Cindy Gutierrez
Norwalk,CA
Summary
extensive experience in aviation manufacturing including: composite part fabrication, material planning & scheduling, reading drawings & work instructions while following processes, technical training and document control.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Document Control Specialist / Technical Trainer / Senior Production Scheduler / Manufacturing, Parts Fabrication Lead
Virgin Galactic
03.2015 - Current
- Was hired on as a Manufacturing, Parts Fabrication Lead at which time I was trained on all production Processes & Specifications, running the Gerber material cutting table, operating all ovens & generating cure reports, and various production tasks.
- In November 2015, was transitioned to Production & Materials Scheduler position and promoted to Senior Production Scheduler.
- Responsibilities included: creating & updating an Internal Departmental Schedule, create jobs in Oracle, verify correct engineering definition is available in Agile & put together job travelers.
- Coordinate with Production Leads to generate a day to day schedule to complete jobs by required deadlines including scheduling all daily oven cures & material kitting.
- Follow up on all jobs to ensure completion & generate replacement jobs when necessary.
- Follow up with Manufacturing Engineers on NCR dispositions when needed.
- Enter all jobs in monthly Metrics list & document durations, on-time completions, scrapped parts & NCRs generated using Oracle & Tip QA.
- Assist with oven operations, provide support to Supervisors, Leads & Technicians on all other production tasks as needed.
- In March of 2020, became a Technical Trainer where roles and responsibilities included developing and facilitating training to new hires as well as current company employees.
- Creating training materials such as videos and work instructions, writing evaluations after each class & uploading into UltiPro Learning.
- In March of 2022, I started in my current role as a Document Control Specialist where my responsibilities are to review engineering drawings/blueprints, work instructions, specifications and processes and all documents for accuracy and approve/release in our internal system.
- Work closely with Engineers to get all items released and available in a timely and efficient manner.
Production Supervisor / Composite Technician
Scorpius Space Launch Co
04.2014 - 03.2015
- In charge of small manufacturing plant that fabricates all-composite and composite over-wrapped pressure vessels for various gases and liquids.
- Daily tasks included: delegate work to shop technicians, work closely with engineer and project manager to meet required criteria and deadlines, send daily production report and future production calendar.
- Composite manufacturing including liner fabrication using wet layup techniques and composite over-wrap with filament winding & programming.
- Order materials and shop supplies, receive and inspect items received, monthly inventory and maintain proper records of materials including shelf life and expiration dates.
Tool Crib Manager / Material Handler / Composite Technician III
Coast Composites, Inc.
11.2010 - 04.2014
- Perform composite fabrication duties including layup, bagging, leak checks, cutting different carbon fiber materials in correct orientation by hand or on Kuris cutting machine.
- Tool prep, tool release, de-bagging, water break tests, repairs, assembly using composite pre-preg and adhesives.
- Work on various tools including flat panels & 27' DFT tools, work with BMI DT450 pre-preg, 6k & 12k, Fiberglass, CyForm 22 carbon fiber materials as well as wet lay-up. Also work with bonding materials and adhesives.
- Follow all vacuum bagging techniques for room temp and autoclave debulks and final bags.
- Able to set up laser tracker, follow instructions on assigned paperwork such as travelers, read blue prints and reference books.
- Use of different power and pneumatic tools such as grinders, drills and sanders.
- Maintain clean and organized work area following 5S guidelines.
- Maintain inventory of all supplies, tools and time sensitive materials, including creating PO, place orders, follow up with vendors, receiving and re-stocking.
- Issue materials and allocate to jobs accordingly.
- Maintain material Certifications and records and keep track of material shelf life and out times.
Education
Business Management Courses -
Cerritos Community College
Cerritos, CA01.2016
High School Diploma -
Mayfair High School
Lakewood, CA01.1995
Skills
- Computer knowledge
- Microsoft Office
- QuickBooks
- Mas 90 & 200
- Navision
- Oracle & Agile
- Project & Visio
- Version Control
- Project Coordination
- Office Administration
- Inventory, Purchasing, Material Tracking
- Bilingual (English & Spanish)
- Organization and Prioritization skills
- Self-motivated with High level of energy
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Document Control Specialist / Technical Trainer / Senior Production Scheduler / Manufacturing, Parts Fabrication Lead
Virgin Galactic
03.2015 - Current
Production Supervisor / Composite Technician
Scorpius Space Launch Co
04.2014 - 03.2015
Tool Crib Manager / Material Handler / Composite Technician III
Coast Composites, Inc.
11.2010 - 04.2014
Business Management Courses -
Cerritos Community College
High School Diploma -
Mayfair High School
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