Paul (Wilfried) Wassenhoven

Project Manager

Germany

Experience

Jul 2022 - Present
3 years 1 month

Project Manager

International globally operating corporation

  • Engineering of several larger investment projects up to €30M investment volume.
  • Areas: plant engineering, tank farm including ancillary works, raw material supply, storage and filling, infrastructure measures, building services.
  • Meetings with the internal project team.
  • Meetings with contractors/suppliers.
  • Requirements and review of engineering services to be delivered.
  • Preparation of technical tender documents.
  • Concept planning including detail engineering.
  • Schedule and cost management.
  • Execution planning.
  • Site management.
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
1 year 3 months
China

Project Support

  • Project support for a large project (€40M) in China.
  • Daily meetings with the project team in Shanghai.
  • Meetings with local engineering companies and suppliers.
  • Review of technical and commercial tender documents.
  • Participation in purchasing negotiations.
  • Providing necessary technical information, etc.
Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
3 months
Osnabrück, Germany

Project Support

Osnabrück Paper Mill

  • Project support for the construction of a steam boiler plant.
  • Project meetings and coordination of suppliers and assembly.
May 2020 - Dec 2020
8 months

Project Support

Pharmaceutical Company

  • Project support for a production plant of a pharmaceutical company.
  • Meetings with engineering firms, suppliers and production.
Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
3 months

Project Lead

International US-based global corporation

  • Project stopped due to the global Corona crisis.
Jul 2012 - Feb 2020
7 years 8 months

Project Management

International US-based global chemical corporation

  • Responsible for project management of ongoing investment projects.
  • Project reviews with engineering departments in the USA.
  • Project lead of complex process engineering industrial plants from investment approval to commissioning.
Feb 2012 - Jun 2012
5 months

Project Lead

International publicly listed chemical company

  • Project lead for the planning of a new production plant (€30M) including building design.
  • Coordination of engineering firms.
  • Internal and external interface clarification with production, departments and suppliers.
  • Moderation of workshops and involvement in trials.
Jan 2008 - Dec 2011
4 years

Project Manager

International publicly listed chemical company

  • Project manager for a large project (€60M).
  • Planning of complex industrial plants in plant engineering with associated buildings.
  • Leadership and coordination of a project team.
  • Technical and commercial project management.
  • Cost and schedule management.
Oct 2006 - Dec 2008
2 years 3 months

Project Manager

International global plant engineering company

  • Reporting directly to the board.
  • Responsible for project execution of complex turnkey projects in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and England.
Jan 2003 - Sep 2006
3 years 9 months

Project Manager for turnkey plant and factory planning

International food corporation

  • Determining investment costs, concept planning, detail engineering, assisting with procurement and contracts, cost and schedule management, execution planning, process optimizations of existing production plants, site supervision, up to turnkey commissioning.
  • Project sizes up to €60M.
Aug 1997 - Sep 2002
5 years 2 months

Technical Director for plant and factory planning

Engineering Company

  • Responsible for determining investment costs, project management, planning, engineering, execution.
  • Preparation of feasibility studies and cost-benefit analyses.
  • Definition of process engineering and plant design.
  • Coordination of design department / plant planning.
  • Concept planning & execution planning & complete project management up to commissioning of turnkey plants and factories in Germany and Switzerland, project sizes up to €20-40M.
Jan 1994 - Jul 1997
3 years 7 months
Germany

Project Manager / Branch Manager for Germany

Medium-sized plant engineering firm of an international Dutch/English group

  • Responsible for project management and complete order handling.
  • Areas: Food, building materials, chemicals, minerals, feed.
  • Definition of process engineering and plant design.
  • Coordination of design department / plant planning.
  • Concept planning & execution planning & project management.
Mar 1993 - Dec 1993
10 months

Project Management

Medium-sized company

  • Project management for global plant engineering, planning and project development.
  • Projects in Asia and the Middle East.
Jul 1991 - Feb 1993
1 year 8 months

Project Lead and Sales

International corporation in plant engineering

  • Project lead and sales of complete turnkey mixing and material feeding systems for Europe.
Jul 1987 - Jun 1991
4 years

Project Lead

US Corporation

  • Plant planning for the food, building materials, pharmaceutical, chemical, mineral industries, feed, rubber and plastics industries.
  • Complete plant planning, turnkey industrial plants.
  • Close collaboration and training USA/England.

Summary

As a Senior Project Manager (Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering) working in mechanical and plant engineering of turnkey production plants, with expertise from various industries. Employed as a project manager at well-known global companies. Freelance: project-based for the duration of a project

  • Project management for larger investment projects, including buildings up to €60M

  • Project execution of turnkey production plants from initial concept to commissioning

  • Experience in plant engineering and turnkey material handling systems including buildings

  • Bidding, sales, management and execution of orders at home and abroad

  • Technical lead of internal and external project teams / very good team skills

  • Determining investment costs

  • Monitoring schedule and budget

  • Ongoing project meetings with internal and external clients

  • Interface coordination between client, suppliers, engineering, procurement, assembly, commissioning

  • Preparation of all relevant technical, commercial and contractual tender documents

  • Contract negotiations with clients on site, with suppliers and contractors

  • Purchasing negotiations and procurement of equipment together with procurement

  • Claim management to meet budget, quality and deadlines

  • Safety and risk analyses before and during project execution with project teams

  • Regular site monitoring and client and site meetings on site

  • Site management and supervision

  • Turnkey handover of the complete plant to the client or to production

Since many projects are handled with corporate engineering departments in the Netherlands, England and the USA, working with a remote engineering/project team is also familiar.

  • Chemicals Ceramics Building materials
  • Cement
  • Minerals
  • Steel Food Power plant coal-fired power plants
  • Copper-zinc smelters Feed
  • Pharma
  • Fertilizers Plastics Mechanical Engineering
  • Technical plant engineering
  • Rubber and many others
  • Tire industries

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Jul 1987 - Jun 1991
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Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering, Design Engineering · Mechanical Engineering · Aachen, Germany

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