Curriculum Vitae
Ben Grant
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Data Analyst | Electronics R&D Technician | Technical Document Author
Skills overview
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Proactive
Fast learner
Current NV1 Security clearance
Ability to easily give a demonstration on a subject well
understood
Autonomous worker but also work well in a team
Extensive experience using computers and software
Designed and built electrical System for Solar race car
Key Achievements
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Sole electronics system maintainer aboard HMAS Brunei
Senior PCB diagnosis and repair technician
Selected to conduct “Micro Miniature PCB repair” and “Fibre
optic repair” courses
Senior technician aboard HMAS Kanimbla
Received Commanding Officers Commendation
Built “Deepsea Challenger” for James Cameron
Built solar car and raced across Australian outback
Data analysis team leader
Summary:
Ben is a technical analyst consultant with 3 years’ experience in the consulting industry. This has included work on high level projects
from TfNSW and the Australian Defence force involving data analysis and data visualisation on large datasets as well as technical
documentation change management for thousands of documents.
Ben has extensive experience using computers and associated software with high proficiencies in SharePoint as well as all Microsoft
office software including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and Project. This includes understanding and implementing a wide
range of formulas and macros and experience writing VB Script for more detailed macros in excel tools. He has also used numerous
other software and can become proficient on new software very quickly.
Ben is a proactive and fast learner with the ability to easily give a demonstration on a subject well understood. Ben is always looking for
a problem to solve, and then actively working towards the solution that best meets the required objectives. He will continue to investigate
the problem right down to its roots to understand the causes in order to begin developing the most appropriate solution. Ben always
maintains a regular and accurate communication flow to ensure the developed solution is in line with changing requirement.
Professional Experience:
Transport for NSW
Dec 2017 – Present
Lead Rail Timetable
Intelligence Analyst
Beca Pty Ltd
July 2014 – Dec 2017
Professional Consultant
My role at Transport for NSW is to lead a small team of data analysts providing analytical insights into the
workings of the heavy rail network within NSW. This involved responding to requests for analysis from the
public, preparing a response to a news article or any number of varying data analysis related to future
present and previous train timetable versions. My work in this role saw the teams’ technical expertise grow
as I shared my knowledge and experience in data analytics. Our team has become well respected in
providing accurate analysis on a much greater range of enquiries than was previously possible. The team
has also expanded its analysis offering by utilising more advanced data visualisation software such as
Tableau. I have also developed many software tools in Excel to support the wider team which has further
enhanced our analysis offering and increased our internal efficiency.
My role at Beca was above the line Consulting and advisory work including extensive work with the Royal
Australian Navy and Transport for NSW. After my short time sub consulting for Beca, I was offered a fulltime position within the company as a Project Administrator. This shows the confidence the company had
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in me once they saw me in action and were willing in invest in me straight away. Since starting at Beca I
have been part a rapidly growing advisory business for which I am proud to be a part of.
Much of my time spent working with the Navy saw me improving processes & procedures and creating
software tools to automate repetitive tasks and improve business efficiency within the Engineering
Division. One such example was development of an excel tool to automate the creation of thousands of
technical navy documents. This tool saved a significant amount of time and in some cases made tasks
possible that would otherwise take too long to be viable. Another tool I also created managed the entire
document lifecycle from inception to change management, reporting and audit trail management. The
suite of tools created for the Engineering Division have completely changed the way they do business by
improving business efficiency and creating quality, reliable outputs to the fleet.
Whilst working for the navy I was also the “Lead Content Manager” for the fleet headquarters SharePoint
site. As the Defence force had only just migrated their website system to using SharePoint they had limited
expertise in SharePoint and so I assisted by creating the SharePoint site for a number of sub organisations
within the Navy including the Engineering Division and the Operational Seaworthiness Division. It was the
swift implementation of the Engineering division’s SharePoint site that set the example for the rest of the
Navy organisations.
Whilst working with Transport for NSW again saw me create software tools to improve business efficiency.
My first example of this was the creation of a “Technical Specifications Generator” which was designed to
automatically generate technical specifications documents for the 2018 Sydney Trains Timetable. This
excel tool interfaced to a Microsoft Work template and inserted relevant train trip information into separate
tables from a RailSys source file. The major benefit of this tool was the ability to create the Technical
Specification document immediately after the source data was available, saving weeks of effort from
previous techniques. The tool also enabled the easy implementation of amendments to the source data
by simply running the macro again. Another benefit of the tool was that it also identified errors that existed
within the source data file, which were then fed back for correction.
More recently at Transport for NSW I have led a small team to develop another excel based tool to
interrogate a RailTable source file and output various data analysis. During the development of this tool,
we have been able to identify several issues and shortcomings with other tools as well as highlight
previously unknown source data errors and feed those back so they can be corrected. This tool will be
delivered with a full user manual outlining the complete operation of the tool with an insight into how it
operates as adjustments are required.
