Aircraft Mechanic Quality Inspector

MICHAEL MARTINEZ

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Team Lead ~ Training & Development ~ Project Manager

Aircraft Mechanic

Aviation ~ Aerospace ~ Defense ~ Military ~ Government

Highly skilled Aircraft Mechanic with demonstrated management and leadership skills seeking an opportunity to provide direction, training and quality assurance to a department or small division using 16 years’ comprehensive aviation experience. Knowledgeable in current safety standards, interpretation of technical manuals, drawings and blueprints and extensive knowledge of airframe and hydraulic systems and equipment maintenance. Proven leader who works effectively in teams within high pressure environments. Critical thinker and situational analyst who knows how to assess a situation, determine the best course of action and supervise and inspect personnel and work products to produce optimal outcomes. Additional skills in customer relations and the ability to adapt plans and actions immediately to accomplish high profile assignments.

Honorable Discharge U.S. Marine Corps

Active SECRET Security Clearance

Former team lead vertical lift program FRCSW

Former Emergency Response Coordinator/Hazardous Materials Representative

Directed the Maintenance and Safe Operations of 30 employees and numerous make / model Aircraft

Completed 40 hour HAZMAT/HAZWASTE Manager’s Course

Completed Respirator Manager’s Course

Completed Advanced Composite Material Repair course

areas of strength and expertise

●Project Management

●Quality Assurance

●Team Supervision

●Analytical Skills

●Quality Inspection

●Bonding Inspection

●Leadership

●Communication Skills

●Troubleshooting

●Wet layup

●HAZMAT/MSDS

●Advanced Composites

●Training & Development

●Technical Publications

●Process Improvement

●Flexibility/Attention to Detail

●Safety/Asset Security

●Aircraft Maintenance

Professional Experience

Lockheed Martin

F-35 Assembly structures

Fort worth Tx. 06/21-07/2022

Duties, Accomplishments and related skills:

Performed any type of routine or repetitive installation work involving bolting, screwing, clipping or riveting, in attaching or locating electrical, hydraulic, plumbing or mechanical units, parts, assemblies or equipment where their location is determined by pilot holes, back drilling, templates, previously punched or drilled holes, and as necessary, lays out by simple measurement from specific reference points such as edge, located holes, ribs, stringers, or other installed units. Torques and/or safeties bolts as required. When required by practical assembly sequence, installs incidental plumbing, electrical rigging or other functional items.

Installed under conditions described above, such typical items as: (1) Braces, brackets, platenuts, and clips for fastening, hanging, or supporting installations; (2) conduit, junction boxes; instrument panels; wire harnesses completely assembled, or single wires, requiring cutting, lugging, forming, trying, but not requiring soldering; (3) tubing for hydraulic, plumbing, and air conditioning systems; (4) cables, drums, pulley assemblies, push pull rods, and linkage, etc; (5) mechanical units such as tracks, hinges, up locks, down locks, etc.; (6) sealing compounds, insulation, rubber, felt, gaskets, or other material to aircraft parts; (7) floor supports, floor boards, stands, and similar items; (8) bonding, but does not perform bonding checking operations; (9) miscellaneous items such as fuel and oil tanks, cabinets, partitions, seats, metal molding, aircraft hardware, oxygen bottles, water breakers, alcohol units, storage equipment, etc.

Modified incomplete and complete assemblies to incorporate in or out-of-station changes to structure and/or installations when pertinent information is supplied and normal installation practice is not affected.

Disassembled and/or reassembles structure and installations where units are essentially returned to their original position, or where their position previously has been established. May improvise shop aid to facilitate assembly and installation.

Fabricates structural items, such as clips, angles, gussets, and patches, etc.

Makes leak check of components, or system as required (not hydraulic operation). May furnish information to authorized liaison personnel, regarding defective parts, tooling or assemblies, or incorrect assembly sequence.

Performs pick-up and structural repair/rework work wherein the operations are essentially the same as required for the work described above.

Air Methods

Mechanical Aircraft Completions Tech

Decatur Tx. 07/20-06/21

Duties, Accomplishments and related skills:

Complete structural modifications to helicopters

Install medical support systems into helicopters

Install avionics systems and STC kits into helicopters

Accomplish airframe structural repairs

Fabricate detail sheet metal parts from blueprints

Develop custom installations for medical and avionics equipment

Maintain shop equipment and areas

Perform Air Methods AAIP Inspections & MFG Inspection Program Tasks

Other Duties as assigned.

