Curriculum Vitae

Personal Data
Diego Santana Bragana
26 years old, born at April 2nd, 1990
75 Ado Roque, block 5, apartment 404, Paulo Camilo Neighborhood
Betim, Minas Gerais - Brazil
Tel.: +55-31-9 9701-1900 (Brasil)
E-Mail: diego.braganca1@hotmail.com / diego.braganca@fcagroup.com

Objective

Develop engineering activities relating to manufacturing engineering, project

management, industrial maintenance or personnel management.

Academic and Professional background

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Centro Universitrio do Leste de Minas Gerais (UnilesteMG)
High performance student - Federal Government Scholarship holder
Start: 07/2009 Final: 07/2014

Welding Technical Course

Centro Educacional Roberto Porto (CERP)
Start: 02/2008 Final: 06/2009
- Course load: 1200 hours

Professional Course in Mechanic and Welding

Centro de Formao Profissional Eng. Gil Guatimosim (SENAI/USIMINAS)
Start: 12/2006 - Final 03/2008
- Course load: 2232 hours

Professional Experience

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil)

Since August 15th,2014 (current job)

Position: Manufacturing Engineer / Project Responsible Body-

in-White

Working at Manufacturing Engineering of Fiat Chrysler Latin America

with cross-functional teams throughout the entire lifecycle of the
product. Works closely with Body/Product Engineering and Production in
order to take the assemblies from initial design through development
and into full production.

In charge of:
- Technical specification for automated manufacturing equipment;
- Definition of manufacturing methods - assembly sequence, welding
sequence, adhesive application,;
- Development of new manufacturing process, layouts of production
workstations concerning to produce flow, efficiency, logistics and
ergonomics;
- Performance of process analysis as PFMEA among others from Lean
Manufacturing / World Class Manufacturing (WCM) and World Class
Technology (WCT);
- Design of manufacturing equipment (fixtures and others) for medium
and mass production;
- Support the development of product (body) and analysis of
manufacture technical feasibility together with the product engineering
team;
 - Support the team leader in development of new projects;
- Management of national and international suppliers, during the
specification, outsourcing process, technical line up, design,
construction, buyoff, installation, tryout and start-up phases of new
production lines according to Fiat Chrysler standards and the rules in
force in the country (NBRs, NRs in Brazil);
- Benchmark in different plants: Jeep plant in Brazil which is the most
autonomous plant in the FCA group, Betim FCA Plant (Brazil) which has
an annual capacity production of 950k cars of 16 models the second
biggest car plant in the world and the biggest of the group) and
Mirafioris FCA plant in Italy.

Responsible by 3580 (aka X6H) body sides manufacturing project.

Achievements:

Lead the implementation of a whole project of 82 millions of Brazilian

reais (~500 millions of Mexican pesos) since initial drawings to the
pre series phase within time and budget with more than 150 people
direct involved;

Reduction of initial cost in 8,3 millions Brazilian Reais (52 millions of

Mexican pesos) using lean manufacturing;

Reduction of running cost in 0,9 million/year Brazilian Reais (5,6

millions of Mexican pesos) using lean manufacturing;

Co-leader of Early Equipment Management (World Class

Manufacturing/Tecnology Lean manufacturing program of FCA)

Responsible by: Supplier team (Engineering, Project Management,

Manufacturing, installation, tryouts and pre-series more than 150
people involved)

Reports to: Latin America Body-in-White Engineering Manager

HULMAQ (Durango,DGO - Mxico) from 08/12/2013 until 01/24/2014

Materials Department

Position: International Intern / Mechanical Engineering

- Design development and mechanical drawing using CAD softwares as

SolidWorks and AutoCAD;

Achievements:

Development and implantation of Operational and Technical Manuals

for all the machines that the company sells (machine ledger,
maintenance plans,);
Development of study in welding process reducing gas cost by more
than 30% (substitution of gases in the company welding process);
Development and implantation of risks signal system in the
electromechanical equipment (safety system) for all the machines
that the company sells according to Mexican safety rules;

Responsible by: Nobody

Report to: Mechanical Engineer supervisor
 USIMINAS MECNICA (Ipatinga-MG, Brazil)

o from 09/01/2011 until 05/02/2013

Position: Production Scheduler / Planner

- Responsible for the weekly schedule adjusting the monthly

production plan to resources available (workers, machinery and material
supplies availability);
- Responsible for the management reports about productivity and
pending matters;
- Responsible for the budget control and for the supplies requisition to
the production plant.

Achievements:

Reduction of ~8 ton of scrap monthly;

Reduction of ~9 000 ton of metallic inventory in 1 year.

Responsible: Nobody
Supervisor: Planning supervisor

o from 08/03/2009 until 08/31/2011

Position: Planning assistant

- Follow-up the fabrication process or recuperation process in the whole

plant. Since small to big equipment to steel industries, Mining
companies, petrochemicals and others types of companies;
- In charge of the whole control of project purchase requisitions and
scheduling the delivery to the project;
- Support to the client inspectors and project expeditions;
- Support to the Quality department during the data-book elaboration
certifying that it was done according to the codes required by the client.

Achievements:

Elimination of delays in the project due to supply chain;

Worked as project manager interim for 4 months

Responsible: Nobody
Supervisor: Project Manager

o 05/07/2008 until 07/31/2009

Position: Welding Operator machine

- Responsible by the mechanized welding equipment Submerged arc

welding executing different material coatings on machine parts and
rolls.

Supervisor: Production leader

o 12/13/2006 until 03/31/2008

Position: Minor Apprentice (Mechanic Welder)

Taking courses, participating of conferences, trainings and practical

classes in mechanical shops; Achieving more than 2200 hours of training
in metal mechanic area.
Idioms

English: 95% (Advanced / Fluent);

Spanish: 95% (Advanced / Fluent);
Portuguese: 100% (Native)
Italian: 30% (Professional Working proficiency)

IT knowledge

Competency in softwares as Office package (Word, Excel, Power Point and

Access), in SAP environment, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, NX (UG), TeamCenter.
Knowledge in softwares as Primavera P6, MS-Project & Autodesk Inventor
(CAD).

Interpersonal Characteristics and other knowledges

Experienced in mechanical fabrication processes;

Experienced in Lean Manufacturing, WCM, WCT and TPM;
Experienced in working with multicultural and multidisciplinary teams.
Strong Communications skills;
Focused in the final results;
Proactive;
Ability to work in teams or even solo;
Excellent personal relations;