Sub-Contractor, Beca PL
Mar 2014 – July 2014
Technical Document Author
UWS Solar Car Project
Aug 2012 – Nov 2017
Electrical Team / Project
Manager
At Beca I have expanded my skills on working with technical documents and working with computer
software. I have very quickly integrated myself as part of the team, assisting in various different roles such
as electrical system SME, document author, and technical document quality control. My involvement with
dynamic excel spread sheet documents and macro enabled word documents, added much value to the
team. My fast learner approach and wide skillset has seen me excel in this position.
Since I joined the UWS Solar car project in 2012 I have been an integral team member being heavily
involved with all aspects of the electrical System of the car. My Involvement with the electrical team in the
UWS solar car project is evident with the reliability of the electrical system of the vehicle during the World
Solar Challenge in 2013, having no critical failures throughout the race. Although we only finished 11th,
we had a world class electrical system which performed extremely well during the event. I was a critical
part of the electrical team with my design and production work being at the heart of the electrical team.
Out of this success, I moved into the Project manager position for the next team to prepare the 2015 car.
Due to work commitments I have since chosen to stand down as the project manager and concentrate on
the electrical system design of the car.
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Acheron Project
Jun 2011– Apr 2012
Electronics Technician
I was invited to work on the Acheron Project working for an engineering company employed by film director
James Cameron to design, develop the electrical systems fitted to the submersible “Deepsea Challenger”
to dive to the deepest part of the ocean in 2012. It was here that my Passion for electronics really came
to light with my integration into every part of the electrical system on the submersible. Some of the systems
I became involved with include:
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Battery system
Thruster system
Communication systems (Acoustic and Digital)
3D Camera systems
LED Lighting system
Main electrical Wiring harness
A lot of different design constraints were implemented in the design of the Submersible, giving me a much
wider knowledge for electrical R&D techniques ad undersea electrical systems. Because of my key
position with the team I was also selected as part of the team to accompany the submersible as one of
the electronics maintenance technicians on its voyage to conduct the record breaking dives.
Raytheon Pty Ltd
Apr 2010 – Jun 2011
Training Developer
Royal Australian Navy
Sep 2002 – Apr 2010
Electronics Technician
Digger Thiele Electrical
Jan 1999 – Sep 2002
Electrical Apprentice
My Role at Raytheon involved me working as part of the training development team for the “Air Warfare
Destroyer Project”. I drafted Training Requirement Specifications and used my my technical knowledge
of naval electrical systems to assist others in writing other supporting documentation for the training. My
fast learning with computer systems and quick work with computers also gained me a side job in assisting
the IT department with managing Access databases. I became a central part of the training team, across
many roles and aspects of the training developing lifecycle.
During my career as an Electronics Technician in the Royal Australian Navy, I worked extensively with
many military electrical systems and specialised in Communications and Radio systems. I was a specialist
maintainer from being the only electronics technician on board the ship maintaining all of the electrical
systems, to being in charge of the PCB repair lab which was setup to provide PCB Repair facilities to the
Navy’s electronic equipment. I set a high standard of expertise which caused me to be selected for the
maintenance of experimental systems such as GPS tracking systems and remote control gun systems. I
completed many technical training courses for a wide range of equipment, gaining me a very wide
technical knowledge. Because of my Passion for electronics, I continued to further my personal knowledge
allowing me to excel as the senior technician. My technical expertise also gained me respect of all my
fellow technicians, as I was considered the “go to guy” even for systems I was not the maintainer for. My
work was officially recognised by receiving a “Commanding officers Commendation” in 2009. During the
last 3 years of my service I was promoted to Leading Seaman which saw me take on a team leader role
whilst I served onboard HMAS Kanimbla.
As an electrical apprentice I was proactive with my work and as a result because a very industrious worker.
I was a valuable asset to all tradesmen that I went on jobs with, as well as a valuable worker back at the
workshop. I needed very little supervision, and was able to continue on with new work when needed.
Software Proficiencies:
Engineering
Coding / Analytics
Microsoft
Altium designer
Solidworks
OnShape
Matlab
LT Spice
Eclipse
Multisim
Tableau
Anaconda
Python
R
VBA
C / C++
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Visio
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Project
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Training:
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Partial completion of Electrical Engineering Degree - Macquarie University / UWS
Certificate IV in Electro-technology
Certificate IV in Business (Frontline Management)
Statement of attainment towards Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
First 2 years of Electrical Apprenticeship
Advanced printed circuit board repair course in accordance with IPC-7711, IPC-7721, IPC-610 & J-STD-001 standards
Fibre optic repair course
Kelvin Hughes 1007 Radar Maintenance course
Hazentine IFF Interrogator course
AIMS IFF MK XII Transponder course
Typhoon Weapon System Maintainer course
Toplite Maintainer course
Forklift operator licence
Several E-learning courses for all Microsoft office software
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