Ernesto A. Blanza

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name : ERNESTO A. BLANZA

Email : [email protected]

Mobile No. : +63-956-018-4362

Address : Balanga City, Bataan, Philippines

EDUCATION

· Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1988

· Associate in Marine Engineering, 1994

Bataan Heroes Memorial College

Balanga City, Bataan, Philippines

LICENSE & MEMBERSHIP

· Professional Mechanical Engineer, PIC No. 0004564

· Registered Mechanical Engineer, PIC No. 0040111

· American Society of Mechanical Engineers Member No. 100085500

· ISO 14001: 2004 Certified Internal Auditor by TUV Nord

· Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers Life Member, ID No. 96677

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

A professionally qualified & technically competent Mechanical Engineer with more than 28 years’ combined experience in construction, quality control/assurance, inspection, commissioning, operation, maintenance, planning, estimating, safety and design review disciplines for oil & gas facilities, power and industrial plants, transportation equipment and building facilities. Technical skills include understanding and knowledge of industry standards, codes and regulations such as; API 610, API 617, API 650, API 653, ASME/ANSI B31.1, B31.4, B31.8, ASME Section VIII Div. 1 & 2, NDE, ASHRAE, NFPA, ASTM A 530, CMMS, ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and OSHAS 18001.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Company : SUBIC BAY FREEPORT GRAIN TERMINAL SERVICES, INC.

Position : CONSULTANT (EPC and Maintenance)

Period : Nov 16, 2016 – Present

Functions and Responsibilities

· Manage the design, retrofitting, rehabilitation/turn-around and upgrading projects which includes contract, procurement and construction management.

· Responsible for the overall planning, coordination and implementation of all tasks and duties dealing with maintenance for all mechanical equipment, automotive systems, fleet of vehicles and facilities.

· Develop and competent in root cause analysis, can be able to assess the situation and determine when to escalate to a higher level.

· Develop and implement programs to assure continuous reliability of equipment and machineries, including Preventive Maintenance programs and others.

· Coordinate with Maintenance personnel to maintain all equipment, vehicles, and facilities in a safe and efficient working conditions.

· Coordinate with Maintenance unit/personnel in executing effective preventive maintenance programs, QA/QC programs and others, to minimize unscheduled downtime.

· Conduct technical studies and analysis on major expansion project and recommend appropriate systems.

· Collaborate with other sections to gather the needed information, study for recommendation and ensure they are consistently following the standard operating procedures conforming with established safety, health, environment and quality standards.

· Provides solutions to routine and a wide variety of problems ranging from simple to moderate in scope and complexity.

· Trains and guides technicians to ensure standards are maintained and appropriately utilized.

· Ensures health, safety and environmental requirements are met in the execution of all maintenance activities within the assigned area.

· Does other technical job(s) that maybe specified and assigned.

Company : OVERSEAS ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. SA

Port Au Prince, Haiti

Position : MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT ENGINEER

Period : June 2015 – June 2016

Functions and Responsibilities

· Plan and supervise the execution of all major overhaul works on all machineries, electrical equipment, fleet of vehicles/heavy equipment and facilities.

· Oversee the maintenance of all equipment, facilities, vehicles and implement maintenance procedures and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) to ensure compliance with fundamental maintenance standards and procedures.

· Develop and implement programs to assure continuous reliability of all equipments and heavy machineries.

· Develop, implement and maintain qaulity procedures for predictive and preventive maintenance works.

· Plan preventive maintenance requirements and frequencies for all major plant and equipment, includes work required, standard procedures and resources.

· Maintain and administer an organization of qualified crew to maintain all equipment, vehicles and facilities in a safe and efficient working conditions.

· Execute the effective preventive maintenance program to minimize unscheduled downtime

· Carry out in-progress inspection and joint inspection and to ensure that the works were executed to the required quality standard.

· Direct and supervise re-assembly, re-installation and testing activities of all newly repaired and maintained plant equipment and machineries.

· Manage and monitor Workshop/Motor pool activities, check its requirement, estimate and plan spare parts request.

· Estimate and manage personnel and resources requirement for each plan and breakdown maintenance activities.

· Coordinate with suppliers to expedite the delivery of necessary spare parts and supplies and inform the management regarding the status.

