Principal Control Systems Engineer & Project Manager B.E. (Hons), M.E. | Industrial Automation, Utilities & Major Capital Delivery
Technical leader and project manager specialising in the end-to-end delivery of complex capital works, automation upgrades, and major industrial infrastructure within live, safety-critical facilities. Over 30 years bridging high-level strategic governance and hands-on execution across site-wide utility and process networks - including power, steam, water, and BESS collector stations - within major hazard facilities (MHF) and utility-scale renewable energy assets.
A selection of major control system migrations, SCADA integration deliverables, and utility-scale automation projects executed across live, safety-critical assets.
Authored Functional Design Specifications (FDS), signal list maps, and SEL RTAC configurations for the 250 MW / 500 MWh Gnarwarre BESS collector station. Conducted technical design reviews for Ignition SCADA developments and substation HMI packages against operating plant requirements.
Led the complete migration of shared site utilities (effluent, stormwater, town water, and electrical substations) from Qenos to Ixom systems at Botany Industrial Park. Delivered under time and under budget, enabling Qenos site closure while earning executive commendations across both organisations.
Directed site-wide control system migrations as Principal Control Systems Engineer across live, safety-critical assets at the Qenos Botany petrochemical facility. Managed end-to-end scope, system architecture upgrades, cutover planning, and commissioning with zero unplanned operational downtime.
Engineered a bespoke communications interface between GE Mark V gas turbine controllers and the central Foxboro I/A DCS at CS Energy's Mica Creek Power Station. Consolidated standalone turbine control screens into the central control room environment for unified site monitoring.
Feedback from project directors, engineering executives, and client leads across major capital delivery and industrial automation projects.
I have worked with Terry over many years, most recently during a critical control system migration project that he led from start to finish. This project was successfully completed well ahead of schedule and budget, an outcome that required both a high level of technical expertise, as well as exceptional leadership, planning, and stakeholder management. Terry is a person of strong character and integrity and I have no hesitation recommending him for future opportunities, whether in leadership, technical, or project-focused roles.
The most recent example was the transition of Operational control of Qenos assets to IXOM, on a truncated time frame that most stakeholders thought was unrealistic. Not only did Terry achieve the desired outcome, he took the whole team with him believing it was attainable. The project came in under the compressed timeline and within budget & without commissioning delays.
Publicly commended by Lee in front of the entire Qenos Site Utilities team as the best-executed control system migration he had seen in his 40-year career.
Following a successful plant technology trial, Univation Technologies representative Randy conveyed an unsolicited message from the head of their global Advanced Process Control (APC) team during a dinner with senior Qenos executives - stating that he regarded Terry as the best APC engineer across all Univation licensees worldwide.
Following the commissioning of an upgraded supervisory advanced process control (APC) system - delivering closed-loop gas composition control, production rate maximisation, ICA optimisation, and automatic transition control - Paul offered an unsolicited verdict from the reactor console: This is the best $1M Qenos has ever spent.
In his final weeks before retiring after over 40 years at Qenos, Michael remarked that of every project he had worked on across four decades, the Alkatuff DCS Upgrade was the one he enjoyed most - crediting Terry's leadership in entrusting and empowering him with real, high-impact work vital to the project's delivery.
Terry Murphy only came to our school at the beginning of Year 11. However, in the two years he has been here he has made a far greater and more positive impression than many students achieve in six years at the school... He has achieved all this through a great deal of hard work in the classroom, the field and at home. He is a self-motivated individual... I have no hesitation in recommending Terry to any prospective employer as a young man of outstanding character and excellent prospects.
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