Ali Taheri
Director | Project Advisor
Eighteen years’ experience in the energy industry leading projects, businesses and teams.
An experienced leader and electrical engineer with expertise in project management, organisational change and process improvement.
Has led and delivered a variety of projects in industries such as power utility, manufacturing, mining and water.
Capability
Key skills
Education and professional development
Education and professional development
- Project management
- Process improvement
- Stakeholder and change management
- Data and control system programming (SCADA and PLC)
- Secondary electrical system design
- Testing and commissioning
- Asset management
- Risk management
- Senior leadership
Education and professional development
Education and professional development
Education and professional development
- Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering (Honours)
- Masters of Business Administration
- Formal training in project management, leadership, business performance improvement and negotiation
- Formal training in control systems
- Institution of Engineers Australia Member (MIEAust)
Work examples
- Led Entura’s Hydropower and Headworks Group, including multi-disciplinary teams of civil, dams, hydropower and mechanical engineers completing projects for a broad range of clients in a commercial environment
- Led team of design engineers and drafters delivering secondary electrical systems upgrades across Hydro Tasmania power stations, including:
- Electrical design leader for design integration and implementation of secondary systems upgrade at Meadowbank with a value of ~$1.7M
- Electrical design leader for design integration and implementation of secondary systems upgrade at Cethana with value of ~$2M
- Designed and implemented a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and process for C5 Pro-Solutions
- Developed an optimised process for planning and managing Hydro Tasmania’s Asset Strategy and Risk programme of work
- Led engineering design, development, implementation, testing, commissioning and project management of control and protection system projects for hydro dams, electricity utilities, resources and manufacturing industries. Including:
- Detailed design of Control and SCADA systems for electricity utilities
- Design, implementation and commissioning of control and SCADA system for the main portal conveyor at Newcrest’s Ridgeway gold mine
- Completing $2M project implementing a robotic palletising and pallet handling system for Sanitarium’s Berkeley Vale factory
- Oversaw development of Hydro Tasmania’s Strategic Asset Management Plan
- Developed and delivered electrical asset and infrastructure risk management plans and engineering responses
Previous experience
C5 Pro Solutions - Chief Executive Officer
Entura - Group Manager - Hydropower and Headworks
Hydro Tasmania - Team Manager - Mechanical and Electrical
Hydro Tasmania - Portfolio Risk Manager Electrical
Hydro Tasmania - Senior Electrical Engineer
Entura - Electrical Engineer
Visy Automation - Control Systems Engineer
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