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Sébastien GIARD

Paris

En résumé

Working with Fortune-500 companies, I offer 11 years of cross-disciplinary, international experience as mechanical engineer in the oil & gas and cryogenic air separation industries. My work experience includes management of operations and large-scale plant construction. I have worked with large, multi-cultural teams in these industries. I also have extensive experience in industrial efficiency improvement and cost control. My strong work commitment and push for value adding have contributed to my success in each of my work assignments.

Credentials include Masters of Science from Arts-et-Métiers Paris and Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA).
Geographic exposure includes France, USA, Singapore, South Korea, Russia, Angola, India and Australia.
Languages: French (native) and English (fluent).
Specialties: international operations and construction management, engineering, contract negotiation and follow-up, maintenance, turnaround, efficiency, process industry, distillation, oil & gas, air gases, hydrogen, cost control.

Entreprises

  • Air Liquide - Production and Maintenance Manager

    Paris 2013 - maintenant Plant: Air Separation Unit (producing nitrogen and oxygen) including liquefaction unit.

    - Managing and training 9 technicians.
    - Managing safety, daily production and process optimization projects.
    - Tracking, analyzing and improving reliability.
    - Managing maintenance and projects activity (day-to-day, non-routine and turnarounds).

  • Air Liquide - Groupe Efficiency project Manager

    Paris 2010 - 2013 - Managed Corporate Program, generating 280€m+ of OPEX savings per year through industrial projects.
    - Managed cost efficiency projects portfolio (management of portfolio management software, training affiliates on projects control, quarterly consolidation and reporting to Air Liquide general management).
    - Authored cost savings Group Efficiency governance.
    - Managed worldwide efficiency community (by identifying technical best practices and tools, promoting cross-geography idea exchange, organizing idea sharing events and authoring monthly efficiency newsletter).
    - Supported Group experts in framing efficiency practices, especially process and supply chain area.

  • Air Liquide - Construction Site Manager

    Paris 2006 - 2010 Construction of large-scale energy plants (Air Separation Units and Steam Methane Reformer)

    - Responsible for progress and costs of overall construction projects.
    - Managed a multi-cultural team of 15 engineers and multiple contractors (up to 700 people at site), including day-to-day coactivity and risk analysis.
    - Prepared, negotiated and awarded construction contracts.
    - Ensured highest level of safety and quality at site.
    - Ensured compliance with construction contracts and customer requirements.

  • Saipem - Operations Support Engineer

    Montigny-le-Bretonneux 2004 - 2006 Onshore Block Oilfield

    - Analyzed operations parameters for optimizing production performance.
    - Recommended projects to improve operational safety and reliability.
    - Prepared and managed non-routine projects (procedures, material, organization, start-up).

  • Lafarge - Intern

    Paris 2004 - 2004

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