Prosple Profiles

Project Management requires good organisation skills and the ability to prioritise tasks according to their requirements.

Since it will be challenging to remember the things we did over the previous days or months, so keeping a record of site activities is a good habit to get into.

The reconfiguration work begins. All physical work at Transpower’s sites is done by contracted service providers. Transpower’s service providers have a depth of technical and practical experience. It’s great learning from them.

As it is nearing the end of the month, I am sitting with my manager to go over the monthly expenses for all Waka Kotahi disposal jobs in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions and establish budgets for the following month. This is an exciting job to do as it allows me to get an overview of all the current projects and understand the financial side of the work that I do.

I am the investment owner for several local transformer and switchgear replacements, so I need to confirm some scopes of works and iron out some design details before requesting for funds to be released.

My role is to clearly define any design clarifications to the crew as well as ensure that the correct steel sections with the correct lengths/dimensions are installed at the appropriate locations.

I love getting out on site as much as possible and it’s also really good for me to keep up with learning about the practical side of construction in addition to the technical side.

Chris Johnson studied ​a ​Mechanical Engineering/Commerce (Finance) ​at University of New South Wales in 2017, and is now a Junior Project Engineer at Schneider Electric.