· Ensure health, safety and environment requirements are met in the execution of all maintenance activities within the assigned area.

Company : FINESCO INTERNATIONAL COMPANY

Mina Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait

Position : MECHANICAL ENGINEER (Project & Construction)

Period : June 2014 – Sept 2014

Functions and Responsibilities

· Conduct technical evaluation of project tenders, vendor’s selection for equipment, parts and materials.

· Prepares Methods Statements for all activities to be done.

· Prepare cost, resources and manpower estimates and submits for approval by management and client.

· Monitor all aspects of Quality Control and safety during the construction and demolition work to ensure adherence to the company technical requirements and applicable codes and as per approved method statements and procedures.

· Review and check technical documents submitted by vendor, design contractor, P&ID & equipment drawings.

· Monitor the overall progress of the work against schedule, quality and providing reports on it to line management, highlighting the potential for slippage and propose remedial actions.

· Perform preliminary quality inspections and checks for installed equipment & pipelines to correct any non-conformities prior to client’s inspection.

· Coordinate with client project department concerning works, design clarifications, inspection and quality controlling.

· Verify that all testing, pre-commissioning and commissioning procedures have been approved by the client and are on site and being implemented. Confirm testing parameters are duly recorded and that testing equipment is calibrated.

· Ensure projects work and design modifications are in accordance to the appropriate technical and approved standards.

· Attend coordination meeting with vendors, design contractors and clients during the design and implementation stages.

Company : SAUDI ARABIAN CHEVRON, INC. thru Oil Support Services

Mina Al-Zour (Mina Saud), Kuwait

Position : LEAD INSPECTOR (Project & Construction)

Period : August 2011 – May 2014

Functions and Responsibilities

· Review and check technical documents submitted by vendor, detail design, P&ID, QA/QC, & equipment drawings.

· Create, review and issue for approval Permit to Work (PTW) for any raised activities prior to execution.

· Assist in constructability reviews and the planning / scheduling of construction, test and commissioning activities.

· Prepare and check works sub-schedule and plans, conform to original schedules and adjust accordingly after discussion with client’s representatives.

· Monitor the overall progress of the contractors against schedule, quality and providing reports on it to line management, highlighting the potential for slippage and propose remedial actions.

· Perform preliminary quality inspections and checks for installed equipment, pipelines and utilities to correct any non-conformities prior to client’s inspection.

· Coordinate with client project department concerning works, design clarifications, inspection and quality controlling.

· Ensure projects (including project development and execution) work and design modifications are in accordance to the appropriate technical and approved standards.

· Follow through project finalization and hand-over in line with specified technical and operational requirements, contract and compliance with agreed schedule.

· Ensure health, safety and environment requirements are met in the execution of all project activities within the site.

· Maintain adequate records relating to events surrounding the work, which may give rise to contractors claiming for a cost increase against contract.

· Coordinate with suppliers to expedite the delivery of equipment and inform client on the status.

· Contribute to successful work completion by participating in the resolution of issues such as conflicting design requirements, non-conformities, unsuitability of material, and quality controlling issues.

· Check submitted ITPs of contractor confirm with established Chevron standards, practices and recommend for revision and approve the same.

· Witness and monitor hydrostatic test, pigging, flushing, cleaning, gauging and commissioning activities of pipes/pipelines, valves, vessels, storage tanks, HVAC and other newly constructed and repaired equipment.

· Supervise and monitor all aspects of Quality Control during the construction, to ensure adherence to the company technical requirements and applicable codes including SID (Safety in Design). And raised comments for rectifications and/or clarifications.

· Coordinate with contractor’s QA/QC and carries out inspection of materials, piping, rotating and static equipment received, verify and approve material inspection reports as per the requirements and standards.

· Identify and report QA/QC non-compliance in accordance with standards and investigates work problems, takes and recommends suitable action to correct deficiencies in coordination with contractor.

· Monitor and check procedures and qualification testing. Verify dimensions, certifications, material certification and traceability for all materials, and consumables.

· Control all works in areas of accountability through the implementation and compliance with Chevron Permit to Work process as to prevent undue risks and unsafe acts.

· Review, approve and issue PTW, JHA/JSA of any raised activities prior to execution.

