BRAM SMEETS

ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEER

SOFTWARE & WEB DEVELOPER

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Engineer by day, developer by night

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IN A NUTSHELL

ENGINEERING

Foxboro DCS Certified
PLC Systems
E&I
Autodesk Inventor
Autodesk AutoCAD
Siemens NX
EPLAN
Electrical systems
3D printing

DEVELOPMENT

Python
JavaScript
SvelteKit
Vue.js
API development
Circuit boards
Microcontrollers
Django
Graphic design

SYSTEMS

Physical servers
Linux servers
Kubernetes
Docker & containers
Ansible
SQL servers
Networking
Firewalls

My story so far

Freelance ENGINEER - Industrial Automation | IT Development | Industry 4.0

2022-NOW

Electrical and Automation manager

2019-2022 - Lanxess NV
- Full responsibility for the automation and electrical network of the factory
- Coordinate and lead a team of technicians and a CAD drafter
- Design, plan and program new installations
- Modernize factory with new IT infrastructure and industry 4.0 implementations

Junior engineer

2017-2018 - Oiltanking Stolthaven (student)
- Lead and train other students
- Check and revise P&ID schematics
- Coordinate and plan projects alongside engineers
- Program and propagate component tagging system according to international standard

Business Relations

2018-2019 - Ingenium - University of Antwerp (student)
- Build new and extensive network of partnerships
- Negotiate with companies and coordinate collaboration
- Organise large-scale events ranging like speeddating events with companies
- Perform many administrative tasks to keep the “business” running smoothly

INTERN

2013 - BASF
- Analyze and troubleshoot extensive signaling and sensor cable network
- Install and organize sensors, server systems and important network infrastructure

Education

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ELECTROMECHANICS

2018-2019 - University of Antwerp
- Specialisation in automation

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTROMECHANICS

2013-2018 - University of Antwerp

Projects

GLASSFIBRE FACTORY TURNAROUNDS X2

LANXESS - Furnace 1 in 2019 - Furnace 2 in 2020
- Design and plan new factory functions including safety evaluations
- Full overhaul of DCS system to bring up to date
- Coordinate execution of projects done by team as well as many contractors
- Inspecting the safety of all personnel doing electrical work

VIRTUAL FACTORY COMMISIONING

MASTER’S THESIS - University of Antwerp
- Research available solutions to simulate production lines
- Test PLC code in 3D virtual environment to debug
- Use simulation data to build digital twin

START STUDENT ASSOCIATION AND SET UP BUSINESS RELATIONS

INGENIUM - University of Antwerp
- Build a network of partnerships with the industry
- Help organize large-scale events
- Design everything from the logo to the flag and banners
- Administration to set up the association

VARIOUS PROGRAMMING PROJECTS

- Write software incorporating servers and hardware
- Build cashless payment system for parties with variable prices based on events
- Scrape the internet for data automatically
- Software integrations with Excel
- Building computing clusters
- Creating containerized images and deploy them online
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