JOHN HAWKINS
*** **** ****** ****., **** City, NC 28523 ● (H) 252-***-**** ● *********@*****.***
Professional Summary
Service-oriented Machinist/Field Service Engineer with 25 plus years background in Aviation Maintenance and Counter IED Manager. Core competencies include Engineering, Machinist and management as well as excellent communication and time management skills. Handles tasks with accuracy and efficiency.
Skills
Experience
Metals Tech Lead Instructor 05/2013 to Present
ROYAL SAUDI AIR FORCE (Al Saleem) – Khamish Mushaytt, SA Oversee activities directly related to making products or providing services. Direct and coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with the production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products. Take new students in RSAF from a USAF 3 Level to a USAF 7 level. Meet with RSAF Colonels, Chiefs and Generals on the best way to acheive the objective and core values.
Train RSAF cadets on F-15 structure repair and modifications, NDI, Sheet Metal Practices, Paint, Corrosion Resistance repairs, Hydraulics, Flaps, Tubs, doublers,spoilers, landing gear systems, AMAD Bushiings, doors, rivet installation and repairs,and all aspects of DEPOT LEVEL training in the repair of RSAF Military Airborne Vehicles, including support of the Helicopter Squadron and RSA M-1 Abrams Tanks.
Review financial statements, sales and activity reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement.
Manage staff, preparing work schedules and assigning specific duties. Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures, conferring with board members, organization officials, and staff members as necessary.
Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train new employees, or oversee those personnel processes.
Perform sales floor work, such as greeting or assisting customers, stocking shelves, or taking inventory.
Manage the movement of goods into and out of production facilities. Plan and direct activities such as sales promotions, coordinating with other department heads as required.
Recommend locations for new facilities or oversee the remodeling or renovating of current facilities.
INTEGRATION FACILITIES DIRECTOR/ FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER TECH R4-Incorporated – Picateny, NJ 04/2007 to 08/2012
Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints. Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports, to detect production problems.
Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances. Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports, to detect production problems.
Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records. Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines. Institute employee suggestion or involvement programs. Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies. Aircraft Senior Technician/Mobile Machinist 06/1986 to 04/2005 NAVAIR – San Diego, CA
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers. Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process. Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition. Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.
Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.
Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications.
Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications.
Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects. Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as necessary.
File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together. Select metals to be used from a range of metals and alloys, based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerance.
Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates.
Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders. Align and fit structural assemblies manually, or signal crane operators to position assemblies for joining.
Assemble, install, and connect parts, fittings, and assemblies on aircraft, using layout tools, hand tools, power tools, and fasteners such as bolts, screws, rivets, and clamps.
Position and align subassemblies in jigs or fixtures, using measuring instruments and following blueprint lines and index points.
Education
Pitt Community College - Greenville, NC
Associate of Science: Mechanical Enginering/ Machinist May 1981