Maersk-APM terminals October 2016-present

Construction Project Engineer/ Lead Civil Engineer; Consultancy Multi Purpose Platform in Vado Ligure.   This is a job set as consultancy in Liguria (Italy) about a Multi Purpose Platform which covers surface of 210,000 m2 and provides a container terminal with a 700 m long rectilinear quay and two high-water-depth berths: one at the root of the pier (depth: 15,00 m) and the other one at the head (depth: 20,00 m).

The natural deep waters  allows even the last-generation container vessels, with a capacity of more than 12,000 TEU, to moor safely.

The expected traffic volume ranges between 720,000 and 860,000 TEU per year, which would allow the port of Savona-Vado to exceed the one-million TEU threshold.

Major responsibilities:

·         Design review of the scope for civil, electrical and maritime parts.

·         Reporting to shareholders the status of design approval and constructions.

·         To verify and check the progress and advise the shareholders about how to proceed (recovery plans, critical points..)

·         To manage the interfaces between the ARMG, STS, Straddle Carriers suppliers, the civil team and the automation team (the platform is designed fully automated).

·         Setting a proper QA plan for the company (ITP’s, records…)

·         Put in place any possible plan for having the “ Commercial Go Live” of the platform  as per schedule.

Techfem July 2016 – October 2016

Site Management  (Civil, ME&I)  Project Engineer, Pipeline Installation Milan, Italy; Snam SpA – Lainate, Olgiate Olona, Rescaldina

The project is about the installation of a pipeline (20”) in order to deliver more gas to the cities around Milan and to enhance the current gas delivery.

Major responsibilities:

·         To manage and verify the progress over the pipeline installation and the mechanical/civil scope of work;

·         To perform site inspections on the civil and mechanical activities and being initiator of Non Conformity Reports, if necessary;

·         Verification of the materials and checking the alignment with specs and standards;

·         Analysis and Approval of the major changes within the civil and mechanical scopes;

·         Performing weekly reports for the progress and to attend the progress meetings with the contractors;

·         To manage the HSE at site;

·         To coordinate the contractors during the execution;

·         Being responsible for approval of technical queries;

·         To be witness during the hydrotests in order to verify the full compliance with the procedures.

·         To be present at the construction operations on pressurized lines to verify and accept the feasibility of the execution.

Shell Norge January 2014 – December 2015

Construction Area Engineer  (Civil, ME&I) Ormen Lange, Norway

The job is regarding an expansion of a gas plant where the wells are subsea and the expansion has to be done through the installations of modules (booster compressor building, export compressor building etc..) in the meantime a pipeline called Polarled has been placed subsea from the landfall in Nyhamna (Ormen Lange) till a well into the arctic circle. The pipeline, which has a diameter of 36 inches, extends from Nyhamna in Møre og Romsdal to the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea and was laid by the world's largest pipelaying vessel: “Solitaire” from Allseas.

The position covers the following duties:

·         Review construction sequence and monitor activities against schedule and report progress against   schedule for both expansion project end landfall area;

·         The safe and efficient delivery of construction work in a live gas plant;

·         Manage HSE at site during construction;

·         Review the Construction schedule;

·         Manage receipt, review and approval for construction of Work Packs, maintain Work Pack approval administration;

·         Ensure Pre-Construction readiness checks (engineering, manpower, supervision, materials, equipment, consumables, MC packs, handover requirement definition) are held;

·         Ensure Risk Assessment, Safe Job Analysis and Tool Box Talk are conducted properly;

·         Review Permit to Work request is submitted complete and correct to AT technicians; Coordinate with AT technicians approval of PtW.

·         Maintain Work Pack submission administration;

·         Check and verify the installation of the modules on site, (all disciplines).

·         Unsure Lifting Plans are in place where required

·         Ensure timely notification of discipline engineers to observe Hold and Witness surveillance points.

·         Management of the Shell internal site queries and dealing with Engineering for technical issues.

·         Verification of the respect of the FSR on site.

·         Participation at the SJA’s (safe job analysis meeting).

·         Identify eventual damage, wrong hook up etc… as early as possible and actively participate in the remedial action.

·         Follow up closure of Punch List items and coordinate sign off of MC packs.

·         Attend and give input to required construction meetings.

·         Manage Quality at site, perform the required interventions (NCR, observation forms) and liaise with the QA/QC department

·         Giving input and guidance for the NCR (Non conformity report) and managing the follow up.

·         To coordinate and the prepare the turnaround for the hook up of the modules and for heavy maintenance.
 

Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH  May 2013 – October 2013

Senior Civil Structural Engineer Vienna, Austria

Site: Route crosses Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Austria.

