A short History

 

 

Employment History:

 

2003 -               Mirak Limited – Solar water heating, domestic/industrial electrician/technician

2001 – 2003      Aucom Electronics MV engineer

1996 - 2001       ABB electrical fitter/technician  

1991 - 1996       Lazer Tech electrical fitter

1989 - 1991       ECNZ electrical fitter

1985 - 1989       NZCE Electrical fitting apprentice

 

Profile Summary:

 

Martin Perry has 24 years experience across a wide range of fields in the electrical industry. His training started as an NZED apprentice in 1985. Sub station and power station electrical fitting work evolved into a more technical role with ABB. Aucom allowed Martin to finish his NZCE, develop project management skills and gain a good grounding in the power electronic and micro controller fields. Martin started Mirak Ltd in 2003 for the purpose of developing and selling a NZ built solar water heating solution. This has evolved to include an electrical contracting business.

 

 

Record of Experience:

 

Director Mirak Ltd

 

Martin has been a director of Mirak Ltd since 2003. Some of the work completed during this time includes:

 

·          Design, standards testing, market analysis, & sales of solar water heating systems. Approximately 40 systems installed to date.

 

·          Split system heat pump/air conditioning specification, sales, installation & service

 

·          New home electrical specification & installation

 

·          Various motor starting projects including equipment specification, installation, fault finding & repair, & commissioning

 

·          Small PLC projects, Web site design & build, technical consulting for other electrical contractors, equipment sourcing trips to China

 

 

MV Engineer

 

Martin worked for Aucom electronics, a major NZ electronics exporter for 3 years from 2001. Work completed for Aucom included:

 

·         Specification, equipment purchasing, installation, & commissioning of an MV test facility. The purpose of the facility was to aid the development of an MV soft starter range – (2.4kV to 13.8kV)

 

·         Design & build various pieces of HV test equipment to aid in the starter development: eg. High voltage withstand tester – 60kVac, HV impulse tester – 90kVpk, various current & voltage measurement devices.

 

·         Assist in the development of the power electronics of the motor starter

 

·         Assemble, lab test, & field test several prototype MV soft starters at a range of voltages

 

·         Complete a marketing study of MV motor starting techniques with practicing MV electrical engineers across New Zealand

 

·         Standards testing of first production starter to UL requirements. Kema HV lab in Philadelphia, USA

 

 

Electrical Fitter/Technician

Martin’s electrical fitting and technician work was across 3 companies, NZED/Electricorp, Lazer Tech, and ABB. Work completed during this time included:

 

·         Power station & substation maintenance for a wide variety of equipment

 

·         Repair and ground up rebuilds of oil filled and dry type transformers

 

·         Standards testing of refurbished transformers, including operating HV test equipment for PD measurement, withstand & induced over voltage testing

 

·         Installation of new power station and substation equipment, including pre commissioning testing

 

·         Various PLC & automation equipment installations

 

·         Industrial maintenance and installation work across a wide variety of industries, both locally & internationally