Derek Henderson
Summary
Skilled Professional painter seeking a career opportunity with the Boeing company where my skills and experience can ensure productivity and safety within the workplace and contribute abilities to assist the company achieve better returns. 100% dedicated to safety, customer satisfaction and quality within the paint ops. Skilled in staying attentive and engaged while completing task to reach daily objectives either by reading plans or taking vocal instructions.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Experienced Aircraft Painter
Boeing
Charleston, SC
03.2024 - Current
- Knowledgeable in power abrading, blowing, and tacking exterior surfaces to ensure quality throughout paint process
- Skilled in Boeing documentation system and velocity.
- Trained in layout of livery, stencils and pre masks.
- Experienced with chemical wash and strips on commercial aircraft
- Comfortable with spraying from a JLG
- Experience working on 787’s dash 8 through 10
Aircraft Media blaster/ Paint and stripper technician
Lockheed Martin
04.2021 - 08.2023
- Understanding engineering blueprints, drawings and notes to execute necessary procedures
- Properly masking of aircraft to ensure that sensitive components and compartments are protected
- Preparing aircraft surfaces to perform stripping or painting procedures
- Plastic media blasting, operating of hand tools and power tools, paint guns, hot glue guns, orbital sanders and a list of other necessities were all daily norms for my position.
- Enhanced aircraft assembly efficiency by streamlining processes and optimizing workflow.
- Performs routine production assembly on aircraft systems and equipment
- Ability to work with high hazardous chemicals
- Experience with milling, exact measuring,pneumatic and power tools.
- Resolves problems with tools to ensure safe functions
- Experience in assigned manufacturing and production to preform a variety of manual operations, including, fastener installations and drilling on titanium, aluminum ans composite
- Preforms flight test installations and aircraft functional testing
Transporter/Driver
BannerCheckLLC
10.2016 - 03.2021
- Extremely knowledgeable about pre trip inspections, troubleshooting, neatly maintaining updated driver logs and pre trip route planning
- Owner/operator for over 5 years with active class A CDL
- Skilled in properly securing loads and driving long distances safely to ensure customer/merchant satisfaction.
Foreman Helper
Landmark Construction
10.2015 - 04.2017
- Duties were to complete any task given by site foreman
- Setting up grade rod and laser
- Using front end loader to provide supplies to all crews on site (pipe crew, grading crew, asphalt crew, etc.)
- Maintaining silk fence around job perimeter
- Extremely skilled and knowledgeable in navigating and contributing to the progress of the jobsite.
Dock Worker
ILA 1422
11.2013 - 08.2016
- Operation of forklift, material handling, operating merchandise on and off ship
- Understanding dock procedures to ensure safe and efficient import and export functions
- Being competent in the field of Chemical and hydro stripping, media blasting and spray painting commercial and Navy fleet vessels
- Must possess extreme confidence and knowledge of confined space safety and lift training both in height and in depth.
Heavy Equipment Operator
Moorehead Brothers Inc
01.2013 - 08.2015
- Responsible for checking diesel, oil, and hydraulic fluid in equipment before start of task
- Duties include safe operation of excavator, loader, backhoe bobcat, concrete saws and several different jobsite tools.
Education
GED -
Berkeley County Adult Education
Summerville, SC03.2011
Skills
- Welding
- Mechanic Experience
- Materials Handling
- Aircraft maintenance
- Flatbed
- Freight Experience
- Scissor lift experience
- Forklift
- Blueprint reading
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Records management
- Fabrication
- Heavy Equipment Operation
- Schematics
- JLG experience
- Tractor-Trailer
- Excavator Operator (5 years)
- Loader operator (5 years)
- Comfortable with heights
Certification
- CDL A, 06/01/22, 06/01/30, Knowledgeable and legally allowed to operate a vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001lbs or more while abiding by all state and federal regulations
- Aeronautical and marine blasting certified, Present, Highly skilled with years of experience and knowledge on media blasting fighter aircraft, "composite included" also sandblasting ship hulls while occasionally performing painting task.
- Forklift Certification, Present, Trained and certified in operating automatic and manual fork lifts near aircraft's and submersible vessels
- Scissor Lift Certification, Present, Accustomed to spending hours in /on the scissor lift platform while performing various task and inspections
- RAM certified, Present, Completed and over exceeded the "OJT" to be trusted with the task of spraying radar absorbent material.
- Confined Space Certification, Present, Has shown undeniable confidence in being in a restricted space with limited exits, while relying on oxygen and a full face respirator to complete task and daily objectives.
Timeline
Experienced Aircraft Painter
Boeing
03.2024 - Current
Aircraft Media blaster/ Paint and stripper technician
Lockheed Martin
04.2021 - 08.2023
Transporter/Driver
BannerCheckLLC
10.2016 - 03.2021
Foreman Helper
Landmark Construction
10.2015 - 04.2017
Dock Worker
ILA 1422
11.2013 - 08.2016
Heavy Equipment Operator
Moorehead Brothers Inc
01.2013 - 08.2015
GED -
Berkeley County Adult Education