Operations Manager, Workshop Manager, Project

dos Santos Braga, Cesar

C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

Name: dos Santos Braga, Cesar

Permanent Address: N: 8 – 1º Esq. Rua Joao de Deus, 2625-670, Vialonga, Portugal.

Phone: +351-********* (Presently, not available kindly, check bellow)

Present Address: 69/4 Moo2 S.P.4 Village, Nong-Kiet-Yai, Banglamung, Chon buri – Thailand

Nationality: Portuguese

Location: Chon buri – Thailand / Lisbon – Portugal

Passport Number: M794413

Emission & Expire date: Lisbon 02-09-2018

Civil Status: Married with a Thai National & 1 year old child

• Contact Information

Mobile Phone: +66-098*******

E-Mail Addresses: *****.********@*****.*** / *****.*********@*****.***

SKYPE Address: cesar.dos.santos.braga

Linkedin Address: https://th.linkedin.com/in/cesar-braga-4a807333

• Academic & Professional Education

I.S.E.L. Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa

1983 / 1985 – HNC/Degree, Mechanical Engineering (3 Years).

• Designation & Qualification given

Mechanical Engineer

GPA: (12 in to 20)

• Main Professional disciplines & competencies

Mechanic Technology Thermodynamics, Thermic Machines, Mathematic analysis,

Mechanical machine parts, Fluid Systems, QC, NDT’s, Special Technical Mechanical Installations.

• Skills

Operations Manager, Workshop Manager, Production Manager, Fabrication Manager (10+ years)

Microsoft Office (10+ years).

• Languages

Portuguese: Native (Speak, Read & Write)

English: Fluent (Speak, Read & Write)

Spanish: Fair (Speak, & Read)

Italian: Fair (Speak, & Read)

French: Fair (Speak, & Read)

Thai: Fair (Speak)

• Presently: With Availability

• Professional Experience

Operations Manager (Division Head)

GSW - GULFSTEEL WORKS – Saudi Arabia

November 2013 to November 2014

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Division Head Manager, responsible for achieve a yearly budget of 120 million SAR. ($32 Million USD), for this Division, GSW – Process Equipment, (PED Division), regularly reporting to the Board of Administration & Stakeholder’s.

Responsible for overall efficiency of this Division, Conduction of Turn key Projects as per Costumers requirements, demands, and agreed Schedules.

Leading on this Division, a Workforce over 450 employees, (Staff & Worker's).

PROJECTS BUILT IN THIS DIVISION:

Pressure Vessels and Columns, Chemical Reactor's, Heat Exchangers Fabrication and refurbishment, Quench Separator's, Pig Launcher's, Pig Receiver's, LNG Piping, Skids, Manifolds, for Oil & Gas Projects, under ASME Codes, and/or other International Codes, (BS) British Standards, (DIN) German Standards, (UNI Italian Standards, AFNOR French Standards, ANSI American Standards, etc., for Storage Tanks, Silos, and Stacks, Heavy Structural construction for Skid Platforms, among other Industrial Process Equipment's, Static & Structural.

Regular Costumer's:

SAUDI ARAMCO, SABIC, SADARA, ALSTOM, SAMSUNG, FLUOR, SNAMPROJETI.

Construction Manager

EMCO - Thailand

April 2013 to October 2013

POSITION: Construction Manager Consultant at EMCO (Local CUEL Sub-Contractor), for an ICHTHYS LNG

Project INPEX - CUEL, Coordinating Module Site Piping Fabrication & Installation.

Works Superintendent - (Consultant)

PT-PROFAB - Battam – Indonesia

October 2012 to March 2013

RESPONSIBILITIES:

-General Production Coordination.

-Module Heavy Structural Construction (Top Sides), Coordination of Fabrication & Assembly, Piping Fabrication & installation, Skid Platforms, Stinger, Jack Up rigs and rig refurbishment, Slug Catcher, Pleat Heads, Buckle Detector's, Cocoons, yokes, yoke footings.

-Perform Training & development skills at the level of Supervisor's & Foremen, Surveying Coordinating & Monitoring Site Fabrication & assembly.

Pressure Vessels Workshop Manager

DANIELI FAR EAST - Thailand

October 2008 to September 2012

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ensure compliance with HSE, Safety requirements, encourage regular Training, on Safety and Performance issues to all personal.

