Education & Qualifications
1979 – 1980 Commercial College
Handelsakademie Graz, Austria
1973 – 1978 Mechanical Engineering College
HTL Graz Betriebstechnik, Austria
1969 – 1973 Secondary School
Hauptschule Wies, Austria
1965 – 1969 Primary School
Volksschule St. Ulrich, Austria
Career Summary
CURRENT
Senior Mechanical Installation Supervision and Control
Company: IM Maggia/Switzerland; Location: Ilisu/Turkey
Senior mechanical installation supervision and control at the hydroelectric power plant and Dam. 6 units each 250 MW. It is also foreseen to lead the commissioning and start-up of the mechanical and electrical plant.
Essential part of the obligation is the Management of the mechanical installation in accordance with the approved Design and as well the coordination of the interface with the civil part of the project.
Technical and Management obligations/ activities:
– To check the mechanical design and Data sheets in view to the contract specification especially the main equipment i.e. Turbines, utilities water pumps, spiral cases, steel piping, and inlet screens.
– To coordinate the civil design with the mechanical and electrical design.
– To check the civil installation and approve the civil installation ready for the installation of the mechanical equipment.
– To supervise and control the installation of the mechanical equipment and coordinate and manage the inspection of the installed mechanical equipment.
05/2012 – 12/2013
Project Management and Design Coordination
Company: ILF Zürich, Switzerland; Client: Axpo AG, Switzerland;
Location: Linth-Limmern Power Plant, Zürich/Switzerland
Key project data: new pumped storage hydropower plant – investment > 1 billion Euro, installed capacity: 1,000 MW, including tunnels and underground structures; access roads; Services:
Construction management services, especially design review coordination, contract monitoring, quality control, cost and time monitoring, project management, coordination of the design activities (civil, mechanical and electrical works).Controlling the mechanical design of the main equipment (Turbine, Pumps and pipeline areas)as well the design interface with the Civil Design. An important part of the activities on site was the Management of the mechanical installation in connection with the civil installation works.
Technical and Management obligations/ activities:
– Preparation of the civil, mechanical and electrical design program with dates from the proposed installation and commissioning program.
– Coordination of the civil, mechanical and electrical design team with regard to terms of the contract specification.
– To check the mechanical design and Data sheets in view to the contract specification especially the main equipment i.e. Turbines, utilities water pumps, spiral cases, steel piping, and inlet screens.
– To coordinate the civil design with the mechanical and electrical design.
– Managing the interface design issues especially loads of the mechanical equipment of the main equipment. ( Turbines, Utilities pumps, heavy valves and piping)
02/2010 – 02/2012
Design Coordination
Company: ILF Innsbruck, Austria; Client: Ed. Züblin AG/Strabag/Jäger Bau;
Location: Vianden, Luxembourg
Vianden Pumped Storage Plant, Installation of an 11th Unit (Pump Turbine)
Key project data: installation of an 11th Unit – investment > 150 million Euro,
Including a large scale cavern and access roads; Services: Construction Management services, especially design review coordination, contract monitoring, quality control, cost and time monitoring, construction monitoring, coordination of the design and installation activities (civil, mechanical and electrical works).
For those activities it was very important to manage the interface between the Design of the civil part and the Mechanical Design. Especially to coordinate the design review of the civil and the mechanical drawings with the members of the specific task forces. On site activities have been to check the civil and mechanical installation works in conjunction with the approved design.
Technical and Management obligations/ activities:
– To organize from the beginning of the project the technical interfaces between the civil, the mechanical and the electrical design.
– To lead the regular meetings between the different designers respectively subcontractors in order discuss the interface design especially the civil and mechanical design.
– To receive the design drawings and calculation’s from the civil, mechanical and electrical subcontractors and distribution for the checking and approval of the different design members for the project.
– Issuing at the start of the project the design program in conjunction with the contract time table including the installation program together with the different subcontractors.
06/2009 – 12/2009
Resident Engineer
Company: Consultant ILF, Austria; Client: Central Finance and Contracts Unit (CFCU) Bucharest, Romania; Location: Drobeta, Romania
Refurbishment of the drinking water plan Drobeta Turnu Severin in Romania.
