Experience

Prony Resources New Caledonia

• New Caledonia
• Mining
• 200 - 300 Employee

• PMO manager - LUCY Project

  • Sep 2021 - Present



Vale

• Belgium

• Operational readiness leader - LUCY Project

  • Jan 2019 - Feb 2022

  LUCY Project: design and construction of a tailings dewatering plant. Production capacity: 845 t/h. CAPEX: 600 M USD. Management of an OR cross-disciplinary team of 10 pers.Key responsibilities: - Development of the operational readiness plan - Execution of the operational readiness plan - Coordination of the closeout of the HAZOP actions - Preparation of the operation and maintenance procedures and instructions - Hiring of the operational and maintenance personnel - Implementation of the VALE quality management system - Implementation of the VALE HSE management system - Management of materials, consumables and services required for the operation - Monitoring, control and reporting of the operational readiness activities

• Project leader – Fuel Management Project

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2019

  Improvement of the processes and tools to monitor and control the diesel flows on Vale NC site. Deployment of instruments to automatize fuel data collection (i.e. inventory, delivery, transfer and dispensing). CAPEX 0.5 M USD. Key responsibilities: - As-is process analysis: audit of existing fuel management practices - To-be process analysis: recommendation of process, best practices and tools to roll-out - Development of the scope of work and specification for tender - Technical tender analysis - Contract management - Organizational change management

• Project controller - LUCY Project

  • May 2015 - Dec 2018

  LUCY Project: design and construction of dewatering plant. Production capacity: 845 t/h. CAPEX: 600 M USD. Key responsibilities: - Accruals and cash monitoring and control - Contract management of the supporting investigation activities carried out in New-Caledonia - Schedule of the data collection activities - Review of deliverables (OPEX, CAPEX, PEP)

• Project controller - KO2 project

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2016

  KWE West Project: Residue Storage Facility. Integrated part of the plant process. Nominal capacity : 44 millions m3. CAPEX: 585 M USD. Key responsibilities: - Review and implementation of a relevant project control plan in conjunction with the project manager and PMO manager: - Review of the entire organization breakdown structure; - Review of the project breakdown structure; - Reconciliation and redefinition of the control accounts; - Report performance by control account using Earned Value Management methodology; - Coordinate the reprogramming of OTS (Over Target Schedule) and OTB (Over Target Baseline) in conjunction of the control account managers and the project manager;

• Project controller

  • May 2012 - Jul 2014

  Nickel & Cobalt production plant.Hydrometallurgical process. Nominal capacity 60,000 tonnes of Nickel and 4,500 tonnes of Cobalt per year. Investment of 4,5 billion USD. Project total manning : 6,000 employees.Description of the position :- Ensure that the projects' scope of work meets budget- Follow-up capital projects in conjunction with project leaders- Forecasting costs associated with changes in schedule in conjunction with the project planner- Develop and maintain project control and analysis tools- Provide special analysis for operations and accounting- Reporting monthly actual expenditures and cash vs. budget to managementKey achievements:- Development of a project management application (MS Access)- Implementation of Project Performance Measurement using Earned Value (EVM)