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Manuel Alejandro A.

Mechanical Design Engineer — Machinery, Steel Structures & FEA | CSWP

Arrecifes, Argentina

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20,044 / 145,400

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Bill of Materials (BOM) FEM Analysis Simulation SolidWorks Simulation 4 Technical Documentation

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About

Mechanical engineer with 10+ years designing machinery, welded steel structures and process piping for the agricultural, metallurgical and chemical industries in Argentina and Spain. Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP).

What I deliver:
- Production-ready 3D models and 2D drawings — welding, machining and bending callouts, BOMs, ISO GPS tolerancing (ISO 286 / 2768 / 1302), first-angle projection.
- Structural FEM analysis in SolidWorks Simulation, sized against EN 1993 for steel structures.
- Sheet metal design with real manufacturing constraints: bend allowance and K-factor, bend reliefs, minimum hole-to-bend distances, flat patterns that the shop can actually cut and fold.
- Parametric, modular models driven by design tables and configurations, built to be edited later rather than rebuilt.
- Weldments and mechanically welded assemblies designed for the weld-then-machine sequence, with fixturing and distortion in mind.

Background: 60+ industrial projects led end to end at Muzami Contratas (Spain), lead designer on passenger boarding bridges at Adelte, product design for laser/plasma cutting machinery at Tecoi, and agricultural machinery design at Víctor Juri.

English C2 (Cambridge CPE), native Spanish. I work to European standards; I do not certify to ASME Y14.5. Available in US and European time zones. Foreign independent contractor (W-8BEN).

Experience

Technical Project Manager Muzami Contratas S.L. · Full-time Mar 2024 – Dec 2025 1 yrs 9 mos Sant Andreu de la Barca, Spain • Led end-to-end industrial projects (piping, steel structures, platforms, walkways, and supports), primarily in the metallurgical and chemical sectors. | Directed 60+ projects of varying scale for major clients.
• Supervised the fabrication of welded steel assemblies in the workshop and on-site. | Ran up to 6 crews at a time across workshop and field, supported by lead fitters.
• Oversaw multiple concurrent projects for different clients. | Managed up to 8 projects in simultaneous execution.
• Performed 2D/3D design and FEM simulation in SolidWorks, validating technically prior to production. | Developed 150+ parts/assemblies, validating each against the client's required function.
• Coordinated purchasing, suppliers, and logistics — allocating resources and scheduling tasks. | Managed up to 20 suppliers when needed, visiting them and providing detailed drawings to ensure quality.
• Prepared detailed budgets and served as primary technical contact for clients. | Handled up to 6 major clients at once, winning projects through direct contact and competitive bids that maximized our margins and leveraged our strengths.
• Monitored project milestones on-site and in the workshop, identified deviations, and implemented corrective actions. | Reviewed 100% of my projects, typically at 0%–25%–50%–75%–100% completion checkpoints.
• Set dimensional and fit-up tolerances for shop fabrication and site erection of steel structures and piping, reconciling shop tolerances with as-built civil conditions. | Fabrication to EN 1090; deviations resolved against the structure as built, not against the nominal model.
• Drove design decisions from shop and site capability — bend radii matched to available press tooling and plate thickness, cut geometry for plasma and oxy-fuel, torch access, and assembly sequence to control weld distortion. | Non-repeating structures: manufacturability decided per project, since none of it was inherited from a standard product.
Tools: SolidWorks, AutoCAD
Mechanical Engineer Quest Global Engineering S.L.U. (ProtoLabs) · Full-time Nov 2023 – Mar 2024 4 mos Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Spain • Designed and built test benches for prototype validation in the wind energy sector. | Took part in 3 prototyping projects.
• Conducted testing, data analysis, and technical report writing in English and Spanish. | Produced 3 validation test reports.
Tools: SolidWorks
Mechanical Engineer Quest Global Engineering S.L.U. (Adelte Group) · Full-time Sep 2022 – Nov 2023 1 yrs 2 mos Barcelona, Spain • Designed parts and assemblies in 2D/3D for passenger boarding bridges at ports and airports. | Developed 200+ parts/assemblies to technical specifications.
• Produced and released fabrication and assembly drawings with detailed welding, machining, and bending instructions and BOMs. | Released 200+ production drawings, revision-controlled in Creo Model Manager (PDM).
• Built and maintained the product structure (MRP) for the assemblies designed, per internal standards. | Created 300+ items across the 6 projects I worked on.
• Lead designer, primarily responsible for a major assembly of the machine. | Owned a project developing a building-connection module.
• Resolved cross-part tolerance accumulation at weldment-to-machined interfaces on the building-connection module, defining which faces carried the tolerance to preserve fit-up during on-site erection. | Assembly-level tolerance allocation on a module joining a moving machine to fixed civil works.
• Designed to fabrication constraints — bend radii to available tooling and plate thickness, cut geometry for laser and plasma, torch access and weld sequence — and built parts as parametric families on design tables with standard components. | Configurable assemblies reused across boarding-bridge variants instead of one-off geometry.
Tools: Solid Edge, AutoCAD, Creo Model Manager
Product Designer Tecoi Corte S.L. · Full-time Sep 2020 – Sep 2022 2 yrs León, Spain • Designed parts and assemblies for laser, plasma, and oxy-fuel cutting machinery and industrial equipment, under modularity and parametric criteria supported by design tables and standard components. | Took part in 10+ projects of varying scale.
• Produced and released machining, fabrication, and assembly drawings under revision control, with weld, machining, and forming instructions and BOMs. | Released 400+ production drawings under ISO 9001 revision control.
• Acted as design authority to production, clarifying released documentation and verifying execution against it. | Point of technical decision during fabrication, keeping released geometry stable instead of reopening it.
• Specified fits, surface finish, and geometric tolerances on machined components (shafts, sprockets, bushed hubs) to ISO GPS — ISO 286 fit classes, ISO 1101 geometric tolerancing, ISO 2768 general tolerances, ISO 1302 surface specification. | Geometric control specified where misalignment was a credible failure mode and omitted where the machining process already guaranteed it — tolerance scoped to function, not to inspection cost.
• Controlled tolerance stack-up on multi-feature machined parts through baseline dimensioning, datum selection, and sequencing of surface treatment. | On a 640 mm transmission shaft with 7 axial features, baseline dimensioning held the terminal face to a single tolerance instead of the chained sum; nitrided m5/j6 seats sequenced ahead of final grinding so the specified fit survived the treatment.
• Drove geometry from the cutting and forming process — kerf and lead-in allowance for laser, plasma and oxy-fuel, tab placement, bend radii to available press tooling and plate thickness, and torch access on welded frames. | Parts specified to the capability of the machines and tooling actually available on the floor.
Tools: SolidWorks, DraftSight
Mechanical Design Engineer Industrias Víctor Juri S.A. · Full-time Aug 2016 – Jan 2020 3 yrs 5 mos Carmen de Areco, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina • Designed parts and assemblies for agricultural machinery (grain seeders and fertilizer spreaders). | Took part in the design of 4 complete seeder models and 1 nurse hopper.
• Generated and maintained bills of materials, drawings, and technical documentation. | Documented 100% of the designs I worked on.
• Programmed PLC routines for a YASKAWA welding robot, replacing manual welding and reducing cycle times and human error. | Programmed 5 routines for different major welded assemblies of the machines.
• Managed the MRP (Material Requirements Planning) of designed products, building the product tree per internal standards. | Created 300+ items in BEJERMAN with materials, production times, and margin percentages, linked to purchased supplier items; built a simplified sale-price equation per JURI criteria.
• Designed welded agricultural machinery frames to the fabrication process — cut geometry for plasma and oxy-fuel, torch and robot access, and weld sequence to control distortion on long assemblies. | Access constraints resolved at design stage so the major welded assemblies could be robot-welded.
Tools: SolidWorks, Bejerman

