Quality Assurance Manager
Resume:
DARREN KEITH JONES
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Beaumont, TX 77713
******@*****.***
May 2010 - Present U.S. Air Force Hurlburt Field, FL Fort
Walton Beach, FL
Program Manager: Compliance / Safety / Environmental / Quality Assurance -
Fuels Management
. 24 years of experience in fuels compliance, safety, quality assurance,
auditing, distribution, receipt, hydrants, compressed natural gas
(CNG), fixed facilities, bulk fuel farms/storage, pipeline, satellite
accumulation points, environmental management practices and
operations.
. Insures proper handling and segregation of products received and
verifies quantity and quality to provide accuracy in management of
aviation, unleaded, diesel, alternative fuels and cryogenics.
. Isolates off-specification products and takes appropriate actions to
correct quality problems.
. Briefs/trains and inspects personnel on flight-line
refueling/defueling/driving/Foreign Object Damage prevention
operations.
. Manages pollution prevention, hazardous waste mgt, DOT hazardous
materials, solid waste management and storm-water/oil management to
prevent environmental contaminant exposures.
. Manages fuel analysis/reclamation program; recovered 7.4K gallons JP8
aviation from 24 fuel bowsers and returned $30K to the base.
. Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for Maytag Aircraft
Corporation to assure quality control of accounting, receipt and
storing of bulk petroleum aviation fuel valued at $4.7 million.
. Reviewed and validated plans, designs, specifications, and cost
estimates for project procurement by contractor for bulk storage
operations to insure mil-specs were adequate.
. Conducts internal semi-annual audits of 13 departments annually for an
infrastructure value of more than $500M. Drafts/submits formal audit
reports to mgt for corrective/preventive action.
. Performs a minimum of 520 no-notice spot inspections annually of
personnel performing fuels, industrial operations and office
personnel/processes for quality assurance/safety awareness.
. Subject matter expert to 70 personnel; provides daily/holiday safety
and annual environmental training to insure compliance in all
occupational, safety, health and environmental regulations.
. Identifies and validates risk assessment codes (RACs) to
provide/insure hazardous abatement for personnel and equipment.
. Responds and directs timely containment of fuel spills and
cleanup/remediation of hazardous, non-hazardous materials and
coordinates with Base, Federal and State regulatory agencies.
. Schedules, develops and conducts various environmental
training programs pertinent to the requirements of organizational
priorities and practices.
. Scrutinized the processing of 20K accounting document transactions for
six aviation and ground fuel accounts valued at $37M to insure 100%
accuracy of customer billing.
July 2008 - May 2010 U.S. Air Force Hurlburt Field, FL Fort
Walton Beach, FL
Superintendent, Base Headquarters Battlestaff Command Section - 1st Special
Operations Wing
. Handpicked by the commander ahead of peers to serve in a normally one
year special duty task.
. Provided daily briefings and updates to Headquarters Air Force Special
Operations and Wing executive staff and recommended course of actions
(COAs) during AFSOC contingencies.
. Conducted logistical contingency ops planning for 9,062 base
personnel, 12 staff agencies, four subordinate groups, 25 squadrons
and 38 tenant units to support Combatant Commanders.
. Led 13 personnel cross-functional team during crisis-response
operations. Provided logistical guidance to 43 command post,
battlestaff and maintenance operation control center personnel.
. Plans/schedules personnel work shifts for three eight-hour shifts to
ensure uninterrupted support.
. Coordinated logistics requirement sourcing w/ HQ AFSOC & Combined
Joint Special Operations Air Components; to position 3,800 personnel
and 100 plus special tactics aircraft at OIF/OEF.
. Directed logistics support for 10 home-base exercises, 15 contingency
deployments and one humanitarian deployment; to assure 100% wing
(base) combat/humanitarian readiness.
. Executed deployment of 220 personnel/910 tons of aid immediately after
the Haiti earthquake to expedite relief operations. Unit was first
military boots on-the-ground/evacuated 627 Americans.
. Sourced/shipped 190 critical mission impact capability (MICAP)
aircraft parts and 75 personnel to overseas contingency operations
(OCO) on short-notice to maintain inter-theater combat life-line.
. Meticulously monitored and tracked four MH-53 helicopters returning
from Iraq to Hurlburt Field; assured controlled transportation and
accountability of $160M assets for disposition.
. Flawlessly executed joint forces special operations deployment plan
for CV-22's combat debut; safely delivered 219K tons of cargo and 92
personnel to a classified location.
. Executed the base hurricane evacuation plan during Hurricane Gustav;
orchestrated relocation of 455 personnel, 220 tons of cargo and
generated 101 aircraft sorties in less than17 hours.
. Employed 3,800 special operations personnel to the OIF/OEF Theater;
enabled 837 enemies killed in action (EKIA).
