Miguel Ángel Torrijos Hijón
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Summary
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Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
R&D&i Technical Leader - Product Development & Innovation
URSA Insulation, S.A. (Etex Group)
Madrid
03.2020 - 07.2024
- 4-team & 10-15 project portfolio management
- Lead projects with URSA and non-URSA people.
- Manage multi-functional project teams (engineering, R&D, Production, Marketing, Finance, local technical teams, ): identify risks, issue deliverables,define and fulfill time sheets, accomplish budget & tech specs.
- Secure FTO/IPR ( 9 patents filed), certification and performance
- Develop new processes for the manufacturing of new products
- Purchase and commission new equipment to manufacture new products.
- Participate and contribute to the Innovation Governance meetings: Steering Committees, Innovation Committees, and CAPEX committees.
- Internal and external selling of projects to other stakeholders, such as central marketing teams and BUs.
- Representation of the company at internal and external meetings, congresses, and conferences.
- Lead the market monitoring to keep the company up to date on products, patents, regulations, identifying threads and opportunities
R&D&i Product Developer
URSA Insulation, S.A. (Xella Group)
Madrid
05.2015 - 03.2020
- Execution & Leadership of R&D&i projects managing and coordinating multitasking and multinational teams & following the URSA gate-passing innovation process
- Collaborate with other partners (companies, technological institutes...) within URSA projects throughout Europe & Eurasia
- Technical support for GW and XPS manufacturing plants, development of new composition recipes, new manufacturing processes and capabilities
- Commissioning of new capabilities to manufacture new products of GW
- Contribute to defend and sponsor proposals to get the support from the company board.
- Lead executions of full-scale demonstrators and object tests to proof the innovation concepts
- Support on Industrial Property Rights protection activities; patent writing
- Participation in innovation events and presentations to disseminate, make visible the innovation initiatives in the pipeline to other internal/external customers (2020 Xella Innovation Award price)
- State of the Art monitoring & Idea generation, attending fairs, conferences, reading scientific literature and organizing innovation/brainstorming sessions.
Composite Manufacturing & Development Engineer
FIDAMC (Airbus Group)
Madrid
11.2011 - 05.2015
- 3-team & 5-7 project portfolio management
- Lead projects related to new composite structures through ATL, FP, RTM, LRI, VA-RTM, light RTM and Wet Lay-Up technologies
- Design, select, purchase, and commission new state-of-the-art capabilities
- DoE for physicochemical and mechanical tests at R&D lab related to carbon-fibre (CFRP) and glass-fibre (GFRC) composites
- Technical support for European (FP7 & H2020) and National (CDTI) project proposals
- Seek new projects and business opportunities
- Dissemination and exploitation of project results through the participation in congresses, conferences and fairs
- Writing of technical & operational specifications.
Bridges Department Manager
FERROVIAL CONSTRUCCION S.A. (Ferrovial Group)
Several sites
03.2007 - 05.2011
- Lead a 3-team of Ferrovial personnel and ca. 30 outsourced people.
- Construction of highways. Member of the Civil Engineering team, led by the Construction Manager.
- Lead the construction of bridges ( some of them, singular bridges) and other auxiliary constructions, such as transversal and longitudinal drainages, under the quality, costs, and timelines.
- Lead the execution of the commissioning of bridges according to the commissioning plan to fulfill EHS measures, schedule, and technical specifications in collaboration with an external certification institute.
Head of Quality and Environment Department
FERROVIAL AGROMÁN, S.A. (Ferrovial Group)
Several sites
04.2004 - 05.2011
- 2-people team management
- Secure the works under the Quality and Environmental Assurance Plan, providing technical support to production departments, managing compliance with environmental regulations for civil works, particularly for Highways.
- Manage non-conformity and lack of definition claims issued by the property, and propose solutions accordingly.
- Coordinate Quality and Environmental actions between the external laboratory, according to the advance of the works.
- Secure the Quality Assurance under in-force norms and Ferrovial internal standards.
- Attend the regular follow-up technical meetings between the property, the technical assistance, and the Ferrovial Civil Engineering team.
- Design of formula cards for asphalts, concrete, stabilized soils.
Education
Master's in Composite Materials -
Universidad Politécnica De Madrid (UPM)
01.2012
Degree in Materials Engineering -
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
01.2004
Degree in Chemistry -
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
01.2001
Skills
- Leadership
- Organization
- Multitasking
- Autonomy
- International
- Stress management
- Flexibility
- Glass wool & XPS processes
- Commissioning
- CAPEX management
- Environment compliance
- Quality & EHS assurance
Awards
- Xella Innovation Award. Category: Circular Economy. 2020. 20k€ prize to develop the idea.
- AIRBUS GROUP Free Scouting Contest 2014 : winner of 2 proposals. 10€k prize each to develop the ideas
Patents
- Improved building wall or roof system comprising fibrous insulation. A. Molinero, M.A. Torrijos, 2023.
- Insulation panel. 2021. M.A. Torrijos, V. Recaj, 2021.
- Method for modifying the insulation of an insulated rigid construction, 2020. M.A. Torrijos, A. Casado, 2020.
- Method for manufacturing an insulating structure. M.A. Torrijos, A. Casado, 2020.
- Pack of insulating panels. M.A. Torrijos, A. Casado, 2019.
- Insulation system with glass wool for a structural element of a building and improved method for spaced fixation of insulating elements comprising glass wool to structural elements of buildings. M.A. Torrijos, D. Pérez, A. Casado, 2017.
- 3 ongoing patent applications but still confidential.
Languages
- Spanish, Mother tongue
- French, Institut Français. Level A2.1 (ongoing)
- English, Fluent written and spoken English certified by The British Council: Level C1 (2016)
Certificates
- Statistical Analysis with Minitab (Feb, 2024)
- Circular Building products for a Sustainable Built Environment. (TU Delft, Nov,2020)
- Structural Analysis of composite structures (FIDAMC, 2015)
- LEAN manufacturing (Airbus academy, Feb,2014)
- Master's in CATIA V5 (CADtech, Nov, 2011)
- EHS course for Engineers ( Ferrovial, 2006)
- Surfaces Engineering Certificate (CSIC, Nov,2004)
- Course in Statistic Analysis in scientific tests with SPSS. (CSIC, Oct,2004)
- Certificate of Inspection of Welded Joints (UPM, Feb,2004)
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 09/20/79
B-class driver´s license
B+E (car+caravan) driver´s licence on going
Timeline
R&D&i Technical Leader - Product Development & Innovation
URSA Insulation, S.A. (Etex Group)
03.2020 - 07.2024
R&D&i Product Developer
URSA Insulation, S.A. (Xella Group)
05.2015 - 03.2020
Composite Manufacturing & Development Engineer
FIDAMC (Airbus Group)
11.2011 - 05.2015
Bridges Department Manager
FERROVIAL CONSTRUCCION S.A. (Ferrovial Group)
03.2007 - 05.2011
Head of Quality and Environment Department
FERROVIAL AGROMÁN, S.A. (Ferrovial Group)
04.2004 - 05.2011
Master's in Composite Materials -
Universidad Politécnica De Madrid (UPM)
Degree in Materials Engineering -
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Degree in Chemistry -
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
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