Matthew Neesmith
Hawkinsville,GA
Summary
Accomplished and results-driven Military Aircraft Mechanic bringing along 10+ years of military experience and 10+ years of experience in military aviation products operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Expertise in achieving a high level of proficiency in operation and maintenance of aircraft. Skillful in reviewing aircraft and fleet reliability issues and developing solutions while ensuring continuous process/product improvement. Proficient in implementing aircraft entry into service plans, assessing new fleet readiness, and providing customized solutions for aircraft in aircraft on ground situations. A self-driven leader with ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment & effective communication skills, looking forward to leveraging the expertise to step into the civil aviation industry.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Aircraft Mechanic
Tyonek
12.2023 - Current
- Repair, maintenance, modification, or overhaul of C-17 aircraft mechanical parts, components, subassemblies, or assemblies removed from aircraft.
- Perform Rig checks on C-17 flight controls.
- Analyze and abide by technical orders, job guides, and Parts break down to facilitate maintenance.
- Performed aircraft maintenance for scheduled preventive actions and unscheduled requirements.
- Recorded maintenance actions in aircraft logbooks.
- Maintained repair logs to document all corrective and preventive aircraft maintenance.
- Operated power tools, gauges and testing equipment to adjust, repair, and replace faulty components in aircrafts.
Quality Assurance
United States Marine Corps VMM-268
09.2021 - 06.2023
- Quality Assurance Representative (QAR), responsible for overall safety and efficiency of operations throughout entire maintenance department consisting of over 100 maintenance personnel with over 5000 maintenance man hours.
- Monitored 3 assigned maintenance programs in accordance with Naval Aviation Maintenance Program 4790.2
- Administered over 30 internal, special, quarterly, and annual quality audits and assessed results to inform corrective action measures.
- Oversaw compliance with all maintenance procedures, directives, and safety policies.
- Assisted all maintenance divisions with and task that require Quality Assurance Representative. Developed solutions and addressed maintenance deficiencies.
- Consulted manuals and process documents to investigate malfunctions.
- Responsible for screening and incorporating technical directives ensuring proper compliance and documentation.
- Collected and analyzed Aircraft data and initiated improvements / maintenance to increase security and performance.
- Reviewed qualifications and provide appropriate recommendations to employer for maintainers to be nominated for promotions.
- Assisted and trained maintenance team in their qualifications and billets to enhance workplace development
- Collaborated with maintenance departments to provide training on improved processes and assisted with creation and maintenance of quality training.
- Participated in departmental meetings to establish short- and long-term strategy.
- Recorded findings of inspection process, collaborating with quality team to implement corrective actions.
- Liaised with vendors and end-users to uncover system optimization opportunities.
Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor
United States Marine Corps VMM-365
11.2019 - 08.2021
- Airframes Division manager, directly supervised production and personnel management in work center, ensure strict adherence to procedures, policies, and ensure accomplishment of all assigned work, with maximum efficiency.
- Supervise personnel management responsibilities such as assigning work, approving leave, and monitoring performance.
- Oversaw technical and professional development within Airframes division.
- Managed supply chain at squadron level to maintain successful readiness.
- Responsible for actions, activities, and coordination of parts, materials, and assets to provide effective, efficient material management support, storage, and consolidation.
- Alleviated work stoppage by coordinating and monitoring outside sources of supply to ensure assets are available when required.
- Ensured formal and informal training was conducted on all pertinent airframes systems in accordance with developed monthly maintenance plan.
- Performed duties of Airframes Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Representative (CDQAR)while assisting Quality Assurance work center with ensuring quality of maintenance, and safety procedures are adhered to at all times providing technical expertise, training, and mentorship to all maintenance personnel.
- Liaise with Maintenance Chief and Airframes Officer in Charge, keeping them updated and notified of aircraft parts status, availability of skilled personnel, and changes in work center qualifications.
- Developed training plans to ensure maintenance personnel continuously retain and advance their skills for promotion opportunities.
- Continuously provided oversight, guidance, training, and expertise to over 34 maintenance personnel in Airframes and Corrosion Control / hazardous Material work centers.
- Ensured well-being, skill progression, and professional development of all maintenance personnel assigned to Airframes work center, being directly responsible for 7 qualified individuals to be promoted to Airframes Collateral Duty Inspector (CDI), and 4 individuals becoming Airframes Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Representatives (CDQAR).
- Supervised 2 work centers in accomplishment of over 1800 maintenance actions that consisted of over 7541 maintenance man hours.