· Liaise with constructor staff to ensure that all required testing has been perform and review procedures for testing/examining components with the optimal method and techniques.

· Evaluate, verify or check adequacy of welding equipment which includes the review of electrode selection, storage and maintenance.

· Witness welding procedure qualification and welder performance tests and monitor project welding quality.

· Demonstrate values, strong teamwork ethics and principles and HES focus through behaviors, actions and decisions.

Company : METAL & RECYCLING COMPANY, K.S.E.

P. O. 4520 Safat, 13046 Kuwait

Position : MECHANICAL ENGINEER (Projects, HSE, Production & Maintenance)

Period : February 2009 – August 2011

Functions and Responsibilities

· Prepare specifications and estimate costs for internal and contracted renovations, modifications, expansions or installation of facilities and utilities.

· Estimate and manage personnel and resources requirement for each plan and breakdown maintenance activities.

· Perform research for the proposed upgrading projects and development studies of existing equipment, plant and facilities.

· Conduct technical evaluation of project tenders, vendor’s selection for equipment, parts and materials.

· Carry out upgrading projects work and ensure proper project design and engineering, initiate procurement, supervise construction, inspection/quality control, pre-commissioning and commissioning work.

· Test and commission upgraded projects of the plant within my control like new extruders and its auxiliary equipment.

· Ensure health, safety, security and environment requirements are met in the execution of all maintenance activities within the Plant, Facilities and Equipment.

· Responsible for ISO 14001 implemention, conduct internal audit and monitor Safety, Health and Environment programs and policies of the company by following all relevant SHE and ISO 14001 standards and regulations.

· Manage hazard/safety through generation of logs, including identification of appropriate risk control measures.

· Provide advice for all electrical, instruments, mechanical, process equipment and vehicles’ breakdown, provide fit for purpose and cost effective solution for breakdown.

· Review and ensure that all recommended repair works and alterations are fit for purpose and are of compliance to known most appropriate engineering practices.

· Plan and supervise the execution of all major overhaul works on all rotating, static and electrical equipment, fleet of vehicles and facilities:

· Oversee the maintenance of all production equipments, facilities, vehicles and implement maintenance procedures and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) to ensure compliance with fundamental maintenance standards and policies.

· Develop and implement programs to assure continuous reliability of production equipments and processes machineries.

· Develop, implement and maintain qaulity procedures for predictive and preventive maintenance works. Plan preventive maintenance requirements and frequencies for all major plant and process equipment, includes work required, standard procedures and resources.

· Maintain and administer an organization of qualified crew to maintain all equipment, vehicles and facilities in a safe and efficient working conditions.

· Implement effective preventive maintenance program to minimize unscheduled downtime.

· Analyze and/or engage experts to recommend and implement permanent solutions for recurring maintenance problems.

· Prepare and participate in the preparation of the department budget as applicable to mechanical and equipment maintenance with particular reference to OPEX and CAPEX budget.

Company : HYUNDAI ENGINEERING & CONST. CO., LTD

P. O. Box 10389, Mina Shuaiba, 65454 Kuwait

Position : MECHANICAL ENGINEER (Offshore/On-shore Construction)

Period : June 2002 – January 2009

Functions and Responsibilities

· Direct, supervise and monitor site preparation for mechanical equipment (static, rotating, pipeline, process pipes) erection, installation, inspection, hydro test, pre-commissioning, commissioning, corrective / preventive during commissioning/test and warranty maintenance activities.

· Supervise and responsible for hydrostatic test, pigging, flushing, cleaning, gauging and commissioning activities of pipes/pipelines, valves, vessels, storage tanks and other static equipment.

· Monitor all aspects of Quality Control during the construction, to ensure adherence to the company technical requirements and applicable codes including SID (Safety in Design).

· Review and check technical documents submitted by vendor, detail design, P&ID, QA/QC, & equipment drawings.

· Create, review and issue for approval Permit to Work (PTW) for any raised activities prior to execution.

· Assist in constructability reviews and the planning / scheduling of construction, test and commissioning activities.

· Prepare and check works sub-schedule and plans, conform to original schedules and adjust accordingly after discussion with client’s representatives.

· Close liaison with sub-contractors ensuring all permits to work are in place.