Paul Velder

Skilled engineer & Dedicated coffee roaster

Location: The Hague Area, Netherlands
Industry: Oil & Energy

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Paul Velder's Overview

Current

Facility Engineer at Chevron Exploration and Production Netherlands B.V.
Owner & Roaster at Sprso koffiebranderij

Past

Project Engineer Mechanical at Q8 Kuwait Petroleum Europoort B.V.
Project Engineer at Frames Process Systems B.V.
Sales Consultant at CEA Systems B.V.

Engineer at Controlec engineering BV
Owner at Engineering By Paul Velder (Self-employed)
Application Engineer at PAS, Production Automation Solutions B.V.

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Education

Rath & Strong Management Consultants
Forsa Advies
Haagse Hogeschool/TH Rijswijk

Zadkine
Haagse Hogeschool/TH Rijswijk

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Recommendations

9 people have recommended Paul

Connections

185 connections

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Business Skills;
- Experience with leading multi-disciplinary project teams and solving their interdisciplinary challenges
- Hands-on experience in contracting and procurement processes, including pre- and post-award stages
- In Depth knowledge and Hands-on experience of plant design including the use of various computer aided design tools.
- Fully aware of engineering procedures in oil & gas, Chemical and petrochemical industries as well as quality and HSE aspects.
- Good interpersonal skills, capable of handling changes efficiently and very smooth in multi-cultural environments.

Computer Skills;
Apart from all the normal application within the whole Microsoft Office suite:
A wide range of Business software such as Project planning EPR and CRM software.

Goals;
Management position in a technologically stimulating environment

Specialties

Engineer with Commercial drive and experience. Used to functioning in fast changing multi disciplinary environments. A problem solving attitude and a strong motivator. Interested in challenging technological projects. Ability to maintain overview without neglecting details.

Facility Engineer

Chevron Exploration and Production Netherlands B.V.

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; CVX; Oil & Energy industry

January 2012 – Present (2 months) Voorburg

Owner & Roaster

Sprso koffiebranderij

Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Food & Beverages industry

September 2011 – Present (6 months)

Project Engineer Mechanical

Q8 Kuwait Petroleum Europoort B.V.

Public Company; 201-500 employees; Oil & Energy industry

February 2009 – December 2011 (2 years 11 months)

As Project Engineer Mechanical I am responsible for the realization of multiple projects on the refinery, starting at the FEED and following trough to final implementation.

Main responsibilities;
- Ensuring compliance with Government- and Safety requirements as well as technical specifications and user requirements are being met
- Mechanical Engineering and detailed project design
- Project execution planning and control
- Setting up and monitoring the project budget

Project Engineer

Frames Process Systems B.V.

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Oil & Energy industry

January 2007 – January 2009 (2 years 1 month)

Coordinating projects from design till start-up within the specified budget, scope and timeframe.

Main responsibilities;
- Overall project and document planning
- Progress control
- Purchasing required materials and services
- Budget monitoring
- Ensuring prompt invoicing

Major projects;
- Glycol contactors and regeneration units for the Zuidwending Underground Gas storage facilities a joint venture of Gasunie and Nuon.
- Separator vessels with process internals for Maersk Oil Qatar off-shore oil and gas production platforms. Subcontracted to us by J. Ray McDermott. The vessels were fabricated in Ulsan, South Korea.
- Glycol regeneration modules for the West African Gas Pipeline Project for Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria.

Sales Consultant

CEA Systems B.V.

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry

January 2006 – December 2006 (1 year)

Responsible for worldwide sales, product management and training for all software solutions used in the Piping, Process and Pressure Vessel Engineering industry.

Engineer

Controlec engineering BV

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry

May 2002 – December 2005 (3 years 8 months)

As a mechanical engineer my main responsibilities consisted of engineering mechanical equipment (rotating & static) as well as;
- contracting and procurement
- factory and site acceptance testing
- start-up and commissioning

I worked on multidisciplinary projects for mayor companies e.g.; Shell, DuPont, Invista, ExxonMobil, Kuwait Petroleum Europoort (Q8), Total and Purac Biochem.

Major projects;
- Construction manager for the revamp of a hydrogenation plant. Replacing almost 85% of all existing piping and increasing the total throughput.
- Commissioning, testing and Start-up leader for a new packaging unit handling all fluid packaging on site
- Commissioning, testing and Start-up leader, integrating a new factory in the existing plant lowering the process complexity and energy consumption and increasing the total throughput
- Contract engineer, bringing down overall maintenance costs at customer site by renegotiating contracts and tightening up procedures and conditions.

Owner

Engineering By Paul Velder (Self-employed)

February 2000 – April 2002 (2 years 3 months)

- Import and sale of IronCAD in The Netherlands
- Engineering
- CAD Instructor
- Demonstration and installation
- IronCAD customers support

Application Engineer

PAS, Production Automation Solutions B.V.

February 1999 – November 1999 (10 months)

- CAD Instructor.
- Sales support.
- Customer support.

Rath & Strong Management Consultants

Green Belt, Six Sigma

2011 – 2011

DMAIC problem-solving methodology, Six Sigma statistical tools, and skills that enable effective participation as a team member or Champion.

Forsa Advies

PMCOP (PRINCE2)

2009 – 2009

In company course for our Project Management System which is based on PRINCE2 and adapted to meet the needs of our organisation.

Haagse Hogeschool/TH Rijswijk

Post HTO, Commercial Engineering

2004 – 2005

Topics; Vision and development, strategic marketing, commercial economy, marketing and sales management, commercial competence.

Wrote a business case with a strategy to increase market share and stimulate growth for the Mechanical department at Controlec Engineering B.V.

Zadkine

Piping Design

2003 – 2004

- project engineering
- pipeline design
- pipelines and appendages
- equipment and the effects on pipelines
- basic knowledge of process technology
- Instruments and design requirements

Haagse Hogeschool/TH Rijswijk

ing./BEng, Mechanical Engineering

1996 – 2003

I wrote a final paper on my work at Donkervoort, a Dutch luxury sports car manufacturer. This included remodeling of the car’s space frame and the development and introduction of a new production method, which enabled Donkervoort to increase their yearly production total. (www.donkervoort.nl)

Activities and Societies: Studentenvereniging Pallas Athene, Dispuut HEMD, HaagIn

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Groups and Associations:

HEMD, Metis