- Prioritized, managed, coordinated, and oversaw workloads for twelve MV-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft for two work centers, directly contributing to companies successful achievement of more than 2600 flight hours.
- Assisted in designing and painting tail flash on Aircraft, totaling over 30 maintenance hours.
- Flew to El Paso, Texas to troubleshoot, repair, and recover Aircraft resulting in over 13 hours of maintenance.
- Managed shops manpower to improve training, readiness, and ensuring maintainers are enrolled in courses to develop maintenance department's capabilities.
- coordinating and/or overseeing work and any inspections to be done on aircraft.
- Responsible for aircraft equipment, assets, and material transport and movement.
Aircraft Maintenance Instructor
United States Marine Corps CNATT
12.2016 - 11.2019
- Planned and documented programs of study meeting individual needs and abilities of students.
- Provided instructional handouts, texts, audiovisual aids and other materials to facilitate learning.
- Advised students on career progression, decisions and other academic and vocational concerns.
- Presented lectures and conducted discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids such as schematics, power point, physical aids, and laboratory instruction.
- Connected instruction to real-world experiences and to students' post-secondary goals.
- Observed and evaluated students' work to determine progress, provide feedback and make suggestions for improvement.
- Identified program successes and failures based on student assessments and course reviews.
- Maintained laboratory with equipment, tools and supplies to meet course needs.
- Supervised and monitored students' use of tools and equipment.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
- Provided detailed instruction and role modeling for acceptable social and work-related behaviors.
- Provided training to initial accession and transition students pursuing Airframes occupational specialty, encompassing aircraft familiarization, corrosion control, hydraulic systems, Airframe structural repair and advanced composite repair.
- Served as Collateral Duty Inspector; responsible for maintaining productivity, standardization, and overall quality of maintenance.
- Lead, mentor, and train students; monitoring their daily welfare, professional development, and compliance to all orders, instructions, and directives.
- Maintained safe and professional learning environment for all students by ensuring training aircraft, training aids, and ancillary equipment remain ready for utilization.
- Provided insight and/or support to lateral commands and outside agencies concerning fleet readiness requirements, operational demands, and resource availability.
- Served as Safety Program Manager for MV-22 Airframes, utilize computerized self-evaluation checklists to evaluate proper administration and execution of Naval Aviation Maintenance Program processes within MV-22 Airframes Division.
- Instructed and graduated 68 initial accession students encompassing 9 classes, totaling over 4000 hours of instruction reflecting in combined grade point class average of 92.97 percent.
- Assessed division Safety Program requirements, identifying discrepancies and correcting Deficiencies, completing 12 safety audits, totaling average of 156 hours of safety inspections, 27 hours of safety briefs.
Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Representative
United States Marine Corps VMM-162
08.2016 - 12.2016
- Performed program audits to monitor regulatory compliance.
- Provided ongoing feedback to management and representatives to foster improvement.
- Led process improvement projects to help operations meet and exceed quality standards and reduce costs.
- Inspected finished goods to verify conformance with customer specifications and company quality standards.
- Collaborated with management to provide training on improved processes and assisted with creation and maintenance of quality training.
- Updated inspection journals and daily summary logs with quality-related data.
- Recorded findings of inspection process, collaborating with quality team to implement corrective actions.
- Consulted manuals and process documents to investigate malfunctions.
- Participated in departmental meetings to establish short- and long-term strategy.
- Addressed non-conformance issues, pausing production to correct errors.
- Performed standard inspections and random sampling inspections to verify adherence to customer standards.
- Defined and implemented quality initiatives to reduce risk.
- Compiled and distributed weekly feedback to team leaders and managers to improve service time and quality while increasing productivity.
- Collected and analyzed data and initiated improvements to increase security and performance.
- Serve as Collateral Duty Inspector (CDI); responsible for maintaining productivity, standardization, and overall quality of maintenance.
- Accumulated total of 236 worker maintenance action forms.
- Provided training to all maintainers pursuing advancement, encompassing aircraft familiarization, corrosion control, hydraulic systems, and airframe structural repair. Lead, mentored, and trained students, monitoring their daily welfare, professional development, and compliance to all orders.
- Served and assisted as maintenance controller, managing all shops actions and inspections, documenting over 77 maintenance action forms.
- Performed operations of rigging and functional checks, performed preventative and routine maintenance, damage assessment, and composite / structural repairs.
