bottle sorting robot system
RGB line Vrumona (Pepsi, 7Up, Sourcy)
As Project Manager overseeing the replacement of a 30-year-old bottling line with state-of-the-art equipment. Scope was bottling equipment, civil renovation and expansion of the building, utilities(steam,air,water), electrical systems, automation, and electrical.
Capex 10-20 million euro.
- Coordination of work between three equipment suppliers Krones, KHS and Vision-Tec plus four contractors for civil work, piping, electrical, insulation work.
- Leading multidisciplinairy team of engineers, buyers, contactors, safety supervisor,
- commissioning and start-up, the team stayed responsible until 6 monts after for start-up. Line performance was monitored and improvement actions taken.
Renovation Inbound Warehouse FrieslandCampina, project is expected to finish May 2026
Leading renovation of 7.000m2 warehouse of a dairy factory. Challange is operation must continue.
made specifications with civil engineer and the team based on audit reports.
tendered the scope of work with procurement team
evaluation of quotes of various contractors
- cost control
- construction management
Waste water treatment plant Heineken Algeria and Coca Cola
With Global Water (GWE) and local contractors and local construction team i built an anaerobic waste water plant to clean industrial waste water and produce biogas. The biogas is used in water boiler.
Civil works was executed by local contractor under supervision of Dutch Engineering firm Tebodin. Equipment was supplied by European contractors
Leading a multidisciplinary team of engineers, buyers, contractors and supervisors.
Reporting to steering team with joint venture Coca Cola and Heineken, and their global organizations.
Delrin Netherlands, Former Dupont
This project collected air from the plastic production equipment that contains a few ppm of formaldehyde. This air was feed into an existing waste incinerator with modified burners and blowers. The waste incinerator produces steam. Development of a Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) and procurement of equipment and instrumentation was done inhouse.
Nutricia / Danone Medical Nutricion
Nutricia Danone produces medical nutrition for sick or recovering people and children. This nutrition is available in 125ml, 500ml, and tube-based packaging. I have worked on new UHT and Dissolving line D4 and D5 in almost complete new building. Medium Care Zoning.
- Creation Building design, with integration process design
- Managing external engineering company, progress,cost, planning
- Permitting
- Construction management
Europort Tank Terminal
On client side i was project manager for expansion of Europort terminal with two tanks of 55.000 m3 with 24-30″ underground piping and fire fighting systems. 250.000 manhours without LTI (lost time incident).
Danang Brewery Heineken
As Project Manager leading international team with contractors from Europe and Asia.
CAPEX: €50 million investment.
Scope was expansion of the Danang brewery, doubling the capacity
- Construction of a Krones brewhouse equipped with a mash filter.
- Construction of a CO₂ recovery plant.
- Addition of new fermentation cellar.
- Installation new cooling plant.
Leading a multidisciplinary team of 15 engineers, buyers, and supervisors.
Engaged Royal Haskoning as external EPCm civil engineering consultant.
Managed local site construction and safety teams.
Fire Fighting System – Delrin Netherlands, Former Dupont
Replacement of deluge sprinkler system by foam based sprinklers in petrochemical factory.
- Basic Engineering
- Selection of technology
- Uitgangspuntendocument Brandbeveiligingssysteem (UPD) together with consultant
- Installation and commissioning
Leading a multidisciplinary team of engineers, buyers, contractors and supervisors.
Reporting to steering team in NL and USA.
Extension Brewery Heineken Gisenyi Rwanda
Gisenyi, is the second largest city in Rwanda. Heineken has a brewery at the lake Kivu and close to the border DRC. Due to high demand we expanded the brewery.
- brewhouse expansion with mashfilter
- new fermentation tanks
- replacement of process automation
- installation new RGB bottline line
- installation waste water treatment plant
As project manager i was responsible for coordination between European equipment suppliers, local and regional contractors and Asian and European suppliers.
TAQA Netherlands
I supported TAQA NL to redesign their project management procedures. In close cooperation with TAQA Project Team leader, I re-introduced the stage gated project process to ensure that stakeholders approve the project objective, the cost and planning before execution starts. We organized workshops and developed tools to train the project managers and engineers
Heineken Myanmar Brewery
As Project Manager overseeing a €15 million brewery expansion to double production capacity. Successfully managed over 80,000 manhours without any Lost Time Incidents (LTI).
- Installation of nano beer filtration system.
- Increased brewhouse throughput (more brews/day).
- Expanded fermentation cellar and tanks
- Construction of a anaerobic wastewater treatment plant.
- Piling works for a new packaging hall.
Permitting: Coordinated building and environmental permit processes with authorities. Team Leadership:
- Led a multidisciplinary team of 15 engineers, buyers, and supervisors.
- Engaged BECA as external EPCm civil engineering consultant.
- Managed local site construction and safety teams.
Strategic Planning: Developed a masterplan for future site expansion.
Apple cider production – Sedibeng South Africa
Project Manager of two phased project to produce Apple Cider. From principal design until start-up.
Due to strong deadlines we executed project in fast track with parallel design and construction.
Phase 1: fast production of Cider with pre-fermented base.
Phase 2: in-house cider fermentation and filtration.
CAPEX value approx. 15 mio euro.
Due to time constraint we opted for single source suppliers, beforehand clearly communicated pro/con of this approach.