Projects

  • 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 .

Coordinated the work of three equipment suppliers Krones, KHS and Vision-Tec plus four contractors for civil work, piping, electrical, insulation work.
Delivered a modern bottling line with improved efficiency and reliability.

Led a multidisciplinary team of engineers, buyers, contractors, safety supervision, commissioning and start-up. The team stayed responsible until 6 monts after for start-up. Line performance was monitored and improvement actions taken.

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. As project manager i was organizing steering teams with joint venture Coca Cola and Heineken, and their global organizations. Civil works was executed by local contractor under supervision of Dutch Engineering firm Tebodin.

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.

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.

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 brewhouse with modern mashfilter, built new fermenation tanks, replaced the process automation, built a new Waste water treatment plant and RGB Bottlingline. As project manager i was responsible for coordination between European equipment suppliers, local and regional contractors and Asian welding company.

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.