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david michail

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DMP

Location
Australia
Education
Bachelor's degree, mechanical engineering
Experience
30 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :30 years, 9 Months

Export at DMP
  • Australia
  • My current job since April 2008

* Source and supply materials, steels and heavy equipment (cranes, earth moving equipment, fork lifts)
for European and Indonesian based companies
* Collection of scrap steels (mainly HMS1) for exportation to neighboring countries.
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manager at dmp
  • Australia
  • My current job since January 2011

* Establish a recycling scrap plant from design to commission and operation to efficiently process
scrap copper,
* Profitable sales of recycling equipment including, pre-shredders, shredders, granulators, slitters,
shears and conveyors into the market,
* Established a network with suppliers for the purchase of scrap materials and clients for the
sale/export of finished refined material.
* Successful sales of multi-million dollar petroleum products such as FSRU and VLGC, floating hoses,
drill casings, and multi-million dollar earth moving equipment such as front shovels and dump trucks.

manager at dmp
  • Australia
  • March 2011 to February 2015

* Established export company in the Baltics (Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia) and began to export larger
quantities of scrap metal (to Spain, Holland, Germany) via break bulk, liaising and working closely
with port authorities, ship owners, ship agents, stevedoring companies, receiving agents, draft and
pilots (tug boats for inter-port travel).
* Profitable sales in the importation of equipment into Australia - mainly forklift attachments, and plant
medium to heavy processing equipment.

Consultant at Rio Tinto/ Pacific Aluminum (PacAL)
  • Australia
  • November 2012 to March 2013

Pacific Aluminium is an integrated aluminium business with a bauxite mine, alumina refinery and
smelter operations in Australia and New Zealand:
o Achievements:
* Played an integral role on all aspects of the commercial, technical, process and logistic requirements
to ensure minimal processing, safe operating and handling processes and reduce the opportunity for
injury and cost blowout, this was not limited to providing recommendations for short, medium and
long term strategies for the management and removal of the Scrap Metals from site at a cost
competitive price. These strategies, included recommendations / strategies for continuous
improvements, workable methods to reduce Scrap quantities, identify opportunities for cost
reduction, effective management of Scrap on site.
* Sourced buyers globally from my extensive network and confirmed sale of items.

manager at DMP
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2008 to March 2011

* Established my own scrap metal yard in Perth - offering a collection service to various suppliers
such as Woodside and Rio Tinto and other large mining companies.
* Source and supply of heavy machinery such as rough terrain cranes for the smaller construction
companies and larger cranes such as port cranes (to be used at the port for loading ships - bulk
cargo and sometimes containers

mechanical engineer at Beshay Steel / Suez Steel
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 1996 to March 2008

The largest two privately owned steel mills in the Middle East integrating mine sites, smelters and rolling mills
with their own port facilities.
o Achievements:
* Reducing costs for the buyer by purchasing used equipment to rebuild such as heavy equipment for
the Egyptian and neighboring markets such,
* Successfully and profitable sales trading of scrap metal to the steel mills of Egypt
* Conceived and designed large workshops including the procurement, designing and physical
installation of (100 machines plus),
* Hands on purchasing work shop equipment, loading and exporting to buyers destination,
* High profit trading in non-ferrous metals such as copper on the international markets (LME) and
working with LCL and FCL.
* Expertise in shipping documents such as B/L’s invoices, certificates of origin (Euro1), packing lists,
letters of credit,
* Conducted quality and quantity surveying in the purchase of scrap steel, and contract writing.
* Supervised the loading of vessels, liaised with the

Project Engineer at B.H.P
  • April 2003 to April 2004

One of the world’s largest producers of major commodities, including aluminium, copper, energy
coal, iron ore, manganese, metallurgical coal, nickel, silver and uranium along with substantial
interests in oil and gas:
o Achievements:
* Operational improvements and corrective action for projects
* Familiarity with MIMS (Maintenance Information Management Systems)
* Design, research and installation and commissioning, of steel mill piping systems, back flow
prevention, fire water ring mains, large headers (pressure vessels), Heat exchangers, Furnace
refractory, valves, coolers/chillers, modifications to capital equipment,
* Providing customers with advice and assistance on issues such as maintenance and safety, via
risk assessment and analysis
* Successful coordination and supervising of mechanical maintenance during plant shutdowns
and on major mechanical works across site, manage and execute mechanical capital and
operating projects to ensure safety, cost, design and performance requirements
* Preparing and submitting quotations and managing projects from tender submission through to
installation and commissioning. Evaluating proposals, technical evaluations, writing up
standards, CEA, PEA, cost estimating.

Purchasing Engineer at Egyptian American Steel Rolling Company
  • Egypt
  • August 1993 to July 2002

hands on) / Sales / Field
o Achievements:
* Much travel was involved to the following countries

Project Engineer at UNIBROS USA Inc
  • United Arab Emirates
  • March 1996 to July 1996

* Project manage all activities including:
* Supervise, schedule and co-ordinate turnkey projects,
* Establish a match-marking system for equipment identification,
* Handling and transportation of equipment
* Data analysis and writing of reports and proposals
* Evaluating proposals, technical evaluations, cost estimating, purchasing and commissioning of
industrial equipment
* Major involvement in the study of different contracts including, design and general description
* Contract negotiation with vendors and sub-vendors for the supply of various services
* Operational improvements and corrective action for projects, as well as offering turnkey projects.

Project Engineer at UNIBROS USA Inc
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 1996 to March 1996

* Trading in most types of steel products, mainly steel billets, steel wire/rod and coils/sheets
* Major involvement in the study of different contracts including, design and general description
* Contract negotiation with vendors and sub-vendors for the supply of various services.

Education

Bachelor's degree, mechanical engineering
  • at Western Metropolitan College
  • July 1995

courses: OH&S in Confined Space * Certificate in Import-Export Business Management * Forklift license

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Swinburne University of Technology
  • January 1995

* Fifth year project conducted at Smorgon ARC * Final Year Thesis -The Control of Ribbed Wire Diameter in a Cold Rolling Process enabling a saving annually of $700,000.00 USD. TRAINING COURSES ATTENDED

Specialties & Skills

Equipments
Project Management
Mechanical Maintenance
Equipment Procurement
ENGINEERING
ESTIMATING
FORKLIFT OPERATOR
MANAGEMENT
NETWORKING
OIL PAINTING
PROPOSAL WRITING
PURCHASING
RESEARCH

Languages

Arabic
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English
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Indonesian
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