Water Treatment Manager

August **th, ****.

José Ropero Lara

Tel: +57-323-***-**-**

**********@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jos%C3%A9-ropero-48797012/

MBA & Industrial Engineer with 21 years experience in project execution, last 16 years on water treatment projects. Currently: Project Manager WWTP El Salitre, Bogotá, Colombia. Previous: Country Manager developing projects execution, commercial tasks, coordinating bidding processes and managing the activity of the Company in Chile.

Experience

Senior Project Manager – Aqualia Colombia

January 2017 – current

Project Manager 380 MM USD - 605.000 m3/day (7 m3/s) WWTP El Salitre, Bogotá, Colombia. http://www.ptarsalitre.com.co/

,, @PTARElSalitre.

Country Manager – Aqualia Chile

January 2015 – December 2016, Santiago (Chile)

Aqualia is the water management parent company of FCC, one of the largest European services groups. Aqualia responds to the needs private and public parties, at all stages of the water cycle, providing water for human, industrial, and agricultural uses.

Commercial activities related to waste water, desalination, potable water, water reuse, industrial water treatment for EPC and BOT contracts.

Brand positioning in the country.

Coordination of the development and control of the performance of ongoing projects.

Construction Director – Aqualia Infraestructuras Chile

January 2013 – December 2014, Santiago (Chile)

Main projects:

EPC and O&M Huechún nanofiltration plant for mining company Codelco Andina - CODELCO Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile. Design, procurement, construction, functional and operating tests, start-up and 12 years operation and maintenance of 100 lps nanofiltration water plant. 14 MM USD.

EPC Sierra Gorda reverse osmosis plant for mining company Sierra Gorda Sociedad Contractual Minera – KGHM-Sumitomo. Design, procurement, construction, functional and operating tests and start-up of sea water treatment plant to provide 100 lps demineralized water by reverse osmosis process. 28 MM USD.

EPC La Cadellada WWTP for Sembcorp Aguas de Chacabuco. Design, procurement, construction, functional and operating tests and start-up of 30.000 m3/day (350 lps) waste water treatment plant. 24 MM USD.

During this period I managed as well the 1600 mm outfall pipe, Punta Yeguas EPC project, Uruguay, in the early stages of the construction period as construction director, and helped commercial activity of the company in Perú.

Project Manager – Aqualia Infraestructuras Chile

January 2012 – December 2012, Copiapó (Chile)

Construction and Administration tasks for EPC and O&M 500 lps Candelaria Desalinization Plant and Marine Works for mining company Freeport McMoran Inc. Design, procurement, construction, functional and operating tests and start-up of see water treatment plant to provide 500 lps desalinated water by reverse osmosis and ultra-filtration processes for use in mining industry. 58 MM USD.

Construction Department Manager – Aqualia Infraestructuras S.A.

January 2007 – December 2011, Madrid (Spain)

Execution of several EPC water treatment projects in Mediterranean area for Local Governments.

175 lps desalination plant and marine works in Santa Eulalia (Ibiza). 47 MM USD.

140 lps desalination plant in Vila (Ibiza). 15 MM USD.

210 lps desalination plant in San Antonio (Ibiza). 9 MM USD.

95 lps waste water treatment plant in Canet de Berenguer (Valencia). 12 MM USD.

700 lps tertiary treatment waste water treatment plant in Quart de Poblet (Valencia). 8 MM USD.

400 lps potable water treatment plant in Soller (Mallorca) 2 MM USD.

60 lps tertiary treatment waste water treatment plant in Alcudia (Mallorca). 1 MM USD.

Project manager – Aqualia Infraestructuras S.A.

January 2000 – December 2006, Madrid (Spain)

Projects:

EPC Stormwater tank and waste water treatment plant Butarque (Madrid). Procurement, installation, functional and operating tests and start-up of electromechanical equipment, 400.000 m3 water storage. Includes 17 m3/s wastewater pump station. 16 MM USD.

EPC Cuenca Media Alta of Arroyo Culebro WWTP. Design, procurement, construction, functional and operating tests, start-up and operation of of electromechanical equipment, 129.600 m3/day (1.500 lps) WWTP plant. 18 MM USD.

EPC Arrubal y Agoncillo WWTP (La Rioja). Design, procurement, construction, functional and operating tests, start-up of 9.000 m3/day (104 lps) WWTP plant. 8 MM USD.

Project manager - concrete structures construction (buildings, WWTP) – Serinco S.A.

January 1995 – December 1999, Madrid (Spain)

Education

Industrial Engineer. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 1993.

Executive MBA. Instituto de Empresa de Madrid, 2004.

Languages

Spanish – native.

English – fluent.

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