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Gert-Jan FienGF

Gert-Jan Fien

Industrial Process Performance Management

£894/day
Dubai City, AE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Gert-Jan

30 years of enthusiastically assisting major companies worldwide, as staff or consultant, to improve efficiency, operational excellence, and digitalisation. Employed innovative solutions, team leadership, and the skills of a registered engineer and Certified Energy Manager (CEM) in varied industries – especially downstream Oil & Gas and Petrochemicals. Achieved significant operational improvements worth millions of dollars annually for multiple clients/employers.
Known for concise and confident communication across all organisational levels with considerable experience mobilising and leading team efforts.
  • Worked with many multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural teams
  • Self-motivated troubleshooter and (digital) solutions developer
  • Trained and coached many junior engineers
Available for a lead-engineer/consultant or managerial position, developing, promoting and implementing operational excellence and effective digitalisation in process industry.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Basic

  • German

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Dubai City (up to 50km), Ras al-Khaimah (up to 50km), Abu Dhabi Island and Internal Islands City (up to 50km)

Experience

  • dss+
    SME for Industrial Energy Management & Digitalisation
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 2022 - Today (4 years and 6 months)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    Established the Energy Management function and developed the Loss Accounting software and methodology. Created new analysis tools and extensively supported business development and knowledge management. Worked on a wide variety of consulting projects world-wide, including energy management assessments, flaring minimisation, due diligence, SBTi Pathway Tool development, and Loss Accounting (PELA) implementation.
    Software Craftsmanship Microsoft Excel Energy Management Proposal development Microsoft Power BI
  • OQ Refineries
    Lead Engineer Energy Management
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    July 2016 - January 2022 (5 years and 6 months)
    Oman
    Responsible for modelling, monitoring and targeting of energy usage in a large refining/petrochemical complex. Provided guidance and support for ongoing and new energy-saving efforts and developed new initiatives for improved monitoring and reporting. Helped local staff to enhance skills in this area and served as a valued Excel expert, training and supporting various business departments. Initially based inside the Sohar refining complex, but later in corporate head office for the Operational Excellence department.
    Dashboard development Industrial Energy Management Advanced spreadsheets Operational Excellence Utility systems
  • Fien Consulting Ltd
    Principal Consultant
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 2015 - Today (11 years and 6 months)
    United Kingdom
    Carried out contract-based work in industrial process improvement.
    • Sub-contractor to JACOBS Sustainable Solutions for energy efficiency studies at United Utilities (UK)
    • Taught Pinch Technology training course in Budapest (Hungary)
    • Developed new Excel add-in for steam system modelling
    • Energy study at Central European oil refining group.
    Microsoft Excel Software Craftsmanship Training delivery

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Education

  • MSc Chemical Engineering
    Virginia Tech
    1994
    Specialising in Process Integration methodologies
  • Master of Chemical Technology
    University of Twente
    1992
    Specialising in process automation and computer applications

Certifications

  • Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
    Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
    2023

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