BEN AMMONS

PO box ** Glenwood,Ala. ***** -Cell 706-***-****/email

acvsfd@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Education

Alabama Aviation Technical College

Airframe and Power Plant License

Certifications/91

FAMS-DC9/DC8/727/737/747/757/787/A300/A320/C-130/Fokker 27/ CH47/UH1 /206/M-60/212/214s

Business Courses

X-ray, dye penetration, shot-peen, cold work. Technical training on rotary wing aircraft 300 hours,

Inspections /280 hours. DC-9 /80 hours, DC-8 /40 hours. FAA test 99.4

CH-47, UH-1, UH-60, Bell Ranger, 212’s, 214’s rotary blade inspection, Honey cone inspection,

Management /80 hours, NDI and NDT 40hr.

Experience:

General Experience (Solumina, SAP,Smart Team, Adobe acrobat,OWI,Office )

Played vital roles with several MRO' and Mfg. companies and their specific Campaign Directives. Inspecting and evaluating

maintenance performed by all functions on aircraft, ensuring all work is free of deficiencies, ensuring all safety procedures are followed and the potential damage to the property of the customer or company is minimized, conducting weight and balance, ensuring completion of all log book entries, releasing the aircraft as airworthy for test flight and/or flight operational checks, and ensuring compliance with all FAR’s .Routine and nonroutine inspections, Red line inspections, QA audits,MRB,ENG,STRESS, Reports,Tags, Objective

Employment

10/08/2012-09/10/2015

Gulfstream/CTS/Tulsa, OK Quality Engineer III Lead I worked in a team oriented environment, performs all tasks in area of responsibility in a timely and efficient manner to ensure aircraft parts, sub- assemblies, major assemblies, and installations are built to type design data. Principal Duties and Responsibilities: Essential Functions:1. Performs inspection duties utilizing engineering drawings and orders, route cards, inspection travelers, technical specifications, QA procedures and instructions and other related documents. 2. Performs conformity/first article inspections to ensure compliance with FAA approved procedures. 3. Performs area inspections to ensure compliance with applicable standards and specifications. 4. Ensures the proper use and storage of area tools and equipment. Additional Functions:1. Works with and instructs subordinate inspectors in techniques of inspection functions and other related duties applicable to the area. 2. Provides technical support to manufacturing personnel. 3. Coordinates inspection workload according to priorities, efficiency and cost effectiveness. 4. Performs other duties as assigned. Other Requirements:1. Competent in the use of all job related tools and equipment. 2. Proficient in blueprint reading and interpretation and shop mathematics and Quality Control Procedures. 3. practical troubleshooting skills. 4. Strong oral and written skills . 5. Works as part of a team to ensure company and department goals related to safety, quality, schedule and costs are met.

06/04/2012 – 09/2012

Gore Design Completions, LTD/ Volt/San Antonio, TX MRO

Part 21

Part 145

09/11/2015 to 03/21/2016 Vacation

03/21/2016 to Present

Nordam Nacelle/ Thrust Reverser Group Tulsa,OK

Quality Engineer 11

Closeing out tags. Working with Solumina,Smart Team,Sap,Adobe Acrobat,Office Makeing package useing .Discrepancy,Disposition,Buyoff,Stress Substantiation,

.Specification,Eng.,Put in order and send to Pratt&Whitney and Gulfstream for approval .Make note for root cause. Cover page. Then close tag Quality Control Inspector/QE

Duties include First Article Inspection/conformities, STC’S, 8130-9’s, Liaison to FAA. Inspection of all work performed to ensure compliance to approved data, Federal Aviation Regulations, and Repair Station Manual. Ensure that no defective, unserviceable or un-airworthy parts are used on any components or articles released by GDC. Responsible for ensuring all fabricated parts are labeled and identified properly. Inspect work performed to ensure compliance. Perform receiving inspection functions prescribed in the Repair Station Manual. Ensure that quality concerns and items related to airworthiness are addressed and tracked until resolution. Ensure maintenance and alterations performed by the repair station are in accordance with current FAA regulations and FAA approved technical data.

07/05/2011-04/22/2012

Boeing / Volt / San Antonio, TX

Quality Assurance Inspector

Quality Assurance Inspector on the Boeing 747-8 Freightliner, 747-8 International and 787 Dreamliner Series Aircraft.

Inspecting aircraft in accordance with OWI, NCM, BAC’s and engineering drawings. Long-range inspection plans to meet contractual requirements; single point of contact between the airline customer and Boeing leaders and managers during airplane manufacture. Liaison between customers and affected organizations in resolution of Quality related issues. Ensured compliance with contractual, company and regulatory requirements to assure quality and customer compliance. root cause analysis and corrective action of non-conformances. Developed, reviewed and approved product definition data including emergent design changes. knowledge of the quality system (e.g., Boeing Quality Management System

(BQMS), International Organization for Standardization (ISO9001), Aerospace Standard (AS9110).

240 class room hours. 54 certificates.

Part21

San Antonio Aerospace/San Antonio,

TX Quality Control Inspector

C4 checks MD 11’s, C checks B737

01/04/2004-05/08/2008

Pemco/DVC/Dothan, AL

Quality Control Inspector/Safety Inspector

C-checks – D checks on B-757 – A300 Airbus.

02/02/2002-01/04/2004

Timco/Greensboro, NC

Quality Control Inspector

Scheduled maintenance, C-checks – D-checks on DC-8s and B-757s. Schools attended at Timco see certs.

