Luis Sanchez

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Quality Assurance Specialist @ Defense Logistics Agency
Elizabeth City, NC, US
Luis Sanchez's Location
Currituck, North Carolina, United States, United States
About Luis Sanchez

CAREER SUMMARY• 20+ years, United States Navy, Chief (ABFC/E7), Honorable Discharge: 01/2024• 20+ years, Fueling Subject Matter Expert (air, vehicle, storage, distribution)• 20+ years, Fuel System Repair, Maintenance Supervisor (Fuel System Machinery, valves components)• 20+ years, Security Reaction Team Leader (Officer of the Deck, Security Watch Bill Coordinator)• 15 years, Senior Manager (programs, personnel, planning, military)• 10 years, Senior Project / Program Management • 8 years, Experience in Shipyard Industrial Environment Solution-oriented Fuels Manager and talented leader with 22+ years of experience in organizational level maintenance on automotive gasoline systems, aviation fuels systems, catapult lube oil distribution and stowage systems on amphibious ships, expeditionary, and shore facilities. Operates and maintain electrical pumps, electrical valves, tank level indicators and control pumps, transfer/service filters and manifolds for fuel, oil, CO2, inert gas systems, and all quality assurance equipment. Repairs and adjusts valves, pumps, filters, and flow meters. Track and manages all aviation refueling support equipment logs and calibration certificates; operates portable/hand power tools. Proficient at reading blueprints, charts, drawings, and publications. Tracked, managed, and procured over $12 million worth consumable and repairable items for 48 units of civil engineer support equipment (CESE.)

