Johannes Spaargaren

Around April 2023 i moved back to the Netherlands from Germany and started working freelance as consulting E,I&C engineer for Bilfinger, followed by P&ID reviewing from home for Proman also as consulting engineer for E,I&C for their greenfield Ammonia plant development in Mexico. After that i was consulting engineer for RWE Magnum in Eemshaven consisting of 3 CCU's. Currently in the Terneuzen area

Visited Hereaus PGM refinery as part of the job. Actually it is more like a laboratory then a refinery environment. But interesting to see how precious metals are recovered from solutions.

Overviewing interfacing of sub-plants with Ethylene-Oxide expansion project for BASF Antwerpen verbund site from LU HQ.
Was focal point for integration of compressor packages into DCS and MMS systems on the new BASF Acetylene plant in Ludwigshafen.
After finishing the new Acetylene plant which replaced the old 1965 facility i was moved to the Ethylene-Oxide 2 project in Antwerpen for which the eng

Supervision of assigned contractors at nuclear power plant construction for Mochovce 3 & 4, located in Slovak Republic, consisting of two 440MWe reactors of the VVER-440/230 type.
Assisting and supporting the Turnover superintendent in his duties to complete the Turnovers of Plant systems from Construction to Commissioning.
Ensuring that relevant management information is captured and analyzed.
Ex

Freelancer. Executed the definition, development, design, engineering & supervision of projects in process automation, process instrumentation and electrical disciplines on industrial projects, for oil and gas production and processing industry, food production (see SIRE). Other industries such as nuclear, pharma and renewable energy are areas of interest.
In Germany i was responsible for ALL disc

For TechticsUnited i supervised expansion of existing facilities for a company in Gouda the Netherlands.
This comprehended a new reactor with safeguarding, emergency shutdown and fail safe systems, bulk powder storage under nitrogen atmosphere and transportation, including motor frequency drives up to 55kW.
The company manufactures additives for polymer production based on natural fats and acids.

For T.Boer Controlled Quality Veal, part of Vandrie group a client of SIRE Life sciences, i investigated the technical condition of production related PLC's and VFD's located in cabinets which needed to move out of production areas into a new-build expansion on the rooftop, due to corrosion issues related to daily cleaning routines with HP chlorinated water.
This resulted in writing a FEED study w

Handling permit to work for contractors, TRA and supervision for instrumentation and electrical during construction phase.
Liaising between parties/disciplines to secure exchange of information to ensure planned progress.
Problem solver, thinking out of the box, teambuilder (one team, one effort, of all parties involved), bridging the gap. Agency was T-Gradin

Working for van Dijk Techniek but delegated to Frames Group for guidance, coordination and commissioning for all disciplines during construction phase of 12 skids which together form a gas drying plant for Damborice UGS in Czech republic, performed multiple daily workshop inspections to ensure progress, signalling and solving issues.
Maintaining and updating Outstanding Work List (punch items) for

Through the agency Yellow Submarine on behalf of Jord Oil&Gas i worked in China at QMW yard as E&I construction supervisor for the Pemex/Nuvoil Akal-G gas compression jack up rig for Jord oil & gas, total project value +/- 350 million USD.
Executing site walks in the workshops to perform inspection of the works for instrumentation and electrical, keeping a keen eye on safety.
Merged three query li

Moved to Germany at the beginning of 2014 to work on a BASF project as self employed person (freelancer) in Dusseldorf.
Crosscheck of multiple P&ID revisions against Prodok instrument database to determine status and new additions/changes to establish one good valid revision which should be the eading document.
Mark-up P&ID's to provide feedback to process department for updating purposes, this i

Executing site inspections for Quality Control purposes, writing of quality inspection reports.
Using Roser (after introduction course) to keep track of checklists and punch items.

At first hired for Yara project, but instead i was transferred to the Vopak Presto project.
Than Fluor got people back from other projects, so for me it was last in first out end of story.

Through the agency Workoptions i worked for Vageri instrumentation and was delegated to Hertel for technical project management on Hertel construction site for Gaz de France L5d, D18a, Q13-A power modules and Q13-A HVAC module, preparing punch lists.
Assisted at Hertel office for Valemon Living Quarters project, performing crosschecks on 12 to 15 design packages simultaneously.

Designing and Engineering of Electrical and Instrumentation workpacks in relation to modification and maintenance of plant units at the site of RefiningNZ on Marsden Point.
Some examples are, installation of TOC analyser, demolition and construction pack for Seal Oil Purification Skid, jetties upgrade of lighting and pressure gauges and safeguarding of hoisting equipment used for loading/unloading

Design and drafting of electrical and instrumentation documents for the natural gas pipeline infrastructure in Belgium, work was done in Brussels headquarters of Fluxys.

Development of overfill protection on tank installation and new loading/unloading jetty at Nuon energy plant in Amsterdam.

Refit and life extension program for Uisge Gorm FPSO, this included all cables, wiring and field instrumentation.
Unfortunately project was cancelled due to credit crisis, FPSO Uisge Gorm operated on the North Sea Fife field for over 10 years since mid 1990’s. Worked previously on Uisge Gorm in 1995/96.

For EpiSES Thailand i was responsible for Quality Assurance and Quality Control for the data entry team that was based in Bangkok, i was stationed in Holland to do a Shell Intools database migration project for both the Pernis and Moerdijk locations.
This included some basic importing of data after verification of the quality.

Modification of Electrical & Instrumentation drawings for offshore platforms on Norwegian Continental Shelf, work was executed at the office in Stavanger.