01/01/2001-2002

Sikorsky/ Fort Rucker, AL

Aircraft Mechanic III

Scheduled maintenance on MH-60 Blackhawks and UH-1 Bells. Schools attended at Sikorsky are as follows 300 hour technical training on wing aircraft. 02/1997-01/01/1999

AirTran Airlines/ Atlanta, GA

Quality Assurance Inspector and Auditor

Responsible to the Director of Quality. Directly responsible for the inspecting of aircraft and their

components by obtaining and interpreting work cards, reviewing inspection requirements, scope of detail, completing visual inspection of the aircraft areas opened by the AMT’s, including but not limited to fuel tanks, empennage, cargo areas, under floor areas, fuselage skin, engines, pylons, wings, flight control surfaces, flight decks, and landing gears. Performed carious types of non- destructive testing.

MRO

Red line inspections, Buy backs

MRO

MRO

Part 121

Part 145

06/01/08-06/22/2011

Dye Pen entrant, and Magnetic Partial Inspections. Identifying non-routine work on aircraft systems operations, including but not limited to engine performance, Pneumatic/hydraulic pressurization, air conditioning, electrical, fuel, and flight controls. Identifying the locations of discrepancies by the fuselage body stations and the butt lines, interpreting and ensuring compliance with all maintenance manuals including Airworthiness Directives, Service Bulleting, and Fleet Campaign Directives. Inspecting and evaluating all maintenance performed by all functions on the aircraft ensuring all work is free of deficiencies. Ensuring all safety procedures are followed and potential damage to the property of the customer or company is minimized. Conducting weight and balance, ensuring completion of all log book entries and releasing the aircraft as airworthy for test flight operational checks. Ensuring compliance with all FAR’s during the course of the day to day assignments. This experience included DC-9 aircraft.

1991-1997

Stambaugh Aviation Repair Station/ Brunswick, GA

Quality Control Manager

B727 Passenger to freighter. Set up all the required training classes that the inspectors needed to keep current inspection certification for B727 aircraft that were brought in by Fed Ex for inspection and repair. Initiated RII classes required by the FAA. Insured FAR standard were met or exceeded with company training and certification. 1990-1992

Timco/Airborne Express/ Greensboro, NC

Primary Inspector

Responsible for the completion of A, C, and D checks for DC-8, DC-9 and DC-10 aircraft.

Responsible to the Lead Inspector and the Director of Quality. Directly responsible for inspecting of aircraft and components by obtaining and interpreting work cards, reviewing inspection requirements, scope of details, completing visual inspection of the aircraft areas opened by the AMT’s MRO Part 145

i1989-1990

Stambuagh Aviation/ Brunswick, GA

Lead Inspector, Responsible to Lead Inspectors and the Director of Responsible for completion of C, and D checks, DC-9, 727 aircraft. Directly responsible for inspecting of aircraft and components by obtaining and interpreting work cards, reviewing inspection requirements, scope of detail, completing visual inspection of the aircraft areas opened by the ATM’s neumatic/ hydraulic pressurization, air conditioning, electrical, fuel. Quality Engineer/Inspector and Line Inspector

Monitors fabrication quality trend reports and data current manufacturing, inspection instructions, and facilitates for the conditioning which could lead to inadvertent discrepancies in product manufacturing. Distributed quality performance reports on a periodic basis to the appropriate fabrication management levels. Acted as the point of contact between fabrication management and the Quality Assurance Data System. Defined the causes for the discrepancies and corrective actions required to prevent further occurrence. Investigated the cause for non-conformance and determined both interim and long term actions required to eliminate causes. 1982-1989

Lockheed Employee # F97210/ Marietta, GA

MRO Part 145

1982-1983

Mitsubishi Aircraft International/ San Angelo, TX

Manufacturing Foreman

Responsible for supervision of 18 aircraft technicians. Areas of manufacturing including final assembly of MU-3 executive jet, hydraulic systems and operating checks, wiring mate to fuselage and the installing of landing gear, all avionics

systems and electrical sub-systems. Responsible flight station assembly and work accomplished according to engineering design and specifications. 1978-1982

Dynalectron Corporation/Fort Rucker, AL

Chief of Quality Control, Quality Assurance for A-7 jets Replaced fuel foam and modified fuel cell, which consisted of removing wings, replacing bladder cell probes, resealing of tanks, installing wings, and operation checks. Certified by the Air Force specifications and NDI AF specifications. Appointed as safety officer to monitor equipment and employee surety.Established new safety criteria as applicable to facility particulars.pa Appointed to a special team which was charted to coordinate the establishment of a new work site at the Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base. Duties included determination of office space and equipment, storage, tools, and hanger support equipment. Supervised all phases of structural Quality

1977-1978

Bell Helicopter International/ Isfahan, Iran

Supervisor maintenance and training on UH-1/212’s, 214’s 1974-1976

Northrop World Wide/ Fort Rucker, AL

Aircraft Mechanic Lead

Supervision of crew performance for scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance on UH-1 and CH-47 Helicopters. Maintained flight line and hanger status. Responsible for phase maintenance on Cobra and UH-1a Helicopters .

1968-1974

Dynalectron Corporation/ Vietnam Senior

Technician

Assigned to Vietnam and performed Conus evacuation procedures on the UH-1A and CH-47 helicopters. Removed blade heads, engines, and preserving of airframes for evacuation to CONUS. Appointed to aircraft lead mechanic position after six months for the CH-47 300 PE Barn. Assigned to unscheduled maintenance and battle damage team as lead mechanic. Transferred to Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL. as senior mechanic over sheet metal duties upon returning from Vietnam. Responsible for removal of wings on T-29 Corsair Aircraft, sealing of the tanks, replacing, insulation, and reinstallation.

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