Power Plant Maintenance

Italo Medina

** ****** ****** • Elwood Park, New Jersey, 07407 • ***********@*******.*** • c 201-***-****

Structural Mechanic

Highly accomplished aircraft mechanic with extensive experience in all phases of maintenance and

inspection for leading aerospace companies and military organizations

Key Qualifications

• Dedicated team player leveraging exceptional motivation and discipline to reliably accomplish objectives

and ensure customer satisfaction. Extensive experience in composite repairs.

• Excellent communicator, interfacing effectively across organizational levels and with diverse audiences.

Bilingual in English and Spanish. Forge productive working relationships; conduct highly effective staff

training.

• Proven strength in fabrication and special repairs. Efficiently multitask to achieve multiple concurrent

goals.

• Oversee comprehensive structural tasks, including modifications, overhauls and special repairs.

Repeatedly earned formal recognition for outstanding performance and achievements.

• Quickly master new concepts and processes, adapting within dynamic situations. Hold certification on

Sikorsky S-76and Boeing’s Chinook Helicopters. Knowledgeable with MS Office programs including

Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Hold active Confidential DoD Clearance.

Professional Experience

L-3 Vertex CFT – Camp Marmal, Afghanistan

STRUCTURAL MECHANIC, 8/2012 to present

Perform structural inspection, repair, modifications, phase, and unscheduled maintenance on Apache,

Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters. Provided 12/7 coverage in support of military operations in Afghanistan.

Record structural maintenance procedures. Work IAW technical publications, blueprints, schematics and

engineer special repairs. Fix and replace frames, formers, beams, bulkheads, stringers, intercostal, skins,

longerons, rotor blades, nacelles, fairings, windscreens, stabilators, gussets, and ribs. Remove and replace

aircraft related hardware to include; button head and countersunk aluminum and steel rivets, hi-loks, hi-

shears, hucks, jo-bolts, riv-nuts, grommets, and nut-plates. Replacement and modification of tail rotor

driveshaft supports using field alignment tooling. Repair complex composite repairs on aircraft nacelles and

rotor blades comprised of fiberglass, Kevlar, and carbon fiber.

• Accepted challenge of international experience, with looming end of contract near; taught fellow sheet

metal technicians new repair techniques.

Boeing – Millville, New Jersey

CHINOOK STRUCTURAL MECHANIC, 2010 to 2012

Given the opportunity to take 60-hour course for the 47 Chinook modification project. Tasked with relocation

of Satellite Communication Systems. This included FIP Sensor modification. Installation of heat sensors and

heat blockers. Moved all antennas to accommodate satellite system. Fabricated templates to standardize

the way the new pieces were made, reducing hours on each aircraft. Mounted M4 rifles for pilot, co-pilot and

companionway. Difficult task was accomplished with ease, avoiding damage to sensitive cables. Installed 2

command seats. Work consisted of starting from the ground up, by removing floors and installing reinforced

bases. Removal and reinstall fuel tanks carefully due to extensive work due to possibility of fuel leaks,

contamination and combustible fuels, Replaced sliding rails for doors with improved versions.

• Effective use of templates reduced time necessary time required to fabricate new parts, saving

countless hours on each helicopter modification.

• Accomplished modifications 2 months ahead of schedule, receiving kudos for a job well done from

upper management.

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• Work ethic and hard work resulted in being selected from small group to attend Chinook 47F

Modification course.

Sikorsky Global Helicopters – Coatesville, Pennsylvania

AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL MECHANIC TECHNICIAN, 2008 to 2010

Perform structural maintenance on Sikorsky S-76 and tasked with final assembly on Sikorsky S-92 final

assembly. Installed new transmissions, drive shafts, and engines. Installed fairings, doors, and landing

gears.

• Trained 5 night shift technicians on honeycomb composites, increasing the availability of qualified

technicians.

• Recognition for exemplary program support, led to being chosen as 1 of 10 workers to attend and be

part of the team of assemblers for the Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter.

American Composite Inc./ Aircraft Composite Technologies, Inc.– Miami, Florida

STRUCTURAL / COMPOSITE REPAIR TECHNICIAN, 2006 to 2008

Tasked with major levels of maintenance on 700 series Boeing Commercial Airliners for the United States

Government. Repaired components such as cowlings, elevator, stabilators, and panels. Fabrication of

landing gears doors and spoilers from scratch. Replaced flight control skins for corrosion. Flaps and ailerons

were completely reworked for new skins and honeycomb repairs. Injected composites with foam. Repaired

dents and damaged areas on nose cowls repairs. Utilized curing ovens for delicate repairs requiring

• Eliminated rework quickly, through establishment of guidelines on oven repairs.

• Fabricated difficult pie shaped laminates with pumping machine, resulting in huge precision worked

pieces; taught 10 technicians new techniques, increasing availability of qualified workers on both

shifts.

Honeycomb Composite Inc. – Miami, Florida

STRUCTURAL MECHANIC, 2003 to 2006

Repaired and overhauled fiberglass components such as tall cones, wingtips and spoilers.

• Led the way on new repair techniques, setting examples by which others were trained.

• Extensive composite experience gained on the job, increased desirability of my high tech skills.

Commercial Jet Inc. – Miami, Florida

STRUCTURAL MECHANIC, 2000 to 2002

Repaired components such as flight control surfaces, thrust reversers, and cowl doors. Tasked with repair of

fairings and reverse thrusters. Conducted Aluminum repairs due to extreme heat damage.

• Volunteered to help aircraft mechanics during work slow downs, increasing knowledge and skill levels

in other sections of the aircraft.

~ Previous experience includes Structural Mechanic with Lan Chile and Chilean Air Force in Santiago, Chile

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Educational Background

Graduate, Technical Basic Maintenance Ground School ~ CHILEAN AIR FORCE, SANTIAGO, CHILE

Additional Training: Air Frame Material Resistance ~ Aerodynamics ~ Power Plant ~ Avionics

Certification: Sikorsky S76/S92 Helicopters ~ Chinook 47F Modification

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