Profile
Self-motivated, innovative and goal-oriented Mechanical Engineer with strong communication skills and capability of collaborating with all departments from manufacturing to operations and marketing. With experience as a Contract Manager for an EPCM Steel Making Plant project in Venezuela, managing two Contracts, the first one related to Electrical Substations provided by Siemens Brazil and the second one related to the main Steel Making Equipment provided by SMS Siemag (Germany).
Skills
Quick Learner Computer proficient/Microsoft Office/Inventor
Contract negotiation/review/drafting Reports generation and analysis
Results-Oriented/Multi-task management Project management/International experience
Career Development
CO-OWNER
08/2015 to present
Arepa Street – Sydney, Australia
• Develop a food business to teach people about modern Latin street food.
• Find suppliers and manage term and conditions.
• Define marketing strategies.
• Make sure the food reaches the quality standards.
PROCUREMENT ENGINEER
07/2014 to 01/2015
Constructora Andrade Gutierrez C.A – Caracas, Venezuela
• Overlooked the whole process: negotiation of the contract, logistics planning, importation of the equipment and commissioning
• Managed the maintenance timetable, storage conditions and quality control of the equipment
• Managed inspections and testing of the equipment in Brazil, Germany and Colombia.
• Controlled financial aspects of the contract such as guarantees, billing and cash flow.
• Managed the project execution to safeguard the budget, schedule, quality and scope, always forecasting opportunities and risks.
• Reduced supply costs by working closely with suppliers to ensure that all components met department quality standards.
• Analysed departmental space requirements and created specialized text/graphic output for use in annual budgeting
TEACHER ASSISTANT OF MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
01/2010 to 10/2010
Universidad Simon Bolivar – Caracas, Venezuela
• Tutored and assisted the undergraduate students
• Organized practical classes and preparation for tests
• Taught an average of 40 students per class
Education & Qualifications
DIPLOMA: Project Management, Current
AIPE – Sydney, Australia
• Coursework in project scoping, estimating project resources, managing project quality, performance, risks and integration
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: Mechanical Engineer, 2014
Universidad Simon Bolivar – Caracas, Venezuela
• Coursework in Lean Manufacturing focussing in making obvious what adds value by reducing everything else using tools like: Yoke, Reduction of 7 Muda, Pull System, Just in Time, Kanban, 5’S and Visual Control, among others to be implemented in the workplace
• National Award winning Thesis: “Design of a manual machine to build ecological bricks”
• Teacher assistant by request of the teacher for having the highest qualification
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE: Inventor® – Autodesk, 2013
Arts Institute – Caracas, Venezuela
• Autodesk international certified user of tools for 3D mechanical design, documentation and product simulation
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Started a new business in Sydney within four months of being in Australia, along with two Australian entrepreneurs..
• Responsible for creative design of a machine that manually produces ecological bricks. National thesis award winning.
• Managed two of the main contracts in a large project, representing Andrade Gutierrez, a multinational Brazilian infrastructure group.
Languages
Spanish: Native English: Fluent Portuguese: Basic
Other Experiences
• One year experience living abroad in Bournemouth, UK, doing a Language Coursework with EF (Education First), which gave me the opportunity to travel around, get to know different cultures, gain confidence and enlarge my general knowledge
• Freelance teacher for Mathematics, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Design while I was at the University
• Assistance to congresses of: Mechanics and Processes 2011 (duration 24 hours), and Electronic Engineering 2012 (duration 16 hours)
• Coursework in: Evaluation of Rotating Equipment; Design, Management and Control of Business Services; Introduction to Bioengineering and Introduction to Management
