Francois Bresse, Chief Engineer Electrical

Francois Bresse

Chief Engineer Electrical

Hage Industries S. A (Groupe Hage)

Location
Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer and communication engineer
Experience
17 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 1 Months

Chief Engineer Electrical at Hage Industries S. A (Groupe Hage)
  • Burkina Faso
  • My current job since July 2017

Manage the Maintenance team for 3 plants, cold steel processing, ceramic tiles and paint. Provide guidance and mentoring for the technical team leaders and technicians. Implementation of a PPM programmed preventive maintenance. Budget, Stock and Project management. Latest achievements include the MEP works for a new 1600 m2 warehouse including 4 profile machines, a slitting line and 2 overhead cranes; and the installation and commissioning of a new HF welded tubes line.

Control systems and automation engineer/Consultant at Self
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since June 2014

Consultancy for all the technical and engineering aspect of industrial plants.
Design installation repair and Commissioning of industrial machineries
Specialized in commercial and Industrial Laundry and Dry cleaning
Electronic board troubleshooting and repair

Laundry Consultant/ LaundryAssist Business Development Manager at New Generation Laundry UK (Dubai Branch)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2014 to October 2015

Consultancy services for the on-premises(in house), central, Laundries for the hospitality and healthcare sectors.

Manage the LaundryAssist portal and portfolio
Provide recommendations to improve efficiencies and lower operational costs Using knowledge, monitoring tools and KPI's
Quality control auditing
Tender process for customers

Technical And Maintenance Manager at Groupe Hage
  • Burkina Faso
  • July 2011 to May 2014

amongst other
Group Hage is composed of a ceramic tiles production line "Ceramix". Cold processed steel mill "Hage Industries".
Paint Production "IBPC".

Initiate, implement and manage the maintenance program.
Schedule preventive maintenance.
Lead and control the maintenance teams.
Monitor, assess and upgrade production machineries.
Manage the spare parts stocks.
Design new machineries control systems to increase production and quality. One of the project done was the construction of an automated double heavy oil burner furnace that reduced production costs from $120US per ton to $20US. And increased the capacity from 500Kg per 5 hours to 1 Ton
Supervise and Optimize Production Operations.
Assist the Plants Managers in decision taking for Various technical aspect.
Project Manager. Built of 3 Warehouses and expansion of 1 warehouse.

Maintenance Department Manager at Societe Generale De nettoyage et de Commerce
  • Lebanon
  • April 2009 to June 2011

- Design and study of laundry and dry cleaning plants for optimal workflow and performance
- Lead the team for installation maintenance and repair of customers industrial and commercial plants.
- Account management and new prospects sales actions
- Study and define the department expenses and budgets
- Market strategies development and implementation
- Yearly Maintenance Contract process, procedure and implementation. Major client was IHG

Pre-Sales Engineer at Teletrade Computer Systems / Securatel
  • Lebanon
  • July 2008 to April 2009

-Provide consultancy, design and implement Information technology and low current solutions to key accounts

-Assist the sales team, for their account optimal need.

-As an HP product specialist, received training and certifications in order to support the sales team in designing, pricing and selling the optimal business IT solutions.

-Liaise with HP tear 1 for the purchase of products and solutions that best fits the market.

-High standard project management for security, access control and communication systems.(Panasonic, Inim, Anviz...)

Technical consultant at Teletrade computer systems
  • Lebanon
  • November 2007 to July 2008

Provide customers with recommendation and documentation of their existing network.
Provide new customers a study for their new network infrastructure. with configuration of policies and security

Research and development engineer at Societe general de nettoyage et de commerce ( La Primera)
  • Lebanon
  • February 2007 to October 2007

- Provide studies for new technics and products for garnment finishing.
- R&D of new single and multi purpose machinery
- rebuild and upgrade old machinery, using micro controllers and PLC. Increased production efficieny by reducing water and energy consumption
- established and maintain company website

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer and communication engineer
  • at Notre Dame University
  • February 2007
Diploma, Cisco certified network administrator (CCNA)
  • at American lebanese language center
  • April 2004
High school or equivalent, French baccalaureate
  • at Lycee Franco-Libanais Nahr Ibrahim
  • June 2001

Bayt Tests

IQ Test
IQ Test
Score 135%

Specialties & Skills

Plant Maintenance
Leadership
Process Optimization
Business Development
Control System Design
Electronic circuitry custom design and creation
Ms office
HTML, php and mysql
Programming of PIC microcontroller
Network recommendation design and troubleshooting consultancy
PLC programming design, troubleshooting
Variable Frequency Drive configuration
HP product specialist
NON Linear Editing
2D graphics on apple Motion
Video coloring/grading
2D/3D CAD drawing AUTOCAD
MV/LV, Power distribution, switchgear, circuit breaker, Distribution panel
Technical Team Leadership
Ceramic Tiles Production
Heavy oil burners, gaz burners, Ovens, boilers, electrical steam generators
Root Cause Analysis
Pneumatics and hydraulics systems
Budgetting
programming
engineering management
operation
maintenance engineering
programmable logic
maintenance management
materials
maintenance services
maintenance planning

Languages

Arabic
Intermediate
English
Expert
French
Expert
Italian
Intermediate

Memberships

Ordre des Ingenieurs et Architects-Beirut
  • Member
  • March 2009

Training and Certifications

Online (Training)
Training Institute:
Online HP certification
Date Attended:
December 2008
HP Blade Workstation (Training)
Training Institute:
HP certification
Date Attended:
January 2009

Hobbies

  • Swimming
  • Music
  • Cooking
  • New Technologies
  • Automotive and new types of transportation
  • Manufacturing
  • Control systems design
  • Environment and green technology