Brad Whiddon
Warner Robins,GA
Summary
Results-driven expert in electronic logistics with extensive experience in managing GFE and LANTIRN repairs. Demonstrated success in ensuring mission readiness through effective inventory control and supply chain management. Spearheaded initiatives that enhanced operational efficiency and improved response times for military hardware support.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Items Analyst Sr.
Lockheed Martin
Warner Robins, Georgia
12.2018 - Current
- Manage all GFE repairs for FWTD depot and Orlando depots in Ocala.
- Conducted monthly on-site visits to verify timely completion of all repairs.
- Oversee all LANTIRN repairs in Ocala.
- Maintain the SNIPER web request website for all USAF units state side and deployed.
- This includes maintaining and tracking all req’s to and from site in the system and in excel spreadsheet.
- Tracking where packages are and dates of delivery, and when unit has ship bad LRU back to the depot.
- Ensured accurate management and tracking of HAZMAT across LMCO Depot, Gov, and RAFB Sniper department using electronic tracking systems such as EESOH-MIS, LMCO HAZMAT system, and HAAS.
- Oversaw ESH operations at the depot, including writing JHAs, recording incident reports, and conducting yearly audits.
- To include all JHA’s written for site, recording all incident reports on ESH website, and conducting all yearly audits for the ESH management team.
- Manage a team of 6 employees, and the day-to-day operations of the supply team.
- Assured inventory sufficiency for mission requirements throughout the life cycle of supported systems.
- Manages and controls the asset position of customer inventories, especially under the conditions of performance-based logistics (PBL) and total system performance responsibility (TSPR) contracts.
- Makes and executes decisions for operating inventory to include suppliers, repair facilities, 3PLs and customer locations, including priority interpretation, inventory allocation and asset redistribution as necessary among sources of supply and military operating locations.
- Responds to military service inquiries; supports requests for proposals and provisioning determinations; understands and uses various inventory optimization models; forecasts and manages budget requirements; interfaces with company and DoD information management systems; ensures fidelity of asset identification; resolves technical and support problems for assigned classes of items by actively interfacing engineering and suppliers; prepares status reports and metrics relating to supplier performance and mission readiness.
- Coordinated dialogue between internal departments and external stakeholders to maintain alignment on project objectives.
- Represents organization on specific projects, teams.
- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity.
- Periodic quality assurance activities such as inventory reconciliation, spot-checks of physical inventory compared to electronic tracking systems, and processing final disposition of material once turned in or fully expended.
- Ensure that all necessary sales and HM safety data is processed and included as part of the delivery package to end-customers.
Tech Ops Mechanic Senior Specialist
Lockheed Martin
07.2011 - 12.2018
- Conduct technical analysis of product implementations, modifications, and enhancements to navigation and targeting/SNIPER pods in accordance exacting technical specifications.
- Troubleshot technical problems, determined solutions per product and customer specifications, and recommended actions to company or customer representatives for coordinated product resolutions.
- Experience working with component level electronics troubleshooting and repair of digital, analog, mechanical, optical, and RF circuits/assemblies.
- Experience working with computerized and manual test station maintenance, operation, calibration and repair utilizing common and specialized test equipment.
- Perform in shop avionics system maintenance /repair on Communication, Navigation, and Weapon Control Radar systems to include Infra-Red Terrain Following Radar systems, Electronic Warfare, and Electro Optic systems.
- Conducted testing and checkout of subsystems and complete systems in field locations, ensuring operational readiness and compliance with technical standards.
- Evaluated work impact in assigned area to uphold quality standards and enhance operational efficiency.
- Erroneous work product would normally result in failure to achieve schedule and potentially affect mission success.
- Applied specialized knowledge to effectively address complex technical challenges.
Aircraft Worker
URS
Robins Air Force Base, US
01.2011 - 12.2011
- Executed repairs on aircraft and assisted in troubleshooting malfunctions across aircraft structure, landing gear, flight surfaces, controls, anti-icing, pneudraulic systems, engines, auxiliary power units, and ventilation and heating systems to enhance operational reliability.