Performance of the plant: 50.000 m³/d. Services: Responsible for coordination of the installation of the plant and for the start-up and handing over of the drinking
water plant.
Technical and Management obligations/ activities:
– Review the installed equipment especially the drinking water pumps and filtering equipment compared to of the contract specification and contract data sheets.
– Before starting up the drinking water plant checking the individual flows of the single equipment especially water pumps for the correct installation and during startup of the plant leading the startup and measurements of the different flows.
2005 – 2008
Project Manager, Site Manager, Start-up Manager
Company: Andritz AG, Austria; Client: Anglian Water Ltd.
Location: Tilbury London, UK
Project Manager and Site Manager Sewage drying Plant at Tilbury. Total Value:
40 million Euro. The contract was based and executed on red book. The civil contract with Skanska was based and executed on brown book. The plant design and implementation included the following: Civil plant, sludge import tanks, cakeimport, blend and batch tanks, gas boosting system, gas cooling system, gas engine, cake export, screening, polymer station, dewatering, drying, heat recovery system, cleaning of exhaust air with regenerative oxidisers, bio filter system for wet air, bag loading and storage and administration building.
Service: Responsibility as project Manager for managing the project with close client relationship. Managing the project during the design phase with the civil, mechanical and electrical design team as well the process engineering team and close working with the purchasing department for purchasing the equipment.
During the civil activities managing the civil contractor and civil activities on site.
During installation managing the installation activities and staff on site. Recruiting staff on site necessary for organization the installation period activities. Maintaining the progress reports to the client and internal progress reports with regard also to technical, costs and time. Responsible for the start-up activities of the plant during cold tests, hot runs until the takeover certificate.
Technical and Management obligations/ activities:
– To coordinate the design and flows of Water and Sewage flow sheets and dryer Plant P+ID`s together with the process engineers and mechanical and electrical designers.
– To check design and data sheets of the process and mechanical equipment together with the client in Hazop`s and reaching the approval for the design.
– To organize from the beginning of the project the technical interfaces between the civil, the mechanical and the electrical design.
– To lead the regular meetings between the different designers respectively subcontractors in order discuss the interface design especially the civil and mechanical design.
– To receive the design drawings and calculation’s from the civil, mechanical and electrical subcontractors and distribution for the checking and approval of the different design members for the project.
– Issuing at the start of the project the design program in conjunction with the contract time table including the installation program together with the different subcontractors.
2003 – 2004
Project Manager
Company: Andritz AG, Austria; Client: City of Yesou, Korea;
Location: Graz, Austria
Project Manager Sewage drying plant Yesou/Korea. Total Value: 10 million Euro.
The plant design and implementation included the following: drying equipment. The installation was carried by the client under the supervision of Andritz AG.
Responsibility as Project Manager for managing the project with close client relationship. Responsible for the organization of the design of the plant with the designers in Graz and responsible for searching of sub suppliers and purchasing negotiations with sub suppliers.
2000 – 2003
Project Manager and Site Manager
Company: Andritz AG, Austria; Client: Scottish Power, Scotland;
Location: Daldowie, Scotland
Project Manager und Site Manager sewage drying Plant Daldowie.
Total Value: EUR 35 million. The contract was based and executed on yellow book. Population equivalent : 350.000
The plant design and implementation included the following: screening, polymer station, dewatering, drying, lorry loading station, cleaning of exhaust air with regenerative oxidizers. Responsibility as Project Manager for managing the project with close client relationship. Managing the project during the design phase with the mechanical and electrical design team as well the process engineering team and close working with the purchasing department for purchasing the equipment. During installation managing the installation activities and staff on site.
Recruiting staff on site necessary for organization the installation period activities.
Maintaining the progress reports to the client and internal progress reports with regard also to technical, costs and time. Responsible for the startup activities of the plant during cold tests, hot runs until the takeover certificate.
