Robert Ceic BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (MECHANICAL) Australian Service Line Leader Power & Renewables

Location Experience , WA, 23 years

Qualifications/Accreditations – Bachelor of Engineering, 2005 – ME (Management), 2011

Key technical skills Memberships – Gas, , diesel fuel combustion – CPEng / MIEAust – Institute Engineers Australia – Fired and Unfired boilers, HRSG’s, Gas Turbines, (NER registered); and Steam Turbines Reciprocating Engines – FAIE – Australian Institute Energy – Utility Solar PV – Power Plant “EPC” Construction – Lenders Engineer – Project Management & Team Management – Client Relationship Management – Market Strategy, business development and opportunity pursuit, thermal and renewable energy

Relevant experience summary Robert is Technical Director and Australian Service Line Leader for Power Generation & Renewable Energy at GHD and responsible for developing, maintaining and profiling GHD’s technical capability and capacity. He has over 23 years of experience in the power industry as a contractor and consultant ranging from project development and design through to construction and operation of various types of power generation facilities in Australia, UK, United States and Indonesia. Robert is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with postgraduate qualifications in Management and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy.

Project experience • Project Manager Battery Compliance Study; • Project Director Collie Pumped Hydro Energy Various Storage pre-FEED Study; Role: Engineering Services Panel Client Relationship • Project Director Coral Bay Hybrid and Programme Manager Protection Study and implementation; Client: Synergy • Project Director various Asset integrity studies and Location: Perth, WA, Australia inspections on operating assets; and Co-ordinating manager for services panel providing • Executive Advisor WEMMR readiness projects. multi-disciplined asset integrity engineering works and sub-contractor management at all coal, gas turbine, wind and solar power stations. 183 MW • Project Director Closure Planning Muja and Role: Project Director Study; Client: Bright Energy Investments Location: Perth, WA, Australia • Project Manager Renewable Energy Hosting Capacity Studies; Proposal Manager and subsequent Project Director for Owners Engineer services. • Project Director Renewables project readiness assessments and risk reviews; • Project Manager Collie Renewable Energy Transformation Feasibility Study;

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Robert Ceic | Australian Service Line Leader Power & Renewables

30 MW Greenough Solar Farm Stage 2 Feasibility Study (CBH) Role: Project Director Feasibility assessment and cost estimate of 3MW Client: Bright Energy Investments biomass cogeneration plant for grain processing Location: Perth, WA, Australia facility. Manager and subsequent Project Director for Owners Engineer services. Geraldton Energy Project (Confidential)

60 MW Solar PV farm in SWIS Technical advisor for 20 MW Waste to Energy development project. Responsible for liaison with Role: Project Developer Western Power & OEM’s. Client: Confidential Location: Perth, WA, Australia Generator License Compliance Auditing Technical Advisor for 60 MW solar PV farm in SWIS. ( Energy, Worsley Alumina, ) Southdown Joint Venture Power Supply Development Concurrent license audits of cogeneration and gas turbine plant for various assets owners in SWIS in Role: Project Director accordance with ERA regulatory framework. Client: Grange Resources Location: Perth, WA, Australia Pilbara Power Project () Project Director and executive advisor for 120 MW power plant development for magnetite mine in SW Lead technical advisor and GHD team lead for power- WA. island and balance of plant RFT development and tender response review for 150 MW gas fired power DeGrussa Solar Project project based on LM6000 gas turbines and IHI HRSG’s. Role: Construction Superintendent Client: Neoen Onslow Power Station Concept Development Location: Perth, WA, Australia (Chevron Corp) Construction superintendency of 16 MW solar hybrid battery plant at Degrussa Copper mine. Technical and commercial development of the Onslow gas fired plant, gas pipeline and HV infrastructure East Kimberly System Strategy Blueprint including representation on Chevrons behalf during discussions with WA state utilities and OEM’s. Project Role: Project Manager (on Secondment) will support a desalination plant and a large-scale Client: Horizon Power industrial precinct near Onslow as part of the Location: Perth, WA, Australia Wheatstone LNG project. Business case development and options study for enhancing reliability of the East Kimberly Regional QAL Cogeneration Plant Technical Review System grid transmission and generation capability which includes the Ord River 30 MW Hydroelectric (Rio Tinto Alcan) Power Scheme. Independent review of EPCM’s technical specification for HRSG, balance of plant and the EPC contract as Public Utilities and Mining Projects part of RTA risk mitigation strategy. Role: Various including Technical Advisor, Project Study Manager and Project Director Cadia Gold Mine Energy Storage and Hybrid Client: Various Generation Study (Newcrest Mining) Location: Perth, WA, Australia Project Study Manager for investigation into proposed renewable energy generation and battery energy Carnarvon Augmentation Project (Horizon storage business case and technology options. Power) Closure planning of redundant power station and Ulverstone 8 MW Cogeneration Plant programme of enhancement and improvement works Commissioning (Simplot Australia) at newly commissioned diesel and gas power station. Acting as project director for site and desktop review LRMC Cost Modelling (Public Utilities Office) activities supporting the Owners commissioning team. Desktop cost model and public report for new entrant Climate Change Adaption Study (CLP thermal and renewable technologies in SWIS. Holdings) Review of technical solutions for coal fired and gas fired power plant(s) in client portfolio to manage effects

