Antoine Rubbers

Business Manager at Tractebel Engineering

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

Key Qualifications - Product/Program Management: Bunkered Safety Systems, Post-Fukushima Products, Piping, Pipe Supports, Structures, Fluid Systems, Equipment, Safety Analysis and Licensing (6+ years) - Resource Management: Staff from 5 to 35 people (4 years) - Chief Engineer for Bunker Implementation proposals and project execution (1+ year) - Piping and Structures Design and Analysis (9 years): - Class 1/2/3/NNS piping analysis according to ASME III and ANSI B31.1 Codes (including fatigue, seismic effects and hydrodynamic effects) - Pipe layout - Thermal stratification evaluation - Seismic design of Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Coolant Loop and Auxiliary Line piping - Leak-Before-Break analyis of high energy piping systems - Pipe support design and analysis - Finite Element Analysis of equipment and support structures - Limit stop technology (gapped pipe supports) - Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis (2 years): - Thermal-hydraulic transient analysis (using CFD and System codes) - Environmental conditions analysis - PWR Owners Group (PWROG) European Membership (4 years) - Certified Green Belt Lean - Six Sigma

Experience

  • Westinghouse Electric Company (Nivelles, Belgium)
    • Product Manager
      Feb 2012 - Nov 2014 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Integrated Program Manager, Post-Fukushima Products & Services (Europe & Africa) - Product marketing at Ringhals, EDF Energy, EDF, Krsko, Asco-Vandellos, Almaraz: Safety Assessments, Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners (PARs), Containment Filtered Venting Systems, RCP Passive Thermal Shutdown Seal, Alternate Safety Injection Systems, Alternate Auxiliary Feedwater System, Safety Procedures, FLEX, Emergency Spent Fuel Pool Injection and Cooling, Bunkered Safety Systems. - Product line strategy for new and existing markets. Development of partnership strategies with Product Managers (Filtered Vents, PARs, Turbine Water Lubricated Pump). - Support to Product Lines for offers preparation - Product development (Innovation Programs): Steam Ejectors, Filtered Vents, PARs. - Project Authorizations for the PWROG: needs qualification, scope definition, proposal to the International Members, project authorization and execution follow (9 projects, 3.5 M$). Product Manager, Bunkered Safety Systems (Global): - Product line strategy for new and existing markets in Europe and Asia. - Product marketing (Krsko and Kansai NPPs). - Conceptual designs development (Krsko and Kansai NPPs). Chief Engineer, Bunker Implementation (Krsko NPP, Slovenia) - Technical Integrator for offer preparation and project execution (Krkso NPP). Note: value ~500M€ turnkey; project not started. - Responsible for the overall technical offer: technical description, labor/cost estimates, schedule, risks, organizational structure for the technical areas, technical interface with the suppliers and customer. Overall scope includes engineering, procurement/manufacturing, installation and testing/commissioning. Note: scope subject to changes. - Application of the Systems Engineering methodolgy and tools for Requirement Management, Configuration Management and Interface Management.

    • Product Manager
      Jun 2010 - Jan 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Product Manager, Department of Safety Analysis, Systems & Equipment Engineering: Engineering studies for fluid systems in NPP nuclear island. Verfication of functional performances. Modifications analyses. Commissioning tests. Equipment Specifications. Safety analysis. Risk Applications. - Resource Management: 35 engineers and technicians. Staffing (7 Engineers + 4 Contractors + 2 Traineeships). Resource Planning. Resource development (training, coaching, knowledge transfer). Personnel qualification. Yearly evaluations. - Product management and development. - Quality Assurance: Approval of reports, letters and engineering calculation notes. Respect of Policies and Procedures. Issue Owner for several Corrective Actions Processes. - Business Administration: Department Budget, Business Plan, Financial Plan, Capital Plan (Sales: 14 M$; DGM: 25%). - Project Reviews: Interface with Project Managers and Technical Leads to review project plan, budgets, schedule, resource planning.

    • Program Manager
      Dec 2007 - May 2010 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Program Manager, AP1000 Engineering Piping, Pipe Supports, Major Components and Fluid Systems Engineering - Program Management: Creation from scratch and development of the AP1000 engineering activity at Westinghouse Belgium. Group growing from 5 to 27 engineers and technicians (Dec 07 - Sep 10) - Project Management: Piping and Pipe Support Design and Analysis (47 men-years), Major Components Analysis – tank, accumulator, steam generator, pressurizer (3 men-years) and Systems Engineering (3 men-years). Project Reviews including financial status, work progress, estimates at completion, resource planning. - Technical Lead: Piping stress analysis, structural analysisand pipe support design and analysis. Design reviews. - Resource Management: hiring, resource development. Yearly evaluations.

  • Senior Engineer at Empresarios Agrupados Internacional A.I.E.
    Sep 2000 - Sep 2004 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Senior Engineer, Department of Applied Mechanics Lead of the Thermal-Hydraulics Team Technical lead for electrical penetration thermal analysis using ANSYS code; Lungmen NPP (ABWR, 1350MWe). Technical lead for thermal hydraulic analysis of the first isolation valve of the Safety Injection to Hot/Cold Leg System, Trillo NPP (PWR, W, 1000MWe). Full 3-D thermal analysis coupling CFD FLOTRAN and ANSYS codes. Technical lead for water-hammer transients analyses using RELAP5, ANSYS, AGPIPE and WAHA codes; R&D project for the EU. Evaluation of induced loads on pipes and structures of nuclear power plants. Pipe stress analysis using ANSYS 5.5 code. Coordinator for the final meeting in Madrid with all 11 European members. Technical lead for severe accident scenarios analysis using MELCOR and ASTEC codes; R&D project for the EU applied to Almaraz NPP (PWR, 1000MWe) and Vandellos NPP (PWR, 1000MWe). Simulation of Station Blackout and Loss of Coolant accident sequences. Coordinator for the final meeting in Madrid with the 19 members. Technical lead for water-hammer transients analyses of relief valves discharge using RELAP5 code; Lungmen NPP and Trillo NPP .Computation of transient behaviour and induced hydrodynamic loads. Pipe stress analysis using CAEPIPE 5.1 code; Castejon CCPP, Granadilla CCPP and TP Vinci Facility. Thermal and wind load evaluation. Structural 3-D analysis using ANSYS code to estimate the stress intensification factor in stanchions and pipe branches. Steam Tunnel and Containment Pressurization analysis under HELB accidents using CONTAIN code; Lungmen NPP. Calculation of environmental conditions. Loss of Coolant Accident analysis using RELAP5 code; Lungmen NPP. Mass and energy releases inside the reactor shield wall annulus due to RHR and FW line breaks. Transient response analysis of Circulating Water System under pump trip event using THICOM code; Trillo NPP. Structural analysis of broadcast antennas using ANSYS code.

  • Engineer at Westinghouse Electric Company
    Sep 1998 - Apr 2000 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Engineer, Department of Structural Mechanics Technology Piping stress and support loads analyses using GAPPIPE and WESTDYN; Krsko NPP (PWR, 600MWe). Thermal and seismic loads calculation of the reactor coolant loop and auxiliary lines for the steam generator replacement. Fatigue evaluation of primary loop branch nozzles. Seismic analysis for snubber elimination. Water-hammer transients analysis of Pressurizer Safety and Relief Valves Discharge using ITCH; Ringhals NPP (PWR, 900MWe). Evaluation of pipe stress induced by hydraulic and seismic loads using WESTDYN. Walkdown inside containment.