Ing. Dierick Sobral

• Led a multi-cultural team for rotating equipment installation and service projects across Europe and the UK, ensuring on-time delivery and quality. • Executed overhauls, inspections, and maintenance, providing detailed service reports. • Conducted precision optical alignment using advanced systems (e.g., Leica). • Supported technical sales, gathering customer feedback and identifying opportunities. • Planned and managed equipment outages and commissioning with multidisciplinary teams.

Experience living and studying in Germany, learning the language for career development.

I lived and studied in Ireland at an award-winning school to improve my English fluency and embrace diverse cultures. In a multicultural environment, I collaborated on academic projects with people from around the world. Taking on roles outside my previous experience improved my empathy and teamwork. Leading a young, dynamic team for over a year sharpened my operations management and troubleshooting skills, earning recognition from peers and my manager as a strong leader.

•Led maintenance planning and KPIs setup aligned with WCM/TPM, achieving success in the first corporate audit. •Scheduled plant shutdowns and weekly maintenance using MS-Project/SAP, improving compliance by 40%. •Applied RCM, increasing shift productivity by 50% and reducing emergencies. •Managed 5S implementation, enhancing safety and workflow. •Conducted meetings, resolving conflicts and improving satisfaction. •Delivered safety talks and training. •Performed failure analysis and managed tooling budgets.

• Building of a tissue paper machine, manufacturing parts mixing mechanical and welding skills. • Strong performance in mechanical troubleshooting and fast corrective maintenance. • Equipment inspection and maintenance reporting with technical advises for increase availability

• Development of new suppliers, resourcing and getting better prices to attend currents applications and new technologies under prospecting. • Commercial studying of viability, have done a complete comparing timetable about costs to nationalize parts from Germany to set a new manufacturing line in Brazil. • Studying for application of cost reduction projects, calculating the price down reducing applying strategically in sales negotiation.

- Preventive maintenance of equipment as such as pumps, fans and drivers, manufacturing new components and setting their original conditions. - Plant shutdowns preparation, organizing the right tools and technical drawings, performing the tasks in team to assure on-time performance. - Heading of corrective maintenance, taking leadership initiative to restore equipment to an operational condition for in-service operation, always mind on the team safety.

- Planning and scheduling of preventive orders for a team of mechanics specialized in rotating equipment, managing the backlog, writing and taking action plans to control. - Weekly feeding of databases generating performance reports, used by the leadership to identify gaps in the team skills and sort it out. - Leadership of teams during plant shutdowns, guaranteeing the task success and managing commissioning start, avoiding delays.