Ensure an excellent performance, coordination, articulation and efficiency of all Department’s, and Project Management team, Planning, Engineering, Procurement, Welding Department, QA/QC regarding availability and in Schedule, materials and Project Documentation (Schedules, GA’s & IFC Drawings, BOM, Cutting Plans, ITP’S, Welding Maps, WPS’S).

Planning Production based on agreed Schedules, & milestones, managing, forecasting and appraisal of manpower for project’s success completion and needs within agreed milestones according forecast budget.

Leading Production Meetings, with Production Manager, Superintendents, Supervisors & Foremen, for eventual requiring technical support & clarification of issues involving all key production part’s on a common responsibility of reaching the requiring targets for the project’s completion & success.

Analyzing Job progress reports, based on daily up-date progress of Production based on Production Schedules, verify all activities in workshop, by performing physical and regular audit visits to shop floor, and witness directly the quality achieved on the products, & performing techniques as well as safety & housekeeping performance.

Ensuring with QA/QC, ITP’S, are in place and followed, as per agreed terms with Costumer, meeting Project Schedules and milestones.

Ensuring compliance for achieving and following the required International codes & standards with QA/QC Management, ensuring QC availability of all quality Documentation, such as, ITP’s on the Shop floor, of Welding Maps, WPS, as per Project requirements & specifications, also ensuring, that regular inspections are taking place in real time performed by QC Shop floor Inspector’s, regarding Project Quality Control Requirements, such as, all NDT’s, (RT, MT, PT, UT, PWHT, Hydro-Pressure Test, Pneumatic Test’s, and the follow up of welding procedures & specifications to take place).

Ensuring with Welding Department, Welder’s training and qualifications are followed, for several requiring welding processes as per required WPS specifications: (SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, and SAW).

Ensure overall, Shop Efficiency on Equipment’s, Qualified Manpower, and Maintenance Assistance.

KPI’s reports review, monitoring Maintenance and Production Progress, Performance & Quality improvements.

PROJECTS: Fabrication of Reactors, Pressure vessels, Latest Project: entire fabrication of a 570TON. Reactor for ABU DHABI, PLUS 36 minor vessels and columns, average 70TON, weight each unit with target global delivery date 12 months, Manifolds, Spools, 18 Melt Ladles 40TON. Each unit of this equipment, heavy Steel Structure parts for Melt Plants, build up Beam, Hydraulic Storage Tanks.

Latest activities outside the workshop:

Performing Internal Audits to Subcontractors, (Over 20 local Companies working as Sub-Contractor’s to DANIELI), coordinating and surveying quality issues and delivery targets, by monitoring closely & directly Suppliers Management Planning, Scheduling, delivery Plan and Production activities.

Pressure Vessel Shop Manager

CANADOIL GROUP - Thailand

September 2006 to August 2008

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Start a brand new Department, feeding all required suitable equipment and manpower for Pressure Vessels.

Ensure Safety and Shop Efficiency needs on Equipment’s, Manpower, and Maintenance Assistance.

Shop Drawings review for Production, promote production meetings for eventual requiring technical support

And issue clarifications involving all key production part's on a common responsibility of reaching the requiring targets for the project's completion & success.

Implement, stimulating and insuring mutual coordination and proactivity, between Project Manager's, Engineering, Procurement, Warehouse and QA/QC.

General Supervision & coordination with the Superintendents, Supervisors & Foremen, regarding

Activities in workshop, performing physical and regular visits to shop floor, and witness directly the safety working environment conditions, Quality, traceability, working procedures & performing techniques, Scaffolding, Lifting procedures, housekeeping.

Insuring proactivity in schedule, with QA/QC activities, in all NDT's to be performed, such as, RT, MT, PT, UT,PWHT, Hydro-test, and the follow up of the required welding procedures specifications (WPS’s).

Insuring with Welding Department, regarding Welder's Training and qualification for the following welding processes: SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, SAW, (Insuring to keep record for all PQR's for welder's qualifications, according to Job Welding requirements, WPS's).

PROJECTS:

Fabrication under ASME Codes, of Reactors Pressure Vessels, Pig Launchers, Pig Receiver's, Spreader Bar, Quench Separators, Manifolds, Piping & Spools, Heat Exchangers, Slug Catcher insure

Trial assemblies on the shop floor for third party and costumer's inspections, Rigging, and Heavy transportation.

