Norman D. Cruz
Local Address:
Happyville Subdivision., Talon IV
Las Piñas City, Philippines
Mobile Phone: +639*********
Land Line: +632********
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Skype: normandc2003
Profile
AVAILABILITY
Immediate
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Project Management / Supervision Facilities Management, Plant Operation & Maintenance
TRAINING
T-BOSIET + TSbB Training (OPITO Approved) conducted by Qatar International Safety Centre (QISC) held in Qatar Inspection Services Salwa Industrial Area. January 23 -25, 2016.
Basic H2S Training (OPITO Approved) conducted by Qatar International Safety Centre (QISC) held in Qatar Inspection Services Salwa Industrial Area.
Certificate of Completion in Primavera 6 Conducted by TRAINORS TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, INC. held in Al Andalus International School, Rakkah, Saudi Arabia. June 5 -26, 2015.
Certificate of Achievement in Oil / Petrochemical Industry Safety Course for Supervisor (OPSS) held in NTUC Learning Hub Singapore Pte Ltd. November 15 – 21, 2011.
Seminar in Sustainable Facilities Management Asia 2007 in Berjaya Times Square Hotel & Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. November 26 – 27, 2007.
NFPA World Safety Conference and Exposition in Orlando, Florida, USA. Company Representative. June 4 – 8, 2006.
Seminar in Project Leadership held in Island Cove, Kawit Cavite, Philippines. March 23 – 24, 2006.
MicroCADD Technologies. Training on AutoCAD 2006. September 8 – 21, 2005.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA). Continuing Education Seminar. December 7, 2004.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA). Continuing Education Seminar. December 9, 2003.
2nd Exhibition of Nonwoven Machineries (INDEX 02) in Geneva, Switzerland. Company Representative. April 15 – 20, 2002.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA). Seminar in Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention. March 20 – 22, 2002.
Global Mode Management Consultants. Seminar in Attaining & Maintaining Industrial Peace in the Workplace & Termination of Employment. November 9, 2000.
Spandex Marketing Corporation. Seminar in the Role of Lubricants in Preventive Maintenance. February 1, 2000.
13th International Exhibition of Textile Machineries (ITMA) in Paris, France. Company Representative. June 1 – 10, 1999.
SMC Pneumatics. Seminar in Pneumatics for Low Cost Automation. July 4 – 7, 1995.
LANGUAGES
English / Filipino
Technical Skills
Auto-Cad Software
MS Word, Excel
Driving
More than Twenty-Five (25) years of experience in the field of mechanical engineering such as project and facilities management and supervision, conceptual designing, drafting, planning, lifting & installation, and commissioning in the sector of building construction and oil and gas industry. Having an experience in mechanical & piping, construction & commissioning works within oil & gas, construction of Jacket platform, and petrochemical plant. These experiences obtained through over 25 years of multi-tasking assignments from the mechanical engineer level, to mechanical construction supervisor, static/rotating plant engineer, piping supervisor, and field mechanical engineer.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Technological Institute of the Philippines (1988).
Refrigeration & Air-conditioning - Vocational. TESDA Las Piñas (September 1998)
Industrial Electricity - Vocational TESDA Las Piñas (June 1998)
Professional Experience
Experience: Mechanical Superintendent / QC Manager (October 27, 2016 to December 31, 2019
Company: Multi Works Company Ltd Saudi Arabia
Industry: Construction Company engages in site development project under Royal Commission with Saudi Bechtel Company as project consultant. SABIC is the client.
Projects: Phase 2 Site Development (approximately 18 kM ) that consists of Potable, Process, and Fire Water Supply Distribution System, Sanitary Wastewater Collection System, Industrial Wastewater System, Irrigation Water System, and Treated Industrial Effluent System. (Project Cost: SR 280,000,000.00; USD: 75,000,000.00)
Responsibilities: Project and Quality Management
Responsible and overall in-charge of execution of mechanical related works at site including installation and hydro-testing to all pipes installed.
Prepares and submit technical submittals (TS), technical query (TQ) to the client’s consultant
Performs quantity surveying (QS) work for all mechanical related materials installed at site including Hold-Point Release (HPRs) together with all the red lines for as-built plan.
