Lachlan McKerrowSenior Engineer at SafearthTrainer
Profile
Lachlan McKerrow received his BE(Elec) from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1993. Following graduation he worked in heavy industry where he gained experience in the design, installation and commissioning of power and control systems associated with large bulk material handling plants.
Lachlan joined Ausgrid (formerly Energy Australia) in 1999 and gained experience in all aspects of earthing systems, both within Ausgrid and through external consulting work. His primary focus was the Major Substation Earthing review program which assessed all of the major substations in the Ausgrid franchise in a 15 year period. Externally he worked on projects ranging from mining, aluminium smelters and the instrumentation earthing for the replacement reactor at ANSTO in Sydney.
Lachlan is now a senior engineer with Safearth and has significant experience presenting the Safearth earthing design training courses. His primary area of interest is lightning and the design of lightning protection systems for substations. Outside of engineering he has interests in beer brewing and spending time with his family.