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Rafael Zerpa

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Im a Mechanical Engineer with 20 years of professional experience. Certified in Six Sigma, Scrum and PMI methodology, with a broad knowledge in operations and project management, drilling equipments recertification, optimization project analysis and feasibility, quality assurance and API auditing methods, focused on productivity, profitability and corporate competitiveness at an international level. I have more than 10 years of experience within the energy industry, specifically at the Oil & Gas industry in the articulation of specialized multidisciplinary teams both internal and external, budget control and Sustaining CAPEX, OPEX; definition and commissioning of strategic plans for operations and maintenance, development and monitoring of continuous improvement projects under innovation solutions, structuring, quality standardization, operational excellence policies and manuals, contracts and service agreements control and monitoring with strategic clients, KPIs development and evaluation, results reports presentation to senior management. I have active leadership skills, team management, strategic plans development, quarterly results targets focused, decision making, effective negotiation, strategic vision.
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NABORS DRILLING INTERNATIONAL LTD
Dec 2014 – Aug 2021
Cd Del Carmen, Mexico / Bogota, Colombia / Quito, Ecuador
Operation and Project Manager
Responsibilities: Keep rig operations and 150 people crew team according with the country area in compliance with established KPIs to keep “0” recordable incidents, and control rig operations according with the assigned budgets, also managing all project as per current assigned contracts and operational yards. Achievements: I kept annual objective of non-productive times (NPT) below 1%, achieving high levels of optimization and business profitability. Created and maintained total recordable and operational incident indicators in “0”, without generating extra costs, insurance policies modifications, loss or equipment damage for the company. I updated critical equipment inventory according to a operational needs without affecting the operational budget, and without compromising rig operational downtime.
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NABORS DRILLING INTERNATIONAL LTD,
Oct 2007 – Dec 2014
Villahermosa, Mexico / Houston, USA / Bogota, Colombia / Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Operations / Quality Engineer