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Basile Durand

Senior Industrial Machine Design Engineer

€950/day
1 project
Lyon, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Basile

Design and development engineer for industrial machinery, with over 10 years of experience in development: design, calculation, testing, and commissioning.

I work on projects with high technical, scheduling, and regulatory stakes to ensure design, reliability, and accelerated development.

Experience in the nuclear and aeronautical sectors on rotating machinery, special machines, and pressure equipment.

Key references:
- Safran Aircraft Engines: FE calculations, mechanical, fatigue, and design/re-design of 4 turboshaft engines for Airbus, Boeing, Comac, and Sukhoi. 4 certifications obtained.
- Framatome: End-to-end development of machines for nuclear fuel diagnosis and repair, high-pressure high-temperature test loop for EPR2 components.
Client TechnicAtome: €1M machine, developed in 20 months, delivered 2 months ahead of schedule, Machine operational from the first tests.
- Airthium: Sizing, architecture, and design in 6 months of an industrial heat pump prototype.
- CEICA: Mechanical design in 3 months of a machining center, delivered functional to the client 3 months later.

CII approval available.

Key skills:
– Technical project management, Testing, commissioning
– Mechanical design, Calculation, Control systems
– CAD: CATIA V5, CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE, SolidWorks
– FE Calculations (Abaqus, Ansys)
– Regulated industrial projects: Machinery Directive, PED, ESPG, RCC-M / RCC-E / ISO 19443
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Lyon (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • ATOME4
    Decisions, deadlines, and compliance – industry, energy, nuclear
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    January 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)
    Lyon, France
    Design and management of industrial projects.

    Example missions (2024-2025):

    Airthium - Design of an industrial heat pump prototype and its cooling system - Villebon-sur-Yvette
    Result: Sizing and architecture of the prototype completed and validated. Identification and resolution of a technological bottleneck on the cooling system. Prototype designed in 6 months with a team of 4 people.

    Framatome - HP/HT Test Loop - Le Creusot
    Responsible for the Machinery Directive file and PED files to qualify the installation.
    Result: 290 regulatory requirements identified, validated with Bureau Veritas, and related actions transmitted to the relevant stakeholders.

    CEICA - Development of a digital machining center - Mâcon
    Mechanical design, calculations, architecture.
    Result: Machine designed in 3 months and delivered functional to the client 3 months later.

    Strategy consultant for La Brasserie Barge - Strategy, pricing, offers, innovation, investments - Rambouillet
    Results: between +30% to +60% annual growth.
    PED Machinery Directive Nuclear Regulatory compliance
  • FRAMATOME
    Technical Manager – Nuclear Machines
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    January 2021 - December 2023 (2 years and 11 months)
    Lyon, France
    Design and deployment of machines for nuclear fuel diagnosis and repair.

    Clients: EDF, TechnicAtome, NUWARD, Engie-Tractebel, CGN (EPR Taishan).

    TechnicAtome: €1M machine, developed in 20 months, delivered 2 months ahead of schedule, Machine operational from the first tests.
    Project structuring Nuclear Roadmap Interface communication
  • PORTANE
    Founder and President
    TRANSPORTATION
    January 2019 - March 2021 (2 years and 2 months)
    Lyon, France
    Renovation and import of classic cars - from Mexico
    Creation, tooling, renovations, import
    Company created then sold
    Entrepreneurship Industrial maintenance Logistics

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Education

  • Mechanical Engineering Degree
    INSA Lyon
    2013

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