Pablo Badino

Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain · On-site

Management of process control engineering projects, including planning and coordination of instrumentation, automation, and electrical engineering in investment projects for multiple divisions.

Coordination of engineering, maintenance, and operations teams, ensuring efficient integration of new assets and improvements in production facilities.

Development of new concepts and innovative solutions; point of contact for internal clients and external suppliers.

Digitalization of processes through the implementation of technological tools and solutions to optimize the operation and maintenance of assets.

Management of compliance with legal and corporate requirements, with an emphasis on automation safety, SIS systems, information protection, and contractor management; ensuring the reliability and availability of facilities.

E&I Leader

• Engineering development related to electrical, instrumentation and automation.

• E&I design, establishing different proposals to the project team.

• Cost estimations, project specifications and schedule development for detailed engineering.

• Contract management: coordination and supervision of contractors.

Project Manager

• Responsible for investment projects

• Coordination of different disciplines (Civil, Mechanical, Piping, E&I) and supervision of all security processes and aspects involved.

• Contact point for internal clients, from the creation of projects to the start-up of them on site.

• Development and definition of projects scope, translating this into technical solutions, developing and evaluating alternatives.

Responsible for development and execution of projects regarding to:

• E&I and Control Systems.

• Electrical.

• Civil.

• Mechanical – Piping.

For all business units of BASF Argentina.

As Project Manager I carried out the following tasks:

• Generation of documentation for projects approval.

• Development of projects and reports in SAP (PS and PPM modules).

• Development of basic engineering and, in case of projects related to E&I and/or control systems, detailed engineering as well.

• Hiring, supervision and evaluation of contractors.

• Field supervision of project’s commissioning.

• Development of project closing documentation.

As SIS Engineer (Safety instrumented systems Engineer), I was responsible for the maintenance and modifications (Hardware and Software with its corresponding SIS documentation) that were implemented to the safety control system (SPLC) running in Argentina and other plants located in the region. Besides this, I was involved in all the SHE studies done related to Process Safety. (SHE Reviews, HAZOPs, etc)

As OAS (Officer for Automation Security) I’m responsible of maintenance and updates that involve information security systems.

In addition to this, I also gave support to the Maintenance department in topics related to Instrumentation and control. (sensor, valves SW e. g. Endress Hauser, PCS 7, Ignition, PRODOK).