Chris Wilkins

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Grand Prairie, TX 75050

713-***-****

acdjie@r.postjobfree.com

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QUALIFCATIONS SUMMARY: Continuous Improvement professional with over 26 years of experience

in the aero-engine component repair industry. Strengths include a strong background in leading continuous

improvement initiatives including value stream mapping, impact maturity, passport process, 6S, Supplier

Input Process Output Customer (SIPOC), problem solving, mistake proofing, total preventative maintenance

(TPM), quality control process control (QCPC), and improvement implementation and measurement. Ability

to teach continuous improvement concepts across all levels of management and shop floor associates. Ability

to audit all types of process growth throughout organizational levels. Production supervision experience with

hourly workforce in assembly and disassembly of various aero-engine products. Managed complete repair

production line for a fortune 500 company.

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EXPERIENCE

PRATT & WHITNEY Global Service Partners Grand Prairie, TX

Assoc, Prod & Proc Quality 2009-2012

• Performed certified audits to ensure incremental improvement in the use of continuous improvement tools and their impact on

improved company metrics.

• Supported Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines continuous improvement initiatives across 20 international and domestic sites.

• Realized significant improvement in all sites, with all sites progressing through various levels of UTC’s 4 levels of Achieving

Competitive Excellence (ACE) Continuous Improvement Program.

• Provided guidance to numerous production cells and business processes cells on the application and use of improvement tools

to improve turn round time, on-time delivery and productivity.

Grand Prairie, TX

PRATT & WHITNEY DARO 1996-2009

Team leader

• Concentrated efforts to bring DARO production cells through the continuous improvement program from pre-qualifying to

Silver status.

• Instrumental in leading 17 cells to Gold status (highest status)

Served as production supervisor (Team Leader) for PW4000 HPT Vanes cell, leading 30+ operators.

Responsible for production planning, overtime allocations, performance development, employee relations, training, and

discipline.

Served as a quality control inspector, performing receiving, initial, in-process, and final inspection.

Certified the airworthiness of repaired aero-engine turbine components.

Chromalloy Hurst, TX

Certified welder 1986-1995

Performed weld repair of aero-engine turbine components, welding on a variety of nickel-based alloys

Performed furnace and braze processes

Performed weld and assembly of aircraft nozzles

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Dallas, TX

Bachelor of Science in Business 2011

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