JOÃO VALENTE
bromley,United Kingdom
Summary
Experienced professional with a strong background in people management, planned preventative maintenance, and technical troubleshooting. Proficient in electrical and mechanical fault finding, PLC systems, and implementing effective PPM programmes to optimise equipment performance. Demonstrates expertise in engineering support, decision making, and equipment troubleshooting, complemented by a positive attitude and advanced knowledge of electrical systems. Committed to delivering high-quality solutions while fostering operational efficiency and team development.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Maintenance Engineer
ProAmpac
Royston
11.2019 - 05.2022
- Hot area
- Cold area
- Plastic extruder machines
- High speed cutting machines
- PE welding machines
- High speed film printers
- Inkjet
- Adjustment and optimization of production lines
Product quality team leader
BA Glass
Lisbon
01.2017 - 08.2019
- Evaluation and study of defects found in production
- Coordination of the team of quality auditors
- Ensure that all product specifications comply with the FSSC 22000:2011 standard
- Ensure that all product specifications are in accordance with the project approved by the customer
- Tests of resistance to axial load
- Capacity tests by volumetric comparison
- Tests of height, horizontality, verticality and planarity
- Thermal shock resistance tests
- Annealing tests with polariscope
- Impact resistance tests
- Testing the thickness of glass by ultrasonic rays
- Sliding angle tests
Maintenance Engineer
BA Glass
Lisboa
06.2011 - 02.2017
- Technical responsibility for preventive and corrective maintenance strategies
- Study of maintenance improvements for increased reliability and cost savings
- Maintenance of continuous production lines
- Optimisation of production line speeds and equipment in order to increase profitability
- Electrical and mechanical tuning of automatic bottle and container inspection machines in order to increase product quality and minimize loss
- Planning of the actions to be carried out by the team of instrumentalists
- Maintenance and programming of rotating inspection machines
- Maintenance and programming of vision inspection machines
- Maintenance and programming of packaging equipment
- Programmation and maintenance of palletizers
- Maintenance and programming of thickness measuring machines
- Programming of bottle guidance machines
- Study and implementation of new inspection techniques
- PCB diagnostics and repair
- Digital and anological electronics
- Maintenance, diagnosis and programming of PLC's
Maintenace engineer
Galp Energy
Sines
11.2005 - 04.2011
- Coordination of the maintenance team of instrumentalists and electricians
- Maintenance and repair of advanced integrated robotic systems
- Verification, analysis and maintenance of the crude distillation Station
- Control and maintenance of sulphur station
- Control and maintenance of the acide production station
- Maintenance of pneumatic and hydraulic circuits
- Maintenance, diagnosis and programming of PLC's
- Repair of single and three phase electric motors
- Maintenance and installation of Peripheral, Self-Aspirators and Centrifuges pumps
- Maintenance and installation of temperature, pressure and flow precision instruments
Education
EQF 5 - hnd - Industrial maintenance engineer
Cenfim
Lisbon 09.2010 - 10.2012
EQF 4 - Renewable energy systems
Institute of education and professional training
Beja 04.2008 - 04.2010
Skills
- People Management
- Planned Preventative Maintenance
- Mechanical repair competency
- Engineering support
- Decision making
- Positive attitude
- Electrical systems knowledge
- Technical troubleshooting
- Electrical and mechanical fault finding
- PLC
- Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programmes
- Equipment troubleshooting
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Certification
Course Title
Accomplishments
Your Achievement, Describe what you did and the impact it had.
Languages
English
Intermediate
Portuguese
Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Intermediate
Custom
Project Name, Date period, Short summary of your work, What was a successful outcome of your work? (e.g. Raised $3,000 for the charity)
Timeline
Maintenance Engineer
ProAmpac
11.2019 - 05.2022
Product quality team leader
BA Glass
01.2017 - 08.2019
Maintenance Engineer
BA Glass
06.2011 - 02.2017
EQF 5 - hnd - Industrial maintenance engineer
Cenfim
09.2010 - 10.2012
EQF 4 - Renewable energy systems
Institute of education and professional training
04.2008 - 04.2010
Maintenace engineer
Galp Energy
11.2005 - 04.2011
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