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Project Management Start Up

Location:
Belgrade, Serbia
Salary:
10000 euros/month
Posted:
June 28, 2025

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Resume:

CURRICULUM VITAE

ZIVOTA STEVANOVIC, BS Chem. Eng

(COMMISSIONING & START-UP ENGINEER)

Areas of expertise: Oil & Gas industry

Professional experience: 39 Years

Skills set:

- Project Management Consultancy experience.

- Review Contractor Pre-commissioning and Commissioning packages.

- Site Management Construction and Process Supervision.

- Contractor document review.

- Production supervision (onshore Oil &Gas plants).

- Plants Test run and handover.

- Steam Reformer Specialist (SYNGAS and/or HPU production).

- Management of pre-commissioning/commissioning activities within the respect of

OPERCOM/ICAPS methodology.

- Extensive experience with process streamlines and bottle-neck removal.

- Problem solving and good analytical skills.

- PTW system trained.

- Process Risk Management Policy implementation.

-Training course and support program delivery (system training).

Personal details:

Date of birth / age: 30-11-1954 / 70

Nationality: Serbian

Civil Status: Married

Education: Technology and Metallurgical Faculty, Petrochemical Industry Dep.,

University of Belgrade (Serbia). Graduated in 1984.

Mobile: +381*********

E-mail address: *******************@*****.***

Work History:

Date: 6/2022- 7/2022

Location: Baku, Azerbeijan

Company: Refinery SOKAR

Position: Commissioning Eng

Description: Heaters dry out at DHT Unit.

Date: 9/2021- 9/2021

Location: Alexandria, Egypt

Company: Refinery MIDOR

Position: Commissioning Eng

Description: Optimisation of the Hydrocrecker Heater*s firing

Date: 12/2020- 3/2021

Location: JSW Vasind (Mumbai), India

Company: LINDE Engineering India

Position: Lead Commissioning Eng

Description:Commissioning activities of the Hydrogen Plant and Start Up

Date: 10/2019- 3/2020

Location: Refinery Pancevo. Serbia

Company: Mc Dermot

Position: Deputy Commissioning Manager

Description: Commissioning activities at Deley Cooker Unit make it RFSU, such as inspection

of static equipment, functional test of the rotating equipment (Compressors,

pumps), pump water run, establish utilities at site, piping blowing,cleaning,

inertization, steam blowing etc

Date: 8/2019- 9/2019

Location: Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Company: Axens (Heurtey,USA)

Position: Heater Specialist

Description: Supervise preparation of work condition of Refinery CDU Heaters, preparing heaters Start

Up and Performance test.

Date: 6/2019- 8/2019

Location: Akhal velayat,Turkmenistan

Company: Axens, France

Position: Start up Specialist

Description: Supervise and manage Start Up and working condition of Refinery Heaters (8 pcs) at GTG

project.

Date: 11/2017- 3/2019

Location: Pengerang, Johor Barhu,Malaysia

Company: Tecnicas Reunidas, Spain

Position: Commissioning Superintendent

Description: Pre-Commissioning (pipes hydrotest, air and steam blowing, reinstatement and

Commissioning activities (leak test, inheriting, air freeing, Motors solo run test, Catalyst

loading and activation ...), Static equipment inspection. Make Hydrogen Plant RFSU and

Start Up.

Date: 01/2016- 08/2016

Location: Vologograd, Russia

Company: Tecnicas Reunidas, Spain

Position: Commissioning Site Manager

Description: Pre-Commissioning (pipes hydro test, air and steam blowing, reinstatement and

Commissioning activities (leak test, inertizing, air freeing, motors solo run test, Catalyst

loading and activation ...). Made Hydrogen Plant RFSU and Start Up.

Date: 07/2015- 12/2015

Location: Paramaribo, Suriname

Company: Statolie Refinery,Paramaribo,Suriname

Position: Commissioning Supervisor

Description: Commission and Start Up of SRU, CRU, Hydrocracker Unit and Hydrogen Plant. Plant

preparation for RFSU, Furnaces BODO and Start Up.

Date: 05/2015- 6/2015

Location: Huafong,Liaoyang,China

Company: Air Liquide Shangai,China

Position: Senior Commissioning Engineer.

Description: Commissioning, boiled out and Dry Out (BODO ) and Hydrogen Plant Start Up.

Date: 10/2014- 01/2015

Location: Yanbu,KSA

Company: YASREF/ Air Liquide

Position: Senior Commissioning Engineer.

