Work Experience
Sub Agent Sep 2016 – present
Barhale plc, London, United Kingdom
Responsible for the management of small value construction sites in order to achieve required project delivery to the customers’ objectives, while maintaining standards of health and safety, quality, environmental impact and cost control. Develop and maintain relationships with team members, good working relationships with key sub-contractors and suppliers, customers and other stakeholders.
Site Engineer Nov 2015 – Aug 2016
Barhale plc, London, United Kingdom
Develop action plans for validation and compliance, create/update daily, weekly, monthly projects progress, organization and coordination of clean and waste water construction projects ensuring they meet design, specifications, budgets and timescales. Leasing with the designing team, client, suppliers and subcontractors to ensure all plans meet client expectations and are suitable for each site.
Leasing with the designing team, client, suppliers and subcontractors to ensure all plans meet client expectations and are suitable for each site.
Site Service Co-ordinator.
Site Temporary Works Co-ordinator.
Project Manager Sept 2014 – July 2015
AmbiÁfrica S.A. (ACA Group), Angola
£20m project
Manager for the construction of a Design & Build (D&D) Water Supply System and its Sewage Treatment Plant to a new urban district in Huambo province, Angola. This is the biggest construction project I managed, with a Quality Management System, a Project in Controlled Environments (PRINCE2) philosophy and contracting under internationally recognized FIDIC’s Silver Book.
Developed its business plan, economic reports, method statements, construction phase plan and coordination of site works. Leasing with designing team, client representatives, suppliers and subcontractors acting as project manager.
O&M Manager July 2013 – July 2015
AmbiÁfrica, S.A. (AngolACA Group), Angola
£1.3m project
At this Operations and Maintenance Service in which I was its main Manager, I was responsible for maintaining a city’s much damaged water supply system (140.000 pop) which allowed me to develop client-focused and sales skills. I was part of a technical advising team for the Mayor and my role allowed me to develop and implement technical solutions. Water treatment plant would be monitored and operated under my supervision.
Junior Site Manager Feb 2012 – Sept 2014
AmbiÁfrica, S.A. (AngolACA Group), Angola
Managing the construction of various £100.000 water supply projects and groundwater boreholes, I was coordinating teams for civil, electric and mechanical engineering works.
Education and qualifications
Apr 2016 CITB, United Kingdom
Site Management Safety Training Scheme
Oct 2013 Vantagem +, Consultores de Formação
Project Management Intensive 42h Course
Sept 2011 University of Coimbra, Portugal
MSc in Civil Engineering - Hydraulics, Water resources and Environment
NOTE: accredited by the ICE
Modules included: Concrete Structural Design and Metallic Structural Design with Eurocodes, Water Supply System Design, Sewage Treatment Plant Design, Hydroelectric Design, Water Behavior Modeling, Coastal and Fluvial Engineering.
Dissertation: The effects of pumped storage dams combined with wind plants on CO2 emissions – Baixo Sabor Dam Case Study.
Projects
Trunk Main Monitoring - London, United Kingdom - Construction project for the installation of various leakage monitoring loggers in water trunk mains in Central London;
KORA Angola - Huambo, Angola - Construction project for water treatment plant, supply and sewage treatment plant for a 40.000 hab. residential project;
Operations and maintenance of the water supply system - N’Dalatando, Kwanza Norte, Angola - Operations and maintenance service;
Water supply system - Quihuhu, Malange, Angola - Construction project;
Water for All - Angola - Construction of more than 100 rural water supply systems countrywide
Additional skills and achievements
Valid Driving License
Certified under the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS), UK, 2016
Languages
Fluent in Portuguese (Native)
Fluent in English
Basic in Spanish
Basic in Italian
IT Skills
Advanced user of MsExcel
Advanced user of AutoCAD
Proficient user of MsProject
Proficient user of PHC (management software)
Basics with CCS (estimation software)
Basics of linear and non-linear programming using GAMS and Xpress
Basics user of EPANET