CURRICULUM VITAE

Samuel Costa Lopes Parreira Industrial Maintenance Technician

+44 7424 186643 Samuel.Costa@outlook.com

1. CAREER SUMMARY

Industrial maintenance technician with 20 years of professional experience in the railway Industry and underground subway, in the Lisbon public transportation system working with rail on-track machines as a driver/operator and repairing and maintaining the equipment. Good knowledge of test and commissioning of rolling stock, Actually working for HITACHI RAIL EUROPE as a Person in Charge of Test in the ASR/Scotrail Project. Holds large professional experience in Diesel engines, hydraulics and pneumatics, electrics and electronics, for industrial equipment, machinery and tools. Professional skills developed in highly demanding context construction sites and working in the shop in improving and repairing equipment and planning maintenance schedules. Car and truck mechanics and electrics experience. Also holds a degree in computer systems and computer networks programming, internetworking, MS Office tools and network security. Metalworking experience in the car manufacturing industry as CNC programming and quality control. A certified Professional with a wide technical experience in the industrial maintenance field.

2. WORK EXPERIENCE

PICT Engineer Apr 2016 - Present

HITACHI RAIL EUROPE

Person in charge of test for the AT200 (Class 385) Trains for ASR/Scotrail project.

Supporting test engineers and test suppliers in Type tests in Test track (Velim, CZR) and SPZ in Glasgow, In charge of test trains and test procedures.

Test and Commissioning Technician Jan 2014 – Mar 2016

CAF Rail UK Limited

Test and commissioning of the new URBOS 3 Trams for the National express Centro Metro in Birmingham, at the Wednesbury Depot.

Test and commissioning, fault finding and repair of all systems, electric, mechanical, and software upload and test, diagnose faults with help of laptops and report faults in the URBOS3 tram fleet of National Express Midland Metro.

Rolling stock manufactured in CAF Spain factory and tested and commissioned at the client site in Birmingham Depot.

On-track machines driver/operator & maintenance 1995-2013

METROPOLITANO DE LISBOA E.P.E

Driving and operating railway on-track machines in the maintenance operations of the railway and in construction sites, maintaining, repairing and improving heavy-duty railway vehicles as well as tools and equipment’s. Operation of cranes, rail tamping and rail grinding machines, heavy load transport, new railway installing and replacement, supporting of all maintenance tasks and crew.

Experience with Plasser tamping machines, SPENO rail grinding machine for profiling of rail geometry, MATISA rail transport crane and wagon, And various tools for track maintenance, lifting cranes for personnel maintenance works and transport to the working sites. Rail auscultation and track geometry vehicle.

Planned, preventive and corrective maintenance of all systems (hydraulic, mechanical and electric/electronics) of all the on-track machines operated.

Experience with heavy-duty DEUTZ diesel engines, HIABB cranes, 400v 3 phase, 230v and 24/12v DC tools and equipment.

Consumer electronics salesman 1994-1995

SONAE

Responsible for the sales and marketing of hardware and software in the consumer electronics area, personal computers, digital cameras, printers, cell phones, etc.Customer care service.

CNC Programmer and Quality control 1993-1994

UMM

CNC programming in the car manufacturing industry, and quality control of 4x4 vehicles.

Programming and operating of CNC controlled punching machines, welding, milling and bending machines, in the production plant of UMM car manufacturer.

Knowledge of welding process and quality control, presses and molding.

Military service 1992-1993

PORTUGUESE ARMY

Military service as Mechanic/driver of trucks and off-road vehicles, off-road driver instructor.

Car mechanic 1990-1992

RENAULT WORKSHOP, MOTORSPORT.

Car mechanic for general repairs and Renault Motorsports competition, assisting and repairing rally and track race cars.

Car mechanic and electrician 1987-1990

SILVICAR

General automotive repair in mechanics and electrics

3. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION

NETWORK RAIL May 2016

PTS (Personal Track Safety) DP CENFIM 2010-2012

EQF level 5 Skilled Industrial Maintenance technician

Final scoring: 16

CAP GEMINI 2000-2002

Systems Engineer

MCP (Microsoft certified professional)

A+ COMPtia Certification, Hardware and Software.CISCO SYSTEMS (CCNA) Certification.LOTUS NOTES 5UNIX TRU64Routers, bridges and gateways.Security in LAN´S and WAN´SDIGITAL SYSTEMSComputer programming, BASIC, CNC.

ICP 1997

Telecommunications and HAM-Radio certification Cat. B

Fernave 1995Qualification for driving and operating rail maintenance on-track machines.Railway signaling and regulamentation.Hydraulics and pneumatics.

Cepra 1986Automobile mechanics and electrics, repairing, maintaining and troubleshooting.

Secondary School Ferreira Dias 1985High-school graduation in the B area, Electrotechnics.

4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

n Foreign languages: Proficiency in English, excellent knowledge of technical English, French and Spanish written and spoken regular.

n MIET, Member of Institute of Engineering and Technology.n Driver´s license: Cat. A and Bn Operating systems: Windows, UNIX, LINUX,DOSn Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Project, Power Point, Exchange.n Computer Tools: SAP, AutoCAD.

n Ability to work in a team and under pressure in dynamic environments.n Available to work shifts and nights.

n Available to travel and relocate.

References available on request.