- Leading a staff of 160 people operators and 5 engineers - Management of 3 major productive process (Evaporation, Leaching and Drying), and their respective final products: Zinc Sulfate, Lead Sulfate and Salt- Reached a 20% capacity increase with marginal CAPEX - Coordination of the supply for raw materials according to production schedule- Stablishment of operation checklists for start - up, shut down and normal op.- Continuous improvement towards productivity increase and… Show more - Leading a staff of 160 people operators and 5 engineers - Management of 3 major productive process (Evaporation, Leaching and Drying), and their respective final products: Zinc Sulfate, Lead Sulfate and Salt- Reached a 20% capacity increase with marginal CAPEX - Coordination of the supply for raw materials according to production schedule- Stablishment of operation checklists for start - up, shut down and normal op.- Continuous improvement towards productivity increase and resources savings- Developement of new KPI's and completion of existing ones- Optimization projects for main equipments : Reactor tanks, Filter press, pumps (diverse), dust collection, heat exchangers, piping- Responsible for completion of stablished S&Op and audit plans, as well as Raw materials budget- Development of more atractive career paths for blue collar staff to increase motivation and retention Show less

- Process and plant design for new products - Estimation of CAPEX and OPEX of new products for feasibility analysis- Coordination for the development of 9 products (lab and pilot scale)- Optimization of 10% of the raw material's cost for a new client, through R&D- Coordination of carbon footprint estimation and reduction strategies for the main products- Design and execution of optimization projects, focused on energy savings, emissions reduction and productivity… Show more - Process and plant design for new products - Estimation of CAPEX and OPEX of new products for feasibility analysis- Coordination for the development of 9 products (lab and pilot scale)- Optimization of 10% of the raw material's cost for a new client, through R&D- Coordination of carbon footprint estimation and reduction strategies for the main products- Design and execution of optimization projects, focused on energy savings, emissions reduction and productivity increase- Development of automated tools for equipment sizing Show less

Project lead of a new production line, with an investment on the million dollars range- Coordination of engineering for mechanical, civil, process, piping, instruments and electical disciplines- Development of process engineering, P&IDs, list of equipment, motors and instruments- Coordination of project procurement- Negotiation and follow up with contractors for installation and construction- Coordination of project comissioning and startup

- Process design for a new facility, optimization of 20 % in the major equipments sizing. This design also beat all records on product quality in the group- Reduction of 3 process steps to optimize production time, which set assets available for other projects- Reduction of 25 % of the executed CAPEX for a capacity increase project, through P.Eng. and R&D- Design and execution of optimization projects, focused on energy savings, emissions reduction and productivity increase (e.g… Show more - Process design for a new facility, optimization of 20 % in the major equipments sizing. This design also beat all records on product quality in the group- Reduction of 3 process steps to optimize production time, which set assets available for other projects- Reduction of 25 % of the executed CAPEX for a capacity increase project, through P.Eng. and R&D- Design and execution of optimization projects, focused on energy savings, emissions reduction and productivity increase (e.g. HEx, burners, pumps, dust collectors, wet filtration, scrubbers and reactors)- Project management on a due dilligence process for an aquisition of a new company in Germany : Politics, HR, Budget, Projects, Legal and Admin. Show less

-Technical and economical assessment on the future scenarios (2020-2040) for the use of biofuels and synthetic fuels as energy carriers for street cars.-Research on production, distribution and installation costs for facilities in Europe and USA-Developed a model for estimation of alternative fuels future production cost

- Deep understanding of the zinc refining and recycling chemical processes- Leader of 60 operators in 3 rotary kilns- Technical support to plants in USA (operation), Turkey and Korea - Saved 180 man hour/month through process troubleshooting and lean production projects - Optimized 2 chemical processes: 10 % and 20 % production increase- Developed a process to turn scrap material into useful final product ; several million USD saved

- Direct work on safety KPIs with the Engineering Director of whole group (5 plants)- Coordinator of hazardous and non-hazardous waste disposal. Negotiation with service providers in order to reduce waste collection costs- Discovered around 200K USD in obsolete spare parts in inventory (SAP inventory research)

- Research on thermodynamic, chemical and physical specifications of natural gas in Europe. - Research of biomethane production in Germany. Contact with Biomethane suppliers.- Benchmarking of fuel cell’s designs worldwide- Result: Designed the final operational boundaries for the gas feed to our fuel cell