Romain V.
Manufacturing Welding Engineer
Professional Status
Freelancer
Available
About Me
Management of continuous improvement projects, inspection, supervision, industrialization of new products, creation of production lines, documentary review and conformity assessment. Experience in identifying and managing CFSI (Counterfeit, Fraudulent, Suspect, Item).
Head of manufacturing support welding department
Sclumberger (Cameron France )
September 2012
to 2017
Béziers
- Department missions
- Definition and management of continuous improvement projects < M€.
- Recruitment and training of welders, supervisors and technicians
- Optimize production methods and processes
- Contribute to production planning (Load/Capacity adequacy)
- Contribute to product design optimization (Slimline Annular - RCD)
- Liaison between welding engineering and other departments
- Search for root causes of welding non-conformities
- Carry out safety and technical inspections
- Formalize best practices / Make processes more reliable
- Industrialize new parts and develop robotized welding
- Supplier training (Nabertherm - Fronius - IGM)
- Coordinate welding equipment calibration operations in the workshop
- Analyze variances on production and purchasing orders
- Definition and management of continuous improvement projects < M€.
- Robotic welding project
- Purchase and installation of a welding robot
- Drawing up specifications and sending out tenders
- Analysis of quotations and selection of suppliers
- Creation of layout drawings and supplier acceptance (IGM)
- Management of welding engineering for PQR development
- Supervision of filler material and gas selection tests
- Steering of industrialization tests
- Updating standard ranges and costs
- Purchase and installation of a welding robot
- 6Sigma project Welding quality improvement
- Welding quality improvement
- Creation of a (multidisciplinary) team and an Ishikawa diagram
- Analyze non-conformities and draft good welding practices
- Verify compliance with good practices through Technical Visits
- Development of a Welding Management System (WMS) application
- Define performance indicators and integrate them into the WMS
- Welding quality improvement
- 6Sigma project: Bringing the heat treatment process under control
- Creation of a (multidisciplinary) team
- Conduct a Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMEA)
- Process modeling (internal and external) using Visio software (Process Map)
- Implement the new process
- Internal process control with foremen
- Drawing up specifications for modifications to furnace management software
- Implement new software
- Training of foremen and drafting of user instructions
- Creation of a (multidisciplinary) team
- Project to increase welding capacity
- Purchase of welding machines and heat treatment furnaces
- Drawing up specifications and sending out invitations to tender
- Analysis of quotations and selection of suppliers
- Start-up of equipment and training of operators after recruitment
- Factory Acceptance Test at furnace supplier (Nabertherm - Germany)
- Training at welding equipment supplier (ETR, Fronius - Austria)
- Purchase of welding machines and heat treatment furnaces