Luis Sanchez's Current Company Details
Defense Logistics Agency

Defense Logistics Agency

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Quality Assurance Specialist
Elizabeth City, NC, US
Website:
dla.mil
Employees:
10119
Luis Sanchez Work Experience Details
  • Defense Logistics Agency
    Quality Assurance Specialist
    Defense Logistics Agency
    Elizabeth City, Nc, Us
  • G I Industrial-Marine, Llc
    Project Manager
    G I Industrial-Marine, Llc Jan 2024 - Present
    Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
    • Responsible for planning, executing, and closing projects, ensuring that they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. As Lead Project Manager, played a crucial role in driving project success, fostering collaboration among team members, and maintaining strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.• Managed and oversaw skilled & unskilled trade laborers in support of US Government contracted work packages, ensuring efficient and timely completion of all repair projects.• Reviewed contracts, schematics, and blueprints to determine scope and requirements on two multi-million-dollar projects.• Coordinate with contractors and vendors to obtain necessary materials and services.• Managed 40 employee hourly timesheets and produced billing statements.• Monitored, supervisors on repair progress and ensured compliance with project timelines and budgets.• Conduct regular inspections of job sites to ensure quality and safety standards are met.• Provide technical guidance and support to technicians as needed.• Maintain accurate records of repairs, including documentation of work performed, materials used, and costs incurred.• Knowledgeable of schematics and blueprint reading to accurately assess project needs
  • Us Navy
    Fuels Division Leading Chief, Senior Enlisted Leader (Abfc/E7)
    Us Navy Jun 2022 - Jan 2024
    Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
    • Supervise 44 shore personnel (maritime forces) responsible for providing logistics, transportation, shipping, and handling of military supplies, equipment, and fuels from ship-to-shore military units, including warfighter theater of operation.• Directed and managed Maritime Prepositioning Forces (MPF), Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) operations expediting and providing expeditionary cargo handling services for surface, air, and terminal operations and tactical fueling for worldwide warfighter missions under Naval, Joint, interagency, combined forces, and organizations.• Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) advice and counsel for Fuel Supply System Point (FSSP), R-11 6k GL fuel truck, MK970 Expeditionary Fuel Truck, Helicopter Expeditionary Refueling System (HERS), and fuel distribution systems in theater of operation.• Established communications, voice/sound data, while utilizing Flank Speed, MS PowerPoint reports, and communicate via MS TEAMs for mission-relevant meetings.• Inventoried, replenished, and maintained, (3) Real World 72hr Fly-Away refueling systems valued at $12.3M to support special customer and humanitarian missions world-wide. • Implemented, tracked, and managed a 13-week maintenance rotation plan, resulting in increased maintenance productivity to 95%; ensured departmental staff were aware of the maintenance forecast on all fuel equipment and trucks maintenance and certifications required to ensure mission readiness, resulting in time saved by ordering parts before the maintenance due while preventing outside contract labor cost by performing in-house corrective maintenance as needed.
  • Us Navy
    Divisional Leading Chief Petty Officer, Air Department Lcpo, Damage Control Team Leader
    Us Navy Jul 2018 - Jun 2022
    • Managed three work center petty officers (PO1; E6) and supervised 21 sailors in three divisions 1) aviation handlers, responsible for aircraft launches, preservation of flight deck, and maintenance of towing equipment; 2) aviation fuels, responsible for ship’s fueling system, pump rooms, fuel filter separation systems, aircraft fueling stations, and maintenance on valves and fuel systems pumps; and 3) aviation support, responsible for equipment, including 4K and 10K forklifts and aircraft towing vehicles• Directed/managed safe distribution of >700,000 gallons of Aviation Jet fuel (JP5) for 1,000 flight deck tactical refueling evolutions during operation Trident Juncture, Air Refueling Group (ARG) / Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Exercise (EX), and Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of Iran and Libya during a nine-month overseas deployment• Provided SME advice on procedures to document fuel ordering and receipt transactions; conducted quantity and quality calculations; directed and managed equipment valued at >$2.5M; provided SME advice and counsel on Mogas fuel systems, procedures, and acquisition requests• Research, analyze, identify, and recommend equipment repairs and maintenance; advise CO or XO of the scope of work (SOW) requiring external vendors or repair techs; identify and procure repairs per manufacturer’s specifications and recommendations via third-party repair vendors (contract)• Provided hands-on training on aircraft and shipboard firefighting during basic and advanced training evolutions; trained junior sailors in fighter fighting during duty section training to ~60 personnel (daily)• Transported, loaded, unloaded, and processed to storage areas highly explosive ammunitions and materials from US Naval Ships; offloaded explosive ammunition from ship to pier at naval weapon station Yorktown, in designated ammunition offloading areas; managed/monitored storage organization(see full job description in attached resume)
  • Us Navy
    Petroleum Distribution Supervisor (Abf1/E6), Code 700 Sme Advisor
    Us Navy Mar 2015 - Jun 2018
    Sigonella, Italy
