Nicolas Dansette

Experience

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  Schlumberger

  Dec 1987 - Mar 1992

  Field Engineer / Site Manager

  Oil & Gas Industry (Wireline Services).Geophysical Engineer, based in Dukhan (Qatar), Al Khobar (KSA) & Manama (Bahrain).Witness of the first Gulf war.

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  Coflexip Stena Offshore (Technip Subsea)

  Sept 1992 - Jun 2000

  Manager

  Oil & Gas Industry (Offshore)

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  Entrepose UK (now part of Vinci)

  Jul 2000 - Apr 2009

  Oil & Gas Industry (Onshore)I was in charge of all group activities in the UK and Ireland including business development, tendering and management of design and build projects for complex facilities; also accountable for health & safety performance, business administration, finance and accounts. The typical value of the contracts varied between £10M and £85M for various clients (Shell, National Grid, GdF, Storengy…); the turnover of the business reached £60M in 2007. Oil & Gas Industry (Onshore)

  • Managing Director

    Jan 2001 - Apr 2009

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2000 - Dec 2000
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  Spiecapag (now part of Vinci)

  May 2009 - Jan 2012

  Oil & Gas Industry (Onshore)In charge of the preparation and the negotiation of all international tenders for SPIECAPAG. The projects tendered involved the EPCC developments of Gas, Oil or Slurry transportation systems (including treatment, compressor and pumping facilities) in countries ranging from Australia to South Africa, via Morocco and the UK, with values of up to 700 M€. Oil & Gas and Mining Industries (Onshore)I was in charge of the tendering, contract negotiation and mobilisation of the US$800M PNG LNG EPC5A project for ExxonMobil. The scope of the project consisted of the design & build of a 450km gas transportation system (including facilities) in Papua New Guinea.

  • Tendering Department Director

    Apr 2010 - Jan 2012

  • Project Director

    May 2009 - Mar 2010
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  VINCI

  Feb 2012 - Mar 2014

  Programme Director

  Nuclear IndustryI had overall responsibility of a business venture set-up to prepare and negotiate the tender for a nuclear decommissioning plant (>£1.5Bn).The business venture also delivered the design development and the site preparation of the Silos Direct encapsulating Project (SDP) for Sellafield Ltd. (Value: £120M in 14 months).

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  VINCI Construction UK

  Apr 2014 - Jul 2015

  Director

  Infrastructure IndustriesAs a director for Taylor Woodrow (the Civil Engineering Division of Vinci in the UK), I was first In charge of the final stages of the construction of the £350M Nottingham Tram Phase 2 project on behalf of the Taylor Woodrow – Alstom JV.Since the completion of my mission in December 2014, I supervised the delivery of 3 large multi-discipline projects being delivered by Taylor Woodrow:• the Croxley Rail Link Project, a £120M scheme for London Underground,• the Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre, a £145M Waste to Energy Project for SITA,• the Allerton Waste Recovery Centre, a £200M Waste to Energy Project for AMEY-CESPA. Show less

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  VINCI

  Aug 2015 - Feb 2016

  Director

  In charge of the delivery of the Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre (CERC), on behalf of Vinci Environment UK. The CERC project is a £145M waste to energy scheme for SITA Cornwall.

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  QDVC (Q.S.C)

  Mar 2016 - Jun 2019

  Project Director

  In charge of the delivery of the Lusail Light Railway Transit system (LRT), on behalf of the QDVC Alstom consortium. The LRT project is a multi billion infrastructure comprising 28 km of track, 28 stations and 28 vehicles.

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  VINCI Construction Grands Projets

  Jun 2019 - Sept 2019

  Project Director

  in charge of tendering the control centre and the maintenance facilities of the Etihad Rail network, a turnkey lump sum project (including civil infrastructures, track, power distribution, MEP and specialist maintenance equipment) for a total value of US$230M. The tender was successful.

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  Balfour Beatty VINCI

  May 2020 - Aug 2021

  Director

  Part of the leadership team to deliver the northern sections of HS2

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  Soletanche Bachy

  Nov 2021 - Jun 2023

  Project Director

  In charge of delivering the current expansion of the port of Puerto Bolivar to Yilport