Engineer Mechanical
Resume:
Jonathan A. Frost
Stuart, FL 34997
abqhsc@r.postjobfree.com
February 12, 2012
Over 35 years of professional aviation experience in aviation operations, in mishap and accident investigation, and in aviation
safety, including air traffic facilities management, commercial pilot, and flight instructor. Included is proficiency as an airframe
and aircraft hydraulics specialist, mechanical engineer, aircraft power plant engineer, and power ge neration gas turbine
engineer.
Education
Graduate, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida. Bachelor of Scie nce in Professional
Aeronautics
Graduate, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
Graduate, Burnside-Ott Aviation Training Center, Miami, Florida. Pilot training: commercial, instrument, multi-engine
land, and flight instructor, 1980.
Graduate with Honors, Senior Enlisted Academy, Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, Rhode Island.
Management, communication skills, and national security affairs.
Graduate Naval Air Technical Training Center, Millington, Tennessee
Mechanic Fundamentals
Aircraft Familiarization, and Aviation Structural Mechanic courses 1971
Control Tower Operator course, 1981
Radar Approach Control Operator course, 1982
Air Traffic Control Facility Management and Terminal Approach Pr ocedures course, 1988.
December 1970 September 1994
Airport and Air Traffic Control Facility Management, 8 Years
Senior Chief Air Traffic Controller in Charge of Bermuda, UK Air Route Traffic Control Center managing over fifty
controllers.
Coordinated the scheduling of all special-use airspace operations in the Bermuda region to ensure safe integration of air
carrier and military operations.
Negotiated many operational letters of agreement between Federal Aviation Administration and government agencies of
Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Supervised FAA flight inspections of Air Traffic Facility equipment.
Organized International Air Traffic Users Conferences; developed agendas, chaired meetings, and mediated between chief
pilots of major air carriers, domestic and foreign government agencies, and members of airport management.
Oversaw the planning of two major airfield-construction projects.
Coordinated the maintenance of runways and navigation-aids.
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer-in-Charge of Brunswick, Maine Terminal Radar Approach Control Facility managing
over forty controllers.
Collected and analyzed data for investigating aviation operational mishaps to improve air -traffic safety. Such tasks
included researching FAA regulations, writing technical reports, transcribing voice recordings, and charting radar plots.
Member of two aviation safety-councils; recommended policy and procedural improvements of aviation operations to top
executives to improve flight safety.
Air Traffic Controller, 6 years
Supervisor twenty-eight controllers aboard the USS Coral Sea; Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATTC) Supervisor
Worked high tempo aircraft carrier air traffic operations.
Managed fifteen controllers as a facility watch-supervisor and control tower chief.
Operated the control tower and radar-approach-control facility for military-jet-base.
Aircraft Mechanic, 10 Years
Naval Air Crewman: C-118B (DC-6) Aircraft
Experienced aircraft mechanic and quality assurance inspector on transport and t actical jet aircraft.
Serviced, disassembled, inspected and repaired airframe and engine components at organizational and intermediate levels
of maintenance
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Specialized in hydraulic, pneumatic, flight control, and environmental systems.
Experienced in flight control surface replacement and flight control system rigging procedures including cable and
hydraulic control systems.
Participated in operational testing and troubleshooting of aircraft and engines following major maintenance events.
Pratt & Whitney, Assembly and Test, Middletown, Connecticut, 1996 1999
Mechanical Engineer
Wrote design engineering changes for commercial aircraft engine components which included revising engineering
drawings and providing design substantiation to meet FAA certification requirements under appropriate Federal Air
Regulations.
Performed root cause investigations on gas turbine-engines to improve engine efficiency, to provide corrective action for
assembly process improvement, and to provide cost reduction through engine ering-design change initiation and validation.
Provided engineering support to engine manufacturing, assembly, and test operations.
Pratt & Whitney, Large Military Engines, West Palm Beach, Florida, January 1999 March 2000
Senior Mechanical Repair Engineer
Senior engineer and PW F100-220 engine repair program lead for worldwide repair activity.
Interfaced with gas-turbine component-repair vendors to obtain source qualification and licensing agreements including
process reviews and quality audits. Familiar with ISO 9000 certification standards.
Created comprehensive military engine repair program plans, provided proposal support, identified distress modes, and
performed trending analysis to identify military engine repair requirements.
Military Repair Group Liaison between U.S. and International Air Force customers to define and prioritize repair tasks
requiring development.
Teledyne Continental Motors, Mobile, Alabama, March 2000 to April 2000
Production Test Manager
Production Test Business Unit Leader responsible to the vice president of manufacturing for all aspects of aircraft engine
test and production output.
Managed 29 employees including engine test technicians and mechanics.
Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, FL, October 2000 to Present
Combustion Turbine Mechanical Engineer
Graduate, Florida Power & Light Group University School of Quality (provided by Breakthrough Management Group
International), Green Belt Certified, Six Sigma DMAIC methodology for technical process improvement, 2 009.
Subject Matter Expert in combustion troubleshooting and tuning Dry Low NOx (DLN) Combustors on GE7241FA and
Siemens 501FD Gas Turbines.
Conducted Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for off specification operating conditions, for non-conforming
components, and for component upgrades, which included risk evaluation for execution of countermeasures to failures
while considering safety and environmental factors.
Developed processes and statistical analysis tools for building advanced software for combustion component failure
prediction.
Engineered and wrote processes for developing and maintaining Combustion Dynamics acoustic monitoring systems.
Wrote numerous Letter of Instruction for a fleet of over 50 heavy duty gas turbines to improve cost, reliability, and
safety of operations.
Conducted root cause analysis of mechanical failures on heavy duty gas turbines.
Special Accomplishments
Awarded Navy Commendation Medal for superior leadership.
Awarded three Navy Achievement Medals for outstanding job performance.
Selected Sailor of the Year in 1986, ranked number one of over 3,500 aboard the USS Coral Sea.
Commercial Pilot; completed over 1,100 flight hours of flight-time as a commercial pilot. Instrument-rated in single- and
multi-engine airplanes.
Flight Instructor; completed over 700 flight hours of instructing student pilo ts in Piper and Cessna aircraft.
President, board of directors for Navy Flying Clubs in Brunswick, Maine; Key West, Florida; and Keflavik, Iceland.
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