- Industry experience
- 25+ years
- With Purple since
- 2013
- Qualification
- Bachelor of Civil Engineering
- Member of
- Engineers Australia (MIEAust)
Purple Engineering About Alex
Alex Ocean founded Purple Engineering, the Australian company behind Purple Heat Exchangers, and leads its technical sales. He is a civil engineer with more than 25 years in construction and engineering, and has been a member of Engineers Australia (MIEAust) since 2010.
The business grew out of what Alex saw on Western Australian oil and gas projects: work stalling while contractors waited 8 to 14 weeks for equipment to arrive from overseas. In 2013 he started Purple Engineering to hold critical equipment in stock locally so projects could keep moving. Purple Heat Exchangers brings that same approach to thermal equipment, supplying shell and tube, plate and air heat exchangers, industrial heaters, tank heating systems and pressure vessels to industry across Australia.
Alex knows the site end of the job first hand. In Western Australia he worked as a civil engineer with Piletech and the Saipem / Leighton joint venture, and his project work includes the foundations for RAC Arena in Perth and the Albany Entertainment Centre, and the subsea foundations for the jetty at Barrow Island.
A third-generation entrepreneur, Alex launched his first technology venture at 17. He completed a Bachelor of Civil Engineering at the University of Semnan in 2000 and ran his own civil and road construction company before moving to Australia.
Today he leads technical sales alongside CEO Sanoj Chathuranga, with a focus on long-term relationships with customers and with the manufacturers behind the range. He is a committed learner who reads between 50 and 100 books a year.
By growing my business, I'm able to share more of my freedom with the people who join our beautiful team.
Alex Ocean
Purple Engineering Experience & expertise
Career
- Civil EngineerSaipem / Leighton JV
- Civil EngineerPiletech
- Founder & Civil EngineerCanDo Civil & Road
- Founder & ProgrammerData Recovery Clinic
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Civil EngineeringUniversity of Semnan, 2000
- Member, Engineers Australia (MIEAust)Since 2010
Areas of expertise
- Heat exchanger and thermal equipment supply
- Local stockholding of critical equipment
- Sourcing global manufacturers for the Australian market
- Civil and subsea construction
Notable projects
- Design and construction of foundations for RAC Arena, Perth
- Design and construction of foundations for the Albany Entertainment Centre
- Installation of subsea foundations for the jetty at Barrow Island
- Filtration and pipeline equipment supplied to thousands of projects Australia wide
Works across
Part of the Purple Engineering group
One team behind Purple Heat Exchangers and Purple Engineering
Purple Heat Exchangers is part of Purple Engineering Pty Ltd, an Australian supplier of heat exchangers, valves, strainers, industrial filtration and pipe welding equipment. The same team looks after every brand in the group, so your enquiry is handled by people who know the equipment.
