Ciprian Berescu

Experience

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  Autoliv Romania SRL

  Jul 2008 - Jul 2010

  Design Engineer

  Design seatbelt and buckles production lines, manage cost reduction projects, design buckles components

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  II Berescu Ciprian

  Nov 2010 - May 2011

  Service Engineer

  Diagnose car problems, order parts and change broken parts

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  Freelancer

  May 2011 - Dec 2011

  Freelance Mechanical Design Engineer

  Design and build tools, devices,production lines &workstations, CMM measurement for VOLVO, Renault, Opel, Faurecia, Bosal, Audi, Toyota, Airbus A350FTF, Faurecia, Johnson Controls, etc.

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  ELDON Group

  Jan 2012 - Jul 2012

  Research & Development Leader and Production Suport Engineer

   Worked 6 months as R&D Leader at Eldon Brasov, a company that manufactures electrical enclosures. During this period I increased the number of special products and prototypes delivered 3 times without any customer complaints / issues. My team was formed of 12 engineers ( one older than my father) and 40 production operatives (the least productive), the youngest being 10 years older than me. Through my team management and project management techniques I was able to motivate my team, deliver projects on time and on budget, boosted their productivity which boosted also their pay, and achieve results which impressed management from sister factories around Europe. Most of the “test” prototypes were later part of the delivery due to their high quality. I have also boosted people's confidence and involvement in daily tasks allowing them to propose and implement small projects that lead to decreasing design / manufacturing time, improving response time, reduce costs overall and improve the quality of products delivered. Small jigs / fixtures / tooling started to be manufactured in house which also decreased costs even further.  Daily activities included attending the management meetings, assigning tasks to various members of the team, receiving prototypes/ special product inquiries, creating quotations, budgets, project teams, support for quality colleagues on technical issues, customer / supplier liaison, providing support to suppliers for increasing the quality of parts delivered, providing maintenance engineers support on various machines maintenance/ upgrades. Show less

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  Freelance Mechanical Design Engineer

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  Mechanical Design Engineer

  I have been working as online subcontractor for various customers all around the globe. Amongthe most important customers and projects are:- S.E.W.S.-Romania - steam heating enclosures for assembly of fragile plastic parts ;- Stanley US ( Honda headlight division in US)- assembly and testing jigs for headlights;Other customers: TEA Cugir ( gear and speed reducers manufacturer), diamond sorting company inBelgium, MEGA MAR Orastie, IPAD Pitesti, PROBEMA Belgium, SOURCING OVERSEAS Taiwan.All projects are designed using either Catia V5 or Solid Works Show less

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  Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd.

  Nov 2013 - Sept 2014

  Mechanical Design Engineer- contractor

  Working in Tooling design department, I was involved in a production line transfer between 2 plants. Daily tasks included 2D drawings check, confronting with actual layout in production, check for differences between fixed equipment of the 2 lines, and design modifications needed to ensure compatibility between the 2 lines tooling. Design activities included creating/modifying 3D models to exact existing design and dimensions using CATIA V5 and checking robots reach, modifying welding sequence using DELMIA V5. - All work was concentrated in a Presentation and a Design Specification sent to high management to investment approval. Other duties and responsibilities: create 3D models and 2D drawings according to Honda design standard ( JIS and / or BS), check and correct other contractors modeling work, liaise with suppliers, support mechanical team with assembly of new parts, provide support for the planning team in terms of concept and quotation, regular meetings with customer for project/ design progress, provide coaching for less experienced designers, etc.Other projects: - Investigation of 2 new engines introduction onto current production line. Show less

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  Bosch Rexroth UK in Cirencester

  Aug 2014 - Mar 2015

  Mechanical Design Engineer- contractor

   He was taken on board to design 3 production lines for the assembly of different sub-assemblies of the 2015 Vauxhall Astra. The lines will assemble the front subframe, rear axle and corner strut. Design activities included concept design of the pallets tooling (6 pallets in total,) 13 stations from a total number of 23 workstations, manufacturing drawings of high tolerance parts and assemblies, liaison with the customer for the best design, customer approval of the designs, choosing materials, heat treatments and coatings. Because the customer required running both current and new model, all lines and pallet tooling were designed to accommodate all the model differences and also the manufacturing tolerances (many welded assemblies produced by various suppliers across the globe). The lines are of various shapes and sizes, from kitting stations, sub-assembly, manual, semi-automated and automated. Beside design activities, I was involved in splitting the detailed design work between other members of the design team according to their skills and capabilities, liaising with suppliers for machined parts, using as much as possible Bosch products in the design, negotiating customer required changes in terms of technical feasibility, costs and delivery dates, support for the software and electrical teams, production support on assembly / non-conforming parts, etc.- Other activities included reporting to management of project progress, sourcing new suppliers to reduce manufacturing costs, etc. Show less

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  Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd.

