Donovan Bricout

Lead Design Engineer
Port Elizabeth, ZA

About

DIE SIMULATION CATIA V5 PROCESS PLANNING DIE DESIGN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CNC PROGRAMMING PROJECT MANAGEMENT SURFACING FARO ARM CMM

Work Experience

CAD / CAM Designer

Praga Technical (PTY)LTD
May 2004 - Jan 2006

Surfacing of complex designs. Development of new CNC/CAD/CAM area. Design of sheet metal tooling. Reverse Engineering and tool path programming.

Senior Technician

Praga Technical (PTY)LTD
Feb 2006 - Jun 2007

Management of CNC, CAD and metrology area. Meet toolroom timing requirements. Project management reporting to tool room manager.

Design Engineer

3D Contech SA
Jul 2007 - Feb 2008

Training of Catia V5 candidates. Aeronautical designing and mechanical engineering. Subcontracted to Aerosud for 3D product development.

CNC/CAD/CAM Supervisor

Praga Technical (PTY)LTD
Mar 2008 - Feb 2012

Management of CNC, CAD and metrology area. Design of stamping tools. Development of products with OEM customers. Project management of tooling manufacturing.

Senior Tool Designer

East Cape manufacturing
Mar 2012 - Sep 2016

Design of press tooling to customer component specifications, mainly stainless steel. Design of jigs and fixtures. Die simulation using Fast Form Incremental.

Process/Tool Designer

Formex Industries (PTY)LTD
Oct 2016 - Jul 2018

Project Management of tooling projects manufactured abroad. Simulations using AutoForm. Responsible for all tooling designs. Commercial development and customer liaison.

Lead Design Engineer

East Cape manufacturing
Aug 2018 - Present

Simulation and process design using AutoForm and Catia V5. Design of all tooling, checking fixtures and welding jigs. Project Management related to the manufacture of the tools.

Education

Diploma in Computer Science

Computer Training Institute
Present - 2002

Pretoria, South Africa

N Certificate in Mechanical Eng.

Pretoria West Technical College

Pretoria, South Africa | Incomplete

Languages

English - Native
English - Intermediate

Sectors

Engineering
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