Rayman Ray Adlgostar
Sydney,NSW
Summary
Proven Engineering Manager with a robust background in control systems and a track record of driving innovative solutions at Accenture Australia. Excelled in stakeholder and contractor management, delivering complex projects with a focus on sustainability and efficiency. Skilled in PLC programming and leadership, significantly enhancing project delivery and client satisfaction.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Manager – location lead
Accenture Australia
09.2022 - Current
- Solution architect and solution lead for major projects in mining, utilities and advanced manufacturing
- Leveraging Industrial AI and Gen AI in advanced manufacturing and forming solutions to demonstrate value to clients
- Driving sales origination, business case development and response to proposals for manufacturing clients
- Delivery lead and project management for the complex hybrid teams
- Location lead responsible for career coaching, setting goals and performance reviews
- Appointed to lead the advanced manufacturing initiatives due to the positive feedbacks received from leadership and client
- Recognised by leaders for the outstanding performance in delivering challenging projects in mining
Control Systems Manager
Northwestern Roads
11.2018 - 06.2022
- Leading 16 projects over 3 years with focus on innovation, enhancement and cost cutting
- Managing asset with $48MM replacement cost and delivering projects with total value of $8.7MM
- Design review and risk analysis of the M&E systems including: Fire detection/suppression, ventilation, BMS, HV & LV substations, UPS, HVAC/MVAC, Surveillance and Control System
- Leading procurement activities including bid conference, RFP and SOW for major projects
- Developed electrical and control system strategy for a period of 5 years and proposed changes to system architecture, this activity resulted in maximizing asset life and delayed spending of $3.2MM by 4 yrs
- Leading team of asset management (64,000 sub assets) and lifecycle planning which involved establishing relationship with 17 suppliers and contractors, addition of condition monitoring, MCMM modeling in AMS (Maximo), improving response to faults and enhancing failure reporting and availability (MTTR)
- Lead the data analytic team by creating engineering methods and algorithms to analyze and improve motorway throughput, level of service and breakdowns, rationalizing alarms (reduced nuisance alarms by 65 pct) and enabling reporting of availability and response times to assess O&M contractor’s KPI
- Contractor management including regular review of contract terms and SLA also performance assessment of contractors based on the KPI’s
- Created major capital model based on the asset characteristics and life cycle parameters for major infrastructure
- This model greatly improved visibility for business to provision for replacement/project costs (in scale of $400MM) over the concession period
- This model was assessed and endorsed by external auditor and finance team, presented to senior management and gained board approval
- I developed a suite of High Level summary documents for knowledge sharing and risk assessment in project delivery to provide assurance to the board in relation to asset condition
- This also improved the change management process in responding to defects by 25 pct (acc
- Jira report)
Senior System Engineer
Sage Automation
12.2016 - 11.2018
- Lead Engineer at Sydney Airport, responsible for commissioning and design of Airport Monitoring System (power, lift, water, lighting), working closely with client in leading carbon reduction initiatives
- Technical Lead in Murray Irrigation project responsible for delivery of turnkey solution for irrigation systems
- Motorola RTU’s and Siemens WinCC OA used in this project along with interface to other systems via OPC UA, oracle and SQL
- Led team of 6 engineers, project total value of $950k
- Electrical and System architecture design, developing logic diagrams and concept designs based on client requirement, specifications and electrical standards
- Interviewing new members of the team, planning their work, performance tracking and providing coaching and mentoring
- Providing consultation on new automation solutions and preparing budget estimate on the future jobs
- Responding to Tenders by reviewing tender document, leading RFI processes and preparing proposals
- Being nominated to lead a major project (Murray Irrigation) with the value of nearly a million dollar and lead the team of engineers including other senior engineers
- This was the first installation of the platform in the irrigation industry and was considered as a successful use case for the vendor and integrator
- Delivering outstanding work in one of the most challenging jobs at ANSTO by changing the original design and re-designing the active ventilation system
- This was the controversial part of plant due to the changes to the original consultant design and was key to obtain practical completion and avoiding LD charges
Senior Control System Engineer in projects team
Schneider Electric Australia
09.2008 - 12.2016
- Lead Commissioning engineer leading completion of IST in Equinix and NextDC data centers
- Design engineer (PLC/SCADA/PMS system) in Woolworths (Gemini) and Global switch data center
- Design Lead Engineer in defence projects (Moorebank Units Relocation/Liverpool Military Area) supervising three other engineers with total value of 2.4MM, responsible for design and commissioning of SCADA/PLC/Network Architecture, substation automation, load shedding, power usage metering, control panel and interface to 33/11 KV substations
- Quoting and delivering of enhancement projects for Sydney Water, including design, programming and download to various PLC’s
- Covering 6 sites across NSW as primary point of contact
- Design, testing, verification and commissioning of Schneider PLC, Siemens PLC (S7, TIA portal), Citect SCADA and ClearSCADA system for UncleTobys, Arnotts, Mars Food Australia, Illawarra coal, OneSteel, Rio Tinto and Sydney Water companies
- Changing the design by using newly released hardware (first use case globally in a major project) in a defence project with total value of 2.4 million dollar, this solution improved the project profit by $80,000 in hardware cost whilst enhancing the sequence of event and overall system performance
- Dealing with difficult customers in mining sector and assigned to re-gain their trust, this resulted in client asking for further assistance in upgrading the SCADA and monitoring system across three sites which increased production visibility for site managers and brought in $240k in revenue
Instrumentation Specialist/Control System Engineer
Kerman Tablo Co.
