Savan Krivokuća is a mechanical engineer and manager with over 30 years of experience in the steel industry. He has a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and a B.Sc. in Military Science. Currently, he is the Manager and Supervisor at Smelttech Serbia Consulting, where he oversees municipal and industrial waste treatment projects. Previously, he worked as the Head of Maintenance at US Steel Serbia for 18 years and as a Mechanical Supervisor for Danieli Italy for 3 years, gaining extensive experience in steel plant equipment installation, maintenance and repair. He has specialized knowledge of blast furnaces, sinter plants, and other core steelmaking facilities.

1. Curriculum Vitae
Savan Krivokuća
PERSONAL
DATA
Date and place of birth:20.02.1960. Donje Ratkovo
Address:Vojvode Stepe 11/5, Smederevo 11300, Serbia
Phone:+381 26 647 970
Mobile:+381 69 688 789 ; +381 63 648 709
Email:savansd@gmail.com
EDUCATION M.Sc. Degree Mechanical, Department of Thermoenergetic, Group Nuclear
reactor and plant (1990.),Mechanical Faculty , University of Belgrade
B.Sc. Degree Military Academy, Department of classic weapons (1981.)
Technical military academy land army, Zagreb
High school Gimnasium(1978.) Sremska Mitrovica
WORKEXPE
RIENCE
October 2015 - Present
Manager and supervisor, Smelttech Serbia - Consulting firm
 Manager and supervisor for municial and industrial waste treatment
 O2E Technology
 O2E Waste Conversion Plant
 Waste Sorting & Cutting
 Catalytic Depolymerisation Plants
 Wood Gasification
 CHP technology including Transfer from Fuel to Electricity
 O2E Bio Waste Treatment Systems
 Vertical Growing Units
 MSW City System
 All related work and services
 Scan Arc Plasma Technology
 Iron and cooper plasma system
 Lead and zinc plasma system
 Material handling system
 Fume treatment plant
 Con Arc technology melting and steel production
 Con Arc Electric Arc Furnace
 Ladle Furnace
 Vacuum Oxygen Decarburization
 Continuous Caster Machine for Billets
 Ingot Caster Machine
 Material handling system
 Fume treatment plant

2. April2012 – October 2015
Mechanical supervisor, Danieli Italy – Steel factories maker
 Mechanical supervisor for iron ore procesing equipment (end erection,
commissioning and assitance for production and maintenance)
 Autogenously mill CEMTEC
 Ball mill CEMTEC
 Tower mills Eirich
 Gyratory crushers Thyssen Krupp
 Screens and vibro feeders
 Hydrocyclones
 Conveyors
 Hoppers and bins
 Stacker
 Reclaimer
 Mechanical supervisor for meltshop equipment (end erection,
commissioning and assitance for production and maintenance)
 Material handling system for EAF and LF
 Coke inject system for EAF
 Wire feeder
 VOD equipment (bag filter, batch hopper, vacuum pumps, valves)
 Hydris system Electro Nite
 Gas analysis Thermo Fisher
 Fume treatment plant equipment
December 2010- April 2012
Technical consulting, Synergy & Genesis group of engineers
 Waste from mining and industry Ferro, Copper, Lead and Zinc treatment with plasma
methodology
 Managing complete pyro metallurgical treatment for pyrites burns (cinder)
 Technical aspects of fusibility study pyro metallurgical treatment
 Collaborate with: MiSIS (Institute of iron and steel Moscow), Kuttner (Engineering
company Dusseldorf), BFI (Institute of iron and steel Germany), Paul Wurth
(Engineering company Luxemburg), SMS (Engineering company Dusseldorf), Leo
Invest (Hydrometallurgical treatment of cinder Moscow),
September 2010– Decembar 2010
Maintenance trainer , STG Group Sirmium Steel, Sremska Mitrovica Steel
making company for billets
 Billet CCM (ladle manipulator, tundish, mould, oscillator, rolls, oxygen cuter, cooling
bed, cranes)
 EAF (tap hole repairing, coke inject system, natural gas and oxygen inject system,
cooling system, material handling system, scrap charging system, cranes)
 LRF (trailer, cooling system, material handling system, electrode holder with water
cooler, stearing system argon and nitrogen, cranes)
 Ladle repair equipment