Description: Commission and Start Up of Steam Reformer (Catalyst activation, Dry out/Boil out, Plant

Start- up etc...). Hydrogen production and Performance test done. Commission and Start

Up of Delay Cooker support.

Date: 3/2014- 6/2014

Location: UTE Khabarovsk, Russia.

Company: Foster Wheeler, Reading, UK

Position: Commissioning Engineer.

Description: Commissioning/ Heater Dry out and Startup of Steam Reformer. and Hydrocracker Unit,

Hydrogen production surveilling.

Date: 2/2014- 3/2014

Location: ORLEN Leituva, Mazelike Refinery, Lithuania.

Company: Vergaingineering, Milano, Italy

Position: Deputy Commissioning Manager.

Description: Visbreaker Vacuum Flasher Heater (with APH) Commissioning, Start up and Dry out

Activities are performed as per OPERCOM/ICAPS methodology,

Date: 11/2013- 1/2014

Location: LUBEREF Refinery, Yanbu, KSA

Company: Tecnimont KT, Italy

Position: Commissioning Manager.

Description: VDU Heater Revamping. Construction of the Heater Air pre-heater (APH) and DCU.

Commissioning and Start up of the Heater (heater dry out, Instrument and logic

Confirmation with System Eng, Operation and hand over to the Client).

Date: 7/2013- 11/ 2013.

Location: Saudi Kayan Refinery, Al Jubail, KSA

Company: Tecnimont KT, Italy

Position: Operation Manager.

Description: Chemical cleaning and reinstatement of the process lines at HDPE plant (Centrifuge and

Conveyer Section commission and made it RFSU.

Date: 3/2013- 5/2013

Location: Lotus Refinery, Gdansk, Poland

Company: Tecnimont KT, Italy

Position: Operation Manager.

Description: Replacement of 2 Furnaces; Construction, Pre-commissioning, Make it RFSU and Dry

out. Commissioning and Start Up.

Date: 2/2013-3/2013

Location: LMG Project, Poznan, Poland

Company: Tecnimont KT, Italy

Position: Operation Manager.

Description: Gas Plant with SRU (Amine, Sulfonyl Euro Clause). Made the Gas plant RFSU.

Date: 12/2012- 2/2013

Location: TOTAL Refinery de Normandy, Le Havre, France

Company: Tecnimont KT, Italy

Position: Commissioning Manager.

Description: Heater Inspection and Heater make RFSU: FD/ID Fans preparation for start Up, FG, NG,

OFF/SWS gas Systems make ready for Start Up;

Heater Dry-Out;

Heater inspection after dry-out;

Heater Start Up after dry-out.

Date: 5/2011- 12/2012

Location: Ahmadi, Kuwait

Company: SAIPEM, Italy

Position: Commissioning and Start up Coordinator.

Description: Gas Booster Station Construction Completion surveillance and Pre-commissioning/

Commissioning activities doing. Provide Gas turbine driven Compressors and Fuel gas

Electrical power motor driven compressors RFSU and Gas Plant Start up.

Ensure best practice construction considerations and methods are delivered to the

project for EPC and related activities.

Act as an advisor on construction best practice to senior onshore team members as

required from time to time.

Provide an interface between construction and engineering by supporting discipline

engineers during constructability reviews for both company and contractor.

Date: 12/2010- 3/2011

Location: Ras Laffan, Qatar

Company: Pearl GTL/TOYO-Hyundai Consortium/KTI-Technip, USA

Position: KTI Vendor representative

Description: Steam Reformer refractory dry-out prepare and execute. Provide Hydrogen Plant RFSU.

Date: 5/2009- 4/2010

Location: Mohammedia, Morocco

Company: Snamprogetti, Italy

Position: Commissioning and Start up Supervisor

Description: Commission Hydrogen plant with associated units (Hydrocracker, Hydrotreater unit,

Amine regeneration unit). Pre-commissioning, commissioning and start up

of Steam Reformer(Hydrogen production), Hydrotreater, Hydrocracker, H2S removal

Unit, Amine washing Unit, VDU, CDU ( Rotating equipment test run, Systems

dry out, Inertization, Initial start up and start up, H2 production, Diesel and gasoil

production /low sulphur content-5 ppm/ monitoring, Operational service test ). Provide

necessary operations for Hydrocracker pre-commissioning jobs (pipes hydro tests, air

blowing, flushing, punch points list making, rotating equipment checks-Pumps and Steam

driven Compressors, static equipment inspection prior box-up…. )

Date: 10/2008- 12/2008

Location: Blok Songo, Sumatra, Indonesia

Company: Hydro-chem, Atlanta, USA

Position: Plant Start up Supervisor;

Description: Hydrogen production and PSA (Pressure Swinging Absorption) purification, Steam

Reformer based on biogas, commission and Start up

-Handover documentation review;

-P&ID checks and plant inspection;

-Mechanical, Electrical and Instrument completions check and functional test;

-Equipment inertizing and leak testing;

-Initial Start up on LPG (feed and fuel) for catalyst reduction and then turn to biogas(feed).

