Project Manager Engineer

JAN DE BEIR

A natural leader, I have developed my extensive organisational and planning

skills across key business and industry areas, working in the UK, Europe

and Asia. These include executive chief engineer for 5* hotels and Site

Management for major new buildings and refurbishment's over a twenty year

period, managing hotel projects across Europe, UAE and Asia and gaining

invaluable life skills whilst at sea as an Officer Engineer. I consider

myself to be a highly motivated individual, consistently striving for

quality results in any challenge I undertake.

WORK EXPERIENCE

From 07/09/11 working as sr. project engineer for Cogniplus interiors.

A refurbishment project at the Song Be golf resort 32 Km from HCM city.

Responsible for the site set up and daily schedule performance.

Organising the different working teams to start and finish the project as

requested by the owners on time and in the budget.

Building new changing lockers rooms, toilets, showers, gardens with ponds

and new conservatory.

Construction contract was extended to refurbish 2 more meeting rooms.

Working with a building team of masons, tillers, electricians, plumbers, a

steel construction team, painters, carpenters and decorators.

All together 62 workers.

Project finished end August 2012.

From 01/01/2009 till 31/08/2011 working as senior project engineer,

building a 5* property for a private investor at Vung Tau city. Vietnam.

Project was finished at the cost of $ 2,000,000.

Involved from design at architect office, till completion on site, key on

the door, paint dry hand over.

The villa is equipped with all features of a boutique hotel.

6 bedrooms with connecting bath room, gym, underground parking and ATS

generator room.

The top floor is designed for bar, TV and video entertainment with view of

the Vung Tau back beach.

Lift imported from Otis France with a steel frame lift shaft and special

dubble glazing with cupper decoration.

Outside garden with swimming pool with shower and sun bathing facilities.

Working with a local team of 45 construction builders.

The fit out was done by AA company under my supervision with a 32 team of

carpenters and decorators.

Project was finished August 2011 on time and in the budget.

Appointed Director of engineering at Rotana hotel in Dubai. 16/09/07 till

16/11/2008.

Five star complex with 260 rooms, 140 luxury suites, and an international

team of 45 people.

Responsible for the smooth running of all facilities, including underground

car park, plant rooms, Exhibition Centre, 400 functional guest rooms, and

numerous meeting rooms.

The hotel is equipped with 4 restaurants, 1 English pub, 1 night club and 3

fitness centres.

Outside swimming pools and luxury gardens.

Budget $2,221,000 for energy and $1,553,000 for P&L

Achievements.

The reorganisation of the engineering team from a 51 staff to a reliable

team of 45 engineers and handyman.

New shift pattern was introduced to gain more efficient guest services and

reduce guest complaints.

Water treatment for the cooling towers was reviewed and a more reliable

maintenance system was introduced followed by intensive staff training.

The daily check list performance was increased as the team relied to much

on the BMS system. Technician on shift was ordered to check all plant rooms

physically and make notes on the new checklists' with reports to be made

for the morning briefing.

From 15 December 2004 till 14/09/07 appointed as Chief Engineer for Sofitel

Plaza Saigon HCMC. 17 Le Duan Blvd. District 1 .

Responsible for the daily maintenance, PPM, capex expenditure, health and

safety, internal and external maintenance of the building, kitchens

restaurants and plant rooms.

Working with a team of mechanics, electricians, carpenters, masons,

painters and storekeeper all together 27 workers.

Responsible for the smooth running of all facilities, including car park,

plant rooms, Exhibition Centre, 270 functional guest rooms,

numerous meeting rooms.

A yearly budget P&L of $ 1,020,000.

Achievements.

Re-organisation of the Maintenance department from a disorganised team to

an effective, efficient and hard working team of 27 technicians and

handymen. The introduction of a sound shift pattern, improved wages and

recognition of personal developments from various team members made this

achievement possible.

. Building a new French restaurant Olivier on the first floor to increase

revenue for the FB department.

. The building of an exclusive Sofitel club on the 16th floor for our

special guest services.

. The building of an exclusive meeting room adjacent to the Sofitel club

room.

