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Manufacturing Engineer with 35 Years Mechanical Expertise

Location:
Scarborough, ON, Canada
Posted:
April 01, 2026

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RESUME Valentin Popovici

Manufacturing Engineer *6 Scarfair Ptwy Toronto ON; M1B 4G1;.

Machine Tools and Mechanical Engineering. ***************@*****.*** Cell: 416-***-****

OBJECTIVE: A position as a Manufacturing Engineer where I can apply my skills and my extensive experience in designing, manufacturing, and servicing of different mechanical equipment.

HIGHLIGHTS: 35 years experience in mechanical/thermal equipment.

Multilingual: English, French and Rumanian.

Computer skills: Microsoft Office 2010; AutoCAD 2007/ 3D solid modeling design.

EXPERIENCE:

Millwright Electro/Mechanic; United Hoist Equipment; Jan2011-present; service and rebuilding of construction elevators and hoisting equipment: Alimak, Hercules, Pega etc. heavy electrical motors and gear boxes.

Service and Repair of 5Kw-20Kw Electrical Motors:, Electrical Brakes, Electrical Panels, Electrical Cables, Gear Boxes and Transmisions.

Aviation Mechanical Component Technician; Advanced Processing Inc. Jan.2010-Dec.2010: manufacturing of aircraft aluminium parts.

Heavy-Duty Technician; Ontario Laser Rentals. Feb.2008-Dec.2009.

Service of Caterpillar bulldozers and Hitachi, Caterpillar and Daewoo excavators and theirs hydraulic atachements: blades, buckets, breakers, compactors, shears, pulverizers.

Mechanical Structural Engineer; Ankor Engineering Systems; Jul.2004- Jan.2008

Predict how Structures will act under varying conditions.

Calculate Loads and Stresses on Structures. Advise on suitable Materials.

Design mechanical sytems for windows cleaning and maintaining of civil buildings: structural steel structures, parapets, ladders, scaffolds, roof anchors, davits, outriggers, stages, shock absorbers.

Quality/ Service/ Warranty/ Sales Manager. Petroutilaj S.A. Heavy-Duty Service Company Romania 1998-2003.

1.Quality control of manufacturing and repairing of mechanical/thermal equipment.

Chemical and metallographical analysis for identifying materials: statical and dynamical tests for measuring mechanical properties of materials: tensile strength, stress, hardness; ultrasonic inspections.

Control of welded parts: radiographing inspections of weldings; control of protective coatings.

Control of manufactured and repaired parts: surface finish, dimensions, geometric tolerances of form/ profile/ location/ orientation/ runout, hardness, roughness;

Test assembled equipment: measure temperatures, pressures, fluid flows, speed rotation, power, engine emissions and engine calibration using multimeters, oscilloscopes and hydraulic/ electrical dynamometers.

2. Analyze defects to perform corrective measures.

3. Work for implementing a Quality System required by ISO 9001-2000.

Project Manager Oil & Gas & Mining Equipment :Design Department Prototyping & Testing; Petroutilaj S. A. Heavy-Duty Service Company Romania; 1993-1998:

Design prototypes of special purpose machineries required by “PETROM” Rumanian Oil & Gas Company:

and Coal National Mining Company Petrosani:

Project Portofolio:

Stationary Drilling Rigs drivers 300-700 HP.

Oil Intervention winch on tracked 130 HP Tracked Tractor.

Methane-gas supply installation for Heavy-Diesel Engines;

Oil Tubing Hydraulic Testing Stand.

Drill rod elevator on Universal Tractor U650.

Crude oil re-heating Boilers Equipment.

Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers for crude oil.

Mining Scarifier mounted on a 130HP Tracked Tractor.

Mining Conveyor belt system powered by Diesel Engine.

Pile Drilling Rigs on a 130HP Tracked Tractor.

Ball Valves System used in Oil&Gas Piping.

Forging Machine for Heavy Half-Finished Round Steel Coils.

Heavy Forgig Hydraulic Press 500 Tones.

Gas Pipelayer on 130 HP Tracked Tractor.

Manufacturing Engineer; Machine Tools and Mechanical Engineering.

Petroutilaj S.A. Heavy-Duty Service Company Romania: 1978-1992.

1. Design and manufacture machine parts.

Competent in machine shop practices, blue prints, schematics.

2. Design Special Purpose Tool Machines, Automated Machinery, portable and stationary Power Tools Seating/Clamping Devices,Tool & Dies, Jigs for major machining operations.

3. Design control devices.

4. Test repaired machinery and equipment for proper performance..

EDUCATION:- Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania 1978. My degree was evaluated by the University of Toronto to be equivalent in academic level to a degree from a Canadian university.

- Emission Systems Diagnostics, Centennial College Toronto 2005.

- Automotive Electrical/ Electronics-level 3, Centennial College Toronto 2005.



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