Plants get built.
Someone has to make it happen.

Freelance project engineer and manager with 25+ years experience in industrial builds, brewery and food-processing projects, available for delivery work or as an embedded team member.

Experience25+ years

Area of activityEurope & Africa

SectorsEPCM · Brewing & Food

StatusOpen for assignments

⊕ Profile

Track record

Independent project engineer and manager, operating through sole proprietorship company CEAD Sp. z o.o. From end-to-end, audits and feasibility work, through procurement and site supervision, to commissioning — or joining an existing team for the phase that needs the most attention.

Area of activity: Europe & Africa, ..
…wherever the work takes him.
Operating entity: CEAD Sp. z o.o.
- Founder and owner: Dirk Michiels
- Project Engineer & Manager — 25+ years across industrial builds, brewery and food-processing projects
- PCM delivery — greenfield and brownfield, site supervision, schedule and cost control
- Technical & operational audits — as-is/to-be diagnostics, KPI frameworks, CMMS review
- Procurement & supply chain — sourcing, RFQs, purchase-order and shipment tracking
- Planning & BIM: Navisworks, Trimble Connect, MS Project
- Contract frameworks: FIDIC, NEC, LEED, ..
- Languages: English, French, Dutch
Professional experience
Brewtech, Ethiopia, — Site Project Manager -- Greenfield brewery project. Project delivery from early works through to commissioning.
McCain Foods, Netherlands, — Civil project manager, site supervision for food-processing facility works.
Meura, South Africa, SAB Miller, Site Manager
Barry Callebaut, UK, Site Project Manager
Zeelandia
Hungary, Office and Bakery Academy — Renovation supervision.
Fine Organics, India — Project design manager
China — Project design manager
Cobra Beer, India, Plant manager
Palm Breweries, Poland, Early career — Where this all started.

Tools & languages

Navisworks Trimble Connect MS Project CMMS FIDIC NL.EN.FR

⊕ Capabilities

Selected, not exhaustive

A working set of what gets asked for most. If it isn't listed, ask — most of it overlaps.

EPCM

Project & construction management

Greenfield and brownfield delivery, site supervision, schedule and cost control.

AUD

Technical & operational audits

As-is/to-be diagnostics, gap analysis, KPI frameworks and CMMS review.

PLN

Planning & BIM coordination

Navisworks, Trimble Connect and MS Project.

FEA

Feasibility & investment cases

Master planning, value-chain mapping and CAPEX/OPEX groundwork.

⊕ Ways in

How the work gets structured

Not every engagement needs a full mandate. These are the shapes it usually takes.

Embedded team member

Plugged into an existing EPCM or client team for a defined scope, phase, or gap.

Interim management

Covering a project or site-management vacancy, or a critical delivery window.

Site manager — installation works

On-site leadership for an installation contractor, coordinating crews, schedule and quality through to handover.

Investment case support

Building the technical and CAPEX case for owner-operators evaluating a new plant investment.

Plants get built. Someone has to make it happen.