Education

Structuralia Engineering e-learning Master's degree in structural analysis and calculation, Structural Engineering 2026 – 2027 (expected) This specialization is aimed at professionals already working in structural design, analysis, and dimensioning. It focuses on consolidating skills in the calculation and dimensioning of structural elements in civil engineering and building construction, from conception to execution. It first reinforces the fundamentals of manual calculation and then applies specific software, both matrix and finite element, integrating BIM methodology. The content covers structural typologies and their connections, stress analysis, bending, shear and buckling, and the behavior and application of steel, concrete, wood, and prestressed concrete.

Stated objectives (summary): mastery of the principles of structural element calculation; resolution of complex problems using manual calculation and finite element methods; implementation of BIM in conception and dimensioning; analysis of stress response to various loads; material selection criteria; and evaluation of the feasibility and safety of structural projects.
Los Libertadores University Foundation Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, MECHANIAL ENGINEERING, 7.5/10 2009 – 2015 Activities and Societies: Gym, Theatre. This program has over 20 years of experience training mechanical engineers and guides graduates in the sizing, design, modeling, selection, construction, operation, and maintenance of mechanical and thermal machines, equipment, and systems. It equips them to calculate and design mechanical elements and systems, control industrial manufacturing processes for parts and select materials, plan and control plant activities, and operate and maintain thermal installations, hydraulic networks, and pneumatic equipment. Typical career paths include the automotive, metalworking, oil and gas, engineering services, and manufacturing sectors.

Distinguishing features include: mandatory business internships, professional electives aligned with the productive sector, the possibility of a double degree within the faculty, and 46% of academic courses with a laboratory component. Research conducted through the GIDAD (design and analysis of mechanical systems) and GUÍAS (signals and systems) research groups, both in category B.

Other experience

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Licenses & Certifications

CSWP - Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional in Mechanical Design Dassault Systèmes Sep 2021 – Present
Certificate of proficiency in english- Level C2 University of Cambridge International Examination Jul 2016 – Present