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Robert Ceic | Australian Service Line Leader Power & Renewables of climate change and de risk power station • Power Plant Expansion Whyalla Steelworks operations. (Onesteel) • Biomass Concept Design () ESKOM Build Programme Independent Review (DPE South Africa) • Appin & Tower Mine Waste Gas Feasibility Study (Energy Developments Limited) Supporting the construction review and project • Western Sydney Gas Peaking Plant (Snowy performance benchmarking in conjunction with Hydro) Johannesburg Office of 4800 MW Medupi and Kusile coal fired projects and Ingula pumped storage scheme • Project Engineer / Mechanical Design Engineer / for National Government department. Engineering Cadetship • Alstom Power | Jan 2000 – Dec 2006 Gas Turbine Development Portfolio () Career history Client contact and interface responsible for managing 2013 - present GHD, Australian Service Line engineering resources, budget and services contract Leader Power & Renewables for development, definition and technical appraisal of Quarantine 2 OCGT, Kerrawary 1000MW OCGT and Jan 2012 – Mar AECOM, Manager Power Darling Downs 2 OCGT expansion projects. 2013 Generation/Principal Engineer 2007 - 2011 Parsons Brinckerhoff, Project Kerrawary 1,000 MW OCGT Concept Manager Validation (Origin Energy) 1996 - 2006 Alstom Power, Project Assessment of proposed site layout, utility Engineer/Mechanical Design connections, logistics suitability water supply, noise Engineer/Engineering and development approval requirements. Cadetship/Design Technician

NSW CCGT Feasibility Study (Santos Ltd) Study of proposed green-field sites for 500–1500 MW block CCGT plants in NSW and VIC. Co-ordination of multi-disciplined engineering team; all consultation with NSW Department of Planning, gas and HV utilities; managing relationships with equipment suppliers, constructors and industrial landowners; fieldwork investigations; directing emissions modelling, thermal performance modelling and plant layout and technical input into business case.

Ravensthorpe Power Plant WA (FQM Ltd) FIFO Project Manager responsible for validation engineering, team safety and site commissioning of mothballed 54 MW diesel boiler and steam turbine plant for FQM Nickel Australia. Key activities included cold and hot commissioning, piping design and balance of plant equipment verification to ensure reliable return to service of plant.

Additional Project Experience: • NSW Power Privatisation 2010 (TRUenergy) • NSW (Confidential Bank) • NSW (Norske Hydro) • Cawse Nickel Mine Power Plant (Alinta) • Worsley Multi Fuel Cogeneration Plant (Various) • Uranquinty Power Station (BOS) • (NAB) • SCP Project Port Kembla Steelworks (Bluescope Steel)

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