Andre D. Cain presented on the behalf of Johnson Service Group, Inc.

SUMMARY:

• Over 20 years of Sheet Metal, Structures, and Assembly experience.

• Assemble and disassemble parts and components in accordance with blueprints and technical data.

• Performed drilling and installing fasteners and nut plates on composite parts to assemble on larger composite.

• Rivet structural assemblies and parts using aircraft tools required such as pneumatic squeezers, and rivet guns.

• Troubleshoot components and aircraft systems and make the proper repairs while conforming to technical manuals with damaging structure.

• Performs disassembly, overhaul and repair of parts, components, and subsystems. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

DAHER/Triumph – Stuart, FL

02/2023 – Present

Structure/Assembler

• G650- Flaps

• Drilling, countersink, installing fasteners.

• Blueprints

Boeing Charleston, South Carolina

4/22 – 12/22

Structure/Assembler

• Assembler, building 787b panels. Measurement of fastener holes and cods and symbols, calibration, and certification. Equipment preparation. Process standard work. Instruction, requirements, drilling, riveting, and check edge-margin before proceeding for installing Hi-lock or fasteners. All forms of sealing category A & B, for Boeing Procedures and Specifications.

Boeing Field Services – Laughlin, TX

6/19 – 02/22

Structure Mechanic

• Performed Modifications on T-38.

• Performed Removal of dorsal panel, remove and replace old antenna in accordance with TCTO - T-38C - Talon and installed new transmitters in the E&E Bay for new configuration.

Meggitt Polymers – McMinnville, OR

2/19 – 6/19

Composite Technician

• Performed Inspection of composite parts and structures.

• Performed Visible inspection looking for visible signs of damage to the composite, like burns, disbands, and delamination’s, and non-destructive testing for composites, and repair damaged parts.

Triumph Aviation – Tulsa, OK

6/18 – 1/19

Structural Mechanic

• Building the (G-650) and 280 wings for Gulfstream Aerospace

• Performed drilling of wing panels, remove primer for electrical bonding, installing clips and fittings, installing fasteners, repairing non-routines in accordance with engineering and Gulfstream specifications.

Spirit Aeronautics – Wichita, KS

Dec 2017 – May 2018

Structures Mechanic

• Building, drilling, installing & assemblies on B-737 center wing.

• Assemble and fit aircraft structural parts.

• Performing riveting, removal, and replacement of aircraft structural parts. LMI – St. Charles, MO

Sept 2017 – Dec 2017

Sheetmetal Mechanic

• Assemble parts and components on the Honda Jet.

• Read and interpret blueprint, drawings, and schematics.

• Assemble and disassemble parts and components in accordance with blueprints and technical data.

• Rivet structural assemblies and parts using aircraft tools required such as pneumatic squeezers, and rivet guns.

• Troubleshoot components and aircraft systems and make the proper repairs while conforming to technical manuals with damaging structure.

Northrop Grumman – Lake Charles, LA

June 2017 – August 2017

Structural Mechanic

• J-Stars, Boeing 707, remove and replace skin, C-checks, and modification, installing doublers, repair horizontal stabilizers, belly skin replacement, composite repair, wing fuel cells work, kill beam replacement.

• Cut, trim, sand and fabricate custom interior panels.

• Install and removed lavatory and galley.

• Removed and installed carpet and seats.

Bombardier – New Mexico

February 2017– June 2017

Assembly Mechanic/Inspector

• Performed production assembly operations on structural and mechanical assemblies, subassemblies and aircraft systems, equipment and accessories using manual operations.

• Performed structural assembly operations, fastener installation, riveting, and inspection duties.

• Work with sheet metal, aluminum, titanium, and carbon fiber composite materials.

• Inspect for proper installations and integrity.

Delta Airlines – Minneapolis, MN

August 2016 - February 2017

Composite/Structure Technician

• Disassemble and inspect composite parts, engine cal’s, horizontal and vertical stabilizers, composite panels, vacuum bagging.

• Fiberglass repairs, on A320, A330, MD-90, 757, 777, and work on thrust reversers and reassemble. Triumph Aerostructures - Stuart, Florida

April/2016 – July 2016

Assembler Technician

• Performed drilling and installing fasteners and nut plates. Northrop Grumman Lake Charles, Louisiana

3/15 – 4/16

Structural Mechanic

• J-Stars, Boeing 707, remove and replace skin, C-checks and modification, installing doublers, repair horizontal stabilizers, belly skin replacement, composite repair, wing fuel cells work, kill beam replacement. Triumph Aerostructures – Red Oak, TX

Sept 2014 – Jan 2015

R&D Mechanic

• Research and development and test program on Bombardier prototype wing. Measurement with engineering drawings to ensure compliance with customer requirements. Lockheed-Martin – Pinellas Park, FL

Jun 2014 – Sept 2014

Structures Mechanic

• General Dynamics F-16 – Fighting Falcon refurbished, working on F-16 wings, refurbished, remove, and replace spar, remove wing skins, panels, repair cracks, stiffeners, and clips, and remove and replace (W-A-F) fittings, remove, and replace Davis nuts.

Triumph Aerostructures – Red Oak, Texas

Jan 2014 – Jun 2014

Structures Mechanic

• Building, drilling and inspection of McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 aircraft.