- Served as hydraulic contamination program manager, conducting routine audit maintaining successful program.
- High level proficiency performing advanced technical functions, instructions, inspection, and supervision. Performs safety precautions and procedures; demonstrates and applies knowledge of aircraft publications, diagrams, sketches and drawings; maintenance instruction manuals; required scheduled and unscheduled inspections; hydraulic components rated at 5000 psi; landing gear and wheel braking system; blade fold and sing stow system; aircraft composite; and structural component repair.
Aircraft Mechanic
United States Marine Corps VMM-162
12.2012 - 06.2016
- Maintained all aircraft in accordance with organizational maintenance requirements.
- Coordinated and distributed exposure and contamination control procedures.
- Completed average of 25 work orders each week.
- Performed aircraft corrosion control procedures.
- Achieved all required ground support equipment licensing.
- Recorded maintenance actions in aircraft logbooks.
- Inspected airframes to detect wear and other defects.
- Removed and installed aircraft subsystem assemblies such as engines, rotors, gearboxes, transmissions and mechanical flight controls.
- Maintained orderly and safe work environment by enforcing tool control and FOD awareness, prevention and safety.
- Inspected all received aircraft parts to verify compliance with serviceability
- Performed aircraft maintenance for scheduled preventive actions and unscheduled requirements.
- Maintained, repaired and rebuilt aircraft structures and hydraulic components.
- Maintained repair logs to document all corrective and preventive aircraft maintenance.
- Operated support equipment and flight line vehicles.
- Assisted with aircraft and equipment transport and movement.
- Analyzed engineering drawings and schematics to troubleshoot systems and diagnose solutions.
- Operated power tools, gauges and testing equipment to adjust, repair and replace faulty components in aircrafts.
- Documented all inspection and maintenance actions in aircraft forms.
- Conducted and oversaw safety protocols and flight line foreign object prevention walks.
- Monitored parts department and placed orders for maintenance supplies on consistent basis.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Aviation Management
Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne
Melbourne, FLSkills
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Self-Motivated
- Decision-Making
- Strategic planning and execution
- Technical Data Interpretation
- Accountability
- Attention to Detail
- Developing / Training others
- Interpersonal skills
- Resilient
- Influencing
- Strong Communication
Accomplishments
- Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Award; Jacksonville NC, 2020
- Certificate of commendation; Jacksonville NC, November 2019
- Certificate of commendation; Jacksonville NC, November 2015
Certification
- NALC OMA QA ADMIN C-555-0046, Kaneohe bay HI; November 2021
- MV-22 Cameo Vibration Analysis Training as provided by Boeing V-22 Field service representative; April 2020
- Naval aviation maintenance control management for optimized organizational maintenance activity C-555-0053, Cherry point NC; August 2019
- Work Center Supervisor course at Center for Naval Aviation & Technical Training, MCBH Kaneohe Bay | 2019
- Corrosion Control for Managers Course N-701-0039 | 2018
- CPI Yellow belt CIN: A-557-0002; August 2018
- Navy instructor training course (NITC) A-012-0077; Jacksonville NC, January 2017
- Mishap Prevention & Hazard Abatement Navy Competent Persons for Fall Protection Course | 2016
- Aircraft Confined Space Entrant Authority Training C-600-3000B | 2016
- Aircraft paint touch-up and markings N-701-0014; Cherry Point NC, December 2014
- Aircraft Corrosion Control N-701-0013; Cherry Point NC, December 2014
- Aviation structural mechanics common core C-603-0175; Pensacola FL, April 2013
- Aviation warfare apprentice training C-100-2020; Pensacola FL, April 2013
- Aviation structural mechanic organizational level C-603-0176; Pensacola FL, April 2013
- V-22 Hydraulic systems organizational maintenance C-603-3626; Pensacola FL, April 2013
- V-22 Airframes organizational maintenance C-603-3627; Pensacola FL, April 2013
Timeline
Aircraft Mechanic
Tyonek
12.2023 - Current
Quality Assurance
United States Marine Corps VMM-268
09.2021 - 06.2023
Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor
United States Marine Corps VMM-365
11.2019 - 08.2021
Aircraft Maintenance Instructor
United States Marine Corps CNATT
12.2016 - 11.2019
Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Representative
United States Marine Corps VMM-162
08.2016 - 12.2016
Aircraft Mechanic
United States Marine Corps VMM-162
12.2012 - 06.2016
Some College (No Degree) - Aviation Management
Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne
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