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Loganville, Georgia

Loganville, Georgia

Hands-on supervisor responsible for coordination, scheduling and auditing of maintenance repairs to include preventative, mechanical and electrical repair to tractors, trucks and trailers. Responsible for hiring, training, and development of technicians to ensure that our highly skilled workforce is able to meet customer expectations. Major Responsibilities: Customer satisfaction, Coach/Mentor/Develop service department associates. Monitor associate work levels, Fleet maintenance management and repair expense management - Identifying areas for improvement and reinforce policies and procedures. Facility management, assuring a clean and safe working environment.

Overseas

• Supervises an Operations team in assigned area of responsibility; may serve as senior Operation staff member at a small site. • Coordinates and performs a variety of functional task as necessary to achieve operational objectives. • Reviews and compiles operational data or information; prepares and distributes reports on operational status; maintains departmental data as necessary for analysis, planning and reporting purposes. • Confers with management to obtain data required for planning activities, such as new commitments, status of work in progress, and problems encountered. • Support management and team leads teams members in the development and execution of operational strategies, work projects and other activities. • Provides input on development and execution of organization policies, practices, procedures as requested. • Performs daily tasks involving projects operations strategies and activities. . • Recommends measures to improve methods, performance, and quality of product or services, and suggests changes in working conditions to increase efficiency.

Afghanistan

01/12 – present, Sustainment Maintenance Operations ChiefScientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Afghanistan • Responsible for Sustainment Maintenance/Battle Damage Repair for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected/Military All-Terrain Vehicle (MRAP/MATV) Joint Program Office• Integrate Sustainment Directorate staff efforts; supervise MRAP IED Strike Battle Damage Repair, Sustainment maintenance, capability insertions and de-processing of vehicles for Joint Program Office (JPO)/MRAP Headquarters (HQ) • Subject Matter Expert (SME) on MRAP fleet; technical expert for sustainment of vehicle fleet up to/ including complete rebuild of 24 variants• Conduct inspections on MRAPs to ensure Class 9 (CLIX) repair parts are logistically identified, ordered, tracked, and expedited production schedule and task orders• Supervise and Liaison (10 each) Joint Logistics Integration of Government Site Leads, Contractor Deputy Site Leads, and OEM work forces in-country• Report, monitor, assess, track and implement maintenance actions, provide technical assessment/guidance supporting sustainment maintenance with government clients for integration, synchronization, scheduling, and sustainment maintenance support

Afghanistan

• Responsible for sustainment maintenance, Battle Damage Repair and Capabilities Insertion at MRAP sustainment site for MRAP/MATV Joint Program Office (JPO)• Responsible for procurement, maintenance, supply, training, storage, transportation, distribution, and readiness; report, monitor, track, assess, and implement maintenance actions; integrate government/contractor personnel for sustainment maintenance activities• Team Lead for rebuild shop; process inspections of vehicles; facilitate ordering and parts receipt for vehicle repairs; Report Daily in SAMS-E system to Sustainment Chief) to Government Program Office (GPO) on 10 processes, five procedures, and five SOPs, as well as readiness • Supervised/directed De-processing shop and BDAR shop repair completions to battle damaged vehicles, as well as sustainment vehicles maintenance• Liaise JLI/JPO personnel in US Army and Marine Corp; vehicle tracking, modification installation, document Battle damage and de-processing vehicle maintenance • Supervised bay building; assemble vehicles from frames with under-belly-armor install (UIK) kits for MATV vehicles• Supervised two Battle Damage Assessment and Repair (BDAR) shops and 60 personnel assigned with OEM’s personnel; managed weekly time cards• Research/monitor parts status in Logistics Support Agency (LOGSA), Logistics Information Warehouse (LIW), Federal Identification Number Logistical (FINLOG), and DoD Emall; Monitor 026 Non-Mission Capable reports; provide technical support • Prepare maintenance reports, statistical performance data; provide data reports for work progress/completion of work orders; supported internal/external processes, policies and procedures for mission support• Responsible for training, supervising, and scheduling 25 personnel; Prepare performance evals on CLIX contract personnel in Regional Support Activity (RSA)

