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LAFARGE ENGINEERING CENTER
- Civil Work manager
2014 - 2015
Waste mechanical treatment plant - Sulaymaniyah - Kurdistan, Iraq
CW supervision of the construction of a waste treatment and drying plant to provide alternative fuel for LAFARGE’s cement plant of the area. Project set in stand-by in April.(earthworks and CW design review)
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ABB HVDC
- Civil Work Supervisor
2014 - 2014
400kV DC-AC Conversion Plant - Kolwezi - DRC
CW supervision of the refurbishment of the plant
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ALSTOM Power Service
- Civil Work Supervosor
2014 - 2014
EDF Coal Plant- Le Havre
Responsible of the CW supervision including the discussion with the design office and the implementation of the HSE policy.
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SIEMENS STD
- Supervisor, consultant & site project manager
2013 - 2013
240kV sub-station - Suswa - Kenya
Civil work Supervisor
Interim during the site project manager vacation
The primary task was to manage the completion of the CW sub-contractor mobilisation and starting the foundation works.
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VERGNET EOLIEN
- Manager & consultant
2012 - 2013
Ashegoda Wind Farm Project - Mekele - Ethiopia
Civil work Manager
Construction of a 84 wind turbines farm and associated access roads and electrical grid.
Fully responsible for CW including: design review and variation, concrete formula design, CW tendering (including FIDIC contract), CW inspection teams, project topographic works, in-house drainage and roads works, CW meeting, minutes and reports.
Remote location, unskilled workers, 20 local supervisors and surveyors, design and construction of 31T/axle access roads for truck cranes, MV network, Connection to HV grid, Substation civil Work, 84 platforms and wind turbines foundations, 50km of access roads, supportive road works for transportation of overloads packages from Djibouti
Achievements: great collaboration with local workers and the employer representatives, catch up with planning besides initial delays
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DE SMET ENGINEERS
- Supervisor, consultant
2012 - 2013
ADDAX Bioenergy Plant - Makeni - Sierra Leone
Civil work Supervisor
Construction of a bio ethanol plant
Responsible for CW survey, topographic works, CW BoQ. Enforcement of HSE policy, Redaction of CW minute of meeting
Remote location, unskilled workers, concrete: 23000m3, budget: 15millions EUR , Batching plant monitoring, Detail quantities calculations, Budget calculation, 3d AUTOCAD models of major structures.
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EDF CIT and CIST
- Supervisor
2009 - 2010
Electricity Dispatch Station-Guadeloupe Island-France
Antilles French Islands civil Work maintenance
Construction of building (dispatch station) in Guadeloupe
Tendering and supervision of CW repairs in the French Antilles for EDF power plants.
High degree of construction monitoring
Implementation of EDF QHSE policy,
Complex (para-seismic) reinforcement designs, steel structure
Refurbishment of fuel tanks anchors
Fire protection coating
Achievement: felicitations for my CW expertise.
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ENTRACO and SOCOBA
- Site Manager & consultant
2008 - 2009
Libreville-Gabon
Owendo-containers harbour
Bikele-technical high school
Site Manager
Revamping and expansion of Libreville containers harbour
Earthwork, building platforms, and roads of a large (24 buildings) high school project including culverts, drainage systems.
Responsible for site management, representation of the contractor on site.
Achievement: earthworks in very difficult environment, setting up a soil treatment workshop
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DUMEZ New-Caledonia
- Site Manager & consultant
2007 - 2007
Goro Nickel Project-New Caledonia-France
Site Manager
Management of the detail earthworks for civil work and piping
Responsible for 25 to 35 thousands working hours by month
Particular attention on enforcement of HSE rules on a daily basis.
Daily coordination with Filipinos Construction teams of the mechanical construction for co-activity (HSE),heavy load transportation and lifting (tracks and lifting platform preparation)
Achievement: collecting, consolidating and reporting the daily time sheets and fuel consumptions, coordination of large man power.
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Giken Europe B.V.
- Site Manager
2006 - 2007
Loire river, reinforcement of the dike project-Saumur-France
Project in Rennes and Le Mans
Site Manager
GIKEN is a Japanese contractor, specialized in design and construction of special foundations machinery, and world leader in sheet or tubular piling by hydraulic jacks.
Training for the unique GIKEN technology. 15 000T of sheet piles (Loire project). 47m deep piling demonstration.
Responsibility: Site management and French-English translation for Japanese staff.
Achievement: I managed to work within a company with a particular cultural tradition.
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NORINTER
- Site Manager
2004 - 2006
A24 Highway-Vila Real-Portugal
PPP highway project, Porto wine area.
Drainage of 41 km of highway, hired first to solve quality issues on a 23km section.
Responsible of any drainage (culverts, curbs and gutters, New Jersey barriers, slip form works, paved channels) works in collaboration with the in-house design office.
Achievement: opening of the first section in time, creation of a very efficient team, extension of my contract to the remaining roads section, being the reference for the drainage works.
Other Work Experiences (mostly temporary jobs)