THOMAS YOUNG BARMORE, JR. kp83wp@r.postjobfree.com
*** **** **** ****** *********, TX 78550
EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL MULTI-DISCIPLINED ENGINEER
CAREER ABSTRACT
With over 17 years of hands-on manufacturing experience in the unmanned space program of the Atlas Launch Vehicle family producing 5 new designs with over 65 consecutive successful launches, challenging to utilize a wide-range of manufacturing production process skills, liaison shop floor experience and comprehensive lean process manufacturing knowledge in the application of optimizing Design Engineering, Manufacturing Planning/Engineering, Quality Assurance Control and Engineering into the operational production phases of manufacturing by maximizing years of project management skills in the Aerospace Environment
CAREER APTITUDE
* Change Agent, Creator, Improver, Investigator, Inventor, Problem-Solver, Observer and Visionary
* Detail Orientation Consciousness, Multi-tasking Mentality and Performing with Minimal Supervision
* Manufacturing Planner/Engineer
* Initiating more than 300 Design Engineering Drawing revision change requests
* Creating, maintaining, redlining or revising in excess of 1500 detailed production-level work instructions & Bill of Materials
* Generating over 450 new requirements or revisions to Tool Designs
* Review and implement Engineering Change Board activities for all responsible hardware owned
* Quality Assurance Engineer
* Full QA MRB Authority for over 10 years
* Generating above 500 nonconformances (N/C) dispositioned instructions
* Performing over 190 Final Product Reviews & 150 Certificate of Conformances of flight hardware for shipment to customers
* Reviewing & Originating in excess of 900 N/C for final root cause & effective corrective action solutions
* Accomplishing over 80 configuration verification audits with direct responses from NASA to the Air Force & other Customers
CAREER EDUCATION
* Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Bachelors of Science Engineering Technology
* Proficient in GD&T
* Lockheed Martin Space System: Six Sigma Green Belt Training/Lean Kaizen Manufacturing Concepts/6 “6” Theory
* Leading Kaizen Event on the Thrust Structure to increase production efficiency by 15%
* Utilizing Six Sigma techniques with Denver group for major revisions to N/C Database Recap System (15% ROR)
* Applying Six Sigma methods on new designs & previous versions of Atlas to reduce the installation cycle time by 20%
* Facilitating many Process Improvement groups producing a cost savings for allotted Atlas Hardware by 35%
SOFTWARE COMPREHENSION
* Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, Photoshop, EPDM, HMS-MPP/CAPP, SAP, AutoCAD, Pro-E
TEAM GROUP AWARENESS
* Operating perfectly with production teams in improving efficiencies and production work cell areas
* Performing well in a multi-disciplined team environment settings for developing concrete solutions to everyday manufacturing issues
AEROSPACE EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Manufacturing Planner/Engineer
General Dynamics Space Systems
Martin Marietta Space Systems
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Harlingen, TX
03/1988 - 08/2005 (16.5 years)
Atlas Launch Vehicle Program
* Reviewing tool designs to decrease 45% related tooling issues to defective hardware existing on Thrust Structure
* Implanting a Low Pressure Helium Leak Check to reduce customer detected defects and N/C by as much as 85%
* Writing new planning for latest assembly structure with a 98% plus error free mistakes
* 98% plus error free on the Certificate of Conformance for the Atlas IIAS, III & V Thrust Structure & ISA Vehicles
* Technical Tube Modification Lead on 175 N/C documents of non-fitting tubes replaced by a 99% plus reduction
Manufacturing Planner/Engineer
Lockheed Martin Space System
New Orleans, LA
04/2004 - 07/2005
External Tank (ET) for the Space Transport Shuttle (STS) Program
Assign to support the ''Return to Flight'' Project at the Michoud Assembly Facility. Knowledgeable and understanding the structural section, propulsion system, electrical avionic systems and thermal protection for the ET:
* Incorporating over 20 Engineering redline drawing changes quickly to add a 10% enhance into Work Order (WO) documents
* Redlining 200 WO for process improvements & unincorporated engineering to increase a 40% incorporation rate
* Liaison Manufacturing Support Engineer assigned to support 5 External Tank Vehicles
Project Engineer
Engineering Resource Group, Inc.
Houston, TX
07/2007 - 10/2007 (0.3 years)
International Space Station (ISS) Program
Contract employee for Jacobs Technology at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, TX:
* Streamlining the Temporary Sleeping Station (TeSS) Project to produce two softgood fabric structures by decreasing fabrication time by 15%
* Participating in the Mission Evaluation Center for STS-120 Mission to address any issues that the flight crew might have inside the Obitor or the ISS resolving within Intra-Vehicular Equipment/Crew Provisions Group's furnished Flight Hardware
OTHER EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE OF THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
Laborer
Labor Ready, Inc.
Brownsville, TX
05/2009 – Present
Construction Industry
* General laborer to remove debris, landscaping work, construction clean-up
Distributing Contractor
Directory Distributing Associates, Inc.
Harlingen, TX
02/2010 – 03/2010
Distributing Industry
* Pack phone books and deliver them to business and resident customers
Laborer
Labor Ready, Inc.
Corpus Christi, TX
04/2009 – 05/2009
Construction Industry
* General laborer to remove debris, landscaping work, construction clean-up
Kitchen Helper
Jester Unit #1 SAFPF Facility
Richmond, TX
06/2008 – 04/2009
Food Industry
* Prepared fruit/vegetables for serving, organized and stocked the stock room, prepared tea or juice, set tables and cleaned up area, as needed
Laborer
Labor Ready, Inc.
Harlingen, TX
12/2007 – 02/2008
06/2007 – 07/2007
Construction Industry
* General laborer to remove debris, landscaping work, shoveled sand around drilled holes in ground and construction clean-up
Salesman
Cardenas Autoplex
Harlingen, TX
05/2007 – 05/2007
Automotive Industry
* Selling automotive vehicles to customers