Braşov, Romania
Highly experienced management professional with over 20 years experience in project management , maintenance and general production environments. Proven ability to see a range of projects through their entire life cycle with various high level builds executed to an excellent standard.
• Get familiar with the plant equipment and organisation, working methodology, working tools and systems in place • Started to asses the plant personnel and performance current issues • Preparing the implementation of the new organisational structure • Preparing and running the half year and the yearly main repair for the cement lines equipment (raw mill, kiln , cement mills) • Implement new managerial and preventive maintenance tools to achieve the desired KPI’s
DEPUTY OF CEMENT PLANT MANAGER (BIGGEST CEMENT PLANT FROM RUSSIA OVER 5MILLION TONS CEMENT/YEAR) • Assessed the exploitation and maintenance department structure and made a proposal for improvement • Organised a preventive maintenance project team – elaborated documents for 1st level inspection for 1st workshop and started inspections • Started to implement modern maintenance tools and methodologies(trained 90 engineers and technicians and started to use RCFA , implemented weekly planning of maintenance activities , reliability calculation and follow up etc.) • Proposed a series of investments to decrease cement production cost , oriented to increase reliability and productivity of the production lines
Managing director of the Lipetsk Branch , of Eurocement Group . • Get familiar with the groups organisation, working methodology, working tools and systems in place • Started to implement modern maintenance tools and methodologies(starting to use RCFA ,elaborate plant flowsheets, equipment risk analysis, reliability calculation and follow up etc.) • Performed an assessment of current local situation from organisational and effectiveness point of view • Proposed a series of investments to decrease cement production cost , mainly energy saving oriented projects(design studies including offers from suppliers
• Erected an industrial waste processing plant (Thermal processing by Pyrolysis) • Hired, coached, and developed the erection and production team of 14 technicians • Improved the company’s relationship with local authorities and companies, enabling ongoing collaboration • Decreased service cost and equipment rentals by half sometimes in local project through effective negotiation with local companies to obtain erection services
• Medgidia Cement Plant project - Chlorine Bypass and Municipal waste shredding, storing and dosing facilities.Large budget project of over 9 Million Euro. • Procurement, liaison with stakeholders, managing personnel and rectifying any issues in the delivery of the project aims • Budget definition and allocation, ensuring maximum efficiency and customer satisfaction at all times
• Implementing a ‘Lean organization’ within the plant. This includes optimization of work efficiency, reducing the workforce through implementation of CI and of Kaizen Practices as well as reinforcing PPM and RCFA • Became a reference plant in the group (Among 120+ plants) in terms of production cost per ton, equipment uptime – reliability factor over 98% and having 20+ days mean time between incidents • Ensuring the maintenance of safe working conditions, enabling an environment where everyone contributes to the health, safety and maintenance of group and plant rules • Developing yearly plant budgets as well as assessing needs and requirements • Coaching and mentoring 110 plant employees as well as overseeing 300 permanent contractors, instilling a culture of safety, continuous improvement and accountability • Leading of a highly competitive plant management team and key positions and achieving the status of plant mastery trough POM project( plant operating model project)
• Establishing the targets and objectives of the maintenance department; in line with company aims • Optimization of main workshops reliability factor, using effective tolls, KPI’s and RCFA • Leading , coaching and mentoring the 80+plant maintenance employees and several contractor teams • Managing the maintenance and investment budget (each several MEuros / annum) • Implementing and improving Kaizen methodology in a plant workshop; completely turning round the worst performing workshop and creating a strong case for the expansion of the Kaizen methodologies • Responsible for implementing a number of major projects: Electrical renovation ,LV,MV, automation and control system of workshops, Environmental projects such as the introduction of large bag filters, pneumatic transport replacement for energy saving, 2 brand new cement packing and palletizing units, hall operating cranes