DAVID HALE

BEng Tech

David is proficient in a wide range of process systems, developing strategies from an initial customer specification through to implementation and commissioning.

He has six years experience developing automation solutions for control systems and telemetry applications and has worked in the water, wastewater, oil and gas industries both in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

David is also experienced in both the detailed design of hardware and software for automation systems

Some of David’s more notable projects:

• Control system migration from PLC to DeltaV DCS for the Huia and Ardmore water treatment plants.
• SCADA and telemetry upgrades for Watercare Services pump stations including the design and commissioning of local panel mounted InTouch SCADA nodes.
• Automation, MCC and electrical design of Thermal Hydrolysis Plant for a major wastewater treatment station in Aberdeen, Scotland.
• Various Telemetry upgrade projects for Thames Water, England.
• Implementation of an HMI and control system for a Shell GTL plant. As part of this project, he automated the creation of over 2000 graphics and typical control modules for the Honeywell Experion PKS Platform.

RAOUL VILJOEN

BSc Elec Eng, MBA, MIPENZ

Raoul uses his 20 years of commissioning, design, project and operational management experience to direct and deliver multi-disciplinary projects in a number of sectors and countries.

Recent operational management in the Telecommunications sector is particularly relevant to facilities projects where Raoul was responsible for a number of large complexes in New Zealand, including around 12,000 m2 of Datacenter and telecommunication equipment space and supporting infrastructure.

This period saw the implementation of a number of highly intrusive infrastructure projects in an environment that needed to continue operating 24×7.

Four years of capital and strategic planning in the Water and Wastewater sector, 5 years managing an IT team and 5 years commissioning, designing and project managing industrial installations also contribute to Raoul’s broad management and technical experience.

The following projects reflect some key implementation experiences and sector competencies:

• Systems projects, including a Computerised Maintenance Management System for Spark New Zealand, two SAP implementations and a quality tracking system implementation for the South African Breweries.
• Operational management initiatives, including the negotiation of multi-year maintenance management contracts, energy supply contracts and organisational restructuring in a corporate demerger.
• Communications and control technology projects, including the replacement and upgrade of radio telecommunications networks and control & automation systems in the Auckland water and wastewater infrastructure.
• Multi-disciplinary facilities projects, including the construction of two 300 rack Tier 3 datacenters and a number of smaller data centers. Diesel generator, central chiller, large UPS and DC systems implementations in an operational telecommunications infrastructure.
• Industrial control projects, including the replacement of a brewing batch control system in Africa, materials handling for a steel mill in Qatar, and the design, installation and commissioning of specialised high voltage Static VAR Compensator controller with a German project team. Other industrial projects include the electrical, control system and instrumentation replacement of a cement ball mill, a steel temper mill and the greenfields installation of a cement roller press mill.
• Programme management relating to multiple concurrent ‘Business as Usual’ projects for New Zealand’s largest Telco.

Raoul holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration, alongside a Diploma in Project Management. He is a registered member of the Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand.

MARTIN MA

ME Mechatronics, BE (Hons.) Mechatronics

Martin has had 9 years experience working in the engineering profession, primarily dealing with water and wastewater industries but more recently has been branching into the petro-chemical and power industries.

He has comprehensive knowledge of Aveva’s (formerly Wonderware) System Platform SCADA package; experience gained through several major projects involving upgrading council SCADA systems from older systems such as iFix, Citect and InTouch to System Platform or more commonly ArchestrA.

In addition to his SCADA expertise, he has worked extensively with Kingfisher RTUs and Allen-Bradley PLCs. And is very familiar with many common industrial protocols such as DNP3, ABCIP, Modbus, etc.

Major projects include:

• Development and commissioning SCADA systems for Greymouth Petroleum Ltd.
• Development and implementation of a comprehensive reporting system (Dream Reports) and manual data entry system for production and efficiency reporting.
• Development and commissioning of council water and wastewater SCADA systems to System Platform; including Hauraki District Council, Palmerston North City Council, Christchurch City Council and Watercare (Auckland City Council).
• Software development and commissioning of water and wastewater facilities for Watercare and other private civil contractors using Kingfisher RTUs and Allen-Bradley PLCs.
• Investigation of DNP3 viability for Christchurch City Council telemetry network.

Allan Graham

BE Mechatronic (Hons)

Allan has 8 years experience in the Engineering profession; working on a broad range of projects both in New Zealand and abroad in the UK.

Allan’s extensive experienced includes implemention of AVEVA’s System Platform SCADA and PLC (Rockwell Allen-Bradley family) software design work – stemming from a varied selection of projects.

Allan has worked extensively with Allen-Bradley PLCs and is very familiar with many common industrial protocols such as DNP3, ABCIP, Modbus, etc.

Major projects include:

• PLC and SCADA development of a new membrane Wastewater plant in Te Kauwhata
• PLC software modifications, SCADA design and commissioning for multiple gas production plants in New Plymouth for Greymouth Petroleum
• SCADA upgrade design and commissioning from AVEVA InTouch to System Platform for Waikato District Council.
• Addition of new sites to Christchurch City Council’s System Platform SCADA system and commissioning of 25 lift pump stations containing Flygt Pump Controllers and Moxa RTUs

KONRAD SEYFARTH

BEng (Hons.) Mechatronics

Certificate Project Management

Konrad qualified as a toolmaker and has 10 years’ experience in a high-tech CNC machining environment where he gained valuable management and organizational skills in addition to his main activities of Design, CNC programming, Manufacturing and Quality Control.

In 2012 Konrad enrolled at Curtin University in Perth WA, for the 4-year Mechatronic Engineering degree, followed by a post-graduate Certificate in Project Management, also at Curtin. Konrad’s final year “Assisted Finger Orthosis” project won first prize in the 2015 Curtin Commercial Innovation award.

Since joining ControlWeb, Konrad has gained hands-on experience and knowledge from working alongside industry experts, as a control system engineer.

Over the last two and a half years Konrad has become proficient in DeltaV and has been involved in various projects, including:

• Development and commissioning of a control system at the new Warkworth water treatment plant
• Development, implementation and integration of the new de-sludging system at Ardmore water treatment plant, including the migration from their old system on the live plant
• Improvements to the control system software from upgrades at Waikato water treatment plant