Sergio González Arraño, Engineering Manager, Water Mining at Black & Veatch

About

I am a chemical engineer (P.Eng.) and project manager professional (PMP) with more than 15 years of experience developing water management infrastructure projects for the industrial, mining, and municipal sectors. In my current role as Engineering Manager at Black & Veatch’s Mining Team, I have the opportunity to manage highly skilled multi-disciplinary engineering and proposals teams for Clients in North and South America. I also participate in business development activities and interface with clients and potential partners.

Before working for Black & Veatch, I was a senior process engineer at Newterra, supporting business development and engineering design for several water treatment projects in the mining and industrial sectors. Before this experience, I worked for Hatch as a water process engineer and project manager for various water management projects, including treatment and conveyance. I was also responsible for proposals for Hatch's Water Business Unit in Chile and Brazil.

I have experience working on projects in North America, South America, Africa and Oceania.

SPECIALTIES:
• Project/Engineering Management
• Process and Engineering Design
• Project planning and project management
• Preparation of business plans and business development
• Proposal management
• Negotiation
• Water & Wastewater Treatment/Management (Treatment Plants, Pumping Systems and Pipelines)
• Cost Estimating (CAPEX & OPEX)
• Financial Analysis
• Condition Assessment
• Materials Selection
• Pipeline Corrosion

TECHNOLOGIES:
• Water Treatment Experience: Drinking water, Wastewater, Industrial and Mine Effluents, Water Reuse, Surface Water, and Desalination.
• Software: Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams and Notes), AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and CRM.

Information

• Email: sergio.gonzalez@rogers.com
• Location: Toronto, Canada
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergio-water/

Industry experience

Education: Masters

Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant

Years of experience: 10 to 20 years

Work experience

• Engineering Manager, Water Mining

  Responsibilities:
  • Project/study management
  • Engineering design
  • Business development
  • Preparation of proposals for engineering and construction management services, including coordination, staffing, fee estimating, scheduling and work plans.

  Black & Veatch

  2018-04  - Present

• Senior Water Process Engineer

  Developed process and engineering designs for water and wastewater treatment projects, for industrial, mining, and municipal clients.

  Newterra Ltd.- now part of Grundfos

  2014-01-14  - 2017-09

• Senior Water Process Engineer and Project Manager

  Hatch

  2007-01-02  - 2013-12-23

Taxonomy

• Job Function
• Business Development
• Engineering
• Project Manager
• Manufacturer
• Consultant
• Industrial Equipment
• Engineering Company
• Equipment Supplier
• Waste Water Technology
• Water
• Treatment
• Purification
• Technology
• Environment
• Desalination
• Water Supply
• Infrastructure
• Consulting & Services
• Environmental Consulting
• Project Management
• Sales & Marketing
• Water & Wastewater Treatment
• Water
• Technologies & Equiptment