OVIDIU CAPRARU
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U.S. WORK EXPERIENCE:
SOUTHWIRE Company Carrollton, Georgia
Mechanical / Manufacturing Engineer (2008 to January 2015)
Mechanical Engineer at Machine Shop
• Engineering support for daily operation
• Fixtures and mechanical support on the shop
• Design new equipment for wire plants.
Engineering support for plexing operation
• Installing brakes for plexing operation
• Motorizing payoffs and take-ups pintles to reduce accidents
• Working with maintenance on daily equipments failures
• Replacing motors, gearboxes, hydraulic systems and caterpillars for heavy-duty equipment
• Preparing documentation to upgrade capstans, accumulators, gearboxes and motors
Supporting OPS initiative
• Working for 1 year on different OPS teams to implement LEAN concepts
• Mechanical Engineering support for 1 year
• Implementing: 5S, Kanban, mistake proof and tool- less (POKE-YOKE) standardized process
Project engineering
• Writing Capital Projects requests
• Organizing quotes and lead times for suppliers and contractors
• Project manager for new Annealing Oven for Bare Transmission (approx. $1MIL)
• Manage $5MIL project for new equipment installation
• Supervising daily work on the site with construction crews
POREX Corporation Fairburn, Georgia
Manufacturing / Process Engineer (2003 to 2008)
Lead Engineering support for specific area in the plant
• Supervising (3) Engineering Technicians
• Controlling the equipment process to produce quality products per print
• Identifying process deficiencies and developing proposals for project improvements
• Responding to customer complaints by using various quality tools for identifying the Root Cause
with DOE analysis, determining the most effective solutions and implementing corrective actions
• Collecting statistical data from QA to shift the parameters.
• Implementing new necessary equipment
• Preparing all documentation and training for new products or new equipment. This
documentation includes: working instructions, working procedures, FMEA and all control
procedures.
• Coordinating Capital Project Requests and Budgets
• Complying with FDA regulations for all surgical and biomedical products
Working with Product Developing Engineering group for new products
• Collecting all necessary data from Product Developing Engineer to fabricate testing equipment
and molds to qualify the product for production
• Developing and design quality necessary equipment for new products
• Coordinating Gage R&R qualification for test rigs
Implementing Lean Manufacturing Concepts in production
• Collaborating with operators to create work cells for efficiency/safety improvements.
• Coordinating LEAN Teams with 5S focus.
• Elaborating working instructions, working procedures, FMEA and all control procedures.
• Creating Standard Operating Procedures for equipment reliability (achieved 50% scrap reduction)
Safety efforts
• Working closely with operators to supply the right tool for each operation
• Designing tool boards necessary on each equipment for eliminating repeatability movements
Mechanical Designer (2002 to 2003)
Mechanical Designer for the Tooling Department
• Designing parts using AutoCAD and Solid Works
• Working with CNC technicians produce necessary parts
• Modifying existing mold drawings per engineering requests
• Detailing equipment parts to process existing molds.
• Steam piping design for equipment
ANDERSON Instruments Atlanta, Georgia
Mechanical Designer/Drafter (2001 to 2002)
• Working with R&D group to produce the first equipment to monitor the air pollution 24/7
• Designing all the mechanical components for automatic syringe pumps to insert measure quantity
off chemical dispenser to dilute the particles from the air
• Developing and designing a tiny steam generator inside glass tubing to help the air samples
interact with solvents
• Designing all sheet metal bracket for all electronically boards
• Creating detailed drawings of machinery and mechanical devices, multiple-view assemblies and
sub-assemblies. Indicating dimensions, tolerances, fasteners, joining requirements and other
engineering data.
• Designing the front interface for the operator to control the equipment
• All drawings were produced using AutoCAD software
Helping Engineering Department to correct existing drawings
• Modifying existing drawings based on red markups made by engineers
• Developing electronic engineering data files using customized software
• Designing and drafting of the mechanical parts for emission monitoring instruments
EUROPEAN WORK EXPERIENCE
CONDMAG Brasov, ROMANIA
Welding Engineering Manager (1998 to 1999)
Leading the Welding Engineering Department to provide quality welds for natural gas pipe lines
• Managing 2 welding engineers, 1 destructive laboratory technician, 1 welding technician
• Supervising 197 welders to provide quality welds
• Leading ISO 9000 implementation in all departments
• Qualifying welding technologies for high pressure natural gas pipe line repairs
• Complying with all welding procedures under API or EU standards
• Coordinating emergency field repairs
Welding Engineer (1995 to 1998)
• Developing welding technologies
• Qualifying welding technologies based on the project requirements using API 1104 or EU 709
• Qualifying each welder per position for each technology
• Training welders with quality issues on our welding laboratory
• Collecting all control data for each welder per pipe construction
• Interpretation of Non-Destructive Testing.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering -Transylvania University, Brasov-ROMANIA
European Welding Engineer certification ISO 9000
Project Management course - AMA Atlanta GA
Time Management classes - Emory Institute Atlanta GA
Solid Works Motion and Simulation certification - MLC Cad Atlanta GA
Certificate level II in radiation and non-destructive testing –-National Institute for AtomicPhysics, Ro
APPLICATION SOFTWARE: Microsoft: Word, Excel, Power Point, Microsoft Projects,
AUTOCAD, SOLIDWORKS, INVENTOR, PRO-E