INTERNAL STRUCTURAL PROJECTS developed within in 16 Months:

Fabrication exceeding 10.000 Ton, of Steel Structures and Heavy machines Fabrication, such as:

Overhead, Gantry and Semi Gantry Cranes, and Heavy parts for a double column 5.000 Ton. Press break Machine, and a four rolls Bending Machine, Crocodile Machine, internally fabricated & assembled, among other equipment’s for internal use & purposes.

CEO - Construction Manager - (Company Owner)

CESAR S. BRAGA METALURGICA, LTD. - Portugal

January 2000 to August 2006

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Overall Company management

Estimation, Budgets and Work Preparation of Steel Structures, Piping and Metallic Equipment's.

Work Planning, Overall Supervision and coordination of the Production in Workshop, Piping Spools construction for new refinery units.

Supervision, coordination Erection at site of piping spools and steel structures.

PROJECTS:

-Shutdown of BFB-BOILER-SOPORCEL (PORTUGAL)

-Shutdown of Thermal Plant EDP CARREGADO (PORTUGAL)

-Shutdown of Thermal Plant EDP SETUBAL (PORTUGAL)

-Shutdown of Thermal Plant EDP SINES (PORTUGAL)

-Shutdown of REFINERY-SINES (PORTUGAL)

-REPSOL REFINERY - HUELVA (SPAIN)

Technical Manager Director

IMP - METALLIC CONSTRUCTIONS, Lda. Portugal

January 1998 to December 1999

POSITION: TECHNICAL MANAGER DIRECTOR

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Execution of Budgets, draft Industrial Buildings, planning. Job Preparation, production supervision, coordination in Workshop, erections and assembly’s supervision on site, coordinate materials & orders.

Workmanships and work strategies regular meetings with costumers, for technical project clarifications,

Omissions and notebooks of incumbencies proposals of technical modifications in projects, budget

Negotiations, manpower or Job Packages negotiations with sub-contractors.

PROJECTS:

-Construction of Steel Structures, (Industrial Structural Buildings) for Portuguese Civil Companies.

Industrial Technician & Work Preparator & Workshop Coordinator

ENSUL, S.A – Portugal

January 1996 to December 1997

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Estimation, planning production, work preparation, supervision, of steel structures fabrication and erections,

Supervision and coordination on site assemblies.

Industrial Technician & Work Preparator & Workshop Coordinator

FARMEC - METALLIC CONSTRUCTIONS, Lda. Portugal

January 1995 to December1995

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Estimation, planning production, work preparation, supervision, of steel structures fabrication and erections,

Supervision and coordination on site assemblies of Piping, and several equipment’s such as: Exhaustion Filters,

Conveyors, Transporters, Exhaustion Ducts, Hoppers, Storage Tanks, Furnace Components & repairs.

PROJECTS:

Revamping of unit of Cement Factory - CIMPOR (PORTUGAL), Thermal Power plants in SETUBALCARREGADO,

And SINES - PORTUGAL), Boiler & Piping Repairs, Spools, supervision of fabrication &

Assembly of components for Melt plant in SEIXAL-PORTUGAL, construction of Industrial Equipment for

CELLULOSE FACTORIES IN (PORTUGAL AND SPAIN).

Industrial Technician & Work Preparator & Workshop Coordinator

METALUTEJO - METALLIC CONSTRUCTIONS, Lda. Portugal

January 1994 to December 1994

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Work Preparation of Industrial equipment’s and steel structures such as:

Overhead Cranes, Gantry Cranes, Heavy Frames, Storage Tanks, Piping, and Spools.

TECHNICAL SITE ASSISTANCE AND SUPERVISION ON SHUTDOWN OF:

Thermal Central Power Plant in SETUBAL & CARREGADO (PORTUGAL), Boiler & Piping Repairs, Spools

Fabrication & Assembly.

CLIENTS:

ABB, AUSTOM, KOCH, Porto de Sines, Porto de Lisbon, & Several Civil Construction Companies.

Industrial Technician & Work Preparator & Workshop Coordinator

SOCOBRE - METALURGIC CONSTRUCTIONS, Lda. Portugal

January 1986 to December 1993

RESPONSIBILITIES: Work Preparation and Estimator for several Industrial Metallic Equipment’s and Steel Structures Fabrication, Site Assemblies & Factories shutdown activities coordination.

CLIENTS: SAPEC, QUIMIGAL, MABOR, and several Agro-Industrial Companies.

Additional Information

Driving licenses for light vehicles: Portugal, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia

Hobbies:

Swimming Cycling & Reading

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