Engineer Design
Resume:
Florin Purza
*** ****** **** **., ********* ON N*E4G5
Tel: 519-***-****
Email: ***********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
Seeking a challenging position as mechanical designer with a growth oriented organization where my skills and experience will be utilised to their full potential.
PERSONAL STRENGTHS:
Over 14 years of extensive work as mechanical designer in various aspects of product design/development, tools, moulds for polyurethane foam, vacuum forming moulds (composites and plastics), compression moulds, plastic injection moulds, trim dies, jigs and fixtures, progressive dies, machinery (automation),in areas of automotive, aerospace, food & health industries.
Excellent knowledge of CATIA v.4 & v.5 (solid modelling, surface modelling, drafting), AutoCAD, Solidworks, good working knowledge with Microsoft Office package.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Jun. 2017 – Present – Employer: Aluminium Mold & Pattern, Toronto, ON, Canada,
Position : Tool Designer – contract position
Design flexible polyurethane injection seat molds and vacuum forming tools for
worldwide automotive industry using Catia v.5.
Design of models & patterns for casting production molds, final 3D design for CNC production molds.
Jan 2015 May 2018 Entrepreneur at Art Cabinets Inc.
design kitchen/office/interior cabinets (using a large variety of composites such as particleboard/melamine, particleboard/veneer, MDF, plywood, wood) using Mozaik software. Creates G-codes for CNC router using same software and supervise cutting process.
Design cabinet doors and creates G-codes for CNC router, using Panelmetrix software. Supervising cutting process.
Supervising furniture installation process at customer's site.
Ability to plan, organize, prioritize my work and to meet on time the deadlines.
Sep 2013 – Jan 2015 – Employer: Toolink Automation & Robotics, Waterloo, ON, Canada,
Position : Mechanical Designer – contract position
Design and detail special purpose machinery using Solidworks 2013.
Design and detail various tools as part of an automated wheel forming line.
Responsible for creating B.O.M. and machine manual;
Working close to the programming team in order to improve the line functionality.
Sept 2011 – Aug 2013– Employer: CTS Composites, Mississauga, ON, Canada,
Position : Mould Designer – permanent/contract position
Vacuum forming mould design for composite parts, using materials such as MFD, tooling boards, Aluminum, Honeycomb structure, FEA analysis for tools backup structures (aerospace industry), using Catia v.5 and AutoCAD.
Design of patterns for composite vacuum forming molds, using Catia v.5 and AutoCAD.
Design of checking fixtures & templates for all products, where applicable.
3 axis NC machine programming using MasterCAM;
Aug. 2009 – Sept. 2011 – Employer: Aluminium Mold & Pattern, Toronto, ON, Canada,
Position : CAD Engineer – permanent position
Design flexible polyurethane injection seat molds and vacuum forming tools for
worldwide automotive industry using Catia v.5.
Design of models & patterns for casting production molds, final 3D design for CNC production molds.
Design of checking fixtures & templates for all products.
Florin Purza
249 Purple Sage Cr., Kitchener ON N2E4G5
Tel: 519-***-****
Email: ***********@*****.***
Sep.2008 – Feb. 2009 - Employer: International Automotive Components, Mississauga, ON, Canada,
Position : Product Designer – contract position
Design air conditioner registers for customers including Chrysler (US) and Mahindra (India);
3D design of A/C register assembly and components, kinematic analysis of A/C register mechanisms,
CFD analysis in order to optimize the air flow in vehicle.
Apr. 2007 –Aug 2008 Employer: ODC Tooling and Molds, Waterloo, ON, Canada,
Position: Tool designer – contract position
Design trim dies for interior trim parts, automotive plastic, vinyl or fibreglass/cotton compressed panels using CATIA v5 3D modelling, for customers including GM, Chrysler, FORD, Cadillac, Lincoln, Toyota;
Design thermoforming tools for thin plastic packaging parts for food industry companies;
Design free form surfaces for automotive plastic parts, 3D surfaces and solid models of parts, anvils, 3D geometry forged blades for interior trim parts such as engine compartment silencer, interior dash
insulator / silencer, under hood insulator;
Detail drawings and assembly drawings (2D, GD&T) for thermoforming tools using CATIAv5;
Elaborate technical documentation, bill of material and technological control, customer's manual.
Dec. 2004– Apr. 2007 - Employer: BBI Enterprises, Guelph, ON, Canada,
the engineering design and development centre of BBI INC.
Position: CAD Designer – permanent position
Compression molds and parts design using CATIA v4 and v5, 3D modelling, for customers including GM, Chrysler, FORD, Mitsubishi, Toyota;
Series moulds with one or multiples cavities and prototype molds design using CATIA v4 and v5;
Detail drawings and assembly drawings for mould and checking fixture parts using CATIAv4 and v5;
elaborate technical documentations and bill of materials.
1999 – 2004 - Employer: TAKATA-PETRI ROMANIA Inc., ARAD, subsidiary of TAKATA- PETRI, a Japanese - German corporation.
Position: Mechanical Design Engineer
Polyurethane foam mold injection design using CATIA v4.2.4, 3D modelling, for customers including FORD, DC, BMW, VW, OPEL, TOYOTA, HONDA, AUDI;
Design free form surfaces for automotive plastic parts, 3D surfaces and solid models of cores, cavities,
mold inserts, sliders, steering wheels, airbag systems.
Detail drawings and assembly drawings (2D) for mold parts using CATIA.
Sep. 1995 – Jun. 1999 - Employer: STEELWELD-SIMTEX Inc., ARAD, ROMANIA, subsidiary of STEELWELD BV, BREDA, Netherlands, a part of VDL GROUP, a Dutch corporation.
Position: Mechanical Engineer, QA
Supervising all quality-control activities: materials, manufacturing, delivery;
Measurement and statistic reports using CMM;
Quality control reports for all deliveries.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
1990-1995: Bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering,
Technical University of Timisoara, Romania Faculty of mechanics.
2010: Catia v5 Design Process Model Skill Development / Certificate of Completion
AscendBridge Solutions, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Software: CATIA V4 and V5, AutoCAD, SolidWorks 2014, Mastercam, other CAD sofwares, Microsoft Office Package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project), SmarTeam.
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