. I calculated the high energy consumption bill was due to the old

chillers. Replacing the chillers with screw Trane chillers could save a

huge amount of energy and money. The pay back time was only 3 years.

. The owner refused to do the investment.

From 10 january 2004 till 10 december 2004 working for a Belgian Building

and engineering co. as senior project manager. Based in Birmingham building

of a 250 bedroom hotel . After this project I started to work for a 5*

hotel again.

November 1999- November 2003 Director of Facilities Novotel

London West-UK

Responsibilities

1. In charge of a 20-man department in this 630-bedroom hotel in the heart

of one of London's major business districts.

2. Responsible for a yearly 1.2million Maintenance P&L budget and a

1.1million Capital Expenditure budget.

3. Responsible for the smooth running of all facilities, including

underground car park, 27 plant rooms, 5000m2 Exhibition Centre, 630

functional guest rooms, numerous meeting rooms and, more recently, the re-

structuring of the Security Department.

Achievements

4. Re-organisation of the Maintenance department from a disorganised team

of 26 men to an effective, efficient and hard working team of 20

technicians and handymen. The introduction of a sound shift pattern,

improved wages and recognition of personal developments from various team

members made this achievement possible.

5. Re-organisation of the Car Park services to patrons, with a resulting

increase in revenue of 45% ( 44,000.00 per month).

6. A re-organisation of the waste management controls resulted in annual

savings of between 14,000- 18,000.

7. Sold vacant roof space to BT Cellnet and One2One. This deal increased

annual hotel revenue by a further 32,000.

8. The cancelling and re-negotiation of contracts resulted in a savings in

expenses of 52,000 in my first year.

9. I was actively involved in a major refurbishment project in the hotel,

with a budget of 20million. This was successfully completed in August

2001.

July 1996 -November 1999 Chief Engineer Sofitel Frankfurt-

Germany

Responsibilities

10. Responsible for all facilities throughout this 5-Star luxury hotel,

including the maintenance team, security of the property and various

refurbishment projects.

Achievements

11. Re-organisation of the entire maintenance structure, including an

update of all technical installations and building completely new

guestrooms and meeting rooms.

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July 1993-July 1996 Site Project Manager Sofitel -Various across

Europe

Amsterdam,

Brussels, Frankfurt, Strasbourg, Paris.

Responsibilities

12. Project management of various sites for all refurbishment requirements.

These included the construction, mechanical and electrical

installations and finishing-all to meet the 5-Star Accor Standards.

13. Responsible for a team of 32 builders, technicians and contractors.

Achievements

14. All projects completed on time and within original budget.

15. Used as a problem solver for Accor's most prestigious hotels.

16. Successfully managed the construction and installation of theme park-

Sea Front in Zeebrugge (Belgium). This included the installation of a

Submarine and Light Ship theme park with shopping centre attached.

November 1990-December 1993 Site Project Manager Advanced Technical

Systems

17. Responsible for the construction of several building and technical

installations for Car Manufacturers Volvo, Renault and Volkswagen.

18. Construction of several steel framed shopping centres from design till

finishing and opening.

August 1986-November 1990 Self Employed Contractor

19. Carried out various building projects including heating, air handling

and sanitary installations.

November 1981-August 1986 Officer Engineer Company Maritime

Belge

20. Completed numerous voyages across the world, holding rank of Officer

Engineer.

1980

21. Introduction to Officer Engineer role at the Sea Induction School in

Antwerp.

1976-1980

22. After leaving school, I worked for a Building and Housing Construction

Company.

QUALIFICATIONS

1976

23. Technical School Eeklo (Belgium)

24. Diploma Electro/Mechanical A3

1982-1986

25. Training for Officer Engineer on several Merchant Ships for CMB

26. Degree of Officer Engineer

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Address So 6 An Phu An Khanh An Thinh building D2

Telephone Vietnam : +84-909****** (mobile)

Mail add; *********@*****.***

Date of Birth 05/03/1959

Marital Status Single

GENERAL INTERESTS

I am fluent, both written and orally, in Dutch, English and German and hold

a written and oral knowledge of French. I am a keen follower of most

sports, especially Football, GP and Cycling. I also love travelling,

eating out and reading, my favourite author being Stephen King.

REFERENCES

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