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| Ref # |  | JS10375 |
| Year of birth | | 1952 |
Current Location/Address |
| City or Town | | Bentleigh |
| State | | Victoria |
| Country | | AUSTRALIA |
Permanent/Home Location/Address |
| City or Town | | As above |
| Country | | AUSTRALIA |
Languages |
| Primary Language | | Fluency |
| English | | Read, write and speak fluently |
Nationalities |
| Nationality | | AUSTRALIA |
| Second Nationality | | AUSTRALIA |
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Experience Classification |
| Job Function | | Years Experience |
| Area Engineer | | 10 |
| Control Systems Engineer | | 5 |
| Electrical Engineer | | 20 |
| Project Management | | 6 |
| Project Engineer | | 8 |
| Industry | | Years Experience |
| Oil and Gas | | 20 |
| Mining | | 3 |
| Power | | 4 |
| Water | | 2 |
| Petrochemical - Refinery | | 5 |
Qualifications |
| Highest Qualifications | | Degree |
| Qualification | Subject | Establishment/Country | Year |
| Degree | Electrical Engineering | Technological University Bs. As., Argentina | 1978 |
| HND/Diploma | Electromechanical Technician | Industrial College " J.F. Kennedy", Bs As | 1971 |
Other Qualifications, Memberships, Certification
Recognized by the Institute of Engineers, Australia as "Chartered Professional Engineer".
Member of the Electrical College, Australia.
Senior Member of ISA (Instrument Society of America. |
Computer Skills and Software Used |
| Computer literature |
Work Locations |
| Are you willing to move or relocate? | |
Yes - I will travel domestically
Yes - I will relocate domestically
Yes - I will travel internationally
Yes - I will relocate internationally | |
Availability |
| Start Immediately? | | Available Now |
Ideal Next Job |
| Looking for work in an Engineering or Project Managerial role. Depending the area and timing I would go in a single or married status. |
Required Salary & Conditions |
| Minimum salary USD 20,000 per month plus expenses. |
Employment History |
| Total Years of Work Experience: | | 33 |
| Commenced Full Time Work: | | 1979 |
| Job Title: | | Project Manager |
| Duration | | From : 2010 To: 2012 |
Summary |
Managed and coordinated Brownfield and Greenfield, CAPEX, OPEX multidiscipline projects from pre-feasibility studies to project completion for the process continuous industry, particularly in the resources and infrastructure.
Earlier experience in the design and construction areas, as an Engineer, Package Engineer and Field Engineer have given me a strong understanding of the dynamics and risks of EPC and EPCM Projects.
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Work Experience |
I was responsible for managing and coordinating multidiscipline projects (greenfield, brownfield and retrofit) for the process continuous industry,particularly in Oil & Gas (Offshore & Onshore) including CSG, while meeting customer satisfaction and, by planning and implementing project activities in the most cost-effective, optimizing outcomes, quality, efficient manner and under pressure, interfacing with different Contractors and Client, capital projects and engineering multidiscipline teams.
I have proven experience in the different stages of Projects, from pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, concept & details design, processes of gates of approval to construction, construction support, commissioning and maintenance (CMMS).
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Comments/ Hobbies/ Interests etc: |
Résumé
Qualifications
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
Chartered Professional Engineer for the IEA
Certified Project Manager
Personal Data
• Residence status: Australian citizen.
• Married, 2 children.
Professional memberships:
• Chartered Professional Engineer for the IEA
• RPEQ registered.
Courses attended:
• Risk Assessment Management & Safety Critical Functions
• Project Planning, Analysis and Control
• Capital Value Process
• Project HSE Review (PHSER)
• Certified Project Manager – Prince2 (Monash University, Melbourne).
Summary of Experience
Managed and coordinated Brownfield and Greenfield, CAPEX, OPEX multidiscipline projects from pre-feasibility study to project completion for the process continuous industry, particularly in resources and infrastructure.
Earlier experience in the design and construction areas, as an Engineer, Package Engineer and Field Engineer have given me a strong understanding of the dynamics and risks of EPC and EPCM Projects.
Working with different Corporate which required different process requirement have given me more flexibility and experience, developed my ability to review and employ highly skilled personnel with a strong team building emphasis and be responsible for the development of the engineering and project management team.
Key Attributes
• Commitment to Health, Safety, Environment and Community (HSEC).
• Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.
• Proactive, organize work, set priorities, and determine resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Prioritize activities for the effective management of project completion, and to shorten the planned critical path of a project by pruning critical path activities, by performing more activities in parallel, and/or by shortening the durations of critical path activities by adding resources.
• Analyse and manage the project risk.
• Contingency approach to differentiate between programmed and non programmed decisions.
• Decision maker and strategic thinker by objectively analyze problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Influence views and thinking through building and maintaining relationships, promote a client service environment.Works with clients and customers to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations.
• Manage and prioritize multiple demands, including project and contracts. Lead and develop effective teams and leadership capabilities in others. Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
• Manage the gated project approval and delivery processes.
• Knowledge of the principles and methods of cost-benefit analysis, including the time value of money, present value concepts, and quantifying tangible and intangible benefits.
