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Igor Castro BarrenecheaIC

Igor Castro Barrenechea

Senior Industrial Advisor

€525/day
Bilbao, ES
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Igor

Senior Industrial Advisor and CAPEX Strategist with over 25 years of experience combining deep technical expertise in heavy industry with executive leadership in engineering, operations, and corporate investments.
Throughout my career, I have successfully managed over €85 million in total CAPEX budget and led more than 180 complex industrial projects.
My profile bridges financial planning with operational reality on the plant floor to ensure operational excellence and regulatory compliance.
How I help Investment Funds and Corporate Clients:
Technical Due Diligence: Comprehensive audit of asset condition, assessment of operational risks, and analysis of technological obsolescence for industrial acquisitions.
CAPEX and Procurement Optimization: Definition of technical specifications (RFP/RFQ), supplier analysis, contract engineering, and strategic procurement of capital goods.
Industrial Operations and Critical Maintenance: Design of preventive, predictive, and RCM strategies for continuous production environments (24/7), with specialization in High Voltage, automation, and industrial IT.
I act as an independent subject matter expert (SME) providing the necessary technical judgment to mitigate risks in transactions and optimize capital allocation.
  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Basque

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Bilbao (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Grupo Siderúrgico de Cobertura Internacional
    Director of Technical Office and Investments (CAPEX Manager)
    January 2018 - Today (8 years and 5 months)
    • • Strategic direction of investments managing a CAPEX budget of +€66 million and coordinating over 155 projects of high technical and regulatory complexity.
    • • Leadership in the implementation and commissioning of large industrial assets: high-capacity heat treatment lines, complex dimensional measurement systems (radioactive sources), and power electrical infrastructure.
    • • Direction of energy transition and decarbonization projects, including large-scale industrial photovoltaic installations, substation interconnections, and investment control.
  • Planta de Procesos Siderúrgicos Continuos
    Head of Engineering and Projects Department
    January 2016 - January 2018 (2 years)
    Planning and control of over €19 million in CAPEX distributed across 26 strategic projects. Integral management of turnkey industrial projects, including the complete reconstruction of chemical/pickling plants and the deployment of new automated lines.
  • Planta de Procesos Siderúrgicos Continuos
    Head of Industrial Electrical Maintenance
    January 2001 - January 2016 (15 years)
    • • Direction of the preventive, predictive, and corrective electrical maintenance strategy for critical assets (High and Medium Voltage Substations, Steelworks, Rolling Mills, and Finishing Lines).

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