My main duty as Senior Civil Engineer is to have the management of the civil/structural development of FEED project and of the contractor who is working on this phase, Saipem, for all the AGI, (Above Ground Installations) related to the Nabucco Gas Pipeline (56”). It means that as member of the AGI team I have to take in charge the following responsibilities:

·         FEED and Construction of Cross Country Natural Gas Pipeline as per EN 1594 standards;

·         Review and quality control of civil engineering documents produced by the engineering companies and later by EPCM/EPC Contractors and vendors;

·         Provide high quality technical support in stations and pipeline engineering discipline in respect to civil engineering activities to the technical department at the FEED and construction phase;

·         Perform necessary civil engineering design analysis, review and calculations;

·         Assist in discipline related budget and study activities as well as in supervising the quality of the design and construction activities related to civil engineering for stations and pipelines;

·         Ensure that the relevant design rules, procedures and construction activities are compliant with project applicable standards;

·         Assist in development and coordination of the works in civil engineering discipline;

·         Review and verify project deliverables (design calculations, specifications, procedures, drawings, etc.) related to the civil engineering discipline;

·         Monitor technical performance, competence and progress of engineering companies, vendors and construction contractors within the civil engineering discipline; report on the latest status to the Stations Manager;

Sicim spa Jan. 2011 – Jan. 2013

Client: Tengizchevroil (Chevron, Kazakhoil, Mobil, LUKoil) Project Engineer Tengiz, Kazakhstan

Site: Tengiz Oil Pipeline and field

I managed two main types of projects in Kazakhstan including: Pipeline repair and maintenance, and installation of new pipelines; and Construction and maintenance of oil and gas processing plants with related facilities. All the jobs I have performed in Tengiz (SGP/SGI plants) concerned the Brownfield like expansions or modifications/maintenance of existing units: as Kettle Reboiler erection, RVP/TVR Reduction Project. In this company – a leader in worldwide construction of oil and gas pipelines – my responsibilities as a Project Engineer/Project Controller on site were to:

·         follow the development of the whole cycle of work, including managing the budget, overseeing the organization of economic bids, executing the progress of the project, performing checks on site for verifying compliance between drawings and erection phases and resolving daily issues as they arose;

·         manage and produce Primavera files in order to maintain control on the progress of all activities, participate actively in the meetings between contractors and clients in all areas of project design (civil, structural, piping, mechanical..) and management including: safety, technical queries, bidding, requirements about fabrications of components and materials;

·         be present at the site visits with the clients in order to evaluate methods of execution, deviations and critical points related to jobs;

·         verify the requests of materials and check them in order to verify compliance as per client’s request;

·         arrange teams and evaluate the adequate manpower for all the jobs in charge of my company; verify and check the quantity of equipments useful and available to bring on site;

·         coordinate the Sour Gas Injection/Second Generation Plant Turnaround for the Tengizchevroil plant. As coordinator for my company, I managed relations with the client and lead all coordination/arrangement of the Pre TA, Execution ad Post TA activities. My average staff was made up 2 surveyors, 2 mechanical/piping engineers, 3 civil engineers, 1 material coordinator, and 1QA/QC manager. Daily activities included leading meetings, managing manpower and resources on site, and monitoring the execution of all scopes of work as the per client schedule. The scope of work was successfully completed for Tengizchevroil on schedule and with no injuries for workers in my purview. As a result of the successful completion of this work my company received a recognition certificate for valuable contribution to safe and successful completion of the 2012 Sour Gas Injection/Second Generation Plant Turnaround.

Enel Sept. 2009-Jan. 2011

Civil/Structural Resident Engineer, Consultant Prague, Czech Republic; Client: Slovenske Elektrarne

Site: Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant (Site in the Slovak Republic)

My main responsibility was the oversight of the Structural/ Architectural design and management of the civil engineering for the 3rd and 4th unit of the nuclear power plant located in Mochovce, Slovak Republic.

My competences were to:

·         Provide oversight and control of the civil engineering design of the power plant developed by Energoprojekt Praha (structural department of the Nuclear Research Institute). It means technical supervision of Engineers, Designers and Architects;

·         Approve the drawings/designs for construction of more than 30 engineers and the architectural and structural reports produced by designers, and propose modifications to the design or the materials. To ensure the production of deliverables as per project requirements;

·         Manage the original project timetable to respect the program of work and to organize direct actions in case of delay in order to speed up processes where necessary, remaining ever on line with client’s requirements and quality system.

·         Discuss with the structural designers ways to solve issues/problems related to the project, above all to modify structures in way that they can be in compliance with the new seismic requirements defined by authority.

·         I was involved with my team, in decisions and definition of major changes in design in order to mitigate the impacts on all related disciplines. At the same time I was present at the meetings for the presentation of the major changes to the technical authority for approval.