Accountabilities
• Prepare business case and capital expenditure justifications.
• Identify Clear Business Priorities.
• Input and approval of the pre-feasibility and feasibility study reports.
• Negotiate Contracts with the Construction Contractor, major Suppliers and Partner, interfacing with the Procurement and General Manager.
• Guardian of the Project management change - key business changes.
• Implementation and monitoring of the Interface Management Plan.
• Planning and scheduling project activities, deliverables and resource allocations.
• Assess current resources.
• Input to project execution plan.
• Coordinate the multidiscipline design criteria & philosophy documents.
• Identify resources gap and bottlenecks.
• Development of 3rd. Party Partnerships for the Management of Peak Loads.
• Driving efficiencies and improvements in the cost of project delivery by actively analyzing, managing and containing costs.
• Maintain client contacts and relationships at all stages of projects and proposals.
• Prepare regular and timely progress and engineering reports detailing progress against budgets, for circulation to management and stakeholders.
• Interaction with other departments to achieve a project cost estimate.
• Develop, and submit for approval, cost estimates, at key project stages from screening to full issue.
• Review project deliverables.
• Approval of project scope of work following Client inputs.
• Solicit bids from external design firms and Contractors as necessary.
• Liaise and coordinate with major Contractors.
• Plan and coordinate construction activities with company staff and external Contractors.
• Input to risk assessment management – Risk strategies.
• Risk assessment management: raised concerns on existing installations which did not comply with standards and regulations.
• Accountable for the quality documentation (i.e. MDR).
• Develop and introduce innovative approaches to improving processes and practices.
• Define Contractor scope of works.
• Generate tendering process for major Contractors/Suppliers.
• Liaise with the Plant Operation and Maintenance.
• Coordinate the construction work before, during and after the planned shutdown.
• Ensure that all elements of the project services function are executed in accordance with the project Health, Safety and Environmental requirements.
• Participate in Hazop, Chazop, Hazid, SIL assessment and constructability meetings.
• Maintain timely alertness on project cost and planning performance against budget; recommend corrective actions; drive the cost control aspect of the project change control process.
• Approval of the front end engineering design and work pack documents.
• Initiate improvement and observe and evaluate the changes to make sure they have been effective.
• Provide technical advice to engineering procedures and documentation.
• Define Major Vendor packages.
• Produce and approval of the system commissioning procedure.
• Coordinate of commissioning activities.
• Approval of skid packages specifications.
• Approval of technical proposals and procurement.
• Coordinatewith operation, production and maintenance the Plant shutdown.
• Approval (by the Plant manager) of the pre-commissioning and commissioning procedures and hand over of the new facilities to operations.
• Conducting meetings and interfacing with other Major Contractors, Users and the Client.
• Approval of Design and Construction Interface Points Data Sheets.
• Coordination review meetings with the Company Quality Control Department and other Controllers.
Employment History
Project Manager
QGC BG Group (Queensland) – QCLNG Project May 2011 to Present
Managed external Contractors for the Electricity Options Studies (i.e. Assess Stage) included in the QGC “Northern Area”. The work included also interfacing with other areas, with the Energy Provider (Powerlink) and Xtrata.
Managed the Noise Attenuation design (i.e. Select Stage) on the Kenya Central Processing Plant (CPP) and Field Compression Station (FCS) and Codie FCS, all in the QGC “Central Area”, including interface along internal stakeholders (i.e. QGC’s different departments) and external stakeholders (i.e. compressor and enclosure manufacturers and noise attenuation study Consultant).
Participated in the Risk Assessment and Hazid studies for the Queensland Curtis Island LNG for the expansion project options (i.e. Assess Stage).
Project Manager
Air Liquide Australia (Melbourne) Jan 2010 to May 2011
Role for the Chemical Injection System for the Victorian Desalination Plant. Manage company staff, external Contractors, Consultancy (CEM)and international suppliers (Chart and Sulzer). The project consist of 3 (three) chemical injection streams. Utilize the “incise” Document Control system, Accountable for the quality documentation. Liaise with the Client interfaces and other Air Liquide Region offices. Total project cost: A$4.5M.
Senior Project Engineer
Fluor Australia (Melbourne) Oct 2008 to Jan 2010
Responsible for managing the inputstoPre Feasibility and Feasibility Studies including FEEDdocumentation for the OrapaExpansion Project (South Africa) for Desbwana(Study cost = A$17M, total project estimated cost = A$1.1 BM) and for Aktogay, Bozshakol Sulphides Projects (Republic of Kazakhstan) for Kazakhmys (Study cost = A$89M, total project estimated cost = A$1.6 BM & A$1.4BM respectively).
Senior Project Engineer
Epic Energy Jun 2007 – Sep 2008
Responsible for managing and coordinating major Contractors and Suppliers for the $A 367 M QSN Link Project, 183 Km Gas Pipeline (Coal Seam Gas), included 2 (two) Compressor Stations (Wallumbilla & CS4) in South Australia and Queensland. Renewable energy as power source was included in remote areas. Main Contractors included Solar Gas Turbines (USA), Nacap (Melbourne), WorleyParsons (Brisbane), Electro80 and Enerflex (WA).