- Performed pre-flight, thru-flight, and post-flight maintenance inspections and recorded detailed descriptions of work in maintenance records.
- Removes, cleans, reinstalls, or replaces defective parts, accessories, and components such as worn gaskets, couplings, and fittings, bad actuators, accumulators, gauges, sections of corroded fuel and oil lines.
- Obtained standard parts such as fuel and oil line connections, fittings, and spark plug cables by referencing parts manuals and comparing samples to maintain aircraft performance.
- Supervised jacking and towing of aircraft, adjusted cable tension and seat movement settings to ensure safe operation.
Electronics Mechanic
Marine Logistics Base Electronics Depot
01.2008 - 12.2011
- Troubleshoots, analyses, and pinpoints maintenance, overhaul, repair and modification problems in equipment.
- Perform diagnostic tests of integral devices of communication systems including miniature and sub-miniature transistorized printed circuit boards to isolate defective circuit elements.
- Replace defective elements, repairs circuit boards of chassis, and perform analytical operational performance tests to ensure adherence to military and manufacturer’s standards, tolerance, and specifications.
- Performs preventive maintenance and repair required of test stations and component test fixtures.
- Conducted preventative and corrective maintenance on equipment to ensure optimal performance.
- Utilized volt-ohm meters, dual trace oscilloscopes, and various diagnostic devices to analyze and maintain equipment with precision.
- Perform analytical tests of serviceable equipment after prolonged storage to ensure no deterioration of operational ability has occurred.
- Experience working with systems utilized frequency modulation, frequency shift modulation and wide band multichannel frequency modulation.
- Trained lower-level workers by defining work sequence, procedures, and specifications.
- Applied modifications for equipment updates and modernization before issuing to using organization.
Education
Associates Applied Science Degree - Electronics Technology, Communications Technology
Middle Georgia Technical College
01-2011
Skills
- Testing
- Troubleshooting
- Inventory management
- Data analysiss
- Adjustments
- Alignments
- Preventive maintenance
- Avionics assembly
- Quality inspection
- Record maintenance
- Quality assurance
- Calibration
- Automatic test equipment
- Oscilloscopes
- Pulse and signal generators
- Distortion and waveform analyzers
- Digital data generators
- Digital voltmeters
- Frequency generators
- Special test panels
- Technical analysis
- Component level electronics troubleshooting
- Digital circuit repair
- Analog circuit repair
- Logistics coordination
- RF circuit repair
- Computerized test station maintenance
- Manual test station maintenance
- Operation
- Test equipment repair
- Diagnostic tests
- Communication systems
- Miniature printed circuit boards
- Sub-miniature printed circuit boards
- Avionics system maintenance
- Communication systems repair
- Navigation systems repair
- Radar systems repair
- Infrared radar systems
- Electronic Warfare systems
- Electro Optic systems
- Schematic reading
- Engineering drawing interpretation
- Specification interpretation
- Illustrated parts guides
- Microsoft Office programs
- Electrical principles
- Electronic principles
- Operating electronic principles
- Microminiaturized digital circuits
- Solid-state integrated circuits
- Transistors
- Diodes
- Tube circuits
- Antennas
- Signal transmission
- Oscillation
- Amplification
- Final functional tests
- Operational tests
- Aircraft electrical systems
- Wiring systems
- Automatic flight control systems
- Armament systems
- Landing gear systems
- Antiskid systems
- Ignition systems
- Stall warning systems
- Power distribution systems
- Engine drive alternator systems
- Fuel indicating systems
- Inventory analysis
- Safety regulations
Certification
Georgia Work-Ready Certified, Gold Certificate
Security Clearance
Secret, Active
Timeline
Items Analyst Sr.
Lockheed Martin
12.2018 - Current
Tech Ops Mechanic Senior Specialist
Lockheed Martin
07.2011 - 12.2018
Aircraft Worker
URS
01.2011 - 12.2011
Electronics Mechanic
Marine Logistics Base Electronics Depot
01.2008 - 12.2011
Associates Applied Science Degree - Electronics Technology, Communications Technology
Middle Georgia Technical College