Gunther Lachner, Owner / Construction Manager

Gunther Lachner

Owner / Construction Manager

Self

البلد
الإمارات العربية المتحدة - أبو ظبي
التعليم
دبلوم, Project Management Professional Course
الخبرات
36 years, 2 أشهر

مشاركة سيرتي الذاتية

حظر المستخدم


الخبرة العملية

مجموع سنوات الخبرة :36 years, 2 أشهر

Owner / Construction Manager في Self
  • النمسا
  • فبراير 2018 إلى أغسطس 2018

I have purchased a 240 year old wooden, abandoned, 120 m2 house in my hometown in Austria.
I have changed all flooring, installed partly dry walling or plastered walls. I have pained all the interior walls.
Most of the extensive renovation is now completed and the property is habitable again.

Site Manager في ILF Consulting Engineers
  • ألمانيا
  • يونيو 2017 إلى يناير 2018

As Site Manager PMC, I was responsible for the Construction Management of Mechanical, Piping, Civil, Structural, Electrical & Instrumentation (SKADA supplied by Siemens for Oil Pipelines only) for the complete Rehabilitation of a Distribution Station, a Storage Cavern and all the interconnecting Pipelines.
The work included the complete removal of existing foundations and flooring, as well as the installation of new foundations of the Distribution Station.
It further consisted of the below ground installation of 2 x DN 600 & 2 x DN 250 Oil and Flushing Water Pipelines
We used Micro Tunneling below one existing public road.

Site Manager في Danieli Construction International
  • النمسا
  • أكتوبر 2016 إلى فبراير 2017

Site Manager for the installation of an Aluminium Length Shear Coil Cutting Plant, at AMAG in Austria
Responsible for the complete installation of an Aluminium Coil Cutting Plant.

Project Director في Petrolinvest
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - أبو ظبي
  • يونيو 2014 إلى يوليو 2016

Managing a High Priority Survey Project for Southern Oil Company for a Water Treatment Plant for Injection Water for Oil Fields in Southern Iraq.
The Surveys include UXO, Topographical, Metocean, Bathymetric, Geotechnical, Geophysical and Water Quality Sampling

PMC Site Project Manager في Exida SP
  • العراق - البصرة
  • أبريل 2013 إلى أبريل 2014

Headed up the PMC team for Halfaya Oil Field for PetroChina
The Team consisted of 51 Managers, Engineers, Superintendents, Inspectors, Planners and Document Controllers.
We handled a total of 32 contracts for the construction of a Central Process Facility COF2, with a capacity of 200 000 BOPD.
The project included all necessary facilities like Well Pads, Flow & Trunk Lines, Power Plant, Source Water Plant, Produced Water Treatment Plant, Gas Receiving Station, Halfaya Pump Station, Pipelines, Overhead Transmission Lines, etc.

General Manager Projects في Pyramid E&C
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • مارس 2012 إلى يناير 2013

Am the General Manager of a company involved mainly in Oil & Gas Projects.
Presently we are executing a Frame Work Agreement to supply Engineering Services for a company for an Oil Exploration Project in Kurdistan.
I am performing extensive Marketing with various Oil Exploration Companies in Erbil, Kurdistan, as well as Yemen.
We are setting up a branch office in Kurdistan.
We are further manufacuring an Early Production Facility ofr either rental or sale in Kurdistan.

Expediting Coordination Manager في ILF Consulting Engineers
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - أبو ظبي
  • فبراير 2008 إلى فبراير 2012

Responsible for Expediting and Coordination of all Procurement Functions on a PMC basis on behalf of the Client IPIC for CPECC the EPC Contractor.
Verification of Sub Contractor.
Checking of Purchase / Variation Order.
Verification of Invoice Payments.
Checking of Capped Amount Items.
Expediting Progress.
Managing direct Subcontracts for IPIC.

Site Manager في Danieli & C. SpA, Buttrio Udina, Italy
  • إيطاليا
  • أكتوبر 2005 إلى ديسمبر 2007

Responsible for the complete installation and commissioning of one Wire Rod Mill for Saarstahl in Saarbruecken followed by an other one for TSW in Trier Germany.

Project Manager في GSME formally Deutsche Babcock Services
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - أبو ظبي
  • يوليو 2001 إلى أكتوبر 2005

