Francisco Javier De Freitas Email & Phone Number

Lisboa, Portugal

In charge of overseeing global operations, and leading a portfolio of projects in Latin America.

Argentina

Responsible for project management and business development in Argentina, offering technical solutions through the implementation of a wide range of high-resolution characterization tools (HRSC), and improving the understanding of conceptual hydrogeological models in contaminated sites.

Portugal

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• .
• Assisted in planning, coordination and execution of Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments (ESAs) and remediation action plans (RAPs) in fuel stations, and civil engineering projects.
• Performed audits of water replenishment projects executed by NGOs with funding sources of an important soft drinks company. Participation included evaluation of historical information, scheduling field visits, and.
• Planned tailor-made training courses with local consulting firms, mainly designed to cover topics such as Phase 1 and Phase 2 ESAs, soil and groundwater sampling procedures, evaluation of hydrogeological and chemical.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Provide technical expertise on environmental characterization and remediation projects for a variety of clients with complex issues in the chemical, manufacturing, automotive, oil & gas, and mining industry.
• Prepare and adjust projects’ health and safety plans, focusing the risks assessment to proposed tasks, and evaluating site-specific hazards, best practices and compliance, in order to maintain safety conditions.
• Support and assist project managers and partners with the profitability of projects through efficient completion of activities, identification of changes to scope, time, and budgets, in addition to preparing technical.

Buenos Aires

• Responsible for assisting an important oil company through the management of contaminated land assessment and remediation projects in over 35 fuel stations.
• Lead and mentored junior staff (2 geologists) during field activities, preparation and delivery of desk studies, site investigation, risk assessments, and remediation alternatives appraisals.
• Ensured the building of effective working relationships with clients, colleagues, contractors and stakeholder.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Assumed the technical coordination of field activities and data management at an extensive remediation project of petroleum-contaminated soils in 100+ sites in the Peruvian Amazon jungle.
• Conducted a hydrogeological investigation in an industrial site with Chlorinated Hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater, including both desk work (interpretation and analysis of data) and field work (low-flow groundwater.
• Headed the development of a groundwater numerical modelling for Chlorinated Hydrocarbon plume containment by the design and adjustment of a pre-installed Pump-and-Treat system.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Advocated to technical and operational management of various soil and groundwater remediation projects, implementing dual phase extraction, and air aparging - soil vapor extraction.
• Executed Phase 1 and Phase 2 ESAs, hydrogeological assessments, soil and groundwater sampling, and evaluation of remediation alternatives.

Caracas, Venezuela

• Planned and developed field works including the supervision of drilling and installation of monitoring wells; collection of soil, groundwater and LNAPL samples; baildown and slug tests; and active soil-gas survey at a.
• Participated in pilot-scale testing of air sparging and soil vapor extraction systems, performing baseline sampling, transducers installation, air injection flow Rate and pressure measurements, data analysis and.

Caracas, Venezuela

• Managed a wide variety of field tasks including soil, sediment, ground water, and surface water sampling; aquifer testing (pump test, slug test, and packer test); drilling oversight, soil boring, groundwater monitoring.
• Performed the collection and analysis of hydrogeological and geochemical data related to regional watershed assessments, and collaborated developing and calibrating groundwater numerical models (by MODFLOW).

Master In Environmental Engineering, Ingeniería Ambiental

Sustainable remediation of contaminated soils and groundwater

Postgraduate Diploma In Environmental Engineering, Ingeniería Ambiental, 10/10

Sustainable groundwater management: a soft-drinks company case study.

Bachelor'S Degree In Geochemistry, Environmental Geochemistry, 10/10

Distribution of heavy metal in bottom sediments of Golfo de Cuare estuary, Venezuela.