Kush Maddumarachchi
Christchurch,New Zealand
Summary
Accomplished Principal Electrical Engineer with over 20 years of experience in engineering design consulting, design management, project engineering, project coordination and project management. Kush is also the technical director at Aii Lighting.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Director
Aii Lighting
01.2023 - Current
- Project management and project engineering exterior lighting projects including airport apron lighting, street lighting, car parks, sport field lighting and rail yard lighting
- Lighting design
- Design of electrical reticulation and lighting control specification
- Construction monitoring
- Commissioning.
Lead Electrical Engineer
Aurecon New Zealand Ltd.
09.2022 - 01.2023
- Electrical detailed design, design review, design coordination and electrical specification
- Lead electrical engineer on Metro sport project
- Construction monitoring
Lead Electrical Engineer
TM Consultants Ltd.
04.2021 - 09.2022
- Electrical detailed design, design review, design coordination and electrical specification
- Lighting design
- Design project management
- Tender review, construction monitoring, commissioning and handover
Senior Electrical Engineer
WSP New Zealand Ltd.
06.2016 - 03.2021
- Electrical design lead on large to medium scale building services and infrastructure development projects for Department Corrections New Zealand and Ministry of Education.
- Responsible for completing work and directing others to design, and implement complex systems, solve problems, undertaking investigations, review and analyse/interpret survey information
- Keeping up to date with the electrical regulations, design standards & guidelines, technology advancements, manage information and share information with the team
Senior Electrical Engineer
Aecom Arabia
03.2015 - 06.2016
- Responsible for coordination and review of the designs for the 100MW emergency power station for entire airport, including 132kV substation layout, 13.8kV distribution, 13.8kV interfaces to various facilities, 13.8kV duct routes, generator building and generator floor layout, 13.8kV indoor substation layouts and building services etc
- Engineer responsible for reviewing and coordination of designs for Airfield Lighting Upgrade, Airfield Fuel Hydrant System
- Electrical Design of the T3/T4 terminal upgrade and expansion
- Review of the 13.8kV distribution, 400V distribution, and UPS systems including mission-critical power
- Managed a team of 8-10 QA engineers covering various engineering disciplines
- Work alongside the Design Manager (substation building, airfield upgrade (AFU), fuel line construction) with reviewing design submittals including drawings packages, construction and procurement specifications, material submittals and construction work method statements
- Organize and conduct design review workshops, design meetings to work through design issues to speed up design approval process
- Liaison with various stakeholders including the contractors, General Authority of Civil Aviation (Employer) to facilitate and coordinate various interfaces required for MV feeders, SCADA control, control philosophies etc
- Inspection of the electrical site works to verify that the construction being carried out safely and in accordance with the approved design drawings
- Assist the Design Manager with managing and tracking responses to RFIs, design queries, scope amendments
- Assist the Project Director, Project Manager and Design Manager with technical support and advice by doing research on the specific subject matter and reviewing contractor submittals
- Provide assistance to HSE Manager, Quality Manager and Chief Resident Engineer when required
- Prepare meeting minutes for engineering meeting, interface meetings and engineering workshops.
Electrical Engineer/Project Manager
AECOM, NZ Limited
08.2010 - 02.2014
- Project management and design coordination of multidisciplinary substation design projects including planning, task allocation, task progress tracking, scheduling, scope management, financial management
- Assist the client manage their project risk by undertaking project risk analysis and preparing risk mitigation and risk management matrix
- Detailed design of HV and LV electrical systems including switchgear selection, cable sizing, equipment layout, cable installation details, coordination with other disciplines
- All design was undertaken with a strong focus on safety by design
- Design of earthing systems including earthing bonding design of substations and rail stations
- Prepare design reports, design specifications, procurement specifications, installation method statements, safety plans etc
- Carry out feasibility studies for new substations, modification of existing substations including preparation of construction cost estimates to +/- 10% accuracy, project risk analysis, constructability assessment and project scheduling
- Client and subcontractor relationship management and development
- Tender preparation and bidding of design projects and feasibility studies.
