Billingshurst, England, United Kingdom
A resourceful, highly-motivated, flexible and reliable AIRCRAFT MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN with 30 years of experience in the Royal Air force. A successful team manager and worker with extensive experience in the engineering environment both UK based and overseas. Able to prioritise, delegate and deal with high-pressure multi-tasking situations, producing high quality products within specific time scales. Proven track record of leading and managing teams, both civilian and military. Effective analytical Fleet Management Skills. Propulsion, Mechanical, Hydraulic and Pneumatic system fault diagnostics and Rectification. Adaptable, able to learn quickly with the ability to train others. Excellent communicator with IT skills in Microsoft office applications. Proactive and delivery focused. Security Cleared.
Advanced Diesel Engine Research
Provided a conduit for information between the engineering and aircrew elements, maximising both flying tasks and engineering efficiency. Strategic Fleet Planning of Rotary Wing Aircraft into Periodic and Depth maintenance both scheduled and unscheduled. Facilitated high utilisation of available Aircraft during non maintenance periods on a daily basis to meet requirements of the customer. Acted as a single point of contact between the maintenance controller and customer to ensure effective and accurate delivery of communication of available resources. Liaising with external agencies with regards to timescales for Aircraft input and output to and from modification programmes. Collated Performance Indicators with regards to Aircraft utilisation and customer output, briefing senior management on a daily basis.
The control and efficient employment of trade manpower. In particular, managing their manpower with a view to achieving correctly trained, competent and confident technicians Prioritisation of engineering tasks and the allocation of 15 trade Supervisors and producers to both scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance. Acted as the Subject Matter Specialist with regards to fault diagnosis and utilised experience when mentoring new team members both junior and senior. Ensured that the quality of both maintenance practices and documentation recording were to the required standard. Valuable team member and proactive in the promotion of team spirit and core values. Acted as Senior Flight Line Controller when required, prioritising aircraft servicing and allocation of manpower.
Early Failure detection on the Rolls Royce RB199 engine and its associated systems, Utilising the Leo Scanning Electro Microscope. Qualified instrutor for on the job training for personel deploying.
Depth maintenance on Mcdonnell Douglas Phantom and Vickers VC10 Aircraft, Deep Strip Rolls Royce RB199 aero engine.