07.2007 - 08.2008
- Head of Instrumentation division in IOOC SCADA project (joint offshore Oil&Gas project with Yokogawa Co.) supervising two junior engineers
- Preparing specification, data sheets, Functional Design Specification (FDS) and Bill of Material (BOM) for Instruments, PLC and F&G systems
- Receipt of offers from suppliers, evaluation, recommendation, and negotiation
- Attending Cause & effect meetings with international companies to discuss the safety in design
- Saving of $65,000 for the project by redesigning the Flow control methods and Control Valve sizing
- Convincing the customer that the proposed solution is practical and safe for implementation
Instrumentation & Control Engineer
Arya Abzar Teb (Tajhiz) Co.
08.2005 - 06.2007
- Visiting the factories to offer technical solutions for instrumentation and control projects in manufacturing
- Preparing technical offer for instrumentation projects
- Programming of PLC and HMI systems
- Programming of PID controllers, setting and calibration of safety barriers, infrared sensors, recorders, Proximities, Humidity
- Identification and modeling of process plants
- Establishing relationship with customers and winning new projects for the company in 3 petrochemical sites with an approximately 70K dollars project value
- Proposing new control algorithms to regulate the flow and level of liquids which resulted in paper publications
- This setup was later deployed in two other university labs and used for R&D projects
Service Engineer - Technical Consultant
PHILIPS Co.
03.2000 - 06.2005
- Troubleshooting and repair of the electronics and other electrical devices (UPS, PC, Drives, etc)
- In charge of installation, commissioning and maintenance of medical equipment
- Troubleshooting and analyzing the electrical circuits of medical equipment systems under pressure and in a limited time, key contributor to on time completion of 2 major installation projects
Education
MSc - Control Engineering
K.N.Toosi University of Technology
07.2006
BSc - Electrical Engineering (Electronics Department)
Amirkabir University of Technology
05.2002
Skills
- Stakeholder management
- Contractor management
- Project delivery guidance
- Strategy development
- Roadmap development
- Innovative solutions
- Sustainable solutions
- Interpersonal skills
- Leadership skills
- Team player
- Influencing team members
- Driving results
- Complex project management
- Resource management
- Budget management
- Time management
- Solution architecture
- Technical background
- Technology focus
- Sustainability focus
- Installation
- Design review
- Commissioning
- Control systems
- Project management
- Asset management
- Safety in design
- Control system expertise
- PLC programming
- SCADA
- Instrumentation
- Industrial communication protocols
- Windows OS
- MS Office
- Networking
- SQL
- Microsoft Project
- Excel (Macros)
- MATLAB Modelling
- Microcontroller programming
- Microprocessor programming
- Assembly programming
- Pascal programming
- Visual Basic
- Python
Certificatesandexpertise
- Charted Status Professional Engineer
- Project management professional PMP (Above Target grades in all three categories - 08/22)
- Asset Management for engineering/ Implementing safety in design by Engineers Australia
- System Architect Expert and PlantStruxure certified (certification by Schneider Electric)
- Certificate in Motor Control, soft starters and Variable Speed Drives configuration
- Expert in Control System, PLC (Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider), SCADA, historian & MES, Instrumentation.
- Proficient in Industrial comms protocols (OPC, Modbus, Profibus, TCPIP, EthernetIP, …)
Career Overview
I am an experienced technology leader who has led teams of engineers and consultants in delivering turnkey solutions. I have worked in variety of industries including manufacturing, mining, transport (tunnels & open roads), Data Centers, Defence, F&B, Water and Waste Water, and Oil & Gas. In my recent role I have led team of consultants and engineers to deliver industry 4.0 and digital transformation solutions. As solution lead I have a pivotal role in identifying the client pain points and provide the best solution and form the offering and proposals. I have led projects scaling from 100K to 11 million dollars in the capacity of project manager, solution lead, technical lead and engineering manager.
Timeline
Engineering Manager – location lead
Accenture Australia
09.2022 - Current
Control Systems Manager
Northwestern Roads
11.2018 - 06.2022
Senior System Engineer
Sage Automation
12.2016 - 11.2018
Senior Control System Engineer in projects team
Schneider Electric Australia
09.2008 - 12.2016
Instrumentation Specialist/Control System Engineer
Kerman Tablo Co.
07.2007 - 08.2008
Instrumentation & Control Engineer
Arya Abzar Teb (Tajhiz) Co.
08.2005 - 06.2007
Service Engineer - Technical Consultant
PHILIPS Co.
03.2000 - 06.2005
MSc - Control Engineering
K.N.Toosi University of Technology
BSc - Electrical Engineering (Electronics Department)
Amirkabir University of Technology
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