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Kingsville, Texas, United States

Structures engineering support to aviation depot.

Harlingen, Texas, United States

Provide engineering consultation to an Aviation MRO

Texas, United States

Conduct field collection of damage assessment information and conduct damage assessment review and interpretation.

Harlingen, Texas

Managed and led 107-115 represented hourly, salaried and subcontract employees at a 320k square foot facility specializing in assembly of launch vehicle structural components. Responsible for overall safety, quality, cost and schedule of the site. Led facilities operations and maintenance group. •Directed production operations and established leadership and vision to produce launch vehicle structures.•Directed the support organizations (engineering, quality, and material) to provide their products and services required to establish impediment free production flow.•Drove continuous improvement across all functional areas to improve safety, quality, cost and schedule performance.•Maintained a positive working relationship with external customer (NASA, Air Force, DCMA, prime contractor) representatives.•Managed the servicing, repair, preventative maintenance and periodic inspection of facility and equipment.•Led site Emergency Operations Center and Business Continuity Team. Maintained the site operational through one hurricane and a major winter event.•Interacted with local academic, city, county, state and federal officials and other community organizations in support of company community involvement goals.

Harlingen, Texas Area

Led the Production Operations Engineering Group which included manufacturing engineering, liaison engineering, quality engineering and tool design- primarily in support of Atlas Launch Vehicle production as well as Titan, THAAD and F-16.•Directed the team in the design, implementation, and technical support of manufacturing flow.•Oversaw Root Cause Analysis and implementation of Corrective Actions.•Site Continuous Improvement focal. Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt.•Site chief engineer- facilitated resolution of engineering issues.•Implemented the use of chromate free primer in the factory to eliminate exposure.•F16 program manager- Managed the manufacturing program to apply coating on F-16 fighter aircraft 700-gallon tanks. Reduced EAC cost by $200K.