    Petroleum Distribution Supervisor (ABF1/E6), Code 700 SME AdvisorUS Navy, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), NAVSUP FLC Sigonella, Italy • Managed 17 sailors (ranks E5-E6) and 10 Italian local nationals (fuel truck drivers) as division leading petty officer• Managed, supervised, and monitored a multi-million dollar infrastructure fuel farm in Sigonella, IT, comprised of two-million-gallon stowage tanks, 2 500 gallon service tanks, nine fuel trucks, pantograph systems, and an automobile diesel gas station.• Provided SME advice and counsel on petroleum, lab, bulk water operations, and contingency planning during fuel pipe maintenance (alternatives for moving fuel sources to assets) by liaising and coordinating with contact fuel distributors for alternatives• Managed and maintained accountability, receipt, storage, and shipping of bulk petroleum, lab, and bulk water equipment and operations, ensuring strategic inventory objectives met mission specifications.• Planned, coordinated, and delivered fuel to fuel testing labs • Researched, analyzed, identified, and comprised reports to the operations officer for equipment status (e.g., operational, undergoing maintenance or repairs, and source problem identifications)• Reviewed, validated, and/or endorsed requests for vehicle and equipment parts and fueling systems; quality assure correct part number, validated requests for divisional approval and submitted documentation for acquisition and purchase; identified fuel system changes to notify the Navy of changes (e.g., blueprints or diagram system mismatch) for a request for updated system information• Researched, analyzed, identified, and developed updates to concepts of support for bulk fuel in the AOR as liaison to Operations Officer (Code 700 fuels office); brief missions requirements and flight plans to ensure fuel required to support the mission and maintaining bulk storage tanks at 80-95% capacity(see full job description in attached resume)
  • Us Navy
    Flight Deck Leading Supervisor (Abf1; E6)
    Us Navy Mar 2012 - Mar 2015
    Uss Wasp (Lhd-1)
    03/12 – 03/15, Flight Deck Leading Supervisor (ABF1; E6)US Navy, USS WASP (LHD-1)• Directed, managed, and supervised refueling operations of >200 Air Force, Marines, and Navy Tactical Helicopters and DoD transient aircraft, including initial testing of the F-35 lightning fighter jet, the Navy’s V-22 Osprey, and the Bell AH-1 Super Cobra attack helicopter (USS Wasp (LHD1) was a being used as the test platform for this aircraft)• Managed maintenance of 70 tactical ground vehicles and 20 fuel distribution systems valued at >$11M, including fuel/defuel carts, fuel transfer carts, aircraft fueling stations (8), auxiliary fueling stations (9), jet fuel purifier system (2), water/sediment filter separators, valves, and pumps• Responsible for the health, welfare and training of >230 personnel (E3, E4, and E5) including presenting daily briefings• Trained and qualified junior sailors in the 3M maintenance system as maintenance techs using a maintenance requirement card (menu steps) on completing preventative maintenance on equipment• Researched and analyzed inventory and logistics; identified maintenance and scheduled repairs for equipment; identified maintenance protocol; tracked and assigned qualified (certified) personnel for each task; and quality assured work completed• Managed maintenance/repair oversight for ship and ground fuel transportation equipment; transported fuel personnel to NAS Oceana to perform hydro testing of fueling hoses (~200 individual hoses)• Provide SME advice and counsel on HAZMAT handling, including classifications, maintenance numbers (IDs), and proper labeling and disposal of HAZMAT materials, as well as environmental protection procedures and protocol (training before each mission) for inspections as fuels supervisor• Ensure proper fuel spill kits are inspected, certified, and on scene before ammunition handling and fueling operations and moving fuel between ship and shore(see full job description in attached resume)
  • Us Navy
    Provisional Reconstruction & Fuel Depot Supervisor (Abf2/E5)
    Us Navy Jan 2011 - Mar 2012
    Afghanistan
    Provisional Reconstruction & Fuel Depot Supervisor (ABF2/E5) US Navy, NAVCENT FWD HQ, Afghanistan• Responsible for the accounting, quality testing, and maintenance upkeep of 15 mobile refueler/defueler trucks, as well as ensured issued fuel was tracked and accounted for• Request fuel from the Army core of engineers, responsible for feeding fuel into bladder systems via a truck delivery• Maintained fuel system pumps and associated equipment for petroleum products for the US Army, Air Force, and other NATO countries• Conducted aerial surveys of two forward operating bases and provided close contact security for high profile Core of engineers’ civilian contractors while they conducted site surveys of three multi-million dollar construction project sites throughout the city of Farah, Afghanistan • Supervised 25 personnel in six entry-control checkpoints, resulting in searching >300 Afghan nationals daily in search of illegal contraband sustenance as they entered and exited the base • Monitored Afghan national police performance and coordinated with the Italian International Security Assistance Force (Carabinieri) the training on weapons handling and proper arm watch standing • Managed and supervised the base Reconstruction Wood Shop (volunteer duty) to accommodate a personnel shortage; saved over $40K in contract labor by developing and implementing a new learning center with 20 refurbished computers, a 50’x50’ floating deck, >75 pieces of furniture, a brick pizza oven, and a makeshift movie theater to improve morale for forward-deployed soldiers attached to operating base Farah
  • Us Navy
    Maintenance Leading Petty Officer / Bulk Storage Specialist (Abf2/E5)
    Us Navy Jan 2008 - Jan 2011
    Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
    Maintenance Leading Petty Officer / Bulk Storage Specialist (ABF2/E5)US Navy, Regional Supply Office Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA• Managed, supervised, and monitored accounting, regional quality assurance fuel testing, maintenance upkeep of 17 mobile 6,000-gallon refueling trucks, 21 refueling hydrants, and four pantograph high-pressure mobile refueling systems, maintaining mission operational readiness• Issued over 32,000 gallons of jet fuel during 900 evolutions and 1,500 gallons of aircraft engine oil to military and civilian performing aircraft during the 2008 and 2010 NAS Oceana Air shows• Supervised the receipt and stowage of over 69 million gallons of jet fuel• Managed and trained three personnel (E-4) maintenance personnel on maintenance tasks
  • Us Navy
    Flight Deck Repair Supervisor (Abf2/E5)
    Us Navy Oct 2002 - Jan 2008
    Uss Iwo Jima (Lhd-7)
    Flight Deck Repair Supervisor (ABF2/E5)US Navy, USS IWO JIMA (LHD-7)• Supervised 18 Sailors (fuels and pump room crew) repair team crewman in jet fueling systems preventive maintenance to include nine aircraft fueling stations, 12 auxiliary motor vehicle dispensing systems, and two jet fuel purifying pump rooms• Trained and prepared junior sailors for advancement exams, resulting in 13/17 E3 sailors advancing in rank to E4 every Friday during lunch hour with subordinates• Implemented a tool control program that accounted for 230 tool kits with an inventory value of ~$600K (example: fuel testing kits valued at $37K); issued kits to 20 different ship divisions for workspace projects while maintaining 100% accountability of tools issued; control and oversight maximized the life of tools to reduce purchases and overhead expenditures

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