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Coatesville, Pennsylvania

Setup a new department within the Flight Delivery Center to track and schedule maintenance of delivery and storage aircraft. Plan for and distribute the flight schedule to all management and flight personnel. Maintain a 3-month lead time schedule for projected aircraft maintenance, flights, issuance of Certificate of Airworthiness, and customer delivery for manpower estimates and aircraft space needs. Act as liaison between Program management, Flight operations, Customers and upper management for all maintenance operations. Act as supervisor overseeing maintenance performed by technicians. On call for customer AOG part pulls. Issued quotes for maintenance required to return storage aircraft back to flight status.

Coatesville, Pennsylvania

Supervise and schedule out daily maintenance to 14 technicians. Plan out the flight schedule for the week. Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. Conduct ground and flight testing for engine high speed shaft balance, main / tail rotor blade track and balance, and airframe vibrations on the S-92A and S-76D. Also test optional equipment installed (e.g., single and dual rescue hoist, fast rope, external cargo hook, FLIR, Trakka searchlight and SX-16 night sun searchlight). Inspect and sign off on maintenance performed by technicians. Assist with customer acceptance of aircraft and delivery. Perform offsite maintenance for customers.

Kissimmee, Florida

Maintain the base helicopter, an EC-135P2, as a solo unsupervised mechanic. Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance while keeping the aircraft in service during peak operating hours. Keep aircraft logbooks, hazmat inventory, build and maintain a parts inventory, keep all calibrated tools up to date. Schedule out heavy maintenance and schedule for a spare aircraft to be on base while maintenance is being performed. Assist other bases with heavy maintenance as needed. Spare aircraft worked on were EC-135T2 and BK-117. Factory trained on the EC-135.

Coatesville, Pennsylvania

Perform scheduled maintenance after S-92’s initial flight testing in completions. Strip aircraft of baseline parts and install optional equipment per customer request utilizing vendor blueprints and engineering drawings. Moved from completions to the flight delivery center and promoted to crew chief. Perform high speed shaft balancing, main and tail rotor balance, main rotor track, and minimize airframe vibration levels. Test optional equipment installed in completions while in flight. Present the S-92A to the customer for acceptance and delivery

Nasjrb Willow Grove, Pennsylvania

Helicopter crew chief on a CH-53E. Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. Managed the fuel surveillance program, tool control program, and the FOD (Foreign object debris/damage) program. Supervised 23 Marines and tasked the maintenance to be performed for the day. Performed and trained Marines in day and night flight operations in different environments. Trained flight crew resource management, Human factors, as well as continuous and standard communication between crew and pilots. Honorable discharge as an E-5 (Sergeant).

Associate Of Science - As, Technical Management

Associate Of Science - As, Aviation Maintenance