MATT BARTON
Belle Plaine, KS ***** - C: 316-***-**** - **********@*****.***
Summary
I am seeking employment with a company where I can succeed in a stimulating and challenging environment, building the success of the company while I experience advancement opportunities. I have been an aircraft mechanic for 20 years. I have over eight years in management and leadership and two years as a trainer in the aircraft industry.
Skills
●Sheet Metal Mechanic and Process Assembler
●Fuel Tank Sealer
●Leadership, Supervision, and Operation Management
●Trainer and Staff Development
●Airframe Experience
●Quality and Inspection Background
●Knowledge of Kaizen Events, and Six Sigma
●Benchwork, Subassembly, Component Installation, and Electrical wiring
Experience
Assembly Mechanic 08/2023 to 04/2024
Harlow Aerospace Inc. (Wichita, Ks)
I worked on assembly for gulfstream, bell helicopter, Cessna, lockheed and martin.
I worked defense work.
Sealer application and documentation.
Sheet Metal Mechanic/Process Mechanic 737 P-8A 01/2019 to 03/2020
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. (Wichita, KS) 11/2021 to 04/2023
●I helped build an entire 43-section on the military P-84A, 737 fuselages.
●I also helped assemble the fuel tank for the military 737 P-84A, while helping the team maintain the highest quality standard and on-time delivery to the customer.
Crew Lead/Sheet Metal Mechanic/Fuel Tank Sealer 03/2017 to 1/2019 PMC (Wichita, KS)
●Supervised, coordinated, and scheduled activities of assembly mechanics.
●Confer with supply chain to ensure materials were in place, inspection, management, and other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes.
●Directed and coordinated the activities of employees engaged in the production and processing of aircraft assemblies.
●Planned and established work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
●I was a sheet metal mechanic, assembler, and fuel tank sealer also.
Scale House Operator 10/2014 to 3/2017
Two River Cooperative (Udall, KS)
●Weighed grain and estimated their weight, visually or by machine
●Responsible for weighing incoming and outgoing grain delivery.
●Inspected agriculture commodities, for compliance with laws and regulations governing health, quality, and safety.
●Compute sales transactions, and total purchases, and receive and process cash or credit payments.
Process Mechanic/Certified Fuel Tank Sealer 737 05/2010 to 8/2014 Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. (Wichita, KS)
●I was a certified fuel tank sealer on the 737 lines.
●Attached brackets, hinges, and clips to secure or support components or subassemblies, using bolts, screws, rivets, and chemical bonds.
●Inspect or test installed units, part systems, or assemblies for fit, alignment, performance, defects, or compliance with standards, using precision measuring instruments and test equipment.
●Converted blueprint into shop drawings to be followed in the construction or assembly of sheet metal production.
Education and Training
Associate of Arts: Associate of General Studies
Butler County Community College (El Dorado, KS)
07/2008
Certifications: Organizational Leadership Certification
Fort Hays State University (Hays, KS)
06/2009