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Food & Dairy Processing Plant CAPEX Consultant — Project Delivery & Commissioning
Bratislava, Slovakia
Worldwide
Bachelor's Degree - Mechanical Engineer (Technological Machines for Constructions, 1989)About me
Mechanical engineer with 30 years in food & dairy processing — from Tetra Pak service engineer to delivering complete plants as an independent consultant. Based in Bratislava, working EU-wide. I represent the investor's interest, not a vendor's.
AutoCADAutomationCapital BudgetingFood ProcessingMechanical EngineeringProject ManagementProcurement ManagementF&B ManagementFactory ManagementOnsite SupervisionDairy ProductsFood IndustryIndustrial Control - Commissioning
Independent CAPEX delivery for food & dairy processing plants — from investment brief to running plant.
I help food and dairy processors deliver capital investment projects: feasibility and CAPEX budgeting, plant and process design, equipment specification and procurement, supplier and contract negotiation, site coordination, installation and commissioning.
Track record — four plants delivered:
- Greenfield milk processing plant, 200,000 l/day (17 M EUR) — full project responsibility, delivered in 19 months from ground-breaking to production tests, against the supplier's 2.5-year estimate; process equipment on budget (Albalact, 2006–2008)
- Greenfield milk processing plant, 100,000 l/day — design and project management, delivered within budget and deadline (Reghin, 2017–2021)
- Complete wet pet food factory, 150 million packs/year — budgeting, design, procurement, site coordination; production tests completed December 2024
- Grain & nuts processing plant, 200,000 t/year — CAPEX budget and equipment specification delivered
Background: 10 years as Tetra Pak service engineer (processing and packaging lines across CEE and the Middle East), then Technical Development Director / Deputy CEO of Romania's leading dairy processor, responsible for company-wide CAPEX. Independent consultant since 2021 through my company, Convergis.
Engineering tools: AutoCAD (plant layouts, process flow diagrams) · electrical & automation review — specifications, panels, installations · PLC/SCADA familiarity (Simatic S7, Proficy, SATTCON)
Independent by design — I represent the investor's interest, not an equipment vendor's.
Based in Bratislava, one hour from Vienna. Available for assignments EU-wide, on-site or hybrid. Working languages: English, Romanian; basic German.
More: www.convergis.ro
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2021
Languages
GermanBasic knowledgeEnglishFluentRomanianNative speaker
Project history
Technical consultancy projects in the food industry. Budgeting and design of a complete factory for wet pet food (150 Mio packs/year) - design of infrastructure, technical capacities, machine placement, coordination of project implementation, contract negotiation, site supervision, and cost controlling. Project delivered December 2024. Also budgeting and design of a complete factory for grain and nuts products (200,000 to/year) - CAPEX budget and equipment specification delivered.
Coordination of industrial activity and project management for Milk Processing Plant 100,000 l/day. Management of production planning and capacity planning processes, coordination of technical maintenance activities, responsible for CAPEX proposal and implementation, and industrial activity expense budgets. Greenfield project delivered within budget and deadline.
Coordination of industrial processes in the Raraul and Albalact factories, management of production planning and capacity planning, coordination of Production, Quality, Maintenance, Laboratory and Research Departments. Responsible for production service level, CAPEX budgeting, OEE, technical service and utility cost budgets, investment projects, and infrastructure.