STEPHEN ANDERSON

**** ********** **, ******** *****, VA 23454

757-***-**** • acs3zr@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Team-focused and exceptionally hard working with ability to leverage strong military training, experience, and leadership.

Aerospace and Aeronautics: Recent formal education encompassing aerodynamics, aeronautical science, air traffic management, and aircraft operations.

Aviation Operations/Maintenance: 10 years of experience overseeing and participating in aircraft carrier launch and recovery operations, arresting gear systems and equipment operation, repair, assembly, and maintenance. Experienced and effective at leading teams through certification inspections and tracking thousands of work authorizations for safety program.

Leadership: Certification board chair ensuring strict qualification standards for arresting gear operations, safety, and maintenance. Comprehensive background supervising, directing, training, and motivating subordinates and team members in carrier aviation-related operations, maintenance, repair functions, and qualifications.

Key Strengths: Track record of ensuring safe aircraft landings and completing projects in a timely manner with the highest standards of quality. Mature, level-headed, high achieving professional with an excellent work ethic and outstanding time management and problem-solving skills.

Achievements: Top side Petty Officer for all arresting gear crews for the USS Enterprise; one of three, chosen from over 50 crewmembers. Self-motivated to obtain all the associated operations qualifications. Selected as Security Force Reaction Team Leader for one of three teams used to ensure safety of the carrier. Quality Assurance inspector for 12 shore based emergency arresting gear engines.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Bachelor of Science Candidate in Aeronautics, expected degree date of December 2016

EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, Daytona Beach, FL

Additional Professional Development

United Services Military Apprenticeship Program (USMAP) in Fire Fighting, Crash, Fire & Rescue (Air Transportation)

U.S. Navy “C” School for Arresting Gear Maintenance – Graduated at Top of Class

Certification

Journeyman Status in Fire Fighting, Crash, Fire & Rescue (Air Transportation)

Secret Security Clearance

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EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

UNITED STATES NAVY (USS ENTERPRISE/USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH)

Launch and Recovery Equipment Technician and Supervisor (11/2005 – Present)

As top side Petty Officer, oversees all flight deck arresting gear operations and provides motivational leadership and supervision for entire work center. As Authorizing Officer, trains, directs, and supervises personnel in ship's maintenance functions. Instructs arresting gear work center subordinates in job responsibilities, career development, and preparation for increased responsibility. Highly qualified in the operation, assembly, maintenance, and repair of the Mark 7 Mod 3 and 4 arresting gear engines. Serves on damage control, emergency, and security alert teams.

Selected Contributions:

• Successfully led top side independent team in accomplishing combat flight operations on aircraft carrier in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

• Ensured tens of thousands of safe aircraft landings through highly effective preventive and emergency maintenance

• Trained more than 100 personnel resulting in over 300 qualifications on arresting gear systems

• Entrusted with responsibility normally reserved for higher level supervisors to oversee all safety danger tag-outs in centralized work control team

• Compiled and tracked more than 30,000 work authorization forms including multiple safety tags as part of Navy’s safety program

• Awarded Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for leading Work Center through annual Arresting Gear Certification Inspection with rare Outstanding score

• Awarded Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for supervising 50 team members in setup and breakdown of the 2013 Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show with over 100,000 in attendance

Aeronautics Student (January 2009 - Present)

Enhanced professional aviation experience by studying aeronautics program covering principles of aerodynamics, aviation maintenance, repair, and safety investigation. Gained current knowledge of aviation law and legislation, commercial space operations, simulation, space studies, and unmanned aircraft systems.

Summary

A proven record of success and excellence in extremely stressful, dangerous, and fast moving environments. Your company would benefit greatly from his outstanding dedication, experience, and leadership.

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