Erwan Morvan
Project Engineer, Saint Gobain Glass Italia
in 2004 I got a master degree in engineering in one of the top Engineering School in France.
I worked in Brazil (3month), Moroco (6month), China(3years), Cote d'Ivoire (8month) and I'm now in Egypt for 18month and now Italy.
My current job is to design and set up the utilities of the new plant of Saint Gobain worldwide.
My position cover all fluids utilities: Water, cooling water, compressed air, HFO, diesel, Natural gas, H2/N2 gas as well as ventilation systems
I'm always open to new challenges
After the successfully plant start up in Egypt I have been sent to Italy in order to have the same position but for a glass coating line. This equipment is able to place several layers of different metal (Ni, Zn, Cu, ...) in order to achieve thermal, optical and cosmetic properties.
I'm still in charge of all the fluids (cooling water, vacuum, water treatment plant, special gases, compressed air,...)from the engineering to the start up of the plant.
2008 - 2010For this Project I was in charge of the construction of the utilities of a new flat glass plant in Egypt (budget: 140 millions euros)
My role cover the pipping/ducting (from engineering to start up) of all the fluids: Water, Natural gas, LPG, N2H2, Fire fighting, compressed air.
I'm also in charge of all the rotating equipment (compressor, cooling towers, pumps,blowers...)
2007 - 2008Company Profile:
SOUDOTEC is specialized in the transport of fluid and in particular oil/gas. Thanks to very good European suppliers (for pumps, valves and instruments) and an excellent network of local sub contractors, SOUDOTEC can handle a very wide kind of project. Fr example we are currently working on (design and set up) : a system to prevent overflow in the petrol tanks, a fire protection system around an unloading vessel dock, a system to control the flow trough the new 450km pipeline Abidjan-Bouake,…. SOUDOTEC is mainly working in Cote d’Ivoire but also have some contracts in Mali and Liberia.
Responsibilities:
• I’m responsible of different projects; from the quotation to the set up and also after sales service.
• The projects involve a lot of different sort of knowledge: electricity, mechanic, human resources, contracts, security …
• I had a training about the security regulations in oil industry (ATTEX, refinery security rules, …)
2004 - 2007Company Profile:
Rapala VMC corp. is the biggest fishing lures manufacturer of the world (4500 people employed in the world, turn over of 250 millions euros).
Responsibilities:
• I am working as a production manager with responsibility of leading fifty employees
• I report on key performance indicators including output targets, quality of product, efficiency, order attainment, etc.
• I ensure my team achieves maximum potential by coaching and mentoring, resulting in improved efficiency and communication with the top management.
• Responsible of the development of the new products: production and sample approval, quotation, mass production, quality.
• I set up a quality control procedure after the key process resulting in an improvement of the quality.
• I ensure the continuous improvement of the process (implement of new techniques, new material) to increase the production capacity.
• I ensure ongoing maintenance of equipment ensuring optimum performance.
• Help to plan the investment of the department.
