Akalanka Ranasinghe Email & Phone Number

Western Province, Sri Lanka

 Supplementary Type Certificate (EASA) - ACRO Series 9 Economy Class Seats (With recline Function) integration to Airbus A320 Supplementary Type Certificate (UKCAA) – Operational Cabin Crew Reduction for Embraer 190- Provision of strategic direction and leadership to 6 engineering teams each team encompassing 8-10 engineers while fostering collaboration- Prioritize and delegate design projects across the engineering teams, ensuring efficient use of resources and timely project completion- Monitor project progress within each team, identify potential issues, mitigate technical and project risks associated with design activities and report on overall design program status to senior management.- Represent the engineering department in discussions with regulatory authorities, suppliers, other external entities.- Develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives within the engineering department - Act as a mentor to engineering staff to develop their technical and leadership skills.- Oversee the performance of the Engineering teams, setting goals, conducting performance reviews, and providing career development guidance- Address any conflicts or disagreements within or between teams, ensuring a positive and productive working environment.- Investigate on non-compliances raised by internal and External Audits, root case analysis and implement the prompt corrective actions and monitor the effectiveness

Sri Lanka

Supplementary Type Certificate (UKCAA) - ACRO Series 6 Economy Class Seats integration to Airbus A321 Supplementary Type Certificate (UKCAA) - ACRO Series 9 Economy Class Seats integration to Airbus A321• Establish project scope, schedules and monitor tasks of the engineering team to meet milestones and deadlines• Provision of supportive link between the external customers and the engineering team• Provision of technical oversight on Aircraft structural and interior modification projects and offer guidance to the engineering team• Routine team member knowledge/skills evaluation and coordination and provision of training and mentoring needs• Evaluation of all the outgoing customer document’s, drawings, and reports for accuracy.• Design and produce aircraft modifications and technical documents to comply with EASA and FAA airworthiness codes• Produce and develop engineering drawings, Structural repair design, substantiation, and technical document preparation• Familiarity with manufacture manuals such as IPC, AMM, CMM, and SRM for the preparation of required design solutions

Negombo, Sri Lanka

Airbus A220 - 100 (Formerly known as Bombardier CS100): Rear barrel primary structure and Interior ComponentsAirbus A220 - 300 (Formerly known as Bombardier CS300): Mid fuselage Primary StructureBombardier Global 7000: Wing stringer runouts - BL47 & BL0Airbus A350-900: SlatsAirbus A330-200: Comlux- B & D Slice of life – VIP Aircraft interior modification - Ceiling structures and linersAircraft tooling design and analysis and Aircraft manufacturing support• Perform Static Stress Analysis utilizing classical hand calculations and FEA methods • Write Strength Check Notes for Aircraft Certification per approved sources.(Bombardier Stress Manuals /Bruhn / Niu /ESDU)• Produce Fine-Grid Finite Element Models for Detailed Stress Analysis using FEMAP V10.3 /NEi Nastran (CS100 - Aft to Mid Barrel Joint, Intercostals, Door Strikers & Fittings)• Extraction of Internal loads from Air Vehicle Finite Element Model using Slim/Vision & Bombardier Load extraction Tools• Development of Allowable Damage Limits analysis for use in Aircraft Structural Repair Manuals• Fatigue spectrum generation and Spectrum severity factor calculation using GOLIHAT• Develop detailed Stress analysis certification reports for analyzed structural components • FAA structural repair design and substantiation • Produce aircraft interior modifications and technical documents to comply with EASA CS25 and FAA airworthiness codes • Produce and develop engineering drawings using Auto-CAD• Develop First Article Inspection Reports (FAIR) using Inspection Expert on demand for quality inspection, Menu card creation and Shop Aid Drawing construction.• Basic knowledge in Composite Structures analysisAreas of specialties: Structural Design and analyzingStatic Stress Analysis Finite Element Modelling/Analysis: (Femap/NEi Nastran, Patran/Msc Nastran, TMP Vision/SLIM )CAD Modelling (Catia V5, Solidworks)Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Analysis: (GOLOHAT, NASGROW) Project Management

Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Provide Technical Support to the Maintenance Department on engineering issues concerning the Aircraft and the components. • Evaluation of Service Bulletins (SB) and Airworthiness Directives (AD) for accomplishment based on the applicability, financial impact and operations • Track, update and maintain technical documents library including SB and AD databases• Document and maintain aircraft, component and product conditions for inclusion in aircraft records and for transmission to various departments and to the management• Generation of reports to be presented to the Engineering manager on engineering issues concerning aircraft and components arisen during the maintenance and operations • Liaison with the procurement department to plan and stock required spare parts, materials, consumables ect for upcoming maintenance activities• Review of Aircraft Structures and Systems related non-mandatory modification options available for the operational fleet in view of safety improvements, reliability enhancement, and cost and maintenance reductions • Document and manage organizations equipment database, part number changes and part number interchangeability for operational fleet

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Aircraft Engineering

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