AB Mandal Ltd - Sydney, NSW
ABM is a successful contracting company specialising in High Tech R&D in Asia-Oceania, providing highly regulated industries in hazardous chemicals & gases for the pharmaceutical industry.
Team Leader & Electrical Engineering Leader - Building Construction Services
I lead the Electrical team in the company’s largest project ($12 million with a $20, 000 functioning cost a day), designing a life safety system for the new Material Sciences & Engineering building from the conception to construction (preliminary design, project estimates & feasibility, specifications, detailed designs, construction supervision).
Achievements:
Orchestrated & scheduled the construction of a life safety system to detect toxic gas & oxygen depletion in a 6-storey building for 75 laboratories
Spearheaded the design of 5 complex prototypes and expanded to 83 individual electrical panels using AUTOCAD
Coordinated & assessed the activity of 5 Engineers & Technicians (on site & office-based)
Inspected construction on site & supervised construction (logistic)
Checked Electrical designs & completed 3 total proof-readings of the system
Submitted & issued designs for construction
Streamlined the process the 1st month, which saved my team 20 man-hours each following month & reduced errors on design files by 15%
Managed financial costs & reduced costs by merging Electrical panels together ($500 per unit*30 labs with oxygen sensors)
Performed work under high time pressure with tight deadlines
Negotiated deals for high volumes purchases (Toxic Gas Monitoring systems, oxygen depletion detectors, UPS, Junction Box, Relays, Cables, Cable trays)
Supervised Electrical panels’ completion with the manufacturer
Diagnosed project requirements according to Australian Standards
Shaped the Ethernet Profibus network
Designed the power distribution & the control systems for the 6 levels & performed a highly detailed cable schedule (500+ individual tags)