I was employed as a Project Manager. I was managing various multi million Dirham fabrication related projects mainly for the Oil & Gas Industry for UAE and overseas clients.
We have built a complete Glycol and Waste Handling Skid for the Revamp of GTP Facilities at USSC for Prosernat/Technip/ADMA OPCO
WE have built 4 Glycol Re-boiler vessels for Siirtec Nigi from Italy for QPD in Dukhan
We have also completed a Waste Gas Handling Skid for ZWSC GGII Sour Gas Flare Elimination Project. ADMA OPCO
We have fabricated a Gas Dehydration Skid for Kuwait Oil Company.
We have completed two Glycol Re-boiler Skids for Prosernat/Technip/ ADCO NEB project.
We have fabricated 39 Pressure Vessels for Snamprogetti for the ADCO Bu Hasa Project
For my last project however I was seconded to our sister company, GPC to manage the project of refurbishing of an Accommodation Module and placing it on a Jack Up Barge. We also fitted all the associated piping, Safety Equipment, a Bridge Landing, Walkways, a Desalination Plant, Sewerage Treatment Plant, 2 Generator Sets, a Mobile Crane and 2 Winches.
Part of my scope of work was:
• To compile the relevant standards and procedures for timely issuance to our clients
• To coordinate and prepare an overall Base Line Schedule Plan in conjunction with the relevant material delivery dates, within the construction and resources capabilities of our company, based on the contractual delivery dates
• Set Fabrication Mile Stones
• Estimate costs and durations for extras requested by our client.
• Monitor and control the procurement/fabrication progress/cost against the Base Line Schedule
• Prepare and manage Recovery Schedules, caused by unforeseen delays
• Prepare progress reports for Clients as well as our own Top Management

Project Engineer في Chrome International S. A.
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أبريل 2000 إلى يوليو 2001

Was employed as a Project Engineer. Coordinate projects, for a plant that is currently in operation, from the planning, design, procurement, erection, pressure testing, punch listing, commissioning to hand over, with extensive interaction with sub-contractors and client.

Lead Piping Engineer في Lurgi South Africa
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أبريل 1990 إلى مارس 2000

Worked on various project during my 10 years with the company
Was extensive involved in the design of a US$ 100 000 000.00 Gas Reformer Project for Mossgas Refinery and was the transferred to site and seconded to ICAL (our Main Mechanical Contractor) as their Contracts Engineer. After 12 month I was called back to Lurgi’s site office and than successfully co-ordinated Ical's piping construction activities. On completion of the construction stage I joined the Commission Team until the end of the project.
In April 1993 I returned to Lurgi’s Head Office in Johannesburg and worked as Piping Design Engineer on an Alkylamine Chemical Plant for Karbochem Newcastle. I was later in charge of the Mechanical and Piping Erection on site.
Thereafter I was seconded for two years to Kendal Power Station as Project Manager for mechanical & piping projects.
After returning to Head Office I worked as Lead Piping Engineer for a Chromic Acid Plant in Newcastle and was later seconded to site as Project Engineer.

Contracts Engineer في Mannesmann Anlagenbau
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • سبتمبر 1989 إلى مارس 1990

Worked as a Contracts Engineer for Life Extension Program for Eskom Power Stations.

Piping Material Engineer في Synfuels (Join Venture Fluor - LTA)
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أغسطس 1988 إلى سبتمبر 1989

Worked as Piping Material Engineer on the Mossgas Refinery Project, specifying materials and line numbering of FlowSheets, assisting in the preparation of Line Classes and Wall thickness calculations to ANSI B 31, 3.

Design Engineer في Babcock South Africa
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أبريل 1988 إلى يوليو 1988

Worked as a Piping Design Engineer for a Pulping Plant for Mondi Richard Bay.

Piping Checker في Uhde South Africa
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • فبراير 1988 إلى مارس 1988

Worked as Piping Checker, checking Isometrics for a Chlorine Plant for AE&CI.

Piping Designer في Genrec PED
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أكتوبر 1987 إلى يناير 1988

Was seconded to E. L. Bateman as Piping Designer for the Saref Refinery.

Piping Design Engineer في Gencor (Gold mining company)
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • سبتمبر 1985 إلى أكتوبر 1987

Was appointed as a Piping Design Engineer and handled projects for gold, platinum and coal mines and process plants from design to commissioning.

Piping Designer في Babcock Claudius Peters
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • يناير 1985 إلى سبتمبر 1985

Worked as a Piping Designer on the Lethabo Power Station Ash Handling Plant.

Site Superviser في Lurgi South Africa
  • جنوب أفريقيا
  • أكتوبر 1981 إلى ديسمبر 1984

First worked at Sasol Refineries where we recreated Flow Sheets for an existing Rectisol plant.
Then worked as a Piping Designer for a Direct Reduction Plant Project for Iscor (a South African Steel Mill), was then transferred to site where I was responsible for erection and commissioning of a Water Treatment Plant.

الخلفية التعليمية

دبلوم, Project Management Professional Course
  • في Cambridge Educational Institute
  • يوليو 2011
دبلوم, Mechanical
  • في Higher Technical College
  • سبتمبر 1974

This five Year full time Engineering College followed by a 3 years practical training allows me to hold the title of Mechanical Engineer Graduated in Austria.

Specialties & Skills

MS Project
Refinery
Materials
Quotations
Operation
Ms Word
Ms Project
Planning
Organisational
Supervisory
Leadership
Decision Making
Project Quotations
Progress Control
Motivational

اللغات

الالمانية
متمرّس
الانجليزية
متمرّس
الأفركانية
مبتدئ

العضويات

Al Boom Diving Club
  • PADI Certified Open Water Diver
  • September 2012

الهوايات

  • PADI Open Water Diver, Bungi Jumping, White Water Rafting, Classic Sports Cars