Quality Assurance Engineer
Resume:
Curriculum Vitae Of
Christopher Collins
Portland, Texas 78374 United States
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Objective: To obtain a position as a Health and Safety Coordinator,
Quality Control/Assurance or
Electronics/Avionics Technician with a growing,
innovative company.
PROFESSIONAL/WORK EXPERIENCE
Bradley's Inc. (United States)
Company Profile:
Manufacturing and maintenance of industrial electric motors, both AC and
DC. Bradley's Inc. is an EASA and ISO 9001 approved company.
JOB TITLE : Health and Safety Coordinator & QA Date : Aug 2011-
February 2013
Responsibilities:
. Ensuring company adheres to OSHA regulations.
. Monthly safety training.
. New employee safety orientation.
. Overseeing drug testing in accordance with DISA regulations.
. Scheduling Safety Council certification training for employees as
needed.
. Purchasing of safety equipment as necessary.
. Documenting injuries and accidents.
. Performing Safety Audits.
. Scheduling and ensuring calibration of test equipment.
. Development and maintenance of company asset database.
. Performing quality audits in accordance with company quality
procedures.
. Preparation for ISO 9001 Audits
. Quality Assurance
Qinetiq MOD (United Kingdom)
Company profile:
Maintenance of Aircraft and aircraft components for both the military and
civil markets. Qinetiq is an EASA approved company.
JOB TITLE : BAY SYSTEMS ENGINEER Date :
Oct 2009-Nov 2010
Responsibilities:
. Repair, test and development various components for both fixed wing
and rotary wing aircraft.
. Repairs down to component level.
. Test bench design, development and construction.
. Maintenance and calibration of test equipment.
. Certification of aircraft components.
. Problem solving and liaison with crew and customer.
. Final inspection of components.
. Working to the EASA approved regulations.
. Making sure monthly targets and A.O.G's are met. Repaired components
for Alpha Jet, Jaguar, Gazelle and Tornado.
Cobham Antennas (United Kingdom)
Company profile:
Maintenance and manufacture of Aircraft antennas for both the military
and civil markets. Cobham is an EASA approved and worldwide known
company.
JOB TITLE : QUALITY ENGINEER
Date : Feb 2009-July 2009
Responsibilities:
. Maintaining a high standard of quality within the company by doing
both internal and external audits.
. Ensuring calibration for all test equipment within the company.
. Raising CAR's within the company to ensure all procedures are
adhered to.
. Writing and updating new procedures within the Quality Manuals.
. Test equipment calibration.
. Writing and update of test procedures.
. Internal Audits.
. External Audits.
. Raising CAR's and follow-up.
. Liaison with client and customers.
. Calibration and maintenance of test cells.
. Audit reports and monthly audit meetings.
Denel Aviation (South Africa)
Company Profile:
Manufacture and maintenance of Aircraft and aircraft components for both
the military and civil markets. Denel is an EASA approved company.
JOB TITLE : WORKSHOP MANAGER (ORYX HELICOPTER DIVISION) Date : 2005-2008
CREW CHIEF
Date : 1996-2005
AIRCRAFT ELECTRONICIAN
Date: 1989-1996
APPRENTICE
Date: 1985- 1989
In my 23 years at Denel Aviation I worked in various capacities, such as:
. Ensuring helicopters are overhauled and serviced according to
specifications.
. Ensuring target dates are met.
. Budgeting for financial year.
. Quality assurance. Quality auditing (C.A.R's).
. Problem solving and liaison with crew and customer.
. Working to the EASA approved regulations.
. Ensuring A.O.G's and target dates are met.
. Health and Safety supervisor.
. Procurement and purchase requesting of spares.
. Inspection of components from arrival in workshop until departure.
. Certification of instrumentation - release to service.
. Issue of JAA Form one for airworthiness of components. (Later known as
EASA Form one).
. Repairs down to component level doing fault finding, soldering and
calibration, using schematic diagrams and aids such as oscilloscopes
and multimeters.
. Repairs to F.D.I's, Flight computers, Autopilots, Gyro's, Engine
control units, Yaw Damper computers, Course indicators, Flight
controls, Radio transmitters, Radio altimeters, radio transceivers
etc.
. Calibration and design of test equipment.
. Worked on ATEC (automatic test equipment centre).
. Repaired components for: C-130, Mirage, Grippen, Rooivalk, Puma, Super
Puma, Beechcraft, Falcon, Boeing 707 727 737, HS-125, Fokker F-28,
Cheetah (Kfir), Cessna, Lear jet and Dassualt.
. Insuring weekly checks on ESD. Adhering to ESD regulations.
. Acceptance and Environmental testing of components and PC boards.
. Vibration testing of aircraft components as well as temperature
testing.
EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
National Technical Certificate 4 - Electronics
1987
Kempton Park Technical College
Johannesburg, South Africa
National Technical Certificate 5 - Electronics
1988
Kempton Park Technical College
Johannesburg, South Africa
Trade Test - Aircraft Electronics Technician
1989
Department of Manpower
Johannesburg, South Africa
National Technical Diploma- Aeronautical Engineering
1989
Kempton Park Technical College
Johannesburg, South Africa
Degree - Business Management
1998
Rand Afrikaans University
(Currently named University of Johannesburg)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Completed Training Courses (Certificates Available by Request):
Electronics(1987), Electricity (1987), Logic systems (1987), Workshop
practice (1987), Electrostatic Discharge, (1993 and 2000), Basic management
principles (University 1998), Civil Aviation regulations (2000), JAR 145,
(1999 and 2000), ISO 9000 (1995), Soldering course (1989), Internal quality
auditor (1996), Industrial relations, (Aug and Nov 1998), Health and Safety
(NOSA 2003), Human Factors (2010).
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Aircraft Electronics Test Equipment Calibration JAA Approved
Technician CAA Approved
Component level repairs Gyro - Super clean room
Health and Safety A.O.G. Target dates Workshop manager
Quality Assurance Workshop experience Customer Liaison
Test Equipment Design Procurement of spares Environmental
Calibration Control Asset Management testing
*References and certificates upon request.
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