Advantage Aviation Technology

Quality Inspector Landing Gear / New Parts Manufacturing

Dallas, TX. 02/20- 06/20.

Duties, Accomplishments and related skills:

· Responsible to ensure all incoming materials adhere to quality inspection standards in accordance with the company’s Repair Station Manual/Quality Control Manual (RSM/QSM).

· Receive items in Corridor system for MRO.

· Verify P/N and S/N on items being shipped out.

· Keep track of parts and tools in Quarantine cage.

· Determines most practical inspection method and technique and plans appropriate sequence of operation.

· Review article trace documentation to accurately identify suspect unapproved parts.

· Perform in-depth quality verification using various inspection methods to determine airworthiness of a product.

Bell Flight, Subsidiary of Textron Corp.

(A) Rotor Blade Bonding Inspector Fort Worth, TX 09/19 – 11/19

Duties, Accomplishments and related skills:

Inspects production or first run parts, units’ assemblies made from a variety of materials, such as plastic, fiber glass, metal, wood, etc. Inspects types of materials where bonding agents or adhesives are used. Inspects bonded parts or parts to be bonded prior to, during and after bonding process. May inspect by disassembling at bond line to determine quality of bond and perform a variety of inspection tests to insure adherence to proper specifications.

●Worked from blueprints, specifications or verbal instructions, inspects visually or by use of a wide variety of precision measuring instruments, equipment, gauges, jigs, fixtures, templates, etc., to determine acceptability.

● Performed difficult inspection layouts and setups to check work to proper standards or specifications.

● Rejected items, which fail to meet required standards.

● Used standard mathematical formulas related to the job to inspect weight and balance of rotor blades.

● Maintained records, graphs and charts on all bonding procedures, tests and related data.

●Aided, guided and assisted other inspectors in proper bonding inspection methods and procedures.

● Preformed the more complex and most difficult bonding or a test inspection work.

●Performed all phases of inspection on formed and machined plastic parts, assemblies and materials by determination through visual examination or by means of tools, templates, fixtures, measuring instruments or special inspection equipment.

● Adhered to blueprints, specifications, inspection standards, workmanship, optical qualities, proper materials, finishes, defects, layouts, contours, bonding and dimensional correctness on all formed and machines plastic assemblies, raw material and detail parts.

●Tools & Equipment Used: Saws, drill press, shaper, sanders, inspectors hand tools, precision measuring instruments, special testing devices and material testing equipment.

General Atomics ASI

Composite Technician San Diego, CA 03/19 – 09/19

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Under general supervision, with some detailed instructions and intermittent review, and working in a loud manufacturing environment with a variety of epoxy agents, this position performs repetitive or standard procedures and assists in the fabrication, curing, build-up and assembly of various types of composite materials where required information is readily available, methods and sequences have been pre-determined and tooling is provided. Works to blueprints, templates, sample parts, process sheets and other authorized information.

Preformed preparation of molds and forms.

Marked and cut tape, woven material, honeycomb, adhesive and similar materials following templates, guides or specific dimensions and sequences.

Route, drill, trim, and sand to blueprint dimensions and tolerances.

Vacuum bag parts for room temperature cure.

Lay-up of composite materials to molds.

Fit and smooth successive layers of materials as necessary to secure build-up free from wrinkles, air pockets and voids following directions and instructions.

Assemble Aircraft components using structural adhesives, rivets and threaded fasteners.

Observed all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company.

Preform assigned task in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.

Perficient in reading and understanding work instructions / drawings.

Knowledgeable in company systems, operations and work flow.

Holistic Whole Sales (wholesale wellness company specializing in CBD products)

Owner / Operator 06/17-02/19

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Overseeing 14 employees from the hours of 0600 to 2400 seven days a week

Responsible for daily monthly and quarterly accounting

Acted as head of advertisement and product placement

Main admin overseeing all social media (multiple platforms)

Program manager Employee safety / Health and wellness

Inventory Control Specialist

Aerotek Aviation / Fleet Readiness Center Southwest

Sheet Metal Mechanic/Composite Technician San Diego, CA 12/15 -05/17

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

●Performed layup, molding, bonding and assembly of aircraft parts

●Disassemble structural, non-structural, composite and fiberglass aircraft components. I use hand methods and machine methods to make repairs and replacement parts for aircraft structures/skin sections. I use trade specific and special tools such as forming machines, press brakes, shrinking machines, stretching machines and metal cutting equipment. I operate tools such as slip roll forming machines, rotary machines with extra forming rolls, bender machines, crimper machines and box/pan breaks.

