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Entura welcomes new Senior Principal, Hydropower, Flavio Campos to the team

August 8, 2024

Entura is pleased to announce the appointment of internationally renowned civil and hydropower engineer, Flavio Campos, as Senior Principal, Hydropower.

Flavio is already supervising construction on the Genex Kidston PHES project in Queensland and has joined the Entura team on the Tarraleah upgrade as part of Hydro Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation program.

Flavio Campos (left) at the Tarraleah Upgrade project site with Anthony Hills, Hydro Tasmania’s Senior Site Manager

Originally from Brazil and graduating from the prestigious Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA), Flavio has worked around the world on significant and important hydropower projects ranging in size and form, from 4,125MW projects to a small plant of 30MW.

He has worked in Tanzania, Laos, Panama, Canada, Chile, and China, and also holds a Chartered Professional Engineer accreditation from Engineers Australia.

Speaking about his most recent project in Sri Lanka, Flavio said: “Even if they’re smaller projects, they often have the same complexity. There can be interesting challenges if resourcing is stretched or hard to come by.”

If there is anyone who loves a challenge, it’s Flavio. He points out that one of his strengths is to see the bigger picture first. He takes time to understand the challenges, see risks and opportunities and works with project teams to find the best solutions.

It’s Flavio’s desire to learn about new aspects of the hydropower industry that drew him to Entura. He came across Entura’s pumped hydro atlas at a conference in the US, and after taking a short trip to Australia to learn more, he felt the pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project opportunities here were too good to miss.

“These projects are very demanding and I want to use all my skills to ensure their success. I like to be on the cutting edge and am always looking to challenge myself. I have this accumulated knowledge and want to use it,” he said.

Along with his years of practical knowledge comes the desire to pass it to the next generation of engineers. “I love to coach younger professionals and pass my knowledge to them,” he said.

It must run in the family: his father is a mechanical engineer, and his second daughter is a civil engineer. “I didn’t push her,” he said, “she told me at the last minute that she wanted to pursue this career. It’s nice.”

Entura’s Senior Principal, Hydropower, is a technical leadership position in hydropower and across the broader business. It is influential with a range of project stakeholders and supports the growth and development of others, while contributing to shaping the strategic direction of Entura.