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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The tender desalination project manager (TDPM) is responsible for managing tenders entrusted to him until signature with the client. He coordinates the team dedicated to the project, establishes the administrative, contractual, technical and financial elements of the bid. The job relates to large scale seawater reverse osmosis desalination (SWRO) projects.

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Executive leader with expertise in all facets of tender project management including new opportunity development, budget bid development, bid preparation, client negotiations, price build-up, technical / commercial / contractual management and closing deals. Skilled in collaborating with all internal and external stakeholders to achieve business and.

Glasgow

• As Tender Manager, I managed the bidding process and presented bids to board members and stakeholders to win 2 engineer, procurement, construction, and services contracts per year. Some key results in this role include:
• Overseeing budget bid development for staffing, equipment, and fabrication.
• Negotiating contracts with clients to secure over $300M in project contracts.
• I led updates to the tendering process with newest ISO standards without corrective actions necessary as confirmed by internal and external audits.
• I championed cultural change while designing and implementing a new performance management system.
• I developed a collaborative method for tender planning including “last planner” to maximize bid success.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

• Served as Project Engineering Manager for several projects including design studies for innovative technology and a $1M project within target timelines and budgetary objectives. Reduced review time and rework by 20%.
• Executed complex projects with language barriers including a $2.5M manual and actuated value project for a Korean vendor.
• Delivered 2K tons over 4 skids as lead site engineer responsible for specification, site management, material control, QA/QC, quantification, and variations management.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Coordinated communication between client, project management, engineering, QA/QC, and procurement stakeholders to streamline document quality, equipment purchases, inspections, testing, and delivery within target.
• Achieved key results for product industrialization while developing a retrofit pilot plant within budgetary objectives.
• Collaborated with key stakeholders on a design build project involving a construction consortium in the metals market.
• I designed a retrofit pilot plant for product industrialization while managing budgetary requirements.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Managed detail design, specification, and delivery across all mechanical deliverables within budgetary and deadline objectives. Developed project execution budgets. Oversaw procurement of $7M in mechanical equipment within accurate specification and budgetary targets. Integrated industrial wastewater treatment facilities for scrubber applications while.

Houston, Texas Area

Maintained all mechanical procurement packages for a $200M project while serving as main point of contact for clients. Tracked progress and reported updates to key stakeholders. Developed estimated staffing requirements and materials cost for construction of storage tanks and catalytic crackers.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Operations Management And Supervision, 4.0

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering