Raleigh, NC Hiring Conference - February 21, 2020

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US Air Force Officer with a Master of Engineering Management Degree

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Master of Science, Engineering Management | 2018
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD

Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering & History | 2008
Iowa University, Ames, IA

EXPERIENCE

United States Air Force | 2008 - Present

Operations and Training Officer | 2016 - Present

  • Coordinated team of 25 co-workers, coordinating schedules, creating training plans and conducting employee evaluations, plus directing manpower forecast analysis to improve schedule efficiency.
  • Cut waste 7% overall by creating innovative application to generate reports which extract key workforce metrics to identify trends to aid hiring and manpower decisions for projects and operations.
  • Prioritized and achieved a perfect safety record for the department's 30 night-shift employees by analyzing and developing safety processes improvements, then verifying employee compliance with new standards, reducing lost time from safety incidents by 11% during a five-month period.
  • Hand-selected to lead quarterly safety presentation of 90 minutes to 72 technical team members.

Project and Facilities Manager | 2011 - 2016

  • Oversaw all building maintenance tasks for 41,000 square foot facility, reduced maintenance costs by 12% and directed conversion of 16,000 square foot building into emergency housing for 42 critical workers.
  • Executed $120Kconstruction project of security vault including cost and labor estimation, defining scope of work, soliciting bids, conducting project meetings and verifying contractor milestone progress.
  • Completed 14-week in-residence junior management course, learning valuable problem-solving, leadership, communication, presentation, risk management and conflict resolution skills.

Systems Engineer | 2008 - 2011
Bangor, WA

  • Analyzed and assembled engineering data from customers, vendors and Original Equipment Manufacturers to create system safety and process improvement technical documents and drawings.
  • Verified project costs remained within budget by ensuring system drawing accuracy, verifying engineering calculations, spot-checking hardware matched drawings, and testing completed system functionality prior to delivery, which reduced non-chargeable change orders by 14% and average system costs by 6%.