Joao Vicente, Operations Manager

Joao Vicente

Operations Manager

Chemetil Unipessoal Lda.

Location
Portugal
Education
Master's degree, Environmental Engineering
Experience
7 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :7 years, 3 Months

Operations Manager at Chemetil Unipessoal Lda.
  • Portugal
  • September 2012 to January 2015

Chemetil is a chemical company.

In Chemetil I'm in charge of the Environmental department (which includes water treatment services), work in the laboratory and manage the operations, which include accounting, logistics, purchases, etc.

Internship - Master's degree Thesis at IEP - Instituto Electrotécnico Português
  • Portugal
  • January 2012 to August 2012

I worked as an intern in order to do my Master's degree Thesis, which was entitled "Evaluation of the Corporate Sustainability in IEP. The work developed lead to the creation of an evaluation tool with 50 sustainability categories tailored to evaluate the Sustainability index of a company.

Counselor, Program, Liaison and House Host at London International Youth Science Forum
  • United Kingdom - London
  • July 2007 to August 2011

Started in this company as Counselor, in charge of more than 300 young scientists from over 50 countries.

Then I was Program Liaison and was responsible for managing the oficial forum program and coordination of a team of 8 staff members, while accumulating with the previous job,

Then I was promoted to House host, where I was responsible for the entire staff (16 people from 10 different countries) and for over 350 young scientists from over 50 countries.

Lecturer at DECO and ERSE
  • Portugal
  • September 2009 to May 2010

I was a lecturer in a project called "Gestos Simples" ("Simple Actions") sponsored by ERSE (the Portuguese Regulatory Comission for Energy Services) and managed by DECO (Consumer Defence Association).

In this project I travelled all over the country teaching energy efficiency to over 2000 students and adults. Also appeared in television shows and several public exhibitions.

Education

Master's degree, Environmental Engineering
  • at University of Porto, Engineering Faculty
  • August 2012

Minor in Projecting Environmental Instalations 5 year course with classes in all engineering departments. The most versatile engineering course available in Portugal.

Master's degree, Màster en Enginyeria Ambiental
  • at Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Escola Técnica Superior d'Enginyers de Camins, Canals i Ports
  • February 2011

International Exchange Program - Erasmus

Diploma, Health, Hygiene and Security practices and Quality Management
  • at CSIS - Consultores de Gestão, Lda.
  • March 2009

Course regarding Health Hygiene and Security and another one regarding Quality Management. Both were taught in the same institute.

Specialties & Skills

Sustainability
Biodiesel
Water Management
Environmental Engineering
Chemistry
Dreamweaver CS6
Power Point
Python Programming

Languages

Portuguese
Expert
English
Expert
Spanish
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Our Energy Future (Training)
Training Institute:
University of California, San Diego
Date Attended:
August 2014
Duration:
50 hours
Introdution to Python Programming (Training)
Training Institute:
University of Michigan
Date Attended:
July 2014
Duration:
40 hours

Hobbies

  • Automation
  • Tenis
  • Motoring and motorsports