Akash Mohan

Discipline: Engineering - Mechatronics

Location: Level 43, 680 George Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Contact email or number: akash.mohan@transport.nsw.gov.au, 0435096696

Job title: Graduate Design Engineer - Sydney Metro West

Work experience: I’ve been in the Graduate Program from 2017, where for my first rotation I worked with the Sydney Trains Condition Monitoring and Control Systems teams within Operational Technology. The placement was focused around improving track smarts across the network using technology such as Angle of Attack systems, Break and bearing temperature monitoring systems and TrackIQ Noise Monitoring systems as well as helping improve the reliability and testing of the Dupline Control systems.

My second placement was again with Sydney Trains with the Sydney Metro Program Delivery team within the Future Network Delivery directorate. Here I assisted in project management for deliverables across the Northwest and City & Southwest metro projects working with internal and external stakeholders on key interface touch points of the Sydney Metro projects with the existing Sydney Trains network.

During my time as a graduate, I have also been involved in other programs and opportunities available to Talent Participants, such as the Smart Seeds Innovation Competition, the Future Transport Incubator, the Talent Connect mentoring framework, video content generation for internal and external use, the Young Professionals network within Transport and the Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School Program. I was also recognised as a finalist for the Talent Participant of the Year award for the 2017 Transport Cluster Awards.

What are you looking for in a mentor? I would like a mentor that can help me navigate and plan my future career as an engineer within both the public and private sectors, someone who has experience in project management and can help me build a better network across the industry.