Experience

SOTRAVIC

• Mauritius
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Project Lead

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Identifying new business opportunities in the Civil Engineering, Waste Management, and Renewable Energy sector. Preparation of the administrative, financial, technical proposal, and implementation of projects in Africa and the Middle East region through strategic partnerships with international Joint Venture partners.Key projects (02/2022):• Design, Manufacture, supply, and installation of Battery Energy Storage System 20MW/10MWh | Mauritius island • Construction and Operation of a new sanitary landfill | Kingdom of Bahrain• Rehabilitation and Construction of new infrastructure for freshwater supply in Moroni | Union des Comores• Construction works for vertical landfill expansion and Operation | Mauritius island

• Project Management Engineer

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  While I am still overseeing the construction and operation activities of the Waste and Energy department of Sotravic, the attention was shifted to a new international tender: The Vertical expansion of the landfill with an estimated 200M USD project. My role is focused on the preparation of the technical submission while coordinating with the administrative and financial side.• Finding and negotiating with our partner for the vertical expansion of the landfill project• Working on the Joint Venture agreement between parties• Preparing the prequalification document for the submission including administrative, financial, experience aspect – and successfully prequalified for the bidding stage• Preparation of the bidding document: technical/admin/financial • Working on the design of the MSE wall with our JV partner• Data analysis and modeling for forecasting purposes• Risk assessment and modeling to fine-tune the strategy

• Assistant Project Manager | Site Engineer

  • Nov 2017 - Dec 2018

  Sotravic ltée is the market leader in Sewer and Water Infrastructure, Waste and Landfill Management, Geotechnical Investigation, and Renewable Energy Solutions. The group focuses its operation on three sectors namely Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure for both public and private clients.During my first year at Sotravic, as a structural engineer, my main task was to assist the project manager in various aspects of the construction and operation works on the only landfill in Mauritius, together with the Gas to Energy plant which produces 22GWh annually of renewable electricity. With my Analytical skills, I was able to optimize site monitoring and site management by implementing a new data extraction process and new data visualization via dashboards. Those data were modeled and analyzed for operation management decisions. A specific description of some accomplishments:• Led a team of 30 people for the construction of landfill cells, and other structures, while respecting the Healt&Safety and deadline• Implementing new data capture and modeling with drone surveying of the landfill • Creating a new dashboard for data collection and data analysis for site monitoring via Power Bi• Successfully coordinating with the different company departments for the delivery of material according to the planning• Construction of leachate pond and leachate collection systems• Construction and maintenance of Gas collection system for Gas to energy facility • Infrared thermal camera report creation • Preparing monthly meetings with the client and consultant• Preparation and submission of monthly IPA to client



Frontier by Sotravic

• Public Safety

• Tactical planning coordinator

  • Jul 2020 - Sep 2020

  In the early morning of Tuesday 21 July 2020, when the MV Wakashio, a sizable Japanese iron ore cargo ship slammed into the coral reefs of Mauritius, unleashing the worst oil spill in the island’s history. Sotravic, under the newly created company Frontier, has mobilized his resources and a team of professionals to help with the ongoing efforts to counter the situation created by this oil spill. Being part of the response team, I was in charge of the on-shore activities: - Drone survey of the contaminated coastline and off-shore area following by mapping for the team - Organization, planning, and deployment of our resources according to the survey, such as # tankers for pumping oil which has accumulated on the shore # organization of +50 people for beach clean-up, taking into consideration the H&S with PPE and equipment # removing oil-saturated booms form the sea, and carting away of the waste to the hazardous waste facility - Reporting and keeping track of the daily targets



Vista Consulting Engineers Limited

• Hong Kong

• Civil Structural Engineer Intern

  • Feb 2017 - Aug 2017

  Final Master degree internship and extension as graduated engineer assisting on all activities in various civil engineering projects including design, structural design, management, land survey, earthworks. My day to day responsibilities also included: • Calculation • AutoCAD drawings • Site inspection • Data analysis and report writing • Supervision of construction works • Management: the program of works, costing, meeting, promotional package creation • Assisting on undertaking, preparing and coordinating tender documents



Veolia

• France
• Environmental Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Structural Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  Hong Kong’s waste problem needs to be addressed with comprehensive solutions aimed at boosting efficiency and environmental performance. Opportunities include optimizing landfill operations and discovering ways to generate new resources from waste. Veolia operates the South East New Territories Landfill (SENT Landfill), a strategic landfill and key solid waste disposal site in Hong Kong. Veolia introduced innovative solutions to enhance efficiency at the site and established a landfill gas treatment facility onsite to generate energy from waste. To maximize efficiency and align the facility with the highest environmental standards, Veolia implemented solutions including landfill liner, leachate management, landfill gas management, surface and groundwater management, and environmental monitoring systems. Veolia also built a landfill gas facility onsite to convert landfill gas into energy, diversifying energy sources for Hong Kong. My main tasks were, but not limited to: - Construction activities supervision - Monitor the temperature inside the Landfill because Veolia suspected a deep-seated fire at SENT - Infrared Thermal Camera survey to monitor surface temperature - Visual inspection - Liquid nitrogen injection at strategic locations to reduce the site temperature - Data capture and analysis report to my supervisor weekly



SOTRAVIC

• Mauritius
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Civil Engineering Intern

  • Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  • Supervision of ten construction workers for the building of a retaining wall • Supervision of supply connections between the water supply system and detached houses ( pipe network) • Attending meetings between Project Managers, Health and Safety Inspector, Consulting Engineer, Public Relation Coordinator. • Propose alternative solutions to the general foreman with the organization of the site • Assisting different project managers on different sites and projects ( Water treatment station, Wastewater treatment plant, Water supply, and Sewerage system, Landfill gas to energy) • Insight of different departments of the company: Plant machinery and equipment, Procurement, Tendering , R&D.