CARLOS BIRAL

Experience

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  Gerdau S.A.

  May 1988 - Jul 2015

  Engineering - Maintenance Technical Assistant

  Engineering - Maintenance Technical AssistantLeader of the machine shop maintenance staff (Central Maintenance area Inside) Control of the main maintenance indicators; Responsible for hand training technique work for production areas (New trainees and Young Learners). Shared maintenance management with the productive areas; Participation in project improvements and cost reduction, in the pursuit of continuous improvement to the process.Engineering - Maintenance Assistant - I led the maintenance of GBS (Gerdau Business System) in the evaluation of the production areas; Deployment of Simplifying Maintenance System; Participation in the design of a new hydraulic room as improvement in the movement of the cooling bed of the continuous casting of steel mill (initial control - one of the pillars of TPM); Implementation / Revitalization Autonomous maintenance in production areas; Management Reports issued Rolling Mill and Steel works through analysis focused on the interruption, inspection compliance, maintenance costs and compliance with the lubrication chart. Implementation of an automatic oiler system at the press of rolling coils 2. Participation in the project to install a new shredder (Birin) in the Scrap Yard.Mechanical Technician - Inspector of Materials - Responsible for inspection of materials in design and shopping spot; Trials not destructible tests. (PL; Hardness); Customer relationship - Supplier in treatment of non-conformities; Serving Internal and external audits (Quality, Safety and Environment);Internal Quality Auditor - ISO 9001; ISO 9001 coordinator.Maintainer technical - Performing Maintenance, improvements in various plant equipment'sLathe operator - Machining of various parts (new and reclaimed), around conventional lathe / CNC; Milling; Planer; Radial Drilling and Boring.Apprentice - Learning process in the machine tools (machining). Show less

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  Dallas Baptist University

  Mar 2016 - May 2016

  Intensive English Program
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  ThyssenKrupp CSA

  Sept 2016 - Sept 2017

  Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
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  Ternium

  Sept 2017 - Apr 2023

  As a maintenance engineer, I reviewed the maintenance plans based on failure cycles with the engineers of the production areas, seeking to optimize costs and increase equipment reliability.Preparation of management reports on maintenance indicators.Standardization and structuring of process assets in computerized maintenance systems (asset taxonomy, structure of equipment and installation sites, catalog profiles and criticality classification in SAP-PM).Master data management for maintenance strategy analysis and cost reduction;Carrying out internal audits within WCM program and diagnoses of maintenance processes and identifying opportunities for improvement in steel plant; Interfacing with internal customers, operations and maintenance.Reviewing maintenance procedures and standards, training maintenance personnel in maintenance policies and guidelines, new projects in the SAP tool; Implementation of the Mobile Inspection project - Inspection via Smartphone;Using quality tools for continuous improvement and solving chronic problems to ensure asset availabilityImplementation of improvement projects in maintenance routines, such as sensitive inspection, preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance, failure analysis and autonomous maintenance.Supporting the maintenance teams for belt conveyors, gas and steam turbines, boilers and steam lines, overhead cranes and effluent stations. Show less I led the management of Capex for high and medium criticality assets together with the engineering teams from the plant's maintenance areas, with a result of USD 25 million.I worked on the working capital project, together with the supply chain team, ending the exclusivity of imported spare parts with a gain of USD 18 thousand, standardizing inventory management procedures and cleaning up the SAP registration database.Facilitator of strategic maintenance management, workshop through the WCM - World Class Manufacturing program, expanding guidelines and goals with internal clients from maintenance, operations and inspection engineering to increase maintenance maturity and include maintenance practices. In Maintenance Engineering, I led the WCM project in 4 important processes within the production areas: Steelworks, Plant, Utilities, WTP and Port-Logistics, where I trained more than 120 employees, including engineers, technicians and inspectors in the review of maintenance plans, maintenance investment structure, equipment installation location, catalog profile and criticality classification through the SAP - PM - MM system, reviewed the inspection routes of critical equipment with inspectors using a mobile device, performed process audits with management reports presented to the maintenance committee of area managers, where we obtained as a result an increase in maintenance maturity by 30% and improvements in process stabilization. Show less

  • Senior Mechanical Engineer

    Sept 2022 - Apr 2023

  • Mechanical Maintenance Engineer 2

    Sept 2017 - Sept 2022