Steven James

Experience

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  LyondellBasell

  Jun 1995 - Oct 2012

  Instrument Electrical Technician Team Leader & HV Operator

  I autonomously reported to the Maintenance Manager and was responsible for leading the I/E team in the safe, effective and efficient maintenance of the plant.My responsibilities as Team Leader Represent I/E workshop in daily meetings and focal point for all issues Assisting all other personnel through supportive behaviour and/or actionsManage contractors and other personnel as required to complete workin accordance with the maintenance planEnsuring all regulatory and procedural requirements are fully maintainedPlanning and co-ordinating non-routine and planned shutdownsReport all incidents Assist with Lyondellbasell’s safety case, hazardous area dossier and internal and external audits.Raise, deliberate, implement and review MOC'sWrite, review & implement procedures / JHA'sSAP data entry & parts management, procurement of spares and optimize essential spares inventoryMy responsibilities as an I & E TechnicianAll I/E routine maintenance and problem solving, troubleshooting; identifying issues, and initiating corrective actions on a variety of equipment such as but not limited to - flow, pressure, temperature, level transmitters, gas, smoke & flame detectors, VSD, switchgear, motors, heaters Honeywell DCS - create and or reconfigure, commission & tune loop points.Analyzers routine maintenance ,calibration & repair. Maintain uninterruptable power suppliesMaintain calibration equipmentAuditing assetsHazardous area inspectionsAssist with factory acceptance tests, construction, auditing, commissioning and start up work for the new plant expansions, which included- Gas Chillier unit, - HV compressor- Splitter- Loop reactor- Extruder upgrades- Storage facilities- HV switch room, - DCS & safety manager,- UPS,- Analysers,- Cooling towers. My responsibilities as an HV operatorCreate, review and participate in implementing switching proceduresIssuing access permitsIssuing and be recipient of statement of condition of plant. Show less

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  Chelgrave for Rio Tinto Alcan

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Electrical Instrument Technician

  FIFO Mentoring to other tradesmen. Instrument calibrations & fault finding in cogeneration & digestion plants

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  Eni

  May 2012 - Apr 2014

  Instrument Electrical Technician

  This is a FIFO position requiring me to be a self starter, manage and prioritise day to day activities. Such as all Instrument / Electrical routine maintenance (calibrations / inspections) & breakdown maintenance (fault find, repair / replace) of entire plant. From Offshore Wellhead Platform to Storage Tanks to Single Point Mooring to gas processing, compression, metering & to outside network. This included working on but not limited to Honeywell C 300 DCS, Control builder, Foundation Fieldbus networking and Ametek Moisture analyzer, ABB Gas chromatograph, Solar Taurus 70 Turbines, Waukesha Gas & Diesal Generators,Nitrogen Plant,Water Filtration and Sewage Systems, Honeywell Fire & Gas Systems, Triconex ESD Control,Using Permit to Work Safety System, Developing and or updating procedures & drawings. Generating / implementing MOC's, loop tuning.. SAP data entry & parts management Fire team member & carryout operational / mechanical duties as required. Show less

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  Slade Industries Construction & Commissioning Pty Ltd.

  May 2014 - Jul 2014

  EEHA Inspector

  This was a FIFO position requiring me to carry out EEHA inspections and rectification work at any of the APLNG Gas Processing Plants. Working in all areas on all electrical equipment / instrumentation for the entire site to ensure all work and equipment is upto standard prior to energization.

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  Santos Ltd

  Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

  QA/QC Inspector and Commissioning Technician & Site Supervisor

  This is a FIFO contract role requiring me to be client representative for completions inspections of all instrument, electrical mechanical punchlist items including EEHA issues. Then as the pipeline was accepted as mechanically complete, I became apart of the commissioning team as a site supervisor responsible for the introduction of first gas into 420km, 42” pipeline. Activities included function testing of field equipment, verification of SIL rated safety system and control of gas flows and condition monitoring during initial line pack and introduction of gas to plant flare. Show less

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  E2o Pty Ltd

  Sept 2015 - Feb 2018

  Instrument Technician

  This is a FIFO contract role that requires me to be a part of the Instrumentation Commissioning Team working both day and night shifts. Which requires me to commission any and all instrumentation on site as well as carryout routine and breakdown maintenance. This has included but not limited to checking calibrations, range and alarm settings, equipment actions, alarm functionality, graphic displays, correcting punch list items, raising punch list items, redline mark-ups, fault-finding, EEHA inspections and completing Instrument Test Reports and Field Test Reports. Show less

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  Various

  Mar 2018 - Oct 2018

  Instrument / Electrical Technician & EEHA Inspector

  Shutdown and Inspection work

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  APR Energy

  Nov 2018 - Dec 2019

  Operator / Maintainer & Instrument Electrical Technician

  Operator and Maintainer of 4 x 20MW duel fuel, turbine driven, generators and their auxiliary equipment at Inpex.

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  Viva Energy Australia

  Jun 2020 - Nov 2020

  Instrument / Electrical Technician

  I was employed by Vic-tech for the duration of the MOGAS turnaround as a I/E technician. Which involved repairing, replacing and calibrating various instruments.

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  Snowy Hydro Limited

  Dec 2020 - Dec 2021

  Instrument / Electrical Technician

  Employed by ADX Electrical & Instrumentation to carrying out routine maintenance and repair of 2 160MW gas / diesel generators and associated auxiliary equipment controlled by Siemens and Allen-Bradly PLC’s.

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  HazTech Solutions

  Feb 2022 - Feb 2022

  EEHA Inspector

  Carrying out approximately 70 detailed EEHA Inspections on Compressor 2

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  Lochard Energy

  Mar 2022 - Mar 2022

  Instrument / Electrical Technician

  Employed by Vic-tech to commission and calibrate instruments on Compressor 3 during shutdown.

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  Santos Ltd

  Apr 2022 - May 2022

  Instrument / Electrical Technician

  Employed by Monadelphous to remove and replace various valves and associated equipment during CPF shutdown

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  HazTech Solutions

  Apr 2022 - Apr 2022

  Instrument / Electrical Technician

  ENI Operations were unable to start the crane on the platform so I was part of a team sent to find and resolve all issues with the crane which we were successful in doing.

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  Esso

  Jul 2022 - Nov 2022

  Instrument / Electrical Technician

  I was employed by Condex as a backfill E/I technician and worked as such on 3 different platforms.

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  Viva Energy Australia

  May 2023 - Jun 2023

  Instrument / Electrical Technician

  I was employed by Vic-tech as a I/E technician working on various instrumentation (remove, replace and calibrate) during CDU4 Turnaround.

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  Clough

  Jul 2023 - Nov 2023

  Instrument / Electrical Technician

  I was employed as a casual I/E technician working on various instrumentation and electrical equipment on the CPF platform.

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  Viva Energy Australia

  Apr 2024 - May 2024

  Instrument / Electrical Technician

  I was employed by Vic-tech as a I/E technician working on various instrumentation (remove, replace and calibrate) during Boiler 8 Turnaround.