1997 – 1999
Project Manager and Site Manager
Company: Andritz AG, Austria; Client: Northumbrian Water, UK;
Location: Graz, Austria + Bran Sands, UK
Project Manager und Site Manager sewage sludge drying Plant Bran Sands/Middleborough. Total Value: 100 million Euro. The contract was based and executed on yellow book. Population equivalent: 500.000
The plant design and implementation included the following: screening, polymer station, dewatering, drying, lorry loading station, cleaning of exhaust air with regenerative oxidisers. Services: Responsibility as Project Manager for managing the project with close client relationship. Managing the project during the design phase with the mechanical and electrical design team as well the process engineering team and close working with the purchasing department for purchasing the equipment. During installation managing the installation activities and staff on site. Recruiting staff on site necessary for organisation the installation period activities. Maintaining the progress reports to the client and internal progress reports with regard also to technical, costs and time. Partially responsible for the start up activities of the plant.
1996 – 1997
Project Manager
Company: Andritz AG, Austria; Client: Perth Water Authorities, Australia
Location: Graz, Austria + Perth, Australia
Project Manager sewage sludge drying Plant Perth. Total Value: 6 million Euro.
Services:
Responsibility as Project Manager for managing the project with close client relationship. The plant design and implementation included the following:
Drying equipment. The installation was carried by the client under the supervision of Andritz AG.
1995 – 1996
Project Manager
Company: Andritz AG, Austria; Client: Municipality of Pec, Hungary;
Location: Graz, Austria
Project Manager sewage sludge drying Plant Pecs/Hungary. Total Value: 3 million Euro. Services: Responsibility as project Manager for managing the project with close client relationship. The plant design and implementation included the following: Drying equipment. The installation was carried by the client under the supervision of Andritz AG.
1994 – 1995
Project Manager
Company: Andritz AG, Austria; Client: Municipality of Bad Säckingen,
Germany; Location: Waldshut, Germany
Project Manager sewage sludge drying Plant Bad Säckingen, Germany.
Total Value: 5 million Euro. The plant design and implementation included the following: drying equipment. Services: Responsible for the organisation of the design of the plant with the designers in Graz and responsible for searching of sub suppliers and purchasing negotiations with sub suppliers.
Organisation of the deliveries of equipment to site and organisation of the installation and start up activities.
1990 – 1994
Project Manager
Company: Andritz AG, Austria; Location: Austria
Project Manager for air technique plants in the pulp and paper industry i.e. Hall ventilation, steam boxes and air hoods.
1988 – 1990
Branch Manager
Company: Andritz AG, Austria; Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Branch Manager for Andritz AG in Iraq. Responsible for the Andritz Branch in Iraq/Baghdad. Finalization of the remaining outstanding points for the drinking water and sewage water plants and receiving the final acceptance certificate for the Rustamiyah sewage treatment.
1984 – 1988
Manager of Customs Affairs, Commercial and Assistant Manager
Company: Andritz AG, Austria; Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Manager of customs affairs responsible for temporary and permanent import of equipment and material to Iraq and re-export of equipment.
Commercial
Assistant Manager for drinking water plants and sewage treatment plant in Iraq. The main plants were as follows:
Karamah drinking water plant in Baghdad. Client :Baghdad Water Supply
Daurah drinking water plant in Baghdad. Client: Baghdad Water Supply
Diwaniyah drinking water plant. Client: State Contracting Company
Mahmoudiyah drinking water plant. Client: State Contracting Company
Tikrit sewage water plant. Client: State Contracting Company.
Rustamiyah sewage water plant in Baghdad. Client: State Contracting Company.
1981 – 1984
Commercial
Company: Andritz AG, Austria; Location: Graz, Austria
Other Relevant Information
CONSULTING Self-employment since 06/2009
06/2009 – 02/2012: Consultant at ILF Innsbruck, Austria
05/2012 – 12/2013: Consultant at ILF Zürich, Switzerland
07/2014 – CURRENT: Consultant at the engineering company IM Maggia, Locarno, Switzerland
Key Qualifications
Experience as Project Manager as well Design Coordination for pumped water storage plants. (Civil, mechanical and electrical part)
Experience as Commercial Assistant Manager for drinking water and sewage water plants
Experience as Project Manager/Construction Manager and design coordination for the civil part of pumped storage water power plants in conjunction with the mechanical and electrical part of the power plant
Experience as Project Manager for air technique plants in the pulp and paper industry
Experience as Project Manager and Site Manager and Startup Manager for large-scale Sewage sludge drying plants
Languages
MOTHER TONGUE German
OTHER LANGUAGES English: highly proficient in spoken and written English
IT Skills
MS Office
MS Project
