Catalin Nechifor Nicolae, B.Eng. Email & Phone Number

Pointe-Claire, Qc, Ca

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Team Leadership:- Lead and supervise a team of 34 maintenance staff, including technicians, electricians, mechanics, and other personnel.- Provide guidance, mentorship, and training to ensure a cohesive and high-performing team.- Evaluate the training needs of staff in collaboration with the department manager.- Manage team schedules, assignments, and performance evaluations.Maintenance Operations Management:- Oversee day-to-day maintenance activities, including preventive maintenance, repairs, and troubleshooting across various equipment and machinery.- Coordinate with other departments to schedule maintenance tasks without disrupting production schedules.- Ensure compliance with safety regulations and adherence to company policies during maintenance activities.Equipment and Facility Oversight :- Monitor and ensure the functionality and operational readiness of equipment, machinery, and facilities.- Collaborate with procurement to oversee inventory levels of spare parts and necessary maintenance supplies.- Implement strategies to enhance equipment reliability and minimize downtime.Process Optimization and Reporting:- Develop and refine maintenance procedures to improve efficiency and reduce operational costs.- Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, including work orders, equipment logs, and inventory.- Keep the preventive maintenance backlog to a minimum in CMMS.Communication and Coordination:- Liaise with management, production teams, and other departments to communicate maintenance needs, schedules, and progress.- Collaborate with external vendors and contractors for specialized maintenance services or repairs as necessary.- Welcome, register, train and accompany subcontractors to the site; explain and direct their activities.- Collaborate on internal and external audits with the Quality Assurance Department and implement corrective measures if necessary (corrective and preventive action system: CAPA).

Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec, Canada

DescriptionManage and lead, as part of preventive or corrective maintenance, several teams of varying sizes and different specialties depending on the nature and importance of the equipment maintained. • Prepare maintenance schedules in line with the organization maintenance goals and monitoring plan maintenance compliance. • Generate work orders, enter comprehensive job details, and assign work to qualified team members. • Work closely with vendors, outsourced service providers, and contractors to protect the interests of the facility. • Oversee and enforce good record-keeping practices. Control materials and spare parts inventory. • Frequently inspect facilities to proactively detect potential problems and recommend the necessary repair or maintenance. • Provide support and advice during staff recruitment and ensure the proper onboarding and training process. • Recommend budget items, contributing to the development of an annual maintenance budget. • Actively participate in projects (e.g., remodeling or renovation), discuss staff-related challenges with senior management • Recommend upgrades, overhauls, and other changes to major systems and equipment. • Check that the premises are safe and not in violation of any regulations. Achievements • Negotiating contracts and reducing costs with suppliers by 24% • Implementing an inventory control system • Organizing the material warehouse into groups of categories for easier identification • Setup new layout for the repair shop • Reduce production lines downtime to below 6.5%.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Within this company, I played an active role in the opening and operational development of this company in Canadian market. Garos Avionique was the first company to offer strain gauge instrumentation services to Bombardier, participating in the CSeries program and becoming one of the major outsourced companies. From the beginning my responsibilities and achievements were:¨Planning, organizing and evaluating the activities of the company, oversaw the strategic plan of the company,¨Commissioning of a production line of up 975 units per year of three types of load cells.¨Set up action plans to ensure productivity and optimize human, financial and material resources,¨Optimize of assembling time line by 33% by time regulation, conceived and writing of instructions and work sequences in the assembly book for the installation of strain gauges on aircraft components, force sensors using different software methods such as CATIA V5 and 3DVia. Continuous improvement of processes.¨Conduct interviews, hire and train staff, assess employee performance, coaching and motivation,¨Research and negotiate suppliers offer relating to production, logistics operations, equipment, maintenance. ¨Slashed the production costs by 27% by negotiating prices and charges, while ensuring continuity and improvement of services. ¨Keep in touch with customers (Bombardier, Collins Aerospace, Alstom, Pratt & Whitney, Snorkel and others) to determine their needs and offer our services and products, After only three years of activity, I started to implement the AS9100 Quality Management System within the company as standard of management. In 2017 my work has led to AS9100 certification.¨Identify, document and standardize key processes leading to the achievement of objectives,¨Optimize the shearing of knowledge and best practices through the organization,¨Coach the team in order to develop their talent in the organization,¨Perform and conduct internal audit, supervise the external audit.

Madrid, Spain

In this company, my role was the management of Airbus projects of the A350 XWB program (static tests and flight tests - wings and VTP) carried out in Spain, France and Germany.¨ Manage all aspects of ongoing projects, check maintenance tools, equipment, storage,¨ Participate in the definition of tooling needs, assembly and installation of various production equipment according to the optimal methodology, taking into account the health / safety aspect,¨ Provide best practices to clients on collection, processing, review, and services,¨ Conceived and writing of instructions and work sequences in the assembly book for the installation of strain gauges on aircraft components using various software methods such as CATIA V5 and 3DVia,¨ Provide the necessary technical support to technicians.

Madrid, Spain

¨ Team leader of 12 electromechanics,¨ Coordinated mechanical and electrical assemblies of fire detection system, CCTV security system in the Ave S-100 passenger train (22 train sets) remodeling operation held in the workshops Alstom - RENFE AVE Spain, Villaseca de La Sagra (high-speed trains department).

Timisoara

¨ Provide superior customer support for equipment maintenance,¨ Performed and diagnosing breakdown problems, carrying out quality inspections on jobs,¨ Controlling maintenance tools and costs, stores and equipment.

Engineer'S Degree, Fine Mechanics, Diplomat

Aec, Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician, Quality Control In Aeronautics

Aec, Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician, Structural Assembly, Method Agent In Aeronautics