Presides coordination meeting to all discipline prior execution of any mechanical works. Performs QA/QC works to all mechanical related items upon receiving at the warehouse and prior installation at site.
Manage and oversee project quality to ensure compliance to codes, standards, regulations, equipment specific specifications, and QMS requirements.
Taking full responsibility for hold-point releases once all QMS functions have been completed and the work is ready to go into the next stage.
Evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the staff’s quality or inspection system.
Investigate clients’ complaints and deficiency reports, and provide identification of causes to appropriate activities.
Assist in the review and approval of all subcontractors and suppliers’ invoices prior to submitting to ensure that work has been completed according to contract requirements.
Become familiar with the Clients’ Quality Action Plan and provide daily, weekly and monthly reports as required by the Client.
Coordinate with the Site Manager all activities related to site development and construction to ensure that quality of work is being implemented.
To ensure compliance to the Project Quality Management Plan during project execution and support project team in selecting, coordinating, controlling, and directing activities and initiating continuous improvement.
To Arrange, deploy, inspect and guide the work of the whole QAQC team.
Ensure all quality control documentation is compiled and competed for as-built hand over through the QC turnover engineer.
Monitors the all construction scopes to ensure the work is as per RC standard scope of work, specifications, and schedules.
Ensures assigned scope of work is carried out without any significant HSE incidents and is carried out in time and in accordance with scope of work, specification and quality requirement.
Carry out inspection, surveillance witnessing of contractor activities, ensuring records are maintained, including as-built data.
Prepare pre-commissioning and commissioning execution plans and testpacks ensuring all work processes and procedures conform to the project standards and meet required level of Quality Assurance.
Experience: Project Engineer (January 21, 2016 to May 18, 2016)
Company: Madina Group W.L.L. Qatar
Industry: Group of Companies that engages in Construction, repair and maintenance of Offshore and Onshore plant of Qatar Shell, Oryx, Qatar Petroleum, Maersk, and others. Likewise, involve in safety training and inspection services. Projects Handled: Qatar Shell Temporary Refuge (QSGTL –TR), Oryx Shutdown Activity.
Responsibilities: Project Management and Supervision
Responsible and overall in-charge of execution of all mechanical related works at site including installation and hydro-testing to all pipes installed.
Prepares and submit technical submittals (TS), technical query (TQ) to the client’s consultant.
Performs quantity surveying (QS) work for all mechanical related materials installed at site including Hold-Point Release (HPRs) together with all the red lines for as-built plan.
Presides coordination meeting to all discipline prior execution of any mechanical works. Performs QA/QC works to all mechanical related items upon receiving at the warehouse and prior installation at site.
Monitors the all construction scopes to ensure the work is as per SHELL standard scope of work, specifications, and schedules.
Ensures assigned scope of work is carried out without any significant HSE incidents and is carried out in time and in accordance with scope of work, specification and quality requirement.
Carry out inspection, surveillance witnessing of contractor activities, ensuring records are maintained, including as-built data.
Experience: Mechanical Superintendent (October 1, 2013 to September 20, 2015)
Company: Yuksel Insaat / Femco Ltd.
Industry: Construction Company engage in petrochemical construction, cross country pipeline, bridges, dams, highways and roads, Sea Water Cooling Pump Station.
Projects: Construction/Installation of 152 Kilometers Water Pipeline. Construction of Seawater Cooling Pump Station (P&C) that includes water tank construction, overhead cranes assembly and structural warehouse building, fire pumps and pump room, hypochlorite generation system, HVAC system, water supply systems, and site development. (Project Cost: SR 640,000,000.00: USD 171,000,000.00). Client project consultant is Sabco.
Responsibilities: Project Management and Supervision
Responsible to provide mechanical designs, technical analysis, and resolution of engineering problems.
Reviewed all technical Mechanical Static / Piping documents, and design documents in accordance with approved standards and to meet Operations, Asset integrity and HSE requirements.