• Horizontal and vertical stabilizer, panels, and remove primer, for electrical bonding, installing clips and fittings, installing fasteners, repairing N/R’s non-routines – C-17 in accordance with Douglas/Boeing certifications. Spirit AeroSystems – Tulsa, OK

May 2013 – Jan 2014

Structures Mechanic

• Building, drilling, and installing fasteners on Gulfstream 650 wings, and repairing N/R’s non-routine Gulfstream 650, and certification for the 280-wing program installing hillocks and operating leak checks in accordance with customers’ specifications.

Northrop Grumman – St. Augustine, FL

Nov 2012 – May 2013

Structures Mechanic

• Mechanic on E2-D Hawkeye Aircraft installing parts, drilling, and riveting, checking for specifications, installing, Hi Lok, relocations of part layout hole.

• Work on E.O.’s engineering orders, and engineering changes and modifications required by blueprints with prototype from the E2-C Hawkeye to the new and improved E2-D Hawkeye. Vought/Triumph – Zacatecas, MX

Dec 2011 – Nov 2012

Training Instructor

• Training new aircraft workers in the art of structures skills on Boeing 747 – floor beam on locating and drill holes and the installation of permanent fasteners, procedures and equipment for measurement of fastener holes, codes and symbols, calibration and certification of test equipment, hole preparation process, standard work instruction, manufacturing tolerances, hole and flushness requirements are met covering the rivet installation process, ensure compliance to engineering requirements, drilling riveting and bucking, secure parts and drill, pilot holes, install clecos, how to remove gaps, check edge margin visually, before proceeding, procedures for Boeing specification.

Hawker-Beechcraft – Chihuahua, MX

Apr 2011 – Dec 2011

Supervisor/Training Instructor

• Hawker Beechcraft - working with engineers and setting up work schedules; giving guidance on first run articles; proofreading blueprints; overseeing the modification of parts on the vertical stabilizer, horizontal stabilizer, fuselage, and doors to ensure manufacturing and company specifications and within tolerance in accordance with the customer; checking timecards; passing out work orders; recording hours; coordinating travel to and from airport; setting up housing for employees; maintaining a good work atmosphere and getting the job done.

URS Company – Seattle, WA/South Korea

Jan 2011 – Apr 2011

Structural Mechanic

• Phrase and resets, CH-47 helicopters.

• Remove and replace damaged parts on airframe, removing panels, remove and replace windshield, replaced skin on pylons, performing general operations procedures in accordance with maintenance manuals, installing such modification as CMOS, EPPS, 5th sensors, remove and replace floor panels trimming all angles and channels for modifications per blueprint drawings. Boeing Aircraft Company – Charleston, SC

Oct 2010 – Jan 2011

Structural Mechanic/Final Inspector

• B 787 composites aircraft inspection working with engineering and planners to insure a first run product and removing bad fasteners and installing parts per blueprint specifications.

• Manufacturing and installing cargo door, remove and replace damaged parts, remove, and replace skin, working back tags after final shape, hole checks, verifying torque to pass final inspections. Vought Aircraft – Nashville, TN

Sept 2008 – Feb 2009

Structure Mechanic/Inspector

• Building the wings for the Airbus A-330 and A-340.

• Drilling and installing parts per Airbus specs and installing doublers per blueprint.

• Skin repairs, remove and replace fasteners.

• Installing but straps, layout and drilling, fit check, installing engine pylons.

• Modification per engineering drawings.

• Trimming out angles and channels, modifying for Airbus giving hole checks.

• Inspection on vertical and horizontal stabilizer for Lockheed’s C-130 aircraft.

• Hole inspection for installation of parts and fasteners per manufacturer blueprint for Lockheed Aircraft Company specified tolerances.

Hawker Beechcraft – Wichita, KS

Jul 2008 – Sept 2008

Structure Mechanic/Training Instructor

• Modifications working with engineering orders installing and modifying various parts and repairing skillfully.

• T-casting on the Hawker aircraft and the Beech-1900 is the Army’s version of the C-12 aircraft.

• Working on the modification team.

• Also, working on modification on the Horizon and the Premiere aircraft.

• Remove and replace old parts and install modification per blueprint and in accordance with engineering modification specifications.

L-3 Communications – Taji and Udari, Iraq

Oct 2004 – Aug 2006

Structures and Composite Mechanic

• All levels of inspection on Apache, Blackhawk Cobra, and Hughie.

• Structures work on Bell-407 and UH-6- Blackhawks, allowable damage per repair manual, remove and replace damaged area on air frames.

• Overhaul manual repair stabilizer remover door, windshield replacement, heavy structural frame replacement, fabrication of parts, remove damaged ribs, installing doublers, changing transmission.

• Overhaul AH 64 helicopter doing composite work repairing rotor blades, remove panels.

• Repair damage on the Euro – BK-117 and Apache.

• Checking various modifications per repair manual on the Hughie helicopter removing panels, checking other general operation and procedures.

• Working on the Cobra composite work on substructure panels up to depot level, in accordance with maintenance manuals and test procedures.

EDUCATION:

Michigan State 9/76 · Long Beach College 9/77 – 3/78 · El Camino College 1/88 · B.S. Degree, University of Dublin

F117A Stealth Fighter Training · Lockheed Supervisor Training · C-17 Douglas Training Composite Training · Bombardier RJ 700 · Global Express RJ 700

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