Jose Alejandro Amundarain Rondon

Mechanical Design Engineer | Project Manager | Product development 

Experience

Mechanical Design Engineer      Cooper Fluids Systems                            August 2022 – Actual

Cooper Fluid Systems specialises in the design, manufacture, installation, supply and repair of hydraulic, lubrication, refuelling, fluid dispensing, fire suppression and high force tooling systems and components.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains ongoing relationships with national customers.

• Develop marketing and sales strategies in conjunction with Regional and General Managers and sales teams for key contracts and customers.

• In conjunction with the management team assists with the development sales and service strategies for national customers.

• Participate in engineering assignments and projects involving research, product development, testing, design, installation, maintenance or construction.

Muir Engineering   |  May 2021 - on going

Engineer Manager 

Hays – contract role for Muir Engineering   |  November 2020 – May 2021

Mechanical Engineer (Contract)

• Drive change through design of the way the company manufacture

• Liaise closely with factory team to review and optimise drawings for production, embracing feedback on technical details.

• Liaise extensively with the Muir sales team from a technical perspective on future and current builds.

• Ensuring quality assurance procedures are correctly implemented and followed.

• Drive cultural chance to embrace new ideas and a can do attitude.

• Design cost out of current and future designs and produce engineering drawing for job books and stock components to be manufactured.

• Incorporate materials readily available using, where possible, an “off the shelf” mentality.

• Involved in class testing and approval calculations and requirements, and working closely with this on production and factory management, and technical sales personnel.

• 10% increased productivity on job book processing.

• 40% increased change request processing.

• 30% cost reductions due to Non-Conformances that originate from the department.

• 30% cost reductions due to Raw material and design improvements.

• New R&D developments: new chain engagement system for chain stoppers, new raised base design for windlasses, new stainless steel gypsy patterns 

• Redesigned current capstan with 66% more pull force while maintaining the same overall dimensions and footprint for client to install on a defined footprint in the deck of an Australian navy boat.

• Designed first successfully class tested (DNV) chain braking system for size 32mm grade U3 in the company, while previous design did not achieve the class testing requirements.

Ion Heat  |  Feb 2017 to Feb 2020

Mechanical Design Engineer

• Managed projects of vacuum plasma nitriding furnaces from design to installation.
• Delivered 3D Models, Calculations and CAE simulations for design of mechanical parts.
• Handled schedules, supervised manufacture and participated in quality control.
• Developed new technologies and optimization of the actual designs of Vacuum plasma nitriding furnaces.
• Contributed with technical assistance to customer as needed.

• Directed the design, manufacture and installation of Vacuum plasma nitriding furnaces in New York, Netherlands and India.
• Designed and manufactured Top-notch Technologies that very few people in the world work on such as: Vacuum Plasma Nitriding, Metal 3D printing technology and 3D generative design for additive manufacturing only possible thanks to 3d Metal printing technology. 

Indesol - Censco  |  Dec 2014 to Feb 2017

Mechanical Design Engineer

• Delivered machinery structural design, mechanism, pneumatics and automation for plastic industry like extruders, winders, and design work for pressure vessels and buildings.
• Completed drawings, plans and designs for mechanical engineering work.
• Estimating material costs and quantities, and machine requirements.
• Negotiated with clients about projects and pricing.
• Created standards and policies for installation, modification, quality control, testing, inspection and maintenance, according to engineering principles and safety regulations.
• Enhanced analysis of data, carrying out complex computations (FEA) and preparing diagrams.

• Secured reputation for the company within clients for engineering quality and efficiency, increasing 20% of engineering services provided to these clients.
• Trusted by client´s and be increased request to do engineer work on their sites.

Omya Andina  |  Apr 2013 to Nov 2014

Mechanical Project Engineer

• Directed projects from definition to execution phases.
• Devised baselines of projects (scope, budget and schedule).
• Moderated engineering teams and effective communication between the project team and suppliers, contractors.
• Promoted the effective sustainability management (quality, health, safety and environment) in comfort with Omya politics and local law and regulations.
• Orchestrated and guided project labour, delivery of materials, plant, equipment and contracts with suppliers and 3rd party personal working on site.

• Accomplished all baselines of the project.
• 0 accidents in almost 2 years of work on the complete execution of the biggest project (10 million dollars project, around 150+ workers all the time).
• Rebuilt plant processes saving up to 10% of cost.

Indesol - Censco  |  Dec 2010 to Mar 2013

Mechanical Design Engineer

• Negotiated, drafted and established contracts, programs, projects and services.
• Mentored and cultivated the engineering department to ensure that goals are met.
• Designed mechanical equipment, machinery, components, products for manufacture, and plant and systems for construction.
• Developed specifications for manufacture, determining materials, equipment, piping, material flows, capacities and layout of plant or systems.

• Managed to get 2 new clients with constant engineering projects for the company.
• Boosted workflow 20% of engineering projects.
• Slashed 40% lost time in administration for engineer employees.
• Overhauled project management system and documents for the company.