| 1994
- Present |
Z & P Construction Co. S.A.
- Ciudad Ojeda Zulia, Venezuela
Reporting to: Corporate
Board of Management
Company Profile:
The largest construction contractor of the
Venezuelan Oil Industry,
ranked in the top 100 companies in the country.
Z&P has three business
lines: external pipe coating
(polyethylene, fusion bonded epoxy and
concrete); pipeline installation
and construction of oil and petrochemical
plants both onshore and offshore,
employing approx. 1,800 workers.
| Responsibilities
and Achievements |
| June
2001-Present
|
| Operations
Manager |
Position
Reports directly to the Corporate
Board |
| Responsibilities:
Overall
responsibilities on all contracts
executed in Lake Maracaibo area. |
- Supervises a high
performance team from the various
operational and functional areas like
construction, pipe coating and pipeline
installation as well as HSE, quality
assurance and control, contract
administration, planning and progress
control , maintenance and materials.
-Assign and controls all necessary
resources for project executions like
personnel, equipment , materials and
documentation.
|
| 1994
-June 2001
|
| Business
Development Manager |
Reporting
to General Manager |
Responsibilities:
Development of
Strategic Plans for the Company.
Reorganization of the company for
the implementation of competitive
strategy that led the company to
adapt better to environmental
changes and the general market
environment
|
- Responsible for
promoting the company, including
establishing
brochures and stands, as well as
responsible for communicational campaign
- Representing top management in in the
establishment of quality assurance
audits.
- Responsible for quality audits,
managing documentation and control,
supervising the quality assurance plans
for specific project.
- Member of ISO-9000 Forum Venezuela.
- Implementation of ISO 9002 standard in
the three Business Lines.
- Instrumental in ISO-9002 Certification
award for the Pipe Coating Plants.
- Led and participated in working out
tenders, negotiation and award of
important construction projects ,
especially in submissions to
multinationals firms in engineering and
operations of the oil industry.
- Acted also as Project
Manager between 1999 -2001 in
assisting
the Vice-President managing the specific
contracts indicated below:
- Responsible for contract follow-up of
the External Pipe Coating
P.O. of Chevron for Field LL-652 in Lake
Maracaibo.
- Project Manager of Chevron
Transportation and Installation of Large
and Small Diameter Pipelines LL-652 Lake
Maracaibo
- Acted from 1994-1998 as Quality
and Productivity Consultant to
Asesorías Profesionales Sigma.
Maracaibo, Zulia; a company providing its
clients with consultant services in ISO
9000 the quality control area
- Provided consulting for for
implementing ISO 9000 standard and
productivity system in different
companies: such as NDT services,
Insulation services, Civil and mechanical
engineering Contractors, Oil well
services .
|
| 1993-1997
|
| Part-time
Professor |
Universidad
del Zulia, Venezuela - Faculty of
Economic Sciences, M.B.A.
Program, |
| Responsibility:
Post-graduate
Studies Division of Faculty of
Economics. |
- Designed an MBA level
Banking and Finance Program addressed to
bank executives to provide them with a
strong education for facing the
challenges of the environment in
Venezuela. Introduction of the program
was delayed due to an economic crisis in
the national banking industry.
- Part-time Professor of International
Marketing Course (business strategy).
This is an optional course of the
Marketing Program addressed to all
participants of the MBA Program
interested in acquiring strategic
planning skills in an international
environment using case studies.
|
| 1988-1990
|
| Construction
Coordinator / Estimator |
Z
& P Construction Co. S.A.
Ciudad Ojeda, Zulia |
| Responsibility:
In charge of
personnel and equipment for large
projects for the oil and
petrochemical industries in
Venezuela. |
- Being awarded two
recognition's for finishing projects
ahead of schedule.
- Coordination of company resources
during the projects, including
supervision of engineers and technicians
- Managed 250 workers (average) per
project in 2 states.
- Worked at the same time as cost
estimator for bid processes
|
| 1985-1987
|
Resident
Engineer
|
Z
& P Construction Co. S.A.
Ciudad Ojeda, Zulia |
| Responsibility:
Complex
construction works as well as
dealing with trade unions and
negotiating with clients |
- First new engineer in
charge of a 1 million dollars project in
the company.
- Managed 150 workers per project.
- Administration of projects including
planning and estimation of
changes in the scope.
|
| 1981-1984
|
Part Time Job as Construction
Inspector
|
Concejo
Municipal Maracaibo, Zulia |
| Responsibility:
Building and
Construction Inspection |
- Inspection of an assigned
area of the city, for new construction
permits and claims
|
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|
1990-1991
Sep1986-Mar 1987 |
Solvay Business School,
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- M.B.A., Master of Business
Administration - Graduated with Honors .
Instituto de Estudios Superiores en
Administración IESA.
|
| 1978-1984
|
Universidad del Zulia,
Maracaibo, Venezuela - Civil Engineer
(Masters Degree) Studied and specialized
in quality control such as ISO-9000,
Second
Quality Seminar, ISO-14000 as
well as International trade; Management in an
Inflationary Economy; Finance Management in
Mechanical Engineering Sector |
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