Arica Love
Maple Valley,WA
Summary
Results-driven Automated Fiber Placement Operator at Boeing with expertise in machine tool operations and quality assurance. Proven ability to troubleshoot and optimize machinery, ensuring compliance with specifications. Skilled in critical thinking and process control, consistently delivering high-quality parts while enhancing production efficiency. Committed to best manufacturing practices and preventive maintenance.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Automated Fiber Placement Operator
Boeing
02.2015 - Current
- Loaded and positioned raw materials in loading and feeding mechanisms.
- Followed safety protocols to reduce operating risks on press machinery.
- Reviewed completed orders for quality and accuracy.
- Troubleshot machine malfunctions and performed necessary repairs to restore functionality.
- Performed regular maintenance on machinery to optimize performance.
- Inspected finished parts to verify compliance with specifications outlined in blueprints.
- Performed routine maintenance on production machinery to proper functionality when cutting parts.
- Measured and inspected machined parts to conform to product specifications.
- Monitored carbon fibre machine and made necessary speed and tool positioning changes to produce parts within tight tolerances.
Machinist
Heiser Industrial Tooling Company
07.2000 - 11.2006
- Utilized micrometers and calipers to measure and verify precise tolerances.
- Manually set up machinery, lathes, and grinders.
- Inspected completed parts to verify compliance with specifications and quality standards.
- Read and interpreted blueprints, technical drawings and schematics to determine parts dimensions.
- Operated drill presses, lathes and milling machines to produce required parts.
- Completed projects on time and under budget and maintained equipment and tools.
- Used CNC and manual equipment to perform both initial and final machining.
- Studied daily work instruction, sketches, drawings, blueprints, and manuals to determine dimensions and tolerances accurately.
- Calibrated machines to maintain required productivity levels and adherence to quality standards.
- Used various precision measuring instruments to check workpiece accuracy.
- Inspected and measured machined parts for conformance to specified tolerances.
- Repaired and maintained machine tools, fixtures and other production equipment.
- Measured, examined or tested completed units to check for defects and verify conformance to specifications using precision instruments such as micrometers.
- Developed jigs, fixtures and tooling to meet production requirements.
- Established machining parameters and test runs for new parts and components.
- Utilized CAD and CAM software to design tool paths, select cutting tools and set machine parameters.
Education
Certificate - Additive Manufacturing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA2019
General Education Diploma -
Green River Community College
Auburn, WA1995
Skills
- Quality
- Machine Setups
- Machine Tool Operations
- Checking Tolerances
- Work Order Interpretation
- Quality Assurance Requirements
- Process Control
- Hand and Power Tools
- Critical Thinking
- Material Verification
- Setting Up Machinery
- Production Efficiency
- Workpiece Inspection
- Workpiece Dimensions
- Preventive Maintenance
- Positioning Equipment and Materials
- Parts Manufacturing
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Mechanical Systems
- Best Manufacturing Practices
- Schematics and Blueprint reading
Timeline
Automated Fiber Placement Operator
Boeing
02.2015 - Current
Machinist
Heiser Industrial Tooling Company
07.2000 - 11.2006
Certificate - Additive Manufacturing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
General Education Diploma -
Green River Community College