Feura Bush, New York, United States
James is a highly technical U.S. Army veteran with 6 years of experience, who is looking to add value to an organization by contributing both military and civilian education. A dedicated professional with a history of exceptional performance and the ability to offer top tier scalable deliberate solutions. Equally capable of working alone or as a member of a team, and comfortable exercising initiative and solving problems.
• Expertly reads and interprets aviation schematics, engineering drawings, technical manuals, and maintenance orders to support aircraft servicing and repair operations. • Leads and trains crew chiefs in key operational areas including internal and external load handling, airspace surveillance, crew coordination, and external fuel point procedures, ensuring mission readiness and adherence to safety protocols. • Performs scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, for all NYSP Aviation bases, on key aircraft components including engines, gearboxes, rotor assemblies, environmental control systems, landing gear, and hydraulic systems. • Diagnoses and resolves complex structural, mechanical, and electrical issues across various aircraft systems, ensuring safety and compliance with aviation standards. • Rigs and aligns flight control systems, engines, rotor heads, and tail rotors to manufacturer specifications, ensuring optimal aircraft performance. • Conducts thorough operational checks and system tests to verify airworthiness and readiness for flight operations.
• Performed maintenance, inspections, repairs, servicing, and modifications on helicopter airframes, engines, control surfaces, and associated components. • Executed daily and post-flight inspections to ensure aircraft safety, reliability, and compliance with operational standards. • Diagnosed and resolved electrical and mechanical issues using advanced troubleshooting techniques. • Utilized and interpreted technical schematics, wiring diagrams, and aviation publications to guide maintenance procedures. • Communicated effectively with the Director of Maintenance and flight crew to report aircraft status, maintenance progress, and operational readiness.
• Troubleshoots malfunctions in aircraft structure, landing gear, flight surfaces and controls, anti-icing, pneudraulic, engines, auxiliary power unit, and ventilation and heating systems. • Repairs, replaces, and rebuilds aircraft structures, such as wings and fuselage, and functional components including rigging, surface controls, and plumbing and hydraulic units, using hand tools, power tools, machines, and equipment such as shears, sheet metal brake, welding equipment, rivet gun, and drills. • Reads and interprets maintenance manuals, service bulletins, technical data, engineering data, and other specifications to determine feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged components.
• Follow clearly detailed and specific procedures by site Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). • Assist Government personnel with tracking of equipment/supplies and completion of hand receipts, subhand receipts and Property Inventory Reports IAW with the site SOP or directive. • Support special events as guided by Education Support Officer (ESO). • Maintain personal work area/office in a clean, neat, professional, and orderly manner. • Assist ESO, Educational Support Supervisor (ESS), and Guidance Counselors as needed in conducting Education Center operation. • Maintain administrative files IAW Army Records Information Management System (ARIMS) and Army Continuing Education Services (ACES) information customer management systems.
• Lead dozens of colleagues as a maintenance manager during day-to-day operations to include work and task assignments, quality assurance, production control, equipment management, orders and acquisitions, and distribution. • Determine, prioritize and schedule workload based on an ever-changing environment as well as interface with multiple shops. • Perform Crew Resource Management (CRM) in a high stress environment as well as apply leadership in team environments. • Respond to emergency situations; manage risk, stress and other human factors. • Ability to recognize and correct actions in complex flight environments due to human factors or malfunctions of helicopter systems. • Assign various scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks both in hazardous conditions and in locations around the United States. • Proficient with the aircraft maintenance management and production control systems. • Inspect, service, and maintain aircraft systems and subsystems. • Advise employees on standard maintenance operating procedures as well as foster an environment to facilitate coaching and learning. • Implement and adhere to safety rules and regulations.