Sunthereswaren (Sunther) Munyandy
Taupo,WKO
Summary
Highly skilled professional in Control Room environment, particularly experienced with SCADA control & monitoring for 13 years in Rail, Water & Power Generation.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Generation Controller
Genesis Energy NZ
09.2023 - Current
- Remote Operations of multiple Hydro generation assets, ensuring safe, compliant and optimized plant generation.
- SCADA monitoring, observation & responding to deviation ensure generation & market requirements are met.
- Optimizing generation with the Trading team through regular communication on daily basis
- Report, log & prioritize all plant related defects to ensure the availability and reliability of generation assets.
- Liaise with Transpower for HV / LV switching for maintenance purpose & for any generation discrepancies.
Control Room Operator – Smart Networks
Watercare Services Ltd NZ
01.2018 - 09.2023
- SCADA Control & Real-Time monitoring (24x7) for the entire network of Water Transmission for Auckland Region which also consists the scope below: Dams & Hydro Operations, Reservoirs, Water & Wastewater Pump Stations, Water Treatment Plants.
- Alarm escalation to respective person & dispatch on-call team for critical work by creating a Work Order in EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) tool.
- Follow strictly any Temporary System Change request from Operations team for a work or a shutdown which may affect the day-to-day Operations.
- Escalate any SCADA alarm related to water quality issues immediately to the Lab team for further investigation.
- Dispatch generators according to the specified size to the critical sites during power outages & liaise with power service provider regarding restoration update.
Manager Rail Support Services
Scomi Rail – Kuala Lumpur & Mumbai
01.2009 - 06.2016
- Testing & Commissioning of the Train Control System (OCC- TCS) & SCADA.
- Coordination with T&C team, managing all testing with Clients & Independent Checking Engineer (ICE) for Depot Equipment.
- As a Lead and responsible for Depot Equipment (DEQ) procurement for Mumbai Project, equipment design requirements, to fulfill contract obligation for Rolling Stock (RST) requirements.
- Responsible as Cost Account Manager for Depot Equipment and manage the budget according to the Contractual Deliverables scope, specifications & requirements including Variation Orders.
- Work according to Project Master Schedule to firm up delivery of Depot Equipment, effective planning and coordination with suppliers / manufacturers.
Satellite Controller
Measat Satellite (Malaysia)
07.2005 - 01.2009
- Satellite’s health monitoring (24x7) via telemetry data in Satellite Operations Centre (SOC).
- Satellite station keeping activities perform command execution from SOC.
- Monitor the modulated carrier/signal with reference of the satellite transponders data.
- Coordination with Network Operation Centre (NOC) to monitor live broadcasting event.
- RF and Baseband equipment monitoring–monitor overall availability; attend to alarms and coordination for restoration.
Rail Operations Control Centre Supervisor
Express Rail Link (ERL) Maintenance & Support (Malaysia)
04.2000 - 06.2005
- Control & Real-Time Monitoring of high-speed train network via Traffic Management System (TMS) in Operations Control Centre (OCC).
- Involved in T&C for nearly 8 months prior commercial operations and implementation of Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) for OCC.
- Supervise Engineering Controller to follow strictly the power switching procedures of the network & safety requirement on the SCADA system from incoming power of 132Kv step down to 25Kv, for Train Operations service.
- Mainline power monitoring & control with SCADA, isolation of power to allow track activities & to energize power for commercial service.
- Knowledge in SAP system and SAPR/3 reporting tools, to produce a fault report or operations related issues.
- Supervised Train Drivers, Shunting movement in Depot & Track Possession activities after revenue hours.
- Coordinate with Maintenance Department for Rolling Stock availability for revenue service.
Technical Specialist - Production Support
Harris Semiconductor (Malaysia)
07.1995 - 03.2000
- Support production and maintenance of test handlers.
- Lead and manages technicians in order to achieve monthly and yearly downtime target and PM standards.
- Coordinating & planning of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of production equipment.
- Provide technical support to production by ensuring equipment and machinery are well maintain and optimized.
- Resolve device miscorrelation and low yield issues and troubleshoot system faults.
- Provide necessary guidance and support for junior technician and operators in order to achieve the department objectives (KPI Targets).
- Involved actively in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), upgrade performance of equipment and solution to minimize downtime.
- Spot Award’ nomination, by achieving on-time delivery to customer & ability to prevent high downtime on the test machines.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration -
Diploma in Electronics Engineering -
Skills
- SAP R3 reporting tool
- Maximo
- EAM (Enterprise Asset Management)
- Microsoft Office
Languages
English
Malay Language
Tamil
References
- Keith Dias, Operations Controller Watercare Services Ltd – Smart Networks, Keith.Dias@water.co.nz
- Spoian Halim, Gate in Officer at KiwiRail, Sopianhalim8168@gmail.com
- AJ Grobller, Operations Controller Watercare Services Ltd - North-Western Headworks, AJ.Grobler@water.co.nz
Timeline
Generation Controller
Genesis Energy NZ
09.2023 - Current
Control Room Operator – Smart Networks
Watercare Services Ltd NZ
01.2018 - 09.2023
Manager Rail Support Services
Scomi Rail – Kuala Lumpur & Mumbai
01.2009 - 06.2016
Satellite Controller
Measat Satellite (Malaysia)
07.2005 - 01.2009
Rail Operations Control Centre Supervisor
Express Rail Link (ERL) Maintenance & Support (Malaysia)
04.2000 - 06.2005
Technical Specialist - Production Support
Harris Semiconductor (Malaysia)
07.1995 - 03.2000
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration -
Diploma in Electronics Engineering -
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