ACTUAL PROJECTS
Business Partner of PRIMETALS
Since January 2021 in Mexico as "On Site Project Manager" for the Hot Strip Mill Turn Key Project ARCELOR MITTAL at Lazaro Cardenas and since June 2022 at TERNIUM Hot Skin Pass Mill as Task Force Manager
The focus for ARCELOR Mittal Lazaro Cardenas was to increase the progress and performance of 2020 installation dramatically. The inefficiency resulted from the in-competences of the local civil and installation companies and the lack of availability of competent local installation personnel.
Essential improvements could be achieved mainly with bringing more than 10 new installation companies, especially for piping, electric & automation system installation, as well as the forming of a new competent on site team.
Furthermore excellent client cooperation could be achieved to reach the common goal.
For TERNIUM the goal was to prepare structure, road map and processes for the FAC Performance Tests - Availability as well as Production and Quality Tests for the Hot Skin Pass Mill. This needed internal alignment with PRIMETALS location in Japan, US, Germany and Austria as well as different cultures within TERNIUM such as Argentinian, Columbian, Venezuelan and of course Mexican.
Installation & Commissioning Start
Hot Strip Mill
Mexico - Lazaro Cardenas
When I arrived more than one year ago, nobody expected that production would take place in 2021, but a strong newly formed PRIMETALS team, many new installation sub-suppliers and excellent cooperation with the customer ARCELOR MITTAL Lazaro Cardenas AMLC made the almost impossible - possible!
THANKS to the entire team, that I was apointed to manage and lead together with my commercial partner.
Site Impressions......
Installation Phase....
Rolling ... in Operation...
Landing Page
always under Construction...
Crisis management experience...
Bankruptcies, Natural disasters, strikes, force majeure, pandemics, Corvid 19, ...
...on Site and Back Office...
Clients and Business Partners
Thanks Guenter
We appreciate all your support in the project!
The project took a lot longer than planned, because of COVID and lot of other impacts, but I can say that the coordination and team work with PRIMETALS improved significantly after your arrival to the project!!!
Finally, we achieved the common goal of the 1st coil in December last year, and soon the completion of the entire project!
Victor Cairo
CEO ARCELOR MITTAL Mexico
Guenter has been and is an exceptional professional, his skills, ability to drive results, excellent team work and cooperation proves outstanding results to achieve the 1st coil on HSM Mexico project as promised to our stakeholders. His leadership in managing the entire teams, introduce innovative ideas ( such as "war rooms") also pave the way not only to maintain the pace, but also the morale of the teams to accomplish the targets . No doubt Guenter continue to outperform and deliver results!
Jorge Nieto
CTO AMLC Arcelor Mittal Lazaro Cardenas - Mexico
I have had the opportunity to work and collaborate with Guenter over 15 months during the construction of a large heavy industrial facility in Mexico. Guenter brought a lot of experience to the project and instituted several initiatives, not limited to daily on-site construction reviews - War Rooms - where the activities for the coming day were reviewed along with the progress of the previous day.
It has been a pleasure working with Guenther. I have personally learned from his experience which will help me in the Guenter demonstrated a high degree of motivation in the execution of his daily activities.
He drew on his previous experience to find solutions for challenging situations during the construction of the plant. He is very open and honest with his views which gives him credibility.
It has been a pleasure working with Guenter. I have personally learned from his experience, which will help me in the future.
Tomasz Szkut
Project Director ARCELOR Mittal Lazaro Cardenas
Down Stream Expansion - Hot strip & Hot Skin Pass Mill
Turn Key Project
By implementing a new site construction set-up Günter, as the on-site Project Manager and our fully empowered representative in Mexico, formed a powerful site team together with the customer and boosted it to performance.
Thanks to Günter´s passion, personal commitment and efforts we could achieve many of the ambitious targets and start-up the Hot Strip Mill in December 2021.
We really enjoyed cooperating and exchanging of opinions with Günter in these extremely stressful and challenging times.
Helmut Resch Klemens Possart
Overall Project Managers AMLC HSM, PRIMETALS
Guenter, you have implemented many tasks, which we have to do in our difficult sites and achieved important milestones one after another.
On behalf of the PRIMETALS board, I appreciate your achievement, leadership and efforts
Dr. Etsuro Hirai
CEO Primetals Technologies Austria
CTO, Member of the Board of Directors Primetals Technologies
Solutionprovider
in acute cases - as currently by Corona - but also preventively
with 25 years of experience
Adherence to delivery dates
cost cutting
Quality improvement
Leadership = rethinking
"TOOL BOX" selection
"On Site" site manager coaching
"On site" operations
External expertise
Special plant construction experience
"Proof of implementation"
Mentoring, coaching & sparring partners depending on experience level
Connection of sales, project management, installation and commissioning
Implementation strength
Problem solving competence
25 years of plant engineering experience
Holistic approach
Combination of theory & practical knowledge & common sense
Respond to special leadership u. Communication characters
Pioneering spirit
"I accept the challenge"
...our services to handle and secure an efficient industrial construction site...
Ensure cost savings COST SECURITY
WAR ROOM Meetings - to ensure adherence to delivery dates - DEADLINE SECURITY
Create professional overall and area schedules coordinated with customers and assembly partners with the right level of detail and, if possible, daily in the so-called Check "WAR ROOM Meetings".
This is the only way to guarantee DEADLINE SECURITY.
Achieve quality improvements QUALITY ASSURANCE
Production controls as well as audits of assembly partners and construction sites to ensure quality improvements.
Interim Management
Production controls as well as audits of assembly partners and construction sites to ensure quality improvements.
The main topics could be as follows:
- the strategic direction
- Support for new entrants (products, markets, ...)
- Improvement in project execution
- Increase in construction site efficiency
- Sales network expansion
- Purchase optimizations
Cooperation Partner
for construction site digitization...
INSITE IT the strong partner for digital construction site management:
- Material tracking and construction site logistics
- Defect registration and documentation
- Site management and installation tracking
The excellent cooperation on and up- and downstream of our common ANDRITZ construction sites, with Insite LMS software and app, could and should also be of great benefit to other customers.
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