Project Manager Senior

Marcelo Robles – Curriculum Vitae

Industrial Engineer Senior Project Control Manager & Project Manager – Construction & Resource Management Freelance & Remote – Available Worldwide

Mobile (WhatsApp): +46-723-***-***

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

Citizenship: Italian

Mobile (Bahrain): +973-********

LinkedIn: roblesmarcelo

Website: salernocompany.com

Professional Summary

Engineering Project Control Manager (Freelance) with over 25 years of experience delivering complex international projects in the energy, oil & gas, and industrial sectors.

Recognized for strategic leadership in EPC execution, implementation of advanced cost control systems, and agile (AWP) methodologies in high-pressure environments. Skilled in claims prevention, KPI-driven schedule and performance tracking, and application of FIDIC guidelines for time impact analysis and extension of time. Able to support clients remotely with efficiency and responsiveness, ensuring full integration with project teams and delivering results on time and within budget. Founder of Salerno Consultancy (Bahrain) – supporting global organizations in achieving project excellence.

Core Competencies

EPC Project Management (Oil & Gas – Onshore/Offshore)

Strategic Planning & Scheduling (including Fast Track for Data Centers)

Cost Control & Budget Oversight, What-If Analysis, KPI Tracking

Earned Value Management (EVM), Manhours & Manpower Productivity Analysis

Primavera P6, Synchro 4D, PRISM PM, BIM (Building Information Modeling Standards)

Contract & Subcontract Administration, FIDIC & EOT (Delays Claims Prevention)

Sector Experience: Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Power Generation (BWR, PWR, EPR & CANDU)

Leadership of Multicultural Teams (South America, MENA Area, Africa, Europe)

Professional Experience

2024 – 2025 Senior Project Control Manager – INEOS/Solvay – Wood – Spritz Project, France

o Managed erection of equipment and piping (Fincimec SpA). o Oversaw subcontracting strategy and site cost control for the project. o Directed planning and scheduling for EPC of mechanical and piping works, including both large and small-bore systems.

2023 – 2024 Senior Project Control Manager – ENI Group – Agogo Project, Angola

o Led scheduling and follow-up for floating and subsea engineering, manufacturing, and installation sub-contractors (Saipem France, Subsea 7, Technip).

o Project based in HQ Paris, overseeing Angola offshore assets.

2022 – 2023 Subcontract Administrator & Project Control Engineer – IES S.r.l. (Cargill Butterfly Project), Germany

o Managed project controls for equipment and piping installations. o Directed both active contract management and passive subcontractor economics and financial control.

2020 – 2021 Project Control Consultant (Freelance) – Salerno Consultancy

& 3 Units Technologies

o Implemented 4D planning with Synchro, earned value management

(EVM), work-in-progress (WIP), and EBIT analysis.

2017 – 2020 Senior Project Control Manager – General Dynamics IS&T – Dammam, Saudi Arabia

o Directed planning and resource approval for Saudi Aramco’s 31 onshore and offshore site security infrastructures.

o Oversaw steel structures, long-range radars, surveillance cameras, and software command & control (C2I) systems integration.

2017 Senior Project Control Manager – ERSAI – Kazakhstan o Managed mechanical yard planning for Tengizchevroil expansion project.

2016 – 2017 Project Control & Contract Administrator – Yara Köping & Casale, Sweden (Ammonium Nitrate Project)

o Interim planning and scheduling, with contract management for engineering, manufacturing, and installation (civil and electromechanical).

2016 Senior Project Control Engineer – EDF – Nuclear Reactor EPR3, Flamanville, France

o Led schedule oversight for EPR3 nuclear piping & testing during precommissioning phase.

2015 – 2016 Senior Project Control Manager – Saipem France – FEED Projects

o Planning and scheduling for FEED project controls at BUP Pietersburg.

2014 – 2015 Senior Project Control Manager – Saipem France – Saudi Arabia o Oversaw fabrication of 24 decks and jackets for Aramco (Star Yard).

2012 – 2014 Senior Project Control Manager – Saipem, Shell, Total, ENI – Port Harcourt, Nigeria

o Scheduled EPC flow stations and compression facility controls. o Trained 50 local engineers; led quantity surveyors, planners, cost controllers, and document controllers.

o Pioneered construction management class trial application.

2009 – 2012 Senior Project Control Engineer – ENEL Engineering & Innovation for OGK5 – Russia

o Directed cost and schedule management for power plants (400–3,500 MW) in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol, and Reftinskaya–Yekaterinburg.

2001 – 2008 Project Manager / Senior Project Control Manager – Ansaldo Nucleare – Romania & Bulgaria

o Modernized nuclear plants (Kozloduy) through integrated EPC management.

1996 – 2001 Project Control Manager – Various Locations o Led control for telecommunication and IT infrastructure, including data center projects.

1982 – 1985 Site Project Control Engineer – Spain & Italy o Responsible for project controls during maintenance and refueling of nuclear plants and RAF area construction (Guadalajara, Caceres, Montalto di Castro, Alto Lazio, Italy).

Education & Certifications

Education & Certifications

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering – Universidad Católica St. Thomas D’Aquino, Argentina

Postgraduate in Nuclear Technologies – ICAI, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid

ASME Certification – Material Control for Quality – ICAI Madrid Certifications

Mastering Primavera P6 – Primavera Master Upgrade 2025

Advanced Project Planning & Scheduling – Full cycle planning, budgeting, resource modeling

FIDIC Delay Analysis & Claims (2025) – Time Impact Analysis, EOT, Forensic Scheduling

Control Progress Measurement & Forecasting – InEight University (2025)

Change Management & KPI Tracking – InEight University

AWP 2025 – Work Packaging – Concord Renewed Initiative

Primavera Oracle PPM v24.12, Synchro 4D, PRISM PM – Advanced tools for EPC

Languages

Spanish – Native

Italian – Native

English – Advanced

French – Intermediate

References

Giorgio Parigi (Saipem – Financial Management)

Mauro Jacopo Vivian (Saipem – Project Management)

Maurizio Trobbiani (Ex Saipem – Project Management)

Giovanni Lattanzio (Saipem – Project Management)

Silvano Frigoli (Saipem – Information Technology)

Renzo Bianchi (Ex Saipem – Construction Management)

Ikramullah Khan (Aramco)

Piero Nicoletti (Fincimec – Construction Manager, Novara, Italy)

Tony Gerbino (Fincimec – Piping Superintendent, Novara, Italy)

Eduardo Silva Martinez – CEO Environment FV Panels Power Generation, Chile

(ex-Enel Engineering & Innovation)

Fabio De Petris – Project Director, General Dynamics, Rome, Italy

Enrico Gagliano – Engineering Leader, General Dynamics, Rome

Antonio Consolati – Site Manager, General Dynamics, Rome

Rugero Rossi – Primavera P6 Trainer, Milan, Lombardia

Maurizio Andreis – Safety Manager, Damiana Company, Bulgaria

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