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PMO Engineering Manager 01/2029 - 09/2020
Santa Rita Mining, Managua, Managua Nicaragua
Industry: Mining
Reports to: CEO Sta. Rita Mining based in Canada Project: Gold Process Plant Capacity: 30.000 MT/ Month of Ore Material Total Project Investment: ~ US$ 10 Million Contract Type: Engineering
Coordination of Engineering and Procurement activities for Conveying, Ore Stacking facilities, Material Crushing, Leaching and SART process (Sulphidication-acidification-recycling-thickening). Project Schedule, use of International Standards. Monthly presentations to the CEO and Procurement Follow up.--
Project Manager 03/2023 - 05/2024
Kuwait Dynamics Limited, Kinstown, Kingstown Saint Vincent
Industry: Construction
Reports to the Project Representative in Kuwait Project: Infrastructure projects for the reconstruction of existing and new roads in the Island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, funded by Kuwait and OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID). Investment: USD$ 27MM Contract Type: Construction
Oversaw the planning and execution of infrastructure projects, including the construction of 15 country roads to enhance the transportation network on the island of Saint Vincent.--
PMO Project Manager 10/2020 - 10/2022
VOPAK, Veracruz, Veracruz Mexico
Industry: Oil and Gas
Reports to: America Engineering Division Project: Green and Brown Field Tank Facilities for storage of: Gasoline and Diesel. Storage Capacity: 78.000 M3 Investment: USD$ 85 MM Contract Type: EPC
In charge of: Quality Management; Construction Supervision; Project Schedule; Cost Control; Document Control; Use of International Standards: API 650; ASTM and NFPA. VOPAK standards and Safety Policies. Monthly presentations to the board of directors, Budget Control and Contract Administration. Procurement Follow up; Commissioning and Plant Start up. The project consisted of 6 Green Field Gasoline Tanks and 3 Brown Field Diesel Tanks for onshore facilities, including: piping; hot and cold tie in coordination, pump stations, valve stations, Electrical Substation, Pig Launcher and Receiver, topographic survey, internal roads and drainage, equipment automation, 4 Bays for Automatic Truck Loading and utilities (Electricity, F&G, N2, Foam System, etc).--
PMC Project Manager 08/2013 - 05/2018
Tecnoconsult, Managua, Managua Nicaragua
Industry: Engineering & Construction
Reports to VP Operations Project: Onshore and Offshore facilities for a Tank Field with a storage capacity of 1,2 Million Barrels of Fuel (Diesel; Gasoline; Jet A1, Fuel Oil and LPG) Investment: 400 Million Dollars. Contract Type: EPC
General Management for project control. In charge of: Quality Management; Construction Supervision; Project Schedule; Cost Control; Document Control; Use of International Standards: API 650; ASTM and NFPA. Engineering Completion and Safety Policies (OSHA). Monthly presentations to the board of directors, Budget Control and Contract Administration. Procurement Follow up; Commissioning and Plant Start up. The project consisted of onshore and offshore facilities. For the Onshore facilities 16 Tks for fuel storage were built, including three LPG Spheres as well as all the support facilities, such as: topographic survey, earth movement, revision of soil studies, paved roads, drainage, sewage system, buildings, electrical substations; control room; piping; pump stations, valve stations, roads, compressed air station, equipment automation, utilities, etc. Offshore facilities consisting of Mooring Buoy Berth to allow tankers to berth from 300,000 to 490,000 barrels (45,000 to 73,000 DWT) and gas from 10,000 to 40,000 DWT and underwater piping system with their respective valves and connecting hoses to the vessels, to receive and handle up to four (4) products: 87 Octane Gasoline, 95 Octane Gasoline, Diesel and LPG. For the conduction of different fuel liquids to land, 20 Km of subsea pipeline was launched to complete five (5) pipes of 8 ", 12", 16 ", 20" and 26” of ~ 4,000 m each, from the coast to the PLEM (18 m under the sea level), were installed for loading and unloading of vessels.--
Project Manager 10/2012 - 07/2013
Tecnoconsult, Caracas, Caracas Venezuela
Industry: Engineering and Construction
Project Manager working with the Commercial and Operation VP, for a BID process regarding the Project Management Consulting for the onshore and offshore Tank Field facilities to be built in the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua.
The job consisted of: 1.- Definition of the Scope of Work 2.- Preparation of documents for the BID process 3.- Development of Project Charter 4.- BID cost estimation 5.- Work Schedule 6.- Development of Project Plan 7.- BID Submittal and presentation to Client. Achievement: The BID was awarded to Tecnoconsult.--
Engineering and Construction Manager 09/2008 - 09/2011
Total Oil, Caracas, Caracas Venezuela
Industry: Oil and Gas
Project: Steam Injection Pilot Plant to be built at the South of Venezuela. (Enhanced Oil Recovery) Reports to the EOR - Project Director from Total Oil Project Investment: ~ US$ 350 Million Client: Petrocedeno (PDVSA – TotalOil – StatOil)
Main Accountabilities: -Coordination of the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) done by IMV (Canadian Process Specialist) consisting of: Clusters; Launching of 20 Km of pipeline for fuel gas crossing across roads, rivers, electrical underground facilities and existing piping; Cathodic Protection; Pigging Stations; Tie Ins to existing main station, coordination of engineering for earth movement, contracting of topographic survey, plant internal paved roads, sewage system and complete development of process EOR area. -Participation in the PTR’s (Project Team Review) with stakeholders -HAZOP Coordination -Quantitative Risk Analysis coordination -Managing the PMT Engineering Team -Revision of engineering deliverables with project team -Resolving of technical queries -Implementing lessons learned in other projects -Auditing the QA/QC of the Project -Revision of Cost Estimates done by the Contractor -Revision of Time Schedule for the project -Value Engineering for project design and cost optimization -Control of man hours spent by Contractor as well as change orders due to changes in scope of work. -EPC Contracting. Preparation of BID terms.--

Polytechnic Institute of New York University 09/1974 - 06/1978
New York, New York, United States
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Mechanical Engineering
The Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering provided a comprehensive foundation in the principles of mechanics, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and materials science. The program emphasized the application of mathematical and scientific concepts to the design, analysis, and optimization of mechanical systems.

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