Checks all technical specification of all mechanical related specification (API, ASTM, ANSI, NFPA) prior ordering with suppliers. Prepares Technical Submittals and submits to consultant for their review and approval.
Directly involve in review of design and connection details of all structural steel for workshop buildings and water pump station and other buildings.
Supports tendering activities (including tender preparation, pre-qualification, & bid evaluation) for Front End Engineering & Design (FEED) contracts in the areas of project planning, scheduling, and reporting in coordination with Contract Engineers and other Project Management Team (PMT) senior staff.
Involves in reviewing details and designs specification of pipeline that includes hydro-testing procedures and connection details of all valves and fittings per IFC, PFD and P&ID.
Presides coordination meeting to all discipline prior execution of any mechanical works. Performed QA/QC works to all mechanical related items upon receiving at warehouse and prior installation at site.
Prepares BOQs, Methods Statements (MS) and Work Schedule Bar Chart.
Pre-inspection of welding jobs performed in workshop fabrication area.
Directly involves in the installation of all site works like potable water distribution, sanitary wastewater collection system, and storm water collection system using SS, RTR pipes, uPVC, FRP, and CS.
Performs quantity surveying (QS) work for all mechanical related materials installed at site including Steel Structures material together with all the red lines for as-built plan.
Assists EHS team in strictly implementing safety procedure to meet zero accidents.
Reports directly to the construction manager all progress, performance, and site issues.
Experience: Project Engineer (November 7, 2011 – May 18, 2012)
Company: Alstern Technologies Singapore PTE LTD.
Industry: Construction Company engages in piping installation, Air-conditioning & Mechanical Ventilation ACMV, repair and maintenance job.
Projects: Installation of additional Pipeline along Jetti (Hot Tapping Procedure), Installation of HVAC (VRV), Installation/Modification of underground Fire Water Lines and fire sprinklers.
Responsibilities: Project Supervision
Prepares BOQs, Risk Analysis (RA), Work method system WMS.
Prepares isometric drawings and shop drawings, prepared milestone work schedule (gantt chart).
Liaises with customer, plays QA/QC/Safety role in projects, welding inspections and others.
Supervised the projects of installation of fire protection system including fire hydrants outside the plant, repaired of flange leaking, slurry tank cleaning, pipe leaks tracing.
Performs quantity surveying in completed projects, supervised installation of air-conditioning system (VRV/VRF).
Compiles quotation of all projects (completed and on-going), Monitor closely project progress, taking charge of supervisors, draftsmen and all subcontractors to carry out design, supervision, and installation works including testing and commissioning.
Provides full project planning and project control services to the project by
Implementing project proponent.
Regularly attending to meeting with consultants/project owner, main contractor and system specialists to ensure all aspects and requirements were taken care off.
Experience: Facilities Team Leader (July 1, 2006 – March 20, 2009)
Company: American Power Conversion by Schneider Electric
Industry: Electronic Company that manufactures uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
Projects: Completed Installation of Fire Protection System in five manufacturing plants, Installation and operation of chiller, Compressed Dry Air, Installation and Maintenance of HVAC Systems (300TR), Construction of Plant.
Responsibilities: Facilities and Project Management
In-charged of maintenance of all facilities rotating and static equipment such as air-conditioning system, vacuum pump, fire pumps, chiller, cooling tower, generator set, compressors, etc.
Handle key performance indicators (KPIs) such as water and energy conservation program, machine downtime, project completion on time, and cost savings program.
Executes Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) project according to budget, schedule, and scope.
Effectively setting up of project management system/process from preparation of selection of best contractors & bids to project execution and completion.
Improvement of structural instability of plant 3 cell 6 production area using external post tensioning method.
Completion of installation of structural footings for the two units’ machine without production downtime.
Ability to manage multiple projects in all Three (3) plant, Four (4) Warehouses and main admin building simultaneously with ability to multitask.
Experience: Facilities Plant Engineer (July 15, 2005 – June 30, 2006)
Company: American Power Conversion by Schneider Electric
Industry: Electronic Company that manufactures uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
Responsibilities: Facilities and Project Management
In-charged of plant improvement and modification.
