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MANUEL SUAREZ PERSONAL INFORMATION Nationality: Spain Place and Date of Birth: Oviedo (Spain), 9th November 1972 Address: 15 Nellfield Place, AB10 6DE, Aberdeen (UK) Telephone: 07582309007 Email suarez.engineer@gmail.com Linkedin Profile http://uk.linkedin.com/in/magsuarez MAIN QUALIFICATIONS 2000 Ingeniero Industrial (MEng Industrial Engineer)

Universidad de Oviedo (Spain) www.epsig.uniovi.es

Ingeniero Industrial is a six year degree largely multidisciplinary, with an important theoretical basis and a strong structural, mechanical and electrical background, as well as an industrial organisation specialization. (Further details https://directo.uniovi.es/catalogo/Tipo_asignaturas.asp?idioma=I&plan=IINDSUPE)

2001 Master en Prevencion de Riesgos Laborales (Master in Health&Safety) EAGE (Spain) This Degree is the Spanish equivalent to a NEBOSH Diploma. It covers subjects such as: Construction health & safety plans, health and safety European regulations, emergency planning, Risks assessments, safe work practices, etc.

2012 MSc Project Management Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen, UK) http://www.rgu.ac.uk/ (Completion Date September 2012)

TRAINING 1999 CAD Training Course (CETS; 400 hours).2002 Environmental Impact Assessment Course (Asturias Business School, 62 hours).2004 Surveying Training Course (FLC, 70 hours).2005 Geographic Information Systems Course (FLC, 50 hours).2005 ISO Quality and Standards Course (SN, 50 hours).2006 Structural Analysis CYPECAD Course (FLC, 65 hours).2007 Structural Analysis Metal 3D Course (FEMETAL, 70 hours).2008 Energetic Efficiency for Buildings Course (INESEM, 300 hours).2009 Renewable Energy for buildings Course (FEMETAL,420 hours)2010 Project Management Expert Course (Elogos, 260 hours)2011 Waste Management Course (Elogos, 250 hours) SKILLS LANGUAGES Spanish (First Language), English (Fluent) COMPUTING Operating Systems

Windows, Linux Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook

Computer Aided Design AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop

Project Management MS Project, Presto, Arquimedes

Structural Design Cypecad, Metal 3D

Others DMCad, DMelect, Instawin, SPSS, Indalux, Lumitecn, Procuno

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MAIN WORK EXPERIENCE 2009/2011 GPB INGENIERIA www.grupogpb.es Project Engineer My position within this company was Project Engineer. My main responsibilities included: design, schedule development and resource forecasting for engineering and other technical activities relating to the projects. Furthermore, I was also in charge of performance management of vendors, and had the responsibility for inter-discipline coordination and overall quality control of the work; ensuring that projects were completed according to project plan. From a technical point of view I gained strong knowledge regarding mechanical installations (e.g. air conditioning, ventilation, water drainage, plumbing and fire protection design) and electrical installations (e.g. transformation centres, High, medium and low voltage, design of electrical switchboards and lighting design).

DATE PROJECT POSITION CLIENT BUDGET

2009 Draft implementation for construction of Gesa-Endesa Headquarters.

MEP ENGINEER

ENDESA € 4.2 Mill

2010 Draft implementation for the new industrial buildings for storage and distribution of cement in the Port of Alcudia (Mallorca-Spain).

MEP ENGINEER

CIMENTS DE

BALEARS € 8.6 Mill

2010 Draft implementation for parking/commercial building in La Sabina Port (Formentera-Spain).

MEP ENGINEER

LA SABINA URBANA

€ 7.2 Mill

2009 2011

Fortim Mindelo Resort - Project & Construction Management (Sao Vicente-Cape Verde).

MEP ENGINEER

FORTIM MINDELO RESORT

€ 31 Mill

2004/2009 ESDEHOR (Asturias) www.esdehor.com Project Manager I worked more than 5 years for ESDEHOR as a Project Manager. Key responsibilities included creating clear and attainable project objectives, building the project requirements, and managing the scope for the projects. In addition, I was also a client representative and had to determine and implement the needs of the client, based on knowledge of the firm I was representing. I built the ability to adapt to the various internal procedures of the contracting parties, and to form close links with the nominated representatives, ensuring that the key issues of cost, time, and value for the client could be achieved.

DATE PROJECT POSITION CLIENT BUDGET

2005 2006

Concrete structure Congress Palace (Oviedo-Spain).

PROJECT MANAGER

FIAGA € 14.2 Mill

2007 Concrete structure in Residential building for 42 flats, and underground parking for 50 car places. (Cabañaquinta-Spain)

PROJECT MANAGER

INYCO € 806,140.12

2008 Concrete structure in Residential building for 40 flats, and underground parking for 52 car places. (Oviedo-Spain).

PROJECT MANAGER

EDIMARCA € 876,580.00

2008 Concrete structure in Residential building for 68 flats, and underground parking for 70 car places.(Siero-Spain).

PROJECT MANAGER

IROCA € 892,110.20

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2002/2004 SLINGA PREVENCION HSE Engineer

Slinga has many years experience in the Health and Safety, Environment and Quality sectors, and focuses on providing solutions to the complexities of HSE legislation with an affordable method of training and consultancy. I worked for Slinga as a HSE Engineer implementing safety and environmental regulations on site during construction works of buildings and industrial plants; as well as producing Safety Studies, H&S Construction plans and Risks assessments.

DATE PROJECT POSITION CLIENT BUDGET

2002 H&S Construction Management during the enlargement of the Arcelor-Mittal plant in Gijón (Spain).

H&S ENGINEER

ARCELOR MITTAL

€ 946,280.00

2003 H&S Construction Management during the construction of the Railforja headquarters in Gijon (Spain).

H&S ENGINEER

RAILFORJA € 1.3 Mill

2003 H&S Construction Management during the construction of the Alas Aluminium plant in Ciaño (Spain).

H&S ENGINEER

ALAS ALUMINIUM

€ 3.6 Mill

2000/2002 KLK ELECTROMATERIALES www.klk.es Sales & Logistics Engineer KLK Electro Materiales was founded in 1965 and specializes in the manufacture of electrical components. The company achieved significant sales figures and its products are distributed to a large number of countries. I worked for this company as a Logistics & Sales Engineer; my responsibilities included: the organization of the purchase, transport, storage and distribution of materials and finished goods, as well as helping potential customers to understand, compare, and contrast the solutions that were available for buying; to troubleshoot problems with their implementations; and to maximize sales for the company by providing such help to the customers. In this position, I learnt to combine technical understanding of the complexities of this company products and supplies, together with the sales skills required for the job. 1999/2000 ALBANDI MONTAJES www.albandi.es Graduate HSE Engineer Albandi is a company that manufacture and assembly boilers, industrial piping and steel structures mainly for the construction and petrochemical industries. I worked together with Albandi’s HSE department to complete a thorough assessment and review of their manufacturing facilities, in order to meet all the relevant HSE regulations and standards in an EU country. This project was submitted as my degree final thesis, and it was awarded by The City Council of Gijon at its annual Final Thesis awards in the category of Industrial Safety.