-Final tuning process data as per PFDs.

-Local staff training

Date : 08/ 2006. – 05/2008

Location: Ahmadi – Kuwait

Company: Kuwait Oil Company/ AMEC Global Resources PTE Ltd

Position: Construction /Process/Commissioning Eng

Description: - Project Management Consultancy for the Project of the Plant Capacity Upgrade

and relocation of underground pipes to above ground at 12 Oil/Gas Field (Gathering

Center) and 3 Buster Gas Stations.

- Witness pre-commissioning (hydro and pneumatic leak testing), and commissioning

activities such as Vessels, Pipes, Gas-Scrubbers, Separators and Desalinators,

flushing and inertizing, Motor solo run test of rotating equipment, Instrumentation, Logic

and ESD System and Firefighting system checks and more.

- Supervise Construction activities (mechanical, electrical and instrument) with function

tests;

- Review Contractor pre-commissioning packages and site activities approved.

- Review completions status, SAT, FAT and Acceptance Criterion Definition

- Start- up & observation.

- Data analysis and final system tuning.

- Review performance test data.

Date : 08/ 2005. – 12/ 2005.

Location: Corinth – Greece

Company: Motor Oil Hellas / Technip KTI SpA,Roma

Position: Commissioning & Start up Coordinator

Description: - Steam Reformer start up preparation (flushing, air blowing and leak test of equipment)

- Start up Hydrogen Production Unit –Steam reformer naphta based,7500 NCMH;

- Plant inspection (SAT)

- Hydrogen purification by PSA (Linde procedure-Germany);

- DCS control system;

- Local staff training;

- Process bottleneck removal.

- Production process final tuning.

Date: 02/ 2005. – 06/ 2005.

Location: Nanjing – China

Company: BASF-YPC/Technip - Benelux

Position: Commissioning and Start-up Eng.

Description: Steam Reformer NG based Preparation for Hydrogen Plant Startup and Start up;

- Plant inspection;

- Equipment (mechanical, electrical and instrument) testing;

- Vessels, Pipes, Reactors, Scrubbers, Tanks and Rotating equipment inspection;

- Remove CO2 (Absorbing and Stripping CO2);

- CO and H2 recovery unit - Cold Box (Air Liquide-France procedure);

- Compression CO (45 bars) and H2 (150 bars) and export to Battery Limit;

- Compression OXO gas (50 bars) gas and export to Battery Limit;

- DCS system control;

- Local staff training and troubleshot problem solving

Date: 12/2000- 2/2005.

Location: PANCEVO, SERBIA

Company: HIP Petrohemija, Pancevo

Position: Manager for Health, Safety and Fire protection

( including 9 petrochemical plants and more then 3000 employees)

Description: - Organization work for Health, Safety and Fire protection on following plants:

Ethylene, HDPE,,LDPD,VCM and Chloralkaline plant;

- Contact with outside Institutions, like Ministries, Agencies, Companies;

- Implementation of work low and fire protection procedure;

- Physical and chemical pollution Control on work places;

- Technical equipment used control in different process of work.

Date: 1996- 2000

Location: Pancevo, Serbia

Company: HIP Petrohemija, Pancevo

Position: Lead engineer for implementation QS

Description: Implementation of JUS/ISO 9002:96 and JUS/ISO 14000 standards at Chloralkaline

Plant

Date: 1989-1996

Location: Pancevo, Serbia

Company: HIP Petrohemija, Pancevo

Position: Senior Process Engineer

Description - Chlorine production process controlling in Chlorine-alkali plant

- Crawford –Russell/Olin procedure-(USA)

- Hydrogen separation, purification and transportation.

- HCL plant Pre-commissioning/commissioning and Start up.

Date: 1984-1989

Location: Belgrade – Baric, Serbia

Company: Basic Chemistry Complex, Prva Iskra Baric

Position: Senior Process Engineer (Startup & Commissioning) at Hydrogen Plant.

Description: Steam Reformer Commission and Start up;



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