Electrical Project Manager
For Agility (AGL) Victoria / AGL Energy Nov 2005 – Jun 2007
Managing internal teams and external Contractors for Capital and Customer Initiated Projects, Monitoring, Control, LV, HV, SCADA and Electricity Distribution Network Projects in Victoria. Projectsvalue varied from A$12 to A$187M.
In the Asset Management Department managed internal staff and external Contractors for the Mc Kay Creek, Yarrawonga, Eildon and Clover Hydro Power Stations (Victoria)for the replacement and reviewing essential equipment, installation and commissioning for complying with the standards and regulations.
Chief Electrical & C & I Engineer
Roche Mining (MT) Queensland & Victoria Dec 2003 – Nov 2005
Started as Chief Engineer and them Project Engineer for the WCP & MSP Douglas Mining Projects in Hamilton (Mineral Sand producer), Western Victoria. The project included 8 (eight) switch gear rooms, interface to the main power supplier and SCADA system.
E/I Lead Commisioning Engineer
Clough Engineering Pty. Ltd. &SheddenUhde Mar 2003 – Dec 2003
Lead the Electrical and Instrumentation commissioning activities by using WinPCS for the Offshore and Onshore BassGas Project. Project base was Melbourne and then site (Lang Lang)
Project Engineer
WorleyParsons Pty. Ltd. / MGJV Mar 2002 – Mar 2003
Apr 2002 to Dec 2003
ManagedElectrical&InstrumentationSkidPackageprojectsfortheMingsu FPSO (Philips China) and PetrochemicalPlants (HunstmananQenos).
Project Manager
BP, Amoco JV Pan American Energy LLC Nov 2000 – Mar 2002
Responsible for managing and coordinating the US$ 68MGas Compression and Oil Storage Plant Extensions for the LinderoAtravesado Fieldwhichallowedtoincrease 30% Sales Gas and 60% Oil Storage. The multidiscipline Projects included supply, install, commissioning and hand over 2 (two) Gas Compressors, storage tank, piping, piperack, SCADA and new field instrumentation.
Engineering Coordinator
Techint International S. A. (Saudi Aramco) Jul 1997 – Sep 2000
Coordinating design and construction activities for the USD$350M Sales Gas transport from Saudi ARAMCO’s Master Gas System to SCECO (National Electricity Company) Central Power Plants located near Riyadh.
The 1st.phase of the Project consisted of a crude line conversion (including commissioning) to gas line service (AY-1), provision of 650 Km gas pipeline including Mainline Valve Sites, Scraper Traps and Custody Metering Stations. Other packages included were: Cathodic Protection Monitoring, Communication and SCADA among Stations, OSPAS (Oil Supply Planning and Scheduling) and Voltage Mitigation Studies.
The 2nd.phase of the Project continued with the Inlet and Auxiliary Facilities at Hawiyah Gas Plant that interfaced with the Gas Processing Facilities, Hawiyah Support Facilities, Sulfur Recovery & Loading and Utilities Area.
Carried out process application to Saudi Aramco Engineering Offices, SCECO and Government Offices. Total Project value:US$1.7 BM.
Site Electrical Lead Engineer
Mitsubishi Corporation S.A. Jan 1997 – May1998
Designed during construction of the Central Costanera new US$380M 832.5 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant that increased a 30% the capacity of the complex, allowing the export of the remaining energy. Power plant included HV (220 kV) Melco GIS building, HV (132 kV) GIS Siemens building, steam turbine, gas turbine, Control/Switchgear building, black start generator, earth grid , modification of existing Switchgear. Managed site major Contractors and liaise with site engineering office, Siemens of Germany & Mitsubishi head office in Japan.
Design and Technical Support Engineer
CMPS & F Pty. Ltd. ( nowEgis Australia)
May 1995 – Jan 1997
The A$220M Gold Field Gas Transmission (AGL) at WA consists of 1,380 Km pipeline, an odourant skid, 2 (two) gas compression stations (Yarraloola and Ilgarari), fire and gas protection for the compression stations, metering skid, Scraper Stations and Main Line Valve, ESD system, interface with SCADA (MITS), conventional and renewable power supply and lightning protection.
CMMS Maintenance Leader
Petronas-Carigali/Shell JV Sdn. Bhd. Nov 1991 – May 1995
Areas involved (North of Borneo Island):
Baram, Baronia, Tukau, Bakau, Bokor, Betty, West Lutong, Fairley Baram, Siwa, SSB Stores and MCOT. Total 74 Offshore Platforms & Onshore Installations.
Responsible to the Operation Manager for all technical and safety aspects of the project execution and for providing technical expertise, design advise and consultation for the implementation of the BDO (Baram Delta Operations) Computerized Maintenance Management System (TRIDENT), specifically in all related fields of Mechanical & Electrical disciplines.
Client Representative – Project Manager
Water Board Malabar STP (Australia). Jul 1990 – Oct 1991
Managed the upgrade of the A$20M (IICATS, SCADA) Water Board Malabar Sewage Treatment Plant, which allowed the increase of the production in 20% and the achievement of milestones in terms of sizes of waste.
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