Dipl.-Ing. José Félix Albarracín

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: - Define the minimum requirements for major Capital Expenditure Requests and check compliance. - Support CapEx project teams during concept, design and execution in order in order to deliver projects on time, budget and performance. - Support CapEx procurement in supplier qualification and supplier database management. - Develop, standardize and maintain technical engineering standards - Animate Automation engineer's community in order to facilitate best practices sharing.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: - Subject Matter Expert for Industrial Control Systems - Provide operational support during preparation and execution for major industrial projects. - Provide continuously innovative solutions for ICS methods and ways of executing ICS considering vendor technologies and internal experience.

Just arrived in Switzerland I had to take a step back in my career to enter the labor market, starting work in a small automation company located in the Canton of Fribourg. Far from got discouraged, it strengthened me, proving my flexibility and adaptive capacity: the step back served to gain momentum. Main Projects - Gruyère Energie: Automated crane - Tetrapak: Plasma superficial treatment bench test - Nestlé: Robotized Packing line - Alupak: Coffee capsules bench test - Vapec: High Voltage Steam Boiler

Working as Project leader in a multinational company, active in Latin America and Europe. It gave me expertise in handling the complete project from proposal stage, defining work scope, functional design specifications, schedule, resource management, application engineering, FAT & SAT coordination, and site handover. Projects: - Repsol-YPF: "Digital Oilfields" (revamping) - OilTanking: "Oil Storage & Pumping" (revamping) - Petrobrás: "Oil Pipeline Puerto Rosales – Puerto Galván", control system.

A stage in the interesting field of robot programming, specifically ABB robots. Projects: - Stamping plant. - Aluminium furnace cell.

First professional experience. In the Siemens business unit for the Metals & Steel technologies, working side by side in an incredible human group with the highest sense of comradeship and responsibility. I've had the opportunity to apply the understanding and knowledge acquired at the University to the workplace environment. And last but not least, I earned my stripes in commissioning, home and abroad.