September 2003 - July 2008 U.S. Air Force Hurlburt Field, FL
Fort Walton Beach, FL
U.S. Air Force Balad AB,
Iraq Balad, Iraq
U.S. Air Force Andersen
AFB, GU Dededo, Guam
Program Manager: Compliance / Safety / Environmental / Quality Assurance -
Fuels Management
. Conducts two internal semi-annual audits of 13 departments annually
for an infrastructure value of more than $500M to ensure efficiency in
operations and processes.
. Drafts/submits formal audit reports to Upper-Management for corrective
and preventive actions.
. Performs a minimum of 520 no-notice spot inspections annually of
personnel performing fuels, industrial operations and office
personnel/processes for quality assurance/safety awareness.
. Subject matter expert to 70 personnel; provides daily/holiday safety
and annual environmental training to insure compliance in all
occupational, safety, health and environmental regulations.
. Deployed to Iraq as an inspection team chief to provide quality
assurance for the Defense Logistics Agency Energy and assured
contractor environmental standards were compliant.
. Directed a government contractor inspection team, to perform 28
Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) QA inspections at 14 forward operating
bases in central and southern Iraq.
. Planned, coordinated and executed oversight of a strategic fuel farm
expansion in direct support of a Presidential directive to support
increased surge operations; increased capacity 200 percent.
. Performed monthly inspections of a 25 mile pipeline to assure
accuracy/operability and prevented overdue cathodic protection/leak
detection monitoring systems inspections by tracking/verifying.
. Inspected the Air Force's largest bulk petroleum fuel farm/four
hydrant refueling pump stations and bulk tanks with an inventory of 66
million gallons to record potential degradation of systems.
. Assured employee compliance with federal, state and local
environmental laws and regulations.
. Provided annual environmental budget forecasting for operational and
maintenance resources.
. Program Manager; recognized as one of the best environmental
management programs in the Pacific Air Forces region during the
Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 inspection.
. Revamped the technical order program, updated and validated 72 Air
Force publications ensuring 10K operations/processes were completed
safely and efficiently in accordance with tech order.
. Organization's single point of contact during the 2005 Environmental,
Safety and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment and the base
annual safety inspection; garnered an Excellent rating with zero
findings and lauded by the Installation Chief Executive Officer
(Commander).
. Developed a Hazardous Communication Training Plan for 11 departments;
identified and eliminated potential hazards for 85 personnel.
. Drafted an emergency action response checklist to bridge local, state
and federal directives for assigned personnel and equipment
evacuation.
Sep 2000 - Aug 2003 U.S. Air Force Barksdale AFB, LA
Bossier City, LA
U.S. Air Force Osan AB, Republic of
Korea ROK
Manager: Fuels Bulk Farm/Pipeline/Supervisor Resource Control/Accounting
Center - Fuels Mgt
. Directs receipt storage and issue operations for bulk petroleum
aviation and ground fuels, cryogenic, and alternative fuel products.
. Projects product requirements, places orders for products, and
performs product receipt operations.
. Insures proper handling and segregation of products received and
verifies quantity and quality.
. Maintains storage and dispensing facilities; operates and maintains
cryogenic production plants.
. Rotates stock to prevent degradation of product quality.
. Manages an effective operator maintenance program; insures good
stewardship of equipment.
. Performs operator checks and routine maintenance on facilities and
receipt/transfer pipelines.
. Maintains inspections and maintenance records of facilities for
historical data.
. Reports facility deficiencies to civil engineering for maintenance
repairs. Initiates requests for facility upgrades and military
construction projects.
. Supervises/operates the fuels control center to monitor all work
activities and product movements to insure a timely response to
customer requirements.
. Coordinates refueling requirements with supported agencies/customers
to insure appropriate prioritization of support requirements.
. Ensures accuracy of receipt, inventory, and issue documents, processes
computer transactions to insure proper billing and payment for all
product sales and credit transactions.
. Monitors product temperature and handling gains/losses to insure they
are within authorized tolerance, compiles data and generates recurring
daily/weekly/monthly reports and reconciliation.
. Monitors inventory levels to insure adequate stocks are on-hand to
support peacetime and pre-positioned wartime stock requirements.
. Compiles consumption data and monitors energy conservation goals.
. Inputs data into the Fuels Automated System (FAS) Defense Fuels
Automated Management System (DFAMS), and the Standard Base Supply
System (SBSS) to insure accurate accountability and visibility of
capabilities and limitations.
. Electronically transfers fuels transactions to the Fuels Automated
Management System-Air Force (FAMS-A). Reconciles all data bases to
insure all transactions have processed correctly.
EDUCATION:
University of Maryland 2004-2010
Bachelor of Science - HR Management, 12/2010 Minor - Environmental
Management
Associate in Applied Science -Management Studies, 12/2010
Associate in Applied Science - Logistics Management, 10/2006
Community College of the Air Force 1987-2006
Logistics Management
Air Force Institute of Technology 2005
Certificate: Environmental Management
SECURITY CLEARANCE:
Secret
SKILLS:
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power point, Access, Outlook, Picture
Manager, Adobe Suites
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