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Conor McNamee

Conor McNamee

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Project Manager at Saudi Aramco

  • Education

    • Engineers Ireland

      2012 - 2012
      Chartered Engineer C.Eng

    • Dublin Institute of Technology

      2004 - 2008
      Mechanical Engineering Engineering First Class Honours

      Final Year Project:Design of worlds first hermetically sealed wave energy converter without any external moving parts.Included build of custom wave test tank and wave generator.

    • Harvard University

      -
      Certificate Law

      Activities and Societies: Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract

    • Engineering College of Aarhus

      2008 - 2008
      Extended industrial introdcution Wind Turbines

      Best mechanical solution to gearbox.

  • Experience

    • EirGrid

      Jun 2008 - Mar 2016

      Cable Asset Manager for the East West Interconnector (EWIC).The EastWest Interconnector is a 500 MW HVDC link connecting the Irish and UK national grids. It is the largest voltage sourced conversion High Voltage Direct Current scheme currently in operation in the world today.Responsibilities:- Management of the 260 km of high voltage HVAC and HVDC cables on EWIC. (Value: ~300m euro)- Contract Management: Management of a suite of contracts associated with the EWIC cable assets. -Leading full public procurement tenders, associated interview and tender evaluations up-to OJEU level.- Managing a team of contractors responsible for processing the day-to-day close proximity civil works (B4UDig activities) next to the live HVDC cables on the 70 km of the EWIC land route.- Engaging in proactive stakeholder engagement with project developers, local Councils, Government Departments and Energy Regulators on a daily basis.- Management of unique cables spares depot in Liverpool docks- Management of contractors & consultants- Cable budget and training management Show less Responsible for the expansion, procurement, calibration, installation and upkeep of Disturbance Recorders on the HV transmission network. This includes the retrofitting of new devices in place of failed legacy devices.Drafting, executing and reporting on switching plans at HV sub-stations. Including relay trip testing, interlocking, signal verification and verifying the correct mechanical operation of plant.HV transmission fault investigation using ABB, Toshiba and Siemens fault records; Includes the use of SIGRE, CAP540, SMSBase, Excel and VBA scripting.Other duties include set-up of remote interrogation to Siemens V3 and V4 relays over both Ethernet and dial-up, protection signal testing with Areva SCADA system, setting up numerical relays in laboratory for testing, calculation of fault levels at new sub-station sites ahead of earth grid design and generation of harmonics reports. Show less

      • Commercial Manager

        Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

      • Senior Lead Engineer

        Sept 2012 - Dec 2015

      • Senior Protection Engineer

        Nov 2009 - Dec 2012

      • Transmission Client Engineer

        Jun 2008 - Nov 2009

    • Saudi Aramco

      Mar 2016 - now
      Project Manager

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Occupational First Aid

    • Project Management

      Project Management Institute
      Apr 2018
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Conor McNamee
      Engineers Ireland - Project of the year 2013 Engineers Ireland Nov 2013 The completion of the project, from the placing of contracts to commercial operation, took 45 months. It involved 285 contractors and, at its peak, some 30 Irish companies were working on the project. The workforce exceeded 3,700 people, with approximately 2.2 million hours worked. For the marine section, more than 30 vessels were used during the laying of the cable, including cable laying ships, support and guard… Show more The completion of the project, from the placing of contracts to commercial operation, took 45 months. It involved 285 contractors and, at its peak, some 30 Irish companies were working on the project. The workforce exceeded 3,700 people, with approximately 2.2 million hours worked. For the marine section, more than 30 vessels were used during the laying of the cable, including cable laying ships, support and guard vessels.http://www.eirgrid.com/media/EWIC%20Presentation%20-%20Engineering%20Project%20of%20the%20Year%20Category.pdf Show less