  Mar 2015 - Jul 2015

  Senior Mechanical Design Engineer-contractor

  Havingprevious experience with Honda standards and manufacturing plant and their tight time schedule, Iwas called again to help with the introduction of the new 2016 Civic onto the production line ( mainlybody and paint tooling.

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  AmSafe Bridport

  Apr 2016 - Dec 2016

  Contractor Mechanical Design Engineer

   Daily responsibilities included creating 3D models, 2d part/assembly drawings for the Anti-Jam Net system for the A400M military aircraft and RPG protection nets for armoured vehicles. Beside parts design/drafting, he was actively involved in developing manufacturing possibilities with suppliers, design jigs for vibration / salt spray / abuse loads tests, carrying out assembly tests for prototype and serial production parts and creating/updating documentation submitted to Airbus. All company quality standards, internal procedures had to be adhered to. During my time there I also started to develop a cost saving system, by implementing 3D annotations on parts to reduce time for creating 2D drawings. Show less

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  Manchester Automation

  Feb 2017 - Apr 2017

  Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

  Aircraft automation, Assembly tooling design, Process flow simulations using Delmia V5, project engineering and production support.

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  ADI AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES LIMITED

  Apr 2017 - Jan 2018

  Lean Manufacturing & Design Project Engineer

   Daily activities included liaising with customers to understand requirements, propose solid and reliable technical solutions, create concept, prepare financial and technical quotations for projects in hand and oversee the design ( splitting the tasks between various contractors and permanent staff), negotiating costs and delivery terms, payment terms, ordering materials, manufacturing, support for software team, installation and commissioning of completed projects. All projects have been managed according to Project Management Methods and LEAN methodology, with superiors involved only when and where issues could occur. Attending regular customer meetings, presenting project progress to stakeholders, negotiating customer required changes in terms of delivery dates and costs and potential technical issues were also part of daily activities.  During manufacturing and assembly stage, I had to ensure operatives had all the tools necessary ( hand tools, milling cutters, etc) for the job, and the manufacturing would not interfere with the delivery of other projects run by other colleagues. All jobs were subject to Company's Quality Standard. Where site visits were necessary, I was responsible for creating the RAMS, getting customer approval, ensuring all project team members had appropriate PPE, tools necessary, have read and understood tasks to be carried out, health and safety issues, etc. Beside operational duties, as project engineer other tasks included sales forecasts, financial reports for top management, etc, workshop regular inspections/audits, various training sessions on certain procedures / standards / methods etc.  Each project had different team members, thus different approach for each member was needed to ensure the project will run smooth and 100% involvement of each team member was present. Show less

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  THE MTC - ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

  Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

  Senior Mechanical Design Engineer- contractor

  Contractor Mechanical Design Engineer for MTC in Coventry, working on Factory in a Box 2 project. Daily activities include Mechanical Design of equipment, Layout design, P&ID diagrams, writing specifications for bought in equipment, liaising with suppliers to obtain the best equipment possible for the job, creating test procedures, finding new suppliers ( lower cost),etc. and also coaching graduate engineers with their part of the project. All equipment has been specified after hand calculations, process flow, power consumption, waste management,optimizing all the aspects of the project. Other activities included liaising with all stakeholders throughout the life of projects, negotiating with suppliers on costs and delivery dates, providing support to software and electrical teams. Show less

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  KCS HERR-VOSS (UK) LIMITED

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

  Mechanical Design Engineer (contractor), I helped with the design of a maintenance platform to extract and replace steel guiding rollers ( 650mm diameter, 1.2m long, 450kgs) with minimum disruption to existing equipment. Contract ended due to lack of additional orders.

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  EBS Automation

  Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

  Mechanical Design Engineer
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  Phoenix Materials Testing Ltd

  Dec 2018 - Apr 2020

  Mechanical Design Manager
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  Own Workshop

  Apr 2020 - now

  Self Employed