3. April1992–August 2010
Head of maintenance , US Steel Serbia Smederevo Steel making company
 Head of maintenance of Iron making plant (Blast furnace and Sinter plant)
 Head for environmental team of Iron making plant
 Business plan maker and controller for Iron making maintenance
 Continues improvement leading for Iron making plant
 Head of maintenance of Blast furnace plant
 Leading Engineer for blast furnace equipment
 Engineer for blast furnace equipment
Erection and commissioning , US Steel Serbia Smederevo Steel making
company
 BF repair 9 times (supervision for erection and commissioning, leading supervisor of
BF reline, project manager of BF reline)
 BF repair budget and manpower responsibility
 Stock yards and stock house equipment (stackers, reclaimers, conveyors)
 Cast house equipment (iron and slag troughs and runers
 Stoves equipment (BF gas burners, big valves for BF gas, cold air and chimney valves)
 Oxygen, natural gas, BF gas, nitrogen, compressed air, steam equipment
 Engineering support at Sinter machine No4
 Water treatment systems (rotary tailings, sludge pumps, filter presses, wet scrubbers,
venturi scrubbers )
 Electro static precipitator and bag filters
 Many reconstructions
January 1991–April1992
Erection engineer ,Termoelektro Beograd , Erection company
 Engineer for Big repair at big steam boiler Sulzer in State Power Station Kostolac
Serbia
 Steam boiler Sulzer
 Coal ventilator mills EWT
 Waste gases pipes
 Electro static precipitator
 Condensator cleaner Tapproge system
 Flashing system for Sulzer steam boiler pipes
 Heat exchanger high and low pressure
 Water pumps

4. January 1990 –January1991
Steam Block boilers engineer, Minel Termoremont Beograd , Steam Block
boilers maker
 Engineer for making steam block boilers
 Technical preparation
 Testing steam block boilers
 Erection steam block boilers
 Commissioning steam block boilers
November 1981 –October 1983
Despatching of trucks, Mitrotrans Sremska Mitrovica , Transportation
company
 Despatching of trucks for gas and oil
SKILLS AND
ABILITIES
 Management course in US Steel
 Safety education and courses in US Steel
 Environmental course in US Steel
 Andragogy course, Faculty of Humanities, University of Belgrade
 Spoken and written English
 Understand Russian language but don’t talk
 All languages from Former Yugoslavia
 Good contacts with steel makers from US Steel in Serbia and Slovakia
and Arcelor Mittal Steel in Bosnia
 Good contacts with suppliers of spare parts for Steel industry
 Knowledge for MS Office,
 Knowledge technical drawing and standards for materials
 Current class A, B driver’s licence
 Once of the founders of the non-profit, apolitical and total independent
group of well educated people( engineers amongst them) which had a
goal for ethical and moral aspects and respect between different
people
 Member of Danieli Best team in 2013.

5. DETAILS BLAST FURNACE
 Charging equipment replacement and repair on-site
 Part BF shell replacement
 Cooling system BF reconstruction and replacement (copper and steel
staves and coolers)
 BF pumps cooling system inlet and feedback
 Hot and bustle pipe BF reconstruction and replacement
 Valves for BF (hot and cold blast, BF gas, SNORT, Septum valve,
chimney, back draft, relief and equalizing valves on top of the BF)
 Cast House (tap hole of iron, troughs, runners for iron and slag, tilting
runners)
 Mud and hydraulic guns and drill machine installation and
commissioning, reconstruction
 Granulation slag equipment
 Pig iron caster machines
 Iron ladles and slag pots
 Conveyers, unloading cars and silos
 Sieve for sinter and coke, vibrating feeders
 Scales and skip hoists
SINTER PLANT
 Sinter cars, fire bars, car tracks, drive motor gear
 Hydro sealing of sinter machine
 Exhausters (big fans)
 Wet dedusting of sinter machine
 Collector of returnee sinter and drive
 Conveyers
 Sieves and vibrating feeders
 Silos and feeders
 Crusher for sinter
 Drum green pellets maker
 Ore Stacker
 Ore Reclaimer
 Rotary wagon unloader

6. OTHER
 BOF oxygen lance and tips and BF tuyeres
 Oxygen piping and valves
 Natural gas piping and valves
 Nitrogen piping and valves
 Steam piping and valves
 Compressed air piping and valves
 Water piping and valves
 Dedusting systems (wet and dry)
 Cranes
 Recycling of ferrous materials
 Thickener, pumps and vacuum separators of sludge
 BF salamander removing (with and without explosives)
 Bottom tap Blast furnace before complete overhaul
 Replacing tap hole stave with full furnace
 Defreezing iron from ladles
 Energy savings in dedusting systems