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Kim Lorenzo Iturralde

Kim Lorenzo Iturralde

Solar Design Engineer
Batangas City

Summary

Proven track record in materials engineering, process optimization, and cross-functional collaboration, with a strong focus on troubleshooting, efficiency improvements, and delivering high-quality solutions in both manufacturing and renewable energy sectors.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Solar Presales Engineer

Green Network Energy
08.2024 - Current
  • Conduct detailed shading analyses to determine solar viability for residential properties. (Tools: Aurora, Solargraf, OpenSolar, Helioscope)
  • Coordinate with financing teams to tailor solar proposals that align with homeowners' budgets and available loan programs.
  • Collaborate with design teams to ensure solar panel layouts comply with the latest AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) and HOA (Homeowners Association) requirements.
  • Review and provide roofing quotes for homes with unpermitted or deteriorating roofs, ensuring readiness for solar installation.
  • Support sales and operations teams by delivering accurate, code-compliant, and financially viable proposals for potential clients.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of local codes, permitting requirements, and solar incentives to ensure compliant and competitive system designs.
  • Educated clients on the technical aspects of products, ensuring they had a clear understanding of functionality and benefits.

Project Design Engineer

SUNPOWER ROHQ
08.2022 - 10.2024
  • Crafting preliminary roof layout designs, offering valuable support to dealers and homeowners during the quoting phase, ensuring a clear and accurate parameters are met of the project's scope before moving forward
  • Conduct comprehensive assessments, including shading analysis, electrical evaluation, and structural assessments for homes, ensuring all necessary prerequisites are in place before advancing to the permitting phase
  • Conducted regular design reviews to ensure adherence to industry standards and client specifications.
  • Maintain open and effective communication channels with dealers and homeowners, addressing inquiries promptly and providing regular updates on the design progress
  • Actively contribute to design enhancements aimed at boosting co-designers' efficiency, resulting in quicker project deliveries to our valued clients
  • Consistently exceeded project deadlines and quality standards, resulting in a 15% increase in project efficiency over the past year

Materials Engineer/Extruder Technician

JG SUMMIT OLEFINS CORPORATION
10.2020 - 07.2022
  • Taking note of inventories of daily consumables in the plant to ensure the continuity of operations
  • Perform transactions and encoding material codes through SAP to ensure traceability
  • Precisely calculate materials based on product concentration to prevent overfeeding incidents, expediting investigations
  • Collaborated with process engineers to drive materials engineering improvements, including overseeing year-end inventory evaluations
  • Coordinating with Environment, Health and Safety in proper handling of hazardous wastes created during normal plant operations, and mitigation of possible wastes that can be encountered during plant upsets
  • Efficient in forklift operations in transferring heavy materials to the plant area
  • Responsible for overseeing the whole process to ensure that the plant is operating within set parameters to ensure a high quality product
  • Perform troubleshooting to possible plant upsets occurring during operations
  • Collaborated closely with the maintenance team during shutdown operations, prioritizing thorough equipment checks to ensure optimal performance upon startup
  • Responsible for maintaining excellent housekeeping standards within the designated area

Process Engineer

Collins Aerospace
11.2018 - 01.2020
  • Responsible for overseeing technicians answering their inquiries, and offer solutions in possible issue that can be encountered during normal operations
  • Delivering safety-focused operational improvement plans that enhance technician efficiency
  • Collaborating proactively with fellow process engineers to brainstorm innovative solutions, whether for immediate issue resolution or long-term improvements
  • Collaborating with senior project engineers to review upcoming projects, proactively identifying potential design-to-manufacturing challenges and setbacks
  • Led a project to enhance work of technicians, proactively addressing a recurring issue to prevent or minimize potential damages during rework
  • Achieved a 30% reduction in rework rates based on recent performance data
  • Collaborated closely with the Quality team to align on and address encountered snags, providing clear explanations backed by engineering concepts
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve product quality, resulting in increased customer satisfaction.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Engineering (Mechanical)

Batangas State University
Batangas, Province Of Batangas, Philippines
06.2012 - 02.2018

Skills

AutoCAD proficiency

Structural analysis

Interconnection standards

Battery storage systems

Project management

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Timeline

Solar Presales Engineer

Green Network Energy
08.2024 - Current

Project Design Engineer

SUNPOWER ROHQ
08.2022 - 10.2024

Materials Engineer/Extruder Technician

JG SUMMIT OLEFINS CORPORATION
10.2020 - 07.2022

Process Engineer

Collins Aerospace
11.2018 - 01.2020

Bachelor of Science - Engineering (Mechanical)

Batangas State University
06.2012 - 02.2018
Kim Lorenzo IturraldeSolar Design Engineer