·         Check architectural drawings in order to verify the respect of the safety system evaluating all the features: materials, escaping routes, distances between machineries, electrical safety system, supported by specialists of related disciplines.

·         Organize and take the lead on meetings with the suppliers of engineering;

·         Assist the site manager in assessing modifications of design and/ or materials, including rationalizing with specialized engineers across Enel the best design and/or project inputs;

·         Manage information flow between the various engineering firms involved in the design of the plant- Energoprojekt Praha (Energy Project Prague)- a Nuclear Research Institute and Enel- the owner of the Nuclear Power Plant and all the other suppliers involved;

·         Explain and coordinate local problems/requirements of the structural designers with Enel’s Project Management and engineering team;

·         To perform several inspections on site in order to verify the correct installation of new structures and to check the old ones; to verify the interfaces between the different disciplines during the design development and during the erection phase.

·         I had supervision of the contracts with other engineering firms in order to check their scope of work, and their limits on the project.

·         I had and high commitment with all the staff in the risk analysis and in the identification of the hazard related to the executions of different activities.

·         Control of manhours budgets and progress;

·         I helped and mentored new engineers;

Technip Jan. 2008 – Sept. 2009

Structural Engineer Consultant  Rome, Italy; Client: Neste Oil

Site: Bio Diesel Power Plant (Site in Singapore)                               

Technip specializes in the design and construction of Petrochemical Power Plants. As a Structural Engineer Consultant for the Bio Diesel Power Plant in Singapore owned by Neste Oil, my main responsibility was to calculate the civil structures using the local norms/standards.  Additional responsibilities were to:

·         Modify input data with the piping discipline/sector;

·         To manage the P&ID;

·         Produce structural reports and model different structures for the project, as concrete ponds, steel pipe racks, precast pipe racks, underground concrete channels for electrical lines and for water lines.

·         Modify structural design if not approved by project controllers;

·         Be involved in the meetings between different technical disciplines in order to find solutions          to problems indicated by site.  

·         Be present at the review design meeting as structural engineer, ready to explain the reason the structural choices.

·         Manage the two designer of Microstation, for drawings and checking any eventual clash.

·         Perform feasibility studies for the realizations of new structural project on existing plant.

Ricci Spa Jan. 2007 – Jan. 2008 Civil Engineer Rome, Italy

At Ricci Spa, I worked on the management of diverse building activities including:

·         construction of new facilities

·         maintenance of existing facilities, industrial, civil and commercial, following the mechanical, piping, HVAC system and civil jobs.

·         I was involved in safety studies for new and old buildings, as well as the procurement of materials. I supported various existing projects and the construction and modifications of structures: concrete structures, industrial steel structures. I also was responsible for interfacing with the materials suppliers and designers in order to choose the better material useful for its scope. On several projects I was involved in the control of works with the technical staff to verify their compliance and particularly to verify each project had the necessary permission for work issued by the local administration.

CD Project Jan. 2006-Jan. 2007 Civil Engineer Rome, Italy

My main responsibility was the design- both structural and architectural- for civil houses and for industrial steel structures. I worked with the technical office on various project sites solving problems related to the design, obtaining the permissions necessary for construction, and ensuring the security of its workers. I performed feasibility studies. I participate with the lead engineer at meetings with clients in order to understand the better way to perform work and project. I studied the way to approach the project in order to reduce costs and time of execution.

Education

M.Eng.                        University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Degree in Civil Engineering, June   2007.

                        (Senior Level, grade 99/110 Specialization in structural engineering)

B.Eng.               (Junior Level, grade 90/110).

Diploma          Renato Cartesio Scientific High School (grade of 50/60), June 1998.

Certificates

University of Rome, Tor Vergata Rome, Italy 2006       

·         Certificate of attendance at the training course “Safety coordinator during design phase and construction phase” from the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. (CSE – CSU)

·         Certificate of participation to the technical seminar for wooden constructions realized by SFS Intec, Rotho Blaas and Armalam concerning the development of the European Norms, the fire resistance of material and seismic design.

·         International driving licence

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 1997 

·         Certificate: English language for a high level comprehension in both written and spoken English

Computer Skills

–          Proficient in Microsoft Office Products- Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint,

–          Proficient in Autocad Design,

–          Proficient in use of structural program SAP 2000, Staad Pro 2007,

–          Good Knowledge of PRIMUS (for estimations),

–          Sufficient knowledge of Primavera for project management.

–          Good knowledge of MIPS (Method Integrated Project System)

–          Good working knowledge of same applications of ACCA software for business management and for design of buildings online (in line with Italian norms on conserving energy Law 10/91, DPR 551/99 and DPR 412/93).

Languages

–          Italian, mother tongue

–          English, excellent

–          Russian, basic

–          Spanish Basic