Fort Drum, Ny; Fort Lewis, Wa

• 05/09 – 05/10, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Support Operation Tech, Iraq• 08/06 – 11/07, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Regional Power Generation, Iraq• 04/06 – 03/04, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Battalion Maintenance Officer • Supervised, managed support operations of 3,500 military staff members, 1,500 pieces of equipment, and property valued at $350M+• Managed staff of 42; accountable for medical supply/logistics, standard automated systems maintenance and distribution• Accountable for brigade maintaining 93% operation rate versus standard of 90% set by US Army (other brigades’ averages were ~ 89%)• Plan, coordinate, and supervise execution of equipment maintenance; supervised personnel-conducted inventories/demand analysis; managed compliance for supply discipline and process improvement• Responsible for creating/maintaining SAMS1E / SAMS2E databases; wrote readiness reports for parts status; Coordinated readiness data via Logistics Command, Integrated Logistics Analysis Program, and Federal Catalog System; automated/manual systems/sources; managed technical issues ensuring functioning systems; reviewed data daily for Non-Mission Capable reports Parts received, not install inventory list for brigade support• Developed trend analysis, conducted studies; developed two Long Lead time parts (+90 days - logistics delivery) weekly; Provided (to Sustainment Chief) reports, and procedures to improve efficiency of fleet readiness management; resulting in 93%+ readiness rate

Iraq

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), 10th Mountain InfantryContingency Operating Station, Forward Operation Base, Hammer• Managed support operations: responsible for six battalions, 3,500 soldiers, 1,500 equipment pieces, property book valued at $350M+; 42 personnel - Basic Combat Training (2nd Brigade Combat Team [2BCT]) level transportation, logistics, maintenance, material readiness, standard automated systems maintenance, distribution operations, and flight operations• Team leader for diversified logisticians across 2BCT (officers/technicians); conducted assessments on logistical situations; support fleet readiness; reviewed subordinate’s projects, evaluations, reports and recommendations for logistics management goals compatibility • Logistics operations staff officer utilizing SME knowledge of logistics, Army policies, procedures, maintenance, and technical requirements for deployments

Fort Lewis, Wa

• Supervised 648-member, multi-component Corp Combat Engineer battalion (medium to heavy construction-type equipment) with worldwide contingency• Responsible for material equipment readiness valued at $28M+; Process improvement of repair parts order system, status, receive, store, issue, and return of excess parts• Provided technical expertise for maintenance equipment inspections; ensure minimum long-lead time for CLIX parts: ID, order, track, and expedite production schedules• Ensured shops’ inventories: repair parts bench/shop stock ensured buffer for long, lead time parts against potentially unreliable logistical deliveries• Responsible for planning, coordinating, and supervising supply and maintenance operations

Fort Lewis, Wa

• Managed, directed training, professional development, and combat readiness of 10 non-commission officers and 16 soldiers• Maintained 178 pieces of equipment valued at $16M+, with ‘0’ damages or losses• Managed $1.5M+ worth of Modified Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) equipment and supplies; Analyzed malfunctions and supervised adjustments and repairs on equipment; Conducted tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance• Provide maintenance and supervises repairs on special purpose engines, power generation, refrigeration, quartermaster, chemical, and construction equipment

Camp Kyle, Korea

• Serves as senior construction equipment repairer in ground support equipment section of most forward deployed non-divisional maintenance company • Supervised/monitored/ensured health/welfare of 26 subordinate soldiers• Supervised section activities: performing support maintenance on tactical generator sets, internal combustion engines, environment control units, material handling equipment; responsible for equipment valued at $2M+

Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Va

• Senior construction equipment repairer in a terminal service company with a FORSCOM mission of operating a port terminal worldwide• Supervised/monitored health/welfare of eight soldiers; two non-commission officers• Performed routine/preventive maintenance on two cranes, two bulldozers, 12 wheeled vehicles, and 10 power-generation equipment valued at $1M+

Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Va

• Served as senior construction equipment repairer; terminal service company with Forces Command (FORSCOM) mission; operating a port terminal worldwide• Responsible for the health/welfare of eight soldiers and two non-commission officers• Performed routine and prevented maintenance on two cranes, two bulldozers, 12 wheeled vehicles, Army Oil Analysis Program Coordinator for over 100 pieces of various equipment valued at $3M+

Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Va

• Served as construction equipment repairer in a direct support maintenance company• Supervised/monitored health/welfare of two soldiers• Performed routine/prevented maintenance on engineer equipment: power bridging, earth-moving equipment, and special tools

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, Gpa 3.50

High School Diploma, General Studies