Manager Maintenance

Senior Engineering Manager

Mechanical Engineer, *0 years specializing in operational & program support of military aeronautical systems; 7 years as senior design engineer with Westinghouse and DOOSAN Nuclear mechanical systems.

Operations Management - Incorporated Lean, Six-Sigma and TOC initiatives as process owner throughout the 67% staffed Power Plants Division. Implementation of new product flow and kitting significantly contributed to attainment of spare pool assets eliminating the need for cannibalization in all Naval Turbo-shaft engines for the first time in Naval Aviation history.

Product reliability - Six-Sigma initiatives increased E2/C2 aircraft reliability by identifying quality barriers and implementing improved maintenance procedures and material replacements. Efforts drove the average time between failures from 920 to over 1200 flight hours within one year.

Facility development - Chaired Lean event to eliminate safety concerns and inefficient layout of a $23 million facility. Justification recouped $500 thousand for modifications while under construction and identification of increased efficiency of manpower. Most recently served as Mechanical Lead for several major equipment upgrades during outage.

Start-Ups - Established a new operations center and training facility in southern Afghanistan serving as the center of excellence for multi collation forces, and as the forward operating hub for a $16 billion government rapid acquisition initiative. This innovative initiative lead to congressional recognition and helped justify changing Title 10 law.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER PATH

Georgia Pacific

Maintenance Superintendent, Bay Springs, MS Jan 2014– Present

Maintenance Asset Care Manager - Led and improved the maintenance organization by designing and implementing long-term continuous improvement applications to enhance the longevity of the site’s equipment. Met or exceeded objectives and metrics for safety and productivity performance while operating within the maintenance budget. Utilized the Decision Making Framework process to advance beneficial projects for funding and actively participated in planning and execution of outages for the facility. Provided daily support to operating areas eliminating process hang-ups to ensure key operational targets were met. Collaborated with Production and Reliability management members to develop and improve predictive and preventative maintenance and promote equipment operator ownership through the operator essential care program.

Westinghouse Electric Company

Project Manager, Newington, NH Nov 2011– Dec 2013

Selected to spearhead a recovery effort to recover schedule and minimize liquidated damages on a first of a kind construction of Reactor Vessel Internals. Coordinated the efforts of Manufacturing Engineering and Design Engineering to maximize efficiency and meet production demands. Conducted design for manufacturing reviews, deviation notices, identified and implemented key engineering and design changes that enabled construction to continue while finalization of design remained open thus eliminating $30k/day Late Delivery fees. Orchestrated the efforts of manufacturing engineers to deliver manufacturing documents and drawings just in time for operational needs thereby maximizing efforts to finalize design of the first third generation reactor in the world.

Senior Nuclear Design Engineer, Windsor, CT Jan 2006 – Nov 2011

Cognizant engineer for mechanical systems including Fuel Handling Equipment, Heated Junction Thermocouple, In-Core Instrument Assembly, and Control Element Drive Mechanism and associated tooling. Responsibilities include: preparation of design specification, vendor evaluations and selection, customer interfacing including training, review of vendor documentation, and field support engineering. Previously managed production efforts of 16 Engineers in the creation of 88 Pre-Operational Test Specifications in support of human factors testing of Westinghouse AP1000 Power Plant systems.

RELATED PROFESSIONAL/MILITARY EXPERIENCE United States Navy & Naval Reserve 1995-2013

NAVAIR Program Executive Office (Project Director), Patuxent River MD Jan 2012 – Present

Provided consultation to Naval Aviation Program Executive Officers (PEOs) and their assigned program managers, who are responsible for meeting the cost, schedule, and performance requirements of their assigned programs including:

program management, contracts, research and engineering, test and evaluation, logistics and industrial operations, corporate operations, comptroller and counsel. Full life-cycle support of naval aviation aircraft, weapons and systems to include research, design, development and systems engineering; acquisition; test and evaluation; training facilities and equipment; repair and modification; and in-service engineering and logistics support.

Senior Engineering Manager (continued)

Persistent Ground Support System (PGSS), Afghanistan Jan 2011 – Oct 2011

Officer in Charge

Three direct reports with 360 contracted operators.

Operational Commander of combat operations and maintenance support of 60 PGSS systems. Spearheaded the implantation and support of an Army initiative to implement EO/IR tethered blimps (aerostats) in theater in support of counter (IED) Improvised Explosives Device to include Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance electronic warfare.

Aviation Engineering Duty Officer (Project Director), Tampa, FL Jan 2006 – Jan 2011

Six direct reporting senior naval reserve officers all lean black belt certified and representing diverse civilian occupations

Performed program support for unmanned systems for NAVAIR Systems Command and US SOCOM. Established a reserve forces team that worked in conjunction with Special Operations Research, Development, and Acquisition Center (SORDAC) in meeting its mission to provide rapid and focused acquisition, technology, and logistics support to Warfighters, delivering the most effective capabilities to our Special Operations Forces. (SORDAC) is responsible for all USSOCOM research, development, acquisition, procurement, and logistics.

Power Plants Division Officer (Production Manager), Norfolk, VA May 2004 – Jan 2006

Eight direct reports – Production Control Manager, Logs & Records Manager, Supply Manager, and seven Work Center Supervisors reporting to five Branch Managers.

Managed 110 personnel performing scheduled/unscheduled maintenance on seven T/M/S power plants and related systems. Superbly managed the repair of 72 Turbo-shaft engine assemblies. Managed over $66 million of support equipment and the upkeep of four maintenance facilities and five turbo-shaft engine test cells.

Assistant Maintenance Officer (Department Manager), Oceana, VA May 2001 - May 2004

Six direct reports – Airframes Branch Manager, Avionics Branch Manager, Power Plants Branch Manager, Quality Assurance Branch Manager, Material Control Branch Manager, Maintenance Administrative Branch Manager.

Prepared schedules and man-hour estimates for periodic maintenance of thirteen F/A-18C aircraft and related engines, avionics, weapons, components and support equipment. Maintained aircraft, inventory, engine and accessory logs/records and current maintenance index. Planned, coordinated and managed organizational level aircraft maintenance workload. Controlled production of over 90 personnel in seven work centers by assigning job priorities for unscheduled maintenance actions, technical directive compliance and conditional aircraft inspection requirements ensuring compliance with established maintenance policies.

Quality Assurance Officer (Department Manager), Kailuia, HI Mar 1998 - May 2001

Directed the overall quality of maintenance. Attained quality in maintenance and the prevention of maintenance errors through positive leadership, proper organization, and a complete understanding of responsibilities by each individual in the department.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Monroe

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