Berkay Balkan

İÇDAŞ serves in the Biga district of Çanakkale province with its Steel Mills, Rolling Mills, Ports, Logistics Company, Shipyards, Dry Dock and Energy Facilities. It ranks 12th in the ISO 500 list for 2022. My first job description in my position is to plan and manage steel construction, steel assembly, steel manufacturing project processes for in-facility needs, management of material purchasing processes, work follow-up and control, and team management. I work in an organized manner with sheet metal cutting and machining units. The most important competencies in this job description are project reading, technical drawing reading and team management. My second job description is to ensure the follow-up and reporting of new investment projects carried out throughout the İÇDAŞ integrated facility (For example: PC wire rolling mill facility, shipyard 2x100 ton sled crane, thermal power plant SVC mechanical infrastructure works, dry dock dolphin construction, dry dock dock construction). The most important competencies in this job description are communication skills and project reading.

RDM Engineering is a special steel manufacturer of heavy industry equipment, tanks and other steel module manufacturing with a total usage area of 10,000 m² in Çanakkale / Turkey. During my semester internship, I observed various manufacturing processes such as project management, team management, job preparation processes, workflow processes, technical drawing reading, sheet metal cutting, welded manufacturing, steel assembly, machining processes.

Bayrak Lastik is a company operating in the automotive industry in the production of vibration dampening fasteners, rubber parts, rubber-metal composite parts and molds for these parts. I did an internship for 36 working days in the production department of the company. I observed part production processes, mold maintenance and replacement processes, workflow processes, production planning processes and 5S, Kaizen, continuous improvement and PUKÖ cycle studies in plastic injection molding machines where the vulcanization process is performed.

İÇDAŞ serves in the Biga district of Çanakkale province with its Steel Mills, Rolling Mills, Ports, Logistics Company, Shipyards, Dry Dock and Energy Facilities. It ranks 12th in the ISO 500 list for 2022. I worked in the mechanical maintenance department of the rolling mill for 21 working days and in the turbine maintenance department of the thermal power plant for 15 working days.