Durrell Starkes
AirCraft Manager
Parkville,MD
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Composite aerospace operations manager
St engineering
Baltimore, MD
2022.11 - Current
- Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications, and missed deadlines.
- Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time.
- Set, enforced, and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
- Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe, or ineffective practices.
- Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow.
- Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.
- Directed initiatives to improve work environment, company culture or overall business strategy.
- Analyzed and reported on key performance metrics to senior management.
- Increased profit by streamlining operations.
- Supervised operations staff and kept employees compliant with company policies and procedures.
- Led hiring, onboarding and training of new hires to fulfill business requirements.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers to obtain best pricing and terms.
- Developed and maintained relationships with external vendors and suppliers.
- Recruited, hired, and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization.
- Observed each employee's individual strengths and initiated mentoring program to improve areas of weakness.
Aircraft Mechanic
ST Engineering
Baltimore, MD
05.2011 - 11.2022
- Assisted with aircraft and equipment transport and movement.
- Maintained orderly and safe work environment by enforcing tool control and FOD awareness, prevention, and safety.
- Maintained orderly and safe work environment by enforcing tool control and FOD awareness, prevention, and safety at all times.
- Analyzed engineering drawings and schematics to troubleshoot systems and diagnose solutions.
- Operated power tools, gauges and testing equipment to adjust, repair, and replace faulty components in aircrafts.
- Performed aircraft maintenance for scheduled preventive actions and unscheduled requirements.
- Operated support equipment and flight line vehicles.
- Completed preventive and reparative maintenance on aircraft electronics and computer systems.
- Performed aircraft corrosion control procedures.
- Recorded maintenance actions in aircraft logbooks.
- Maintained all aircraft in accordance with organizational maintenance requirements.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
- Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.
Education
Bachelor Of Business - Business Management
New Hampshire Career Institute
Concord, NH 03.2023 - Current
Skills
Knowledge of aircraft hardware and materials and processes
Basic print reading skills and layout skills
Strong communication
Fault diagnosis
Parts inspection
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
First Aid/CPR
Six Sigma certified
5S lead/compliant
SAP/Kronos
Proficient in Excel/Word/PPT/OUTLOOK
Shop Stewart (3 years)
Leader of safety team
Package and split systems
Diagnostic techniques
Refrigeration system evacuation
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
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evening
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Timeline
Bachelor Of Business - Business Management
New Hampshire Career Institute
03.2023 - Current
Composite aerospace operations manager
St engineering
2022.11 - Current
Aircraft Mechanic
ST Engineering
05.2011 - 11.2022