Daniel Okafor

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

About Me

Chartered mechanical engineer with 10+ years designing rotating equipment and process plant systems from concept through commissioning. Experienced in FEA, design for manufacture, root-cause analysis and leading multidisciplinary teams under strict safety standards.

Work Experience

Senior Mechanical Design EngineerMay 2020 - Present
Vantage Process Systems · City, Country
  • Led design of a 4 MW compressor skid package delivered 3 weeks early and 8% under budget.
  • Ran FEA and fatigue studies in ANSYS that extended impeller service life by 35%.
  • Introduced DFMEA and design-review gates, cutting field non-conformances by 40%.
Mechanical EngineerAug 2016 - Apr 2020
Crestline Fabrication · City, Country
  • Produced 600+ GA and fabrication drawings to ASME B31.3 and EN 13480.
  • Supported site installation and commissioning of 12 process modules.
Graduate EngineerSep 2014 - Jul 2016
Halden Industrial Services · City, Country
  • Performed vibration analysis and root-cause investigations on 50+ rotating machines.

Engineering Projects

4 MW Compressor Skid PackageSolidWorks · ANSYS · API 617

End-to-end mechanical design, vendor coordination and FAT for a gas booster package.

Water Treatment Pump Station UpgradeInventor · Hydraulic modelling

Re-engineered a 6-pump station, saving 1.1 GWh of energy a year with VFD retrofits.