Flavia Kudla

Experience

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  Cameron, a Schlumberger company

  Aug 2000 - Aug 2003

  Engineering Supervisor

  •Supervised and assured activities performed at the Quality and Engineering Departments were correct;•Managed a team of five, which included engineers, designers and draftsman;•Evaluated, diagnosed and recommended repair and remanufacturing of drilling, surface and subsea equipment;•Produced technical reports for customers that detailed the state of their equipment and certified equipment;• Elaborated procedures, routings, drawings and other applicable documents to the remanufacturing of equipment that specified welding, machining, coating, painting, inspection and testing processes;• Supervised and coordinated inspection, repair, assembly and testing of equipment at the plant and at customer's sites, including offshore facilities;•Responsible for training and qualification of the Aftermarket Engineering and Quality groups;•Replied to non-conformance reports;•Responsible for the welding activities at the plant;•Worked as Quality Control and Assurance Supervisor (created the initial Quality Control Department and Quality Assurance System at the plant). Show less

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  SLB

  Sept 2003 - now

  • Lead the Supplier Quality Engineers in the processes of assessing, monitoring and driving continuous improvement of the quality of parts, products and services delivered by suppliers;• Develop and manage a framework for monitoring supplier quality, with explicit measurement of both on-time delivery and defect rates;• Review and analyze supplier quality performance, deviations and returned product reports;• Ensure improvement of the supplier quality assurance programs;• Manage supplier quality audits, including audit planning and scheduling and remedial work plans;• Develop and implement parts, process and supplier qualification plans;• Support development and execution of remedial work plans by suppliers to address non-conformances;• Mentor/Coach Supplier Quality Engineers. Show less •Lead Metallurgical Engineer for major subsea systems projects: supported all activities related to materials, coatings and corrosion, which included writing, reviewing, revising and/or approving internal and external technical documents, participating in pre-production meetings, problem solving with manufacturing plants (internal and external) and interaction with customers’ Materials Engineers;•Supported subsea systems tenders for different projects/customers: formulated technical position with material selection, coating selection, exceptions and/or qualifications based on industry, company internal and customers’ specifications;•Developed and maintained specifications for materials (forgings, bars, castings, pipe, tube, etc.) and procedures for processes (coatings and plating);•Wrote technical reports on materials, corrosion testing and qualifications;•Developed and maintained databases for qualification forgings and manufacturing specifications;•Developed standardization of audit forms, material specifications and other materials/corrosion related documents;•Provided technical support to different departments (Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Projects and Sales) and manufacturing plants throughout the world – advised on materials selection for different applications and service environments, vendor development and qualification, materials non-conformance and other materials/corrosion related matters;•Performed technical audit of vendors and qualification of their processes - forge shops, foundries, pipe and tube mills, bolting manufacturers, heat treatment, coating and plating facilities, test laboratories, steel and specialty alloys mills) in the United States and other countries;•Coordinated failure analysis investigations: interacted, communicated and met with interested parties; researched technical papers and other publications; specified required testing, evaluated results and issued final reports;•Mentored Metallurgical Engineers; Show less

  • Principal Materials Engineer & Failure Analysis Manager

    Dec 2023 - now

  • Materials Support and Failure Analysis Manager

    May 2020 - Jan 2024

  • Senior Materials Engineer

    Nov 2019 - May 2020

  • Supplier Quality Manager

    Oct 2018 - Nov 2019

  • Senior Materials Engineer

    Sept 2003 - Oct 2018