Paweł Urbańczyk
President of UDT.
Dr. Eng. Pawel Urbańczyk, has been associated with the Office of Technical Inspection (Polish: Urząd Dozoru Technicznego, UDT) for over 20 years. During this time, he successfully climbed up the career ladder, gaining extensive experience and knowledge in technical inspection. In his recent role, he was responsible for managing inspection activities at plants of strategic importance to the Polish economy.
Mr Urbańczyk has vast, in-depth operational knowledge of UDT and its legal environment. He perfectly understands the market realities related to implementation of strategic projects and investments in Poland’s critical infrastructure where UDT acts as an Inspection, Certification and Notified Body. As a representative of the Notified Body UDT-CERT, he has managed projects for utility power industry and energy sector. He was also responsible for managing UDT’s multi-task teams of experts. Mr Urbańczyk is a lecturer at the UDT Academy.
In 2016 he completed a PhD in Technical Sciences (discipline of machine construction and operation, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science at Częstochowa University of Technology). As an expert, he has participated in multiple national and international conferences with the focus on technical inspection. He has also authored numerous articles on materials used in the energy sector which were published in leading Polish journals. Mr Urbańczyk is also a member of the Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) – Committee on Power Engineering.
For his outstanding contributions to the Office of Technical Inspection, his vast expertise and work for public safety, in 2022 Mr Urbańczyk was awarded the honorary medal of Merit for Technical Inspection.
Adam Ogrodnik
Vice-President of UDT.
He has been with UDT for over 20 years. He started his carieer in the Production Department. Then, he became a Head of Nuclear Energy and Recognition of Qualifications Unit. Later in his career he was the director of the Inspection Coordination Department. He implemented many solutions to improve safety and standardize inspection processes, checking and confirming authorization to operate and maintain technical equipment. He participated in the establishment of the first Notified Body in Poland, UDT CERT.
He cooperates with industry organizations to improve the level of safety in Poland. He is a member of the Technical Committee No. 135 of PKN and a member of the council of the Łukasiewicz Research Network Institute - Upper Silesian Institute of Technology.
He completed the Faculty of Production Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology, and then post graduate studies in Nuclear Power at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering at WUT. Certified Project Manager.
Andrzej Ziółkowski
Vice-President of UDT.
For over 30 years - almost his entire professional career - he has been associated with the Office of Technical Inspection.
He started as a programmer; then he was the inspector of pressure devices for many years, and then the director of the UDT Branch in Poznan. In the years 2016-2024 he was the president of UDT.
He implemented the idea and developed a remote inspection at UDT, introduced an electronic exchange of documents and an online customer service portal. He also expanded the scale of operations of Central Laboratory of Technical Inspection and of UDT - CERT.
His mission is to develop UDT as an expert engineering organization committed to energy transition process focused on Sustainable Development.
He is the co-author of numerous polish regulations on pressure devices.
Graduated the Faculty of Automotive and Construction Machinery Engineering at Poznań University of Technology. Completed Ph. D Studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Institute of Applied Mechanics. Afterwards, he completed MBA Program at Poznań University of Economics and Business and Georgia State University.
Graduate of postgraduate studies at the Academy of Leadership Psychology.
UDT Headquarters
- Jacek Kocięcki, Director of Technical Department
- Jacek Niemczyk, Certification and Conformity Assessment Department
- Paweł Smoliński, Director of Innovation and Development Department
- Karol Formowicz, Director of Central Laboratory of Technical Inspection
- Paweł Domeracki, Director of Administration and Infrastructure
- Piotr Majcherkiewicz, Director of IT Department
- Michał Pietrzyk, Director of Financial Department
- Anna Chylińska, Director of Human Resources Department
- Małgorzata Kacprzycka - Skrocka, Director of Legal and Organisational Department
- Mirosław Rutkowski, Plenipotentiary of the President for Protection of Classified Information, Protection of Classified Information Team
- Klaudia Noras, Head of the Occupational Safety, Health and Fire Protection Team
- Joanna Litwin, Head of the Internal Audit and Control Team
