Barbara Cloninger

• Trained and guided team up 42 members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics, using Boeing Production System to ensure that team meets people, safety, quality, delivery, cost & innovation performance expectation, trainees in BPS thru First Line Accelerated Leader class, and Leading In Manufacturing class
• Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team 2 members.
• Scheduled 42 employees for shifts, taking into account customer demand and employee strengths.
• Tracked employee attendance and punctuality, addressing repeat problems quickly to prevent long-term habits.
• Observed each employee's individual strengths and initiated mentoring program to improve areas of weakness increased team productivity by 10%
• Launched staff engagement, gender diversity and cultural programs in addition to robust reporting tools that increased operational quality.

• Performed visual inspections
• Reported repeated issues to supervisors and other departments, collaborating to identify issue roots and rectify problems.
• Communicated with production team members about quality issues.
• Used calipers and micrometer measuring instruments.
• Kept detailed records of quality and imperfect products.
• Conducted training sessions for new Quality Assurance Inspectors, ensuring a consistent approach across the team.
• Influenced positive change within the organization by driving a culture focused on high-quality products and services.

• Develops, interprets, and provides program guidance to Wing regarding maintenance policies, procedures, fly budgets of over of over 2.5 million dollars, training criteria, and manpower/personnel
• Trained Green belt Lean/Sigma 6, utilized as a gate way to monitor processes and procedures to mitigate waste
• Creates functional checklists, guides, and other evaluation tools for use in determining proficiency of maintenance operations personnel in accomplishing related maintenance tasks
• Directs aircraft maintenance sorties, averaging over 2000 regular and over 20 to 200 rescue/fire operations, and statuses.
• Reviews and interprets aircraft maintenance analysis information to implement programs that positively affect future health of aircraft fleet
• Oversees unit-level management of aircraft Maintenance Information Systems (MIS) to document and track weapon system maintenance
• Represents Maintenance Operations Flight, participating in discussions, meetings, and/or serving on panels or committees concerning maintenance policies and procedures
• Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships within wing, local organizations, other units, NGB and Major Commands, and productions tasks
• Trained new 12 employees in various departments and safety standards.
• Increased output by identifying bottlenecks and implementing effective solutions for process optimization.
• Prepared job order documents and gave timely approvals.

Planned flying schedules, order time change parts, maintain log of Time Compliance technical orders, maintain engine logs as the Engine manager, Data Analysis create fly log records and update daily aircraft status, debrief pilots, schedule pilot reported discrepancies all for Unmanned Assisted Vehicles

• Marinating records for 22 (UAV)’s all utilizing different levels of security
• Implemented preliminary (advance) maintenance plans for assigned aircraft and schedules maintenance for aircraft, monitor maintenance priorities to ensure fly schedule adherence
• Conduct control and dispatch of shop assignments, job numbers, TCTOs, and ordered parts for time changes
• Trained new 4 employees in various departments and safety standards.
• Planned production schedules, taking employee production rates, company needs and seasonal changes into account, and customer demand changes
• Devised and implemented efficient processes for production tracking and inventory control.

• Trained and instructed support units on Ejection Seat and Aircraft safe entrance, training over 400 people annually
• Managed receipt, storage and issue of ammunition processes, for over 52 ejections seats
• Supervised operation and organizational maintenance of weapons systems and specialized equipment
• Maintained accountability during redeployment of all sensitive items and ejection seat equipment
• Collaborated closely with procurement teams and suppliers on purchase and delivery of components and assemblies.

• Maintain 64 Pratt Whitney F100-100 jet engines
• Removed and install engines and related components after troubleshooting equipment, functions tests, calibrate equipment using test sets,use precession tools like micrometers, andring gauges
• Completed maintenance data documentation concurrently with work performed
• Responsible for setting minimum standards and providing technical guidance and support for design, installation, operation and maintenance of mechanical systems
• Managed receipt, storage and issue of parts ordered and in need of shipment, maintain tool account valued over 8.5 million dollars

• Removed and install engines and related components after troubleshooting equipment of over 5 aircraft and 20 engines, using calibrated test sets, ring gauges and micromiters
• Performed functional checkout testing following engine maintenance
• Completed maintenance data documentation concurrently with work performed
• Responsible for setting minimum standards and providing technical guidance and support for design, installation, operation and maintenance of mechanical systems

• Maintained and serviced 26 aircraft H60's and 56 GE T700 engines, fuel, and lubrication system, performed complete aircraft turboshaft engine repair
• Determined reasons for engine degradation via spectrometric oil analysis tests
• Evaluated jet engine performance, using jet test cells for fixed turboshaft engines
• Performed helicopter maintenance, installed and maintained engines, drive accessories, gearboxes and rotor repairs.

• Conducted rescue operations, extinguished and helped prevent fires
• Provided emergency medical aid and handled shipboard damage-control functions
• Trained in response to radiological, biological or chemical attacks.