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Gaetan PONTIS CHENU

GLASGOW

En résumé

Expert in wastewater management with diverse international experience. Gaetan was part of the management team who took over a wastewater site in Saudia Arabia. At that site, Gaetan served as a Site Director and Process Consultant. He has been in numerous positions - Maintenance Manager, Project manager, Process Manager - in one of the United Kingdom's largest wastewater sites. In addition, he has experience with disruptive innovation and has held positions in both Process and Commissioning Engineering within Europe and Africa.

Mes compétences :
Environnement
Chimie
Water treatment
Commissioning
Project management
Roots causes analysis

Entreprises

  • Saur - Process engineer and project coordinator

    2017 - maintenant  Responsible for the field implementation of the Capital equipment solutions (£5 million project) : 3 decanters and 2 trickling filters (largest in Europe)
    o Analyze site solutions and raise defects and issues with the contractor (NEC3 contract, CDM)
    o Implement additional work required to close project contractual gaps/scope deficiencies
    o Manage project invoices and forecast spending projections
    o Verify system capacity to finalize contractual agreements with Scottish Water
     Verify process and laboratory compliance and initiate site wide improvements
  • OREGE - Commissioning & process engineer

    Jouy-en-Josas 2016 - 2016 Commissioning Engineer – Orege
     Autonomously commissioned new, patented, sludge treatment technology (SLG) at various water treatment sites around the world (USA, Germany, UK)
     Developed and implemented FAT and SAT documentation
     Developed and presented reports to management
  • Saur - Maintenance manager

    2015 - 2016 Wastewater treatment site Maintenance Manager – SAUR Group
     Managed the electrical and mechanical maintenance department (4 employees)
     Managed tender and contractor relationships, specifically outstanding work and purchase orders
     Managed and controlled a budget of £600,000
     Scheduled maintenance work and managed planned and unplanned downtime
     Kicked off a project for a site wide replacement of PLCs, ~£1 million budget
  • Saur - Process advisor for industrial waste water plant and management

    2014 - 2015 Process Advisor – MaSa
     Process advisor for the joint venture of Marafiq and Saur
     Superintendent of the industrial and the domestic wastewater plant
     Responsible for 80 employees, managed day-to-day process activities
     Managed the implementation of a new industrial, wastewater treatment plant project (site capacity = 48,000 m3/day): raised defects, trained associates, initiated logistics, ordered supplies, etc
     Technical Service department lead: pipe connections, repairs and renewals, pollution control, and new customer network pipeline integrations, etc.
  • Saur - Commissioning engineer

    2014 - 2014 Commissioning Engineer – STEREAU
     Commissioned Djibouti’s (40.000 EH) domestic waste water treatment plant
     Tested offline, inline, and process startups
     Setup process laboratory and trained lab associates in analysis testing
  • Saur - Lead engineer wastewater treatment

    2012 - 2014 monitoring the commissioing of new expasion of industrial wastewater plant (55 000m3/day) to produce irrigation water form petrochemical wastewater:
    - coagulation/floculation
    - activate sludge
    - fenton reactor
    - pressure filter
    - GAC filter
    - chlorination for irrigation distribution
  • Saur - Expansion & Studies Lead Engineer - MaSa JV - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    2012 - 2014 Expansion & Studies Lead Engineer - MaSa
     Took over an industrial wastewater treatment facility expansion (55,000m3/day)
     Project managed the reduction of waste water treatment chemicals (32% saving)
     Managed and optimized advanced chemical treatment operations e.g. FENTON Process and GAC filter, DAF and other technologies
     Supported the startup of a new wastewater department
     Change Management: Reduced employee headcount from 513 employees to 400
     Restructured and optimized the organizational chart for maintenance and operations departments (associate level)
     Managed invoices, project issues and reporting, and gave project oversight
     Reviewed and coordinated CAPEX project while maintaining the budget
  • Saur - Project Manager for CMMS Deployment Project - SCOTLAND

    2011 - 2012 Sludge Dewatering Operations Manager – SAUR Group
     Acted as the liaison between SAUR and Scottish Water’s wastewater treatment plant
     Ensured the smooth and continuous operations of Saur’s dewatering services
     Defined, set-up and operated the site’s emergency plan
     Project managed the deployment of a CMMS: software selection and implementation, includes work order scheduling, preventative maintenance, resourcing, downtime tracking, inventory management, budgeting, reporting, etc

    Project Manager for CMMS Deployment Project
    - Scope of work definition
    - Subcontractor selection
    - Deployment and handover
  • Saur - Sludge Dewatering Operation Manager - SCOTLAND

    2011 - 2012 Resource management and operations, wastewater treatment, and waste recovery Group serving 18 million customers in Europe and worldwide
    - Daily Liaison with Dalmuir wastewater treatment plant (Scottish Water) to ensure the smooth and continuous operation of their dewatering services
    - Set up and operate the operations emergency plan
  • Veolia Water - Commissioning Engineer in VIETNAM

    Paris 2010 - 2010 Commissioning Engineer - Véolia Water STI,(activated carbon factory)
     Commissioned the activation of carbon furnaces and the de-mineralization plant
     Set up the process control laboratory and delivered staff training

Formations

  • University Of Aberdeen (Aberdeen)

    Aberdeen 2017 - maintenant MBA
  • Socotec Formation

    Paris 2014 - 2014 BR, BC et B2
  • Université Grenoble 1 Joseph Fourier IUP GSI

    St Martin D'Heres 2007 - 2010 MS degree in process engineering

    MS degree in process engineering (5th year degree) - specialized in chemical process and waste treatment - University Joseph Fourier – Grenoble – France
  • Université Grenoble 1 Joseph Fourier

    Grenoble 2006 - 2007 DEUG Chimie, option science de l'ingénieur

    License in process engineering (3rd year degree) specialized in chemical process and waste treatment - University Joseph Fourier – Grenoble – France
  • Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier

    Toulouse 2004 - 2006 Genie Chimique et Genie des Procedés

    DUT (2nd year degree) - specialized in Process Engineering & Chemical Process - Institute of Technology's University Paul Sabatier – Toulouse – France
  • Université Bordeaux DUSA

    Agen 2002 - 2003 BSc degree (foundation)

    BSc degree (foundation) - University 1 – Agen– France
  • Lycée Etienne Restat

    Ste Livrade Sur Lot 2001 - 2003 Bachelor degree in food production engineering

    Bachelor degree in food production engineering - LEGTA E.Restat - France

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