to clearing accounts and reconciling daily taking in accordance with Departmental financial requirements and Financial Audit and Administration Act.
Environmental Technician
ECS Corporate Pty Ltd.
2012.01 - 2012.01
- Carry out stack test in different methods of sampling
- Providing technical supports to our clients
- Carry out calibration gas detector equipment
- Carry out some analysis in Laboratory
- Sample preparation techniques and working in a laboratory environment.
Water Quality Technical Officer
Energy Resources of Australia – Rio Tinto
2011.01 - 2011.01
- Retrieved water quality data from the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
- Analysed Physical and General Chemistry water quality data using Sigma plot and Excel
- Assessed the compliance of potable water at Ranger Uranium Mine with Australian Drinking Water Guidelines.
Water Quality Technician
Tropical Water Solution
2011.01 - 2011.01
- Operational monitoring of a Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Tertiary Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Prepared, implemented and executed a wide range of water quality sampling programs
- Monitored water quality in Darwin River Reservoir & Manton River Reservoir including compilation of data for scientific evaluation and preparation of operational and monthly technical reports
- Coordinated and executed field sampling programs in remote regions of the Northern Territory including National Parks and other TWS clients
- Aided in project management of ongoing sampling regimes
- Maintained and calibrated various field instruments
- Knowledge, understanding and communication of state environmental legislation throughout Australia
- Knowledge, understanding and communication of state and national environmental regulatory obligations.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering Science - Civil And Structural Engineering
Charles Darwin University
Casuarina, NT09.2024
Associate Degree in Engineering - Civil And Structural
Charles Darwin University
Casuarina, NT04.2024
Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering - Water Treatment And Desalination
Murdoch University
Perth, WA02.2021
Bachelor of Environmental Science - Environmental Management
Charles Darwin University
Casuarina, NT03.2012
Skills
- Client Communication
- Filtration systems
- Site Inspections
- Wastewater Management
- Instrumentation Knowledge
- Environmental Compliance
- Computer-Aided Design
- Reverse osmosis
- Sludge treatment
- Water Treatment Design
Key Skills Profile
Sample collection, monitoring and assessing of potable water, wastewater and sediment samples., Performing basic chemical experiments and following laboratory procedures., Calibrating and cleaning of laboratory apparatus and environmental field sampling equipment, Experienced at managing time and prioritizing tasks to accomplish projects efficiently and meet deadlines., Attentive to detail when performing data entry tasks on both manual and computer-based record systems., IT skills: Ability to use Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), Sigma plot, GIS software, Remote sensing and Microsoft Office packages., Confident and friendly interpersonal skills within a cross cultural setting., Ability to produce reports and deliver presentations to a high professional standard., Excellent analytical ability and numerical competence., Ability to assess options and propose solutions., Researching and selecting relevant information to solve a problem demonstrated through performing laboratory experiments, Analysing issues for underlying causes, assessing options, proposing solutions through testing and monitoring water quality samples through fieldwork undertaken Tropical Water Solutions
Personal Email
Personal email :peterthomas0@icloud.com
Work email: pthomas0@libertyindustrial.com
Driver License
WA CURRENT “C” CLASS
Tickets
- Confined space worker
- Construction Induction White Card
- First Aid card
- Work Safely at Heights Card
- Operate Breathing Apparatus Card
References
Ross Champion
Plant Manager,
Mundaring Water Treatment Plant, PO Box 671 Mundaring, WA, 6073 Australia,
61 8 92901801, +61 437 983 699,
Ross.Champion@atjv.com.au
Chris Krijger, Water Process Operator
MAK WATER COMPANY
0426653228
Venkata LeelaKrishna,
Process Engineer,
Acciona Trility Joint Venture,
0406799917, 0438877244,
venkata.leelakrishna@atjv.com.au
Timeline
Process ENGINEER/controller
ACCIONA Trility Joint Venture
2022.04 - 2024.01
Water Treatment Operator
MAK WATER COMPANY
2021.12
Quality assurance officer
Department Of transport
2013.01 - 2021.01
Rental Coordinator
Airmet Scientific
2012.01
Environmental Technician
ECS Corporate Pty Ltd.
2012.01 - 2012.01
Water Quality Technical Officer
Energy Resources of Australia – Rio Tinto
2011.01 - 2011.01
Water Quality Technician
Tropical Water Solution
2011.01 - 2011.01
Water Treatment Engineer
Gove Refinery Decontamination, Demolition and Disposal Project - Rio Tinto Site at Gove Cloure-Northern Territory
Bachelor of Engineering Science - Civil And Structural Engineering
Charles Darwin University
Associate Degree in Engineering - Civil And Structural
Charles Darwin University
Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering - Water Treatment And Desalination
Murdoch University
Bachelor of Environmental Science - Environmental Management
Charles Darwin University
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