Formulates pre-qualification procedures prior accreditation of contractors.
Administers project management system of APC.
Liaises with the implementation project team.
Presents detailed plans to each and every department involving large and small project. Prepared specification of materials to use for every project to contractors for pre-bid purposes.
Completed renovation of entire APC admin office, civil, mechanical, and electrical works for buildings A & B. Project completion on time.
Installation of Static and Rotating equipment such as Fire protection systems, and Air-conditioning system, Chillers, and mechanical ventilation, water pumps, vacuum pumps, compressed dry air compressors and refrigerant drier.
Develops and implementation of APC engineering standards.
Achieves highest machine efficiency and less downtime.
Experience: Plant Manager (September 20, 1999 – July 6, 2005)
Company: Nonwoven Fabric Philippines, Inc.
Industry: Manufacturing Company that manufactures engineering fabrics, automotive carpets, and other hygienic products
Projects: Completed Construction of Spunbond Machine from Germany that include Chilled water lines, Compressed Dry Air, Fire Protection, Vacuum pump, Conveying, Systems, Hot Oil Heaters. Performs operation and maintenance activities to that Spunbond plant.
Responsibilities: Plant and Operation Management
Forecasts and simplify abstract production requirements and disseminate the same as production plan simply to receiving parties.
Monitors the production control, planning, inventory control, and promotion, plant general upkeep and security.
Develops project approval for fund allocation package subject for management review and approval.
Ensures complete manning of staff, evaluates, and monitors operating Ensures complete manning of staff, evaluates, and monitors operating.
Initiates request for necessary spare parts (local and abroad) and assists warehouse in maintaining stock level.
Develops new product as per requests of customer.
Implements training course for all operators operating and maintaining the machine.
Experience: Mechanical Project and Production Engineer (September 1994 – September 1999)
Company: Nonwoven Fabric Philippines, Inc.
Industry: Manufacturing Company that manufactures engineering fabrics, automotive carpets, and other hygienic products.
Responsibilities: Project and Production Operation
Supervises the construction and erection of PET Spunbond machine including Static equipment (Heat Exchangers, Piping, valves, Water and Air Storage Tanks, Coolers,) and Rotating equipment (Pumps, Gear Boxes, Motors, Compressor, and Blowers, Cooling tower fans etc.).
Performs quantity-surveying work based on what were installed during construction of the machine and additional job that were added to the existing machine and equipment.
Provides detailed engineering of plant modification, which involves P & ID preparation, cost estimation, description and specification, scheduling, piping layout, and isometric drawings.
Generally involved and responsible for the maintenance of building and all of machine and equipment such as conveyor tunnel oven, extruder, steam boiler, hot oil heater, etc. with thorough hands on experience in trouble shooting and reports breakdown of the machinery.
Manages to construct PET spunbond machine without structural engineer and civil engineer. Less manpower.
Experience: Piping Field Engineer (February 1992 – February 1994)
Company: Al-Hilan Trading and Contracting Co. (K.S.A)
Industry: Al-Hilan is a general contractor engage in construction of gas and oil separation plant.
Projects: Construction of Gas and Oil Separation Plant Jacket Platform number 4 (GOSP 4) of ARAMCO, under sub-con of Belleli Heavy Industries.
Responsibilities: Project Field Execution
Prepares detailed shop drawings of actual pipe layout and pipe support and submits to project consultant for approval.
Responsible for the installation of instrument fixtures such as pressure indicators, thermowells, process vents, etc.
Direct supervision to the field foreman to conduct preliminary leak test to all pipes installed.
Prepares piping plan layout base on P & ID and interpret drawings and specifications.
Achieved highest expectation of Division Piping Manager in execution of assigned tasks.
Experience: Equipment Technician ( January 1988 – April 1991)
Company: Far East Assembly Corporation (Seagate Technology)
Industry: Seagate Technology is a semiconductor company that produces computer parts & hard disk.
Responsibilities: Maintenance Activity
Routine calibration of equipment such as megohmeter, inductance meter, tunnel conveyor oven, low & high power microscopes.