Francisco Farinha Email & Phone Number

Lisbon, Portugal

As an Associate Reliability Engineer at Hovione, I focus on enhancing equipment reliability and ensuring GMP compliance in pharmaceutical production.In addition to this, I support the Reliability team in creating tools to monitor equipment performance, conducting RCAs on downtime issues, participating in risk assessments (HAZOPs), and managing maintenance plans through SAP-PM. I also develop PowerBi dashboards to track maintenance and reliability KPIs and contribute to revamping and… Show more As an Associate Reliability Engineer at Hovione, I focus on enhancing equipment reliability and ensuring GMP compliance in pharmaceutical production.In addition to this, I support the Reliability team in creating tools to monitor equipment performance, conducting RCAs on downtime issues, participating in risk assessments (HAZOPs), and managing maintenance plans through SAP-PM. I also develop PowerBi dashboards to track maintenance and reliability KPIs and contribute to revamping and qualification projects in a cGMP environment. Show less

Loures, Lisbon, Portugal

Graduates Programe at HovioneFor the following year I will be working with the maintenance team to develop prediction tools based on clean room specifications to insure its optimal operation

Lisbon, Portugal

During the year 2022 I had the opportunity to be a Teaching Assistant for the courses of Industrial Automation, Signals and Mechatronic Systems (2nd year) and Control Systems (3rd year).In the 3 courses I was responsible for the laboratory evaluation of a set of shifts, where I had the opportunity to use my knowledge and skills accompanying the students during their learning and evaluation.I have also learned a great deal from my colleague TA’s and Professors and have enjoyed being able… Show more During the year 2022 I had the opportunity to be a Teaching Assistant for the courses of Industrial Automation, Signals and Mechatronic Systems (2nd year) and Control Systems (3rd year).In the 3 courses I was responsible for the laboratory evaluation of a set of shifts, where I had the opportunity to use my knowledge and skills accompanying the students during their learning and evaluation.I have also learned a great deal from my colleague TA’s and Professors and have enjoyed being able to contribute to the education of others. It has been a fulfilling and rewarding experience and I am grateful for the opportunity.During this year I also realized the important role of the teaching assistants, not only as a closer and perhaps more accessible teaching role to the students, but also as a link between those students and the teachers. In this case where someone who has been on the “other side” more recently, can see where there might be room for students to improve their experience throughout the course and get more out of the content being lectured.Finally, I would like to thank all the teachers and colleagues involved in the courses I have lectured and all the students who have passed through me and trusted (someone very close to their age) to be their teacher. Show less

Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Since June I am responsible for the Corporate and Institutional Relations team where I am responsible for a team of about 20 people in business contact, coordinating the contact with about 370 companies.My job is to delegate work, coordinate all the recruiting process, while keeping the team motivated and working on deadlines and budgets.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Since May, I am Vice-Coordinator of Corporate and Institutional Relations. I am responsible for managing a working group of 6 people and coordinating the contact of over 120 companies. My job as vice-coordinator is essentially to coordinate the business contact of my team, and to train the new members of this team who joined him in October.

In the academic year of 2018-2019, I accumulated the position of Coordinator of the Integration Division of the New Students of Mechanical Engineer, responsible for the integration process of the 160 students who integrate this course at the beginning of the year.In this new position, I embraced a set of responsibilities and challenges that led me to a great learning about the course and its inner workings, as I was presented with a set of problems from new students that often led me to… Show more In the academic year of 2018-2019, I accumulated the position of Coordinator of the Integration Division of the New Students of Mechanical Engineer, responsible for the integration process of the 160 students who integrate this course at the beginning of the year.In this new position, I embraced a set of responsibilities and challenges that led me to a great learning about the course and its inner workings, as I was presented with a set of problems from new students that often led me to discovery and research in order to be able to help as much as possible. Show less

Lisbon Area, Portugal

The Fórum Mecânica (Mechanical Engineering Students Group of the Instituto Superior Técnico) is a non-profit organization composed of students of the course in question.It aims to be a complementary tool to education, promoting the professional contact of the students it represents and fostering their social and intellectual development.The Fórum Mecânica counts on around 1200 students, teachers and researchers, establishing bridges between the academic and professional environment… Show more The Fórum Mecânica (Mechanical Engineering Students Group of the Instituto Superior Técnico) is a non-profit organization composed of students of the course in question.It aims to be a complementary tool to education, promoting the professional contact of the students it represents and fostering their social and intellectual development.The Fórum Mecânica counts on around 1200 students, teachers and researchers, establishing bridges between the academic and professional environment through a wide range of initiatives. Show less

Portugal

For a year period, I've contacted over 20 companies, having had meetings with several of those, such as COBA, Sonae Capital, Tekever, Portlaser, C. Santos etc.. I've sent dozens of e-mails and made dozens of phone calls. This experience made me understand how does the Commercial and Sales part of a company work. I've also learnt how to get in touch with companies, send e-mails and how to communicate and negotiate with companies.

Hof Van Twente, Overijssel, Netherlands

For a full semester (6 months) I have been enrolled in the Master of System and Control in University of Twente inside the Erasmus Program. During this period, and although being in the middle of a global pandemic, I got to know some amazing people and to learn a lot, not only about advanced control strategies or computational structural optimization but also about what it is to live in the Netherlands.I leave this adventure to get back to my home university with a lot more knowledge, a… Show more For a full semester (6 months) I have been enrolled in the Master of System and Control in University of Twente inside the Erasmus Program. During this period, and although being in the middle of a global pandemic, I got to know some amazing people and to learn a lot, not only about advanced control strategies or computational structural optimization but also about what it is to live in the Netherlands.I leave this adventure to get back to my home university with a lot more knowledge, a different way to look at things, some great new friends and mostly, with a greater willingness to continue my degree and to become a better engineer. Show less

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 16

Exchange Student, Mechanical Engineering

For a period of 6 months, I have lived in the Netherlands studying at Twente University as an Erasmus exchange student.