Urb. El Bosque, Calle La Ceiba, Resd. "Amazonia Park", P-2, Apto. 2, Mun.

San Jos . Valencia.

Phone: (024*-******* / 8231185

Cell: 0414 - 434-3424

Email: abgtnl@r.postjobfree.com

General Qualifications

Leopoldo Rojas O.

A highly skilled engineer searching for a corporation where his 24 plus

years of technical and managerial experience in the fields of Routine, Turn

Around Maintenance as well as Project Management and Reliability of Oil

Refinery and Utility plants, can be fully utilized. The integrated

knowledge and experience in the design, development and implementation of

policies, procedures, norms and strategic plans, related to the execution

of preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance programs in

conjunction with the experience in formulating, controlling and follow up

maintenance budgets, has been utilized as an input for the customization of

an integrated Computerized Maintenance Management System (SAP-PM) for

Petr leos de Venezuela (PDVSA), and others software, in order to optimize

the Maintenance Function. Additional he has been involved in the generation

of the management of change plan necessary to ensure a successful

deployment through out the biggest refinery complex of the world. Others

competencies such as management of high skill team, contracting strategies

and negotiations, quality assurance management, project planning and

control has been strengths in his professional development.

Experience

1978-Present Petr leos de Venezuela (PDVSA) Caracas, Venezuela

Paraguana Refinery Complex (PRC) Maintenance Manager

1. Develop, coordinate and integrate reliability and maintenance programs

of PDVSA's 845 MBD complex, annual budget of 180MM$, and a asset

replacement value of 6.000 MM$.

2. Define, design and implement policies and contract strategies for

routine and turnaround maintenance.

3. Define, design safety policies to be implemented through the maintenance

activities of the complex with the help of the Safety Organization.

4. Formulate and control maintenance budgets for both routine and

turnaround activities.

5. Identify, procure and implement new tools and technologies for

maintenance activities.

6. Assure technical assistance in the field of reliability to the PRC

7. Formulate, control and follow up career development programs for almost

900 people.

8. Participate with PDVSA's Corporate Office in generating corporate

programs including new technologies related to world class construction &

maintenance.

El Palito Refinery Maintenance Manager

9. Develop, coordinate and integrate reliability and maintenance programs

of PDVSA's 130 MBD refinery.

10. Define, design and implement policies and contract strategies for

routine and turnaround maintenance.

11. Formulate and control maintenance budgets for both routine and

turnaround activities.

12. Identify, procure and implement new tools and technologies for

maintenance activities.

13. Assure technical assistance in the field of reliability to the El

Palito Refinery.

14. Formulate, control and follow up career development programs for almost

350 people.

15. Participate with PDVSA's Corporate Office in generating corporate

programs including new technologies related to world class construction &

maintenance.

El Palito Refinery Maintenance Area Superintendent

16. Define and manage short - long-term planning, contracting and execution

strategies of routine, turn around and maintenance projects.

17. Negotiate terms and conditions of maintenance contracts.

18. Formulate, Control and follow up of Maintenance Annual Budget

19. Ensure application of Safety, Environment and Health regulations.

20. Establish ISO-9000 for certain maintenance processes as well as Quality

Assurance Management Policies.

21. Assure Organization Technological Capital (know-how)

22. Coordinate and apply reliability tools and technologies, such as root-

cause analysis, risk based inspection, reliability center maintenance,

risk / cost / benefit analysis.

Education

. Universidad de Carabobo / B.S. Electrical Engineering

Courses and Certifications

. Advanced Strategic Negotiation.

. Maintenance Management Solutions - Turnaround

. Engineering Management

. Corporate Finances

. Project Planning and Control

. Project Management

. National Plant Engineering and Maintenance Conferences-NPEM

. National Petroleum and Petrochemical Refining Association Conferences-

NPRA.

. Quality Assurance Management

. Corporate Strategic Plant Development

. Quality Control and Statistical Methods

Other Skills

. Bilingual: Spanish/English

. Computer Literate (Windows XP, Words, Microsoft Projects, Excel,

PowerPoint, Lotus Notes, Internet, etc.)

Skills & Competences

. Project Management

. Advanced Strategic Negotiation

. Corporate Strategic Planning and Control

. High Skill Team Work Development

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