Performed visual and functional examination of aircraft and aircraft parts for damage to determine which components do not meet standards.

●Provided recommendations for the proper order of operations necessary to effect repairs and replacements, cost analysis, man hour requirements, trade requirements and determine what components should be scrapped or repaired in order to stay within budget limitations.

I use my knowledge to examine the incorporation of changes, routine discrepancies, and other factors to determine the depth of overhaul needed to repair structural components and skin surfaces to include wing panels, tail sections, airfoils, fuselages and other aircraft assemblies. I modify aircraft components and structures in accordance with major airframe changes, directives and Technical Engineering Instructions (TEI) and local engineering specifications (LES).

●Analyzed aircraft blueprints, Technical Data, condition reports, schedules, production orders, IETMS, and change listings to Plan and layout aircraft repair processes to determine the level of repair, the order in which the repair process should proceed and which components and sub-assemblies need to be routed out of the department to have various other levels of repair.

●I use precision measuring instruments to insure components and parts are in compliance to specific technical directives and NAVAIR instruction. I develop repairs and shapes using the least number of seams and metal. I utilize mathematics in the field of sheet metal to perform assigned task. I use knowledge of metals and metal characteristics to meet task requirements.

I troubleshoot defective parts/assemblies to determine the cause of failure.

●Trained employees on the process of manufacturing sheet metal and structural components in accordance with applicable maintenance instruction manuals.

●Obtained an Artisan stamp for inspecting quality of completed work orders.

●Preformed Depot level repairs on blades / propellers to include MV-22B, CH-53, CH-46, H-60, E-2, C-2

Collateral Duty Inspector CH-46E/Hazardous Materials Representative

Bell Helicopter, Subsidiary of Textron Corp., Camp Pendleton 11/10- 01/15

Inspect subordinates’ and Marines’ quality of work, accuracy of administrative actions and attention to detail on Government CH-46 Helicopters. Supervise subordinates’ maintenance actions; Provide input and troubleshooting expertise to ensure proper job completion.

Select Duties and Accomplishments:

●Work as Hydraulics and Sheet Metal Mechanic/ Structural Repair Expert on CH-46E helicopters.

●Gather, analyze, and interpret data in order to provide up to date status reports (shipping/receiving times) to management.

●Licensed to use corresponding ground support equipment such as hydraulic, nitrogen, electrical servicing units and aircraft tow tractors.

●Ensure on time delivery and quality of installation of airframe modifications (all issued airframes changes, interim rapid changes/IRAC and issued technical directives/TDs) on CH-46E model helicopters.

●Provide technical expertise (hydraulics testing, troubleshooting techniques, composite repair) about aircraft maintenance to 10-15 Marines regularly.

●Serve as on-site Safety and Hazardous Materials Representative/Emergency Response Coordinator detailing proper use of personal protective equipment/PPE and disposal of hazardous material/HAZMAT.

●Ensure safety is implemented at all stages of work including proper usage of the correct tools and use of personal protective equipment/PPE.

●Diagnose and repair hydraulic systems on CH-46E helicopters; Repair and fabricate metal structure.

●Developed familiarity and comfort with complex technical publications. Read and understand technical publications, drawings, and blueprints.

●Developed ability to apply technical data to standard operating procedures (SOPs) ensuring safety and accuracy of repairs and installations.

●Maintain courteous and professional relationship with all level of organization.

●Preformed complex repairs on rotor blades IAW applicable manuals.

●Demonstrate effective communication skills with all levels of organization, from peers to Senior Directors.

Airframe Structural & Hydraulic Mechanic CH-46E

United States Marine Corp, San Diego, CA September 2005 – September 2010

Aided and maintained full mission capable aircraft in support of causality evacuation, raids, VIP transport and

ground support missions conducted in Al-Anbar province Iraq

Education and Training

Bachelor of Science, Project Management, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, San Diego, CA, In Progress

Diploma, San Clemente High School, June 2005

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