Electrical Engineer
WSP-Parsons Brinckerhoff
06.2006 - 08.2010
- Design of LV and MV distribution systems for hydro and geothermal power plants, and desalination plants
- Building services designs including lighting, emergency lighting for powerhouses, pump stations and road tunnels
- LV and HV cable sizing and selection for various reticulation systems including generating plants, road tunnels and pumping stations
- Fault Studies and Protection coordination studies of LV distribution systems including generating plants and coal mines
- LV protection system design
- Design and review of control and instrumentation for hydro power schemes and desalination plants
- Development of Distributed Control System for hydro power plants
- Detailing of IT requirements for power plants
- Preparation of tender documents including technical specifications and schedules for power station electrical plant
- Transformer condition assessment
- Preparation of bids, cost estimates
- Preparation of construction cost estimates
- Project planning and project management.
Grad. Electrical Engineer
Contact Energy Ltd.
06.2004 - 06.2006
- Conceptual design of distributed control system architecture for Clyde and Roxburgh hydropower plants
- Assisted in preparation of tender specification
- Prepared spillway and sluicegate maintenance procedures
- Designed the dam sump pump controls including sizing of the pumps
- Developed skills and gained knowledge in day-to-day plant operation and maintenance work
- Received valuable training in work authority, work permits and access control etc.
Education
Bach. Eng. (Hons) - Electrical And Computer Engineering
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, NZ04.2004
Diploma - Electronics Technology
Temasek Polytechnic
Singapore11.1999
Skills
- Design of low voltage distribution systems including switchboard, cable sizing, distribution boards, electrical protection
- External lighting design for large to small infrastructure projects
- Design management, design coordination and provide leadership for large scale multidisciplinary engineering design project
- Construction monitoring and construction supervision skills with an eye for quality of installation, safety in design and health & safety
- Technical report writing, technical specification writing and project reporting
Trainingandaccreditations
- AECOM Project Manager Training and accredited PM2 (NZ)
- WSP Project Manager accreditation Tier 2 (NZ)
- Expert user of Microsoft Office Applications
- Expert Power CAD
- Expert in Aconex construction management portal
- Proficient in BIM365
- Lighting design Software (Agi 32, Dialux)
- Hydropower Technology Course, Twizel, New Zealand, 2005
- Practical Power System Protection, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2009
Memberships
- Engineering New Zealand - Membership No. 259986
- Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand
Projectmanagementconsultingskills
- Governance at Programme & Project level
- Pre-Construction Services - Strategic planning /analysis, Consultant & Contractor procurement.
- Project Management office (PMO) - Supporting the project management office with running the satellite projects.
- Development & Design Management, Value Engineering incorporating sustainable construction.
- Project Budgeting, Forecast of Capital expenditure, maximising profitability & cost reporting.
- Programme & Project resource planning & allocations
- Development & Management of Assets / Facilities management strategies & business plans
- Commercial & Risk management - providing resolutions to mitigate the risks
- Quality assurance and Health & safety plans co-ordination/development
Timeline
Technical Director
Aii Lighting
01.2023 - Current
Lead Electrical Engineer
Aurecon New Zealand Ltd.
09.2022 - 01.2023
Lead Electrical Engineer
TM Consultants Ltd.
04.2021 - 09.2022
Senior Electrical Engineer
WSP New Zealand Ltd.
06.2016 - 03.2021
Senior Electrical Engineer
Aecom Arabia
03.2015 - 06.2016
Electrical Engineer/Project Manager
AECOM, NZ Limited
08.2010 - 02.2014
Electrical Engineer
WSP-Parsons Brinckerhoff
06.2006 - 08.2010
Grad. Electrical Engineer
Contact Energy Ltd.
06.2004 - 06.2006
Bach. Eng. (Hons) - Electrical And Computer Engineering
University of Canterbury
Diploma - Electronics Technology
Temasek Polytechnic
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