Elliot Lewis

Resume

Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical), First Class Honours
The University of Adelaide

Melbourne Water – Senior Proccess Egnineer, Strategic Planning
Mar 2025 – Current | Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne Water – Senior Service Planner, ETP Service Programs
Aug 2023 – Mar 2025 | Melbourne, Australia

Development and ownership of investment programs.
Preparation of major business cases for infrastructure upgrades ranging from $100M to $1.1B. Significant stakeholder management, investment briefings and technical communication across the business. Management of consultants and conctractors for concept design and investigations.
Establishment and leadership of a Community of Practice specialising in technical process/chemical engineering.
Incident response team and interim risk management plans.
Development of the Prioritisation Investment Framework, Investment Logic Mapping, State of the Assets, and Program Reviews

Jacobs – Process Engineer and Project Manager
Jan 2022 – Aug 2023 | Melbourne, Australia

Consulting engineer and project manager for technical services, strategic advisory and policy.
Management of a multidisciplinary team across various sites and offices in Victoria. Leading complex projects with multiple stakeholder interfaces.
Accurate and timely project financial reporting/forecasting across both Jacobs and its joint ventures.

Severn Trent – Senior Process Design Engineer
Nov 2020 – Oct 2021 | Coventry, United Kingdom

Contribution to Severn Trent’s 5 year asset planning function for wastewater treatment (AMP6 and AMP7), having written countless business cases (Process Options Reports and Process Design Reports).
Design and implementation of novel and innovative process units
Owner of the design standards for biological phosphorus removal and secondary treatment (design manuals).
Principal commissioning engineer for high-profile, high-risk projects including some of the UK’s first Nereda plants.

Severn Trent – Process Design Engineer
Oct 2018 – Nov 2020 | Warwick, United Kingdom

Optioneering and detailed design for wastewater and sludge treatment a vast range of treatment plant (or works, as they are known). From large activated sludge plants, trickling filters, rotating biological contactors, reed beds and lagoons.
Process modelling of both existing and new treatment works using GPSX.
Large data analysis for investigating and refining design standards across the company.
Pioneering the design and treatment of Hazardous Substances (emerging contaminant) at full scale. Managed the contaminant sampling programme.
Process advice to operational teams.
Contractor engagement throughout the delivery and commissioning

ECOtek Water Systems – Process Engineer
Jan 2017 – Sep 2018 | Adelaide, Australia

Tendering, proposal writing, sales, and technical support for contract writing.
Engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and operation of water and wastewater treatment plants for both industrial and domestic clients.
Research, development, and commercialisation for proprietary electrocoagulation technology. Specialising in heavy metals removal, PFAS/PFOA, PPCPs and aluminium fluorosilicates.
Fly-in fly-out to Newcastle NSW, Mount Isa QLD, Mount Magnet WA, Yalata SA and various other locations across Australia.

Grizzly Energy Services – Field Engineer
Nov 2015 – Dec 2016 | Moomba, Australia

Management of field teams operating high risk heavy plant.
Well experiments, fixed and mobile plant design, construction and operation of oil and gas processes. Designing equipment to operate on well stimulation rigs, drilling rigs, workover rigs, and remote satellite plants.
Design, construction and operation of wastewater treatment utilising chemical and physical processes for produced water, drilling fluids and well lubrication fluids.

Werribee River Association – Deputy Chair
Oct 2025 – Present

Venture Club – Hiking Instructor
2011 – 2015

Soccer Coach, Rowing Coach