Management Engineer

Guy Jean Ren Yvon Bodson

Address: Rue du Faubourg, 14, L-8824 Perl , Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

Phone: + (32-471-***-***

Email: ***.******@*********.**

Operations Director - Welding Services Welding Operations Manager

Welding Project/Programme Director Non Destructive Testing (NDT) Manager

Accomplished senior welding project management professional offering over

19 years' experience in the areas of operations management, project

management, budget management, process restructuring, quality control and

assurance with specialisation in welding projects in the manufacturing

sector. Expert in handling over four projects simultaneously within

budgets valued at multimillion dollars. Extensive knowledge of start-up

operations of complex projects, project designing, progress mapping, risk

assessment and coordinating interdepartmental activities. Qualified with

a Master's in Metallurgy and Welding and Master's in Industrial

Engineering coupled with specialised qualifications such as International

Welding Engineering and European Welding Engineer. Skilled in leading

innovative, multidisciplinary welding projects - with budgets up to E2M

using welding systems' domain knowledge, strategic insight and sharp

planning techniques for meeting long-term revenue goals with sales

initiative of E3.5M. Outstanding track record of enabling apt cost

control/reduction strategies and efficiently completing projects in

compliance with approved budget/schedule and optimum quality standards.

Hands-on experience in leading multi-skilled workforce of over 20 direct

and over 100 indirect employees. Excels in cultivating team-oriented

environments, effectively training and mentoring site personnel and

successfully achieving statement of satisfaction for various projects

undertaken. Skilled initiator of successful stakeholder management

strategies for ensuring effective operational excellence and improved

work ethic, culture and performance.

CORE COMPETENCIES

? Negotiations and Decision-Making ? Budgeting and Scheduling ? Conflict

Management ? Cost Reduction and Budgeting ? Vendor Management/Contract

Negotiations ? Client Relationship Management ? Structural Steel

Fabrication and Coating Inspection ? Quality Control/Quality Codes and

Standards ? Occupational Health and Safety and Site Inspection ? Preventive

and Corrective Actions ? Strategic Alliances/Teaming ? Programme Change

Control - Schedule, Scope and Budget ? Capacity Planning/Schedule Adherence

? Project Planning and Control ? Engineer and Technician Liaison ?

Blueprints and Schematic Reading ? Design/Build and Shutdown Projects ?

Management of Complex Project Dependencies ? Leading Cross-

Functional/Matrix Organisations ?

KEY SKILLS

. Strategic Planning and Stakeholder Management - Skilled in developing

strategic partnerships by understanding requirements and presenting

apposite solutions within a given framework. Transforming operations and

business scenarios through proper strategic planning and engineering a

win-win situation for consistently adding value to a business. Performing

stakeholder analysis and effectively managing stakeholders through

appropriate management of their expectations and agreed objectives.

. Project Management - Expert in delivering challenging projects through

clear planning and direction and involved in entire procedure right from

inception through to final commissioning. Administering diverse

responsibilities such as handling service contracts, as-build

documentation and technical project control and other installation

operations while ensuring projects adhere to defined timeframes and

approved budgets. Analysing and mitigating short- and long-term risks

while strategically implementing change processes for ensuring impact

reduction.

. Quality Assurance and Health and Safety - Hands-on experience in

successfully completing multimillion-dollar international projects while

maintaining high standards in quality work and safety while ensuring

accomplishment of all health, safety and environmental regulations.

Providing apt direction and leadership on-site while ascertaining

attainment of site safety requirements, no fatalities record and

implementation of a comprehensive accident prevention and investigation

programme.

. Operations Management and Continuous Process Improvement - Competent in

facilitating significant operational support for welding and assembly

project work. Steering various continuous improvement initiatives - on a

continual basis - to automate, standardise and adopt tools for optimising

existing business process and enable expansion; providing appropriate

solutions to client to avoid any negative business impact and reduce

operational cost.

. Effective Leadership and Team Collaboration - Providing effective

leadership to project team by motivating them and developing their

skills. Actively representing project team, ensuring development and

maintenance of positive working relations and employing a collaborative

process for improving accountability by encouraging employees to take

ownership of results and efforts.

. Languages - Fluent in English and French along with conversational

knowledge of Dutch and Spanish.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROJECTS

Implementation of Quality Management Programme Project Value:

E200,000

Management of the Assembly Department Annual Budget: E2M

Management of Weldiflex SARL Annual Budget:

E149,000

Management of Welding and Speciality Gases Department for Project Value: E3,5M

Messer Benelux

Conception, Drawing of Blueprints, Planning and Building of Project Value:

5,280 Square Feet House E400,000

Management of Sales Budget for Air Liquide Value: E1.5M

CAREER HISTORY

Assembly Department Director Nov 2012 - Present

Technifutur, Liege, Belgium

. Effectively managing Assembly Department including people, budgets,

conflicts, schedules, organisation, procurement, etc.

Welding Consultant and Marketing of Industrial Products Mar 2012 - Present

Weldiflex SARL (Ltd.)

. Overseeing own freelance company involved in the field of welding and

Industrial products and handling activities such as budgets, accounting,

schedules, organisation, procurement, sales, customer visits, etc.

Product Manager Specialty Gases Oct 2006 - Aug 2012

Messer Benelux S.A., Machelen, Belgium

. Administered the Speciality Gases Department for the south part of

Belgium and Luxembourg and oversaw work facets including people, budgets,

conflicts, schedules, organisation, procurement, etc.

EARLIER CAREER

Project and Sales Manager Mar 2000 - Sep 2006

Air Liquide Welding, Tienen, Belgium

Sales Engineer Sep 1998 - Mar 2000

S.P.R.L. Picha, Li ge, Belgium

Project and Sales Engineer Jun 1995 - Aug 1998

Air Liquide Belgium, Division Cutting-welding and Alphagaz,

Charleroi, Belgium

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

International Welding Engineer (I.W.E.) Jun 2005

Institut Belge du Soudage (IBS), Brussels

European Welding Engineer (E.W.E.) Jun 2003

Institut Belge du Soudage (IBS), Brussels

Master's Degree in Metallurgy and Welding Jun 1995 - Jul 1996

Universit in Li ge, Belgium

Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering Sep 1988 - Jul 1994

I.S.I. Gramme in Li ge, Belgium

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

. Effective Management Skills

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 5th Feb, 1969 Nationality: Luxembourgian

Marital Status: Single Driver's Licence: Luxembourg

References available on request

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