Stephen Antoon

Experience

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  Transgrid

  Jan 2007 - now

  - AER Market Impact of Transmission Congestion Incentive Scheme performance analysis and reporting.- AER Service Target Performance Incentive Scheme performance analysis and reporting.- AER Incentive Scheme exclusion submissions.- Determination of Energy Not Supplied quantities for forced and/or emergency outages.- Quarterly Asset Performance Review process.- Substation security asset management.- Equipment outage impact assessment on regulatory incentive schemes.- Network outage planning and risk analysis.- Network performance benchmarking (including AER RINs, ITOMS).- Reliability analysis and standards development.- Failure Mode, Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA)- Risk modelling for equipment failure.- Risk sensitivity analysis. Show less - Preparation and reviewal of Design and Construct Project specification documents.- Development of improved automated substation automation routines.- Administration of corporate Substation Automation System SQL database.- Training and mentoring staff on the development of substation control systems.- Developing and improving design standards.- Project progress dashboard reporting to management.- Managing design contractors by monitoring monthly progress, assessing invoices / variation orders, and overseeing quality control.- Investigation of new control systems technology.- Management of a small team of Professional Engineers to deliver projects to the required time, budget, and quality standards.- Preparation of Connection Agreements with bodies external to TransGrid. Show less - Preparation and reviewal of transmission level (up to 500kV) Substation Secondary System design drawings, including control, market metering, LVAC/DC, and protection systems.- Identifying project risks, performing risk assesments, and making recommendations to project managers.- Configuration of transmission level Substation Automation Systems, including Remote Terminal Units, Data Concentrators, and Human Machine Interfaces (Logica and Serck devices).- Undertaking and witnessing Factory Acceptance Testing for Substation Automation Systems.- Preparation of control system scoping documents for capital and operational projects.- Providing site support for commissioning, troubleshooting and rectifying issues with Substation Automation Systems- Production of technical documentation and procedures.- Conducting OH&S inspections of test laboratory and office workspaces. Show less - Preparing and reviewing grid Operating Manuals (OMs).- Carrying out load flow and transient stability studies via simulation software to determine and publish transmission system constraints, and determine power demand thresholds requiring non-standard substation operating arrangements.- Maintaining the electrical transmission grid model in the simulation software in response to system developments.- Investigation of Demand Side Management offers from TransGrid customers participating in the Demand Side Management scheme administered by TransGrid.- Contributing to the successful implementation of the 2008 TransGrid Demand Side Management scheme by performing simulation studies to determine the state-wide power demand required to initiate such action. Show less

  • Senior Asset Strategy Engineer

    Aug 2013 - now

  • Senior Control & Auxiliary Systems Design Engineer

    Apr 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Secondary Systems Engineer

    Jan 2009 - Apr 2012

  • Graduate Engineer

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2009