Francisco Medina

• Repairs and maintains on airframe components, adhering to safety regulations and standards.
• Works alongside crew team mechanics to lead critical move operations.
• Works with management to meet delivery and flight schedules.
• Assists with training new mechanics per blue print and tech data and to best shop practices in aircraft maintenance techniques.
• Assigns work tasks to mechanics
• Performs pre-flight and post flight checks
• Serviced fuel, hydraulic systems, pressure systems, and tires.
• Specialized in the complete structural and mechanical build up of the U-2 cockpit including canopy rigging, flight controls, and plumbing
• Performed hydraulic system check outs of landing gears and flight controls
• Assists with engine install and removal from aircraft
• Logs in entries on 781 Forms

* Performed check outs of hydraulic systems on aircraft using a hydraulic test stand ground equipment.

* Disassembled aircraft as required and forward parts to inspection for evaluation.

* Completed full build-up of cockpit to include structure, plumbing, flight controls, and canopy rigging.

* Installed wing components and completed wing assembly on aircraft.

* Serviced aircraft with fuel for leak testing and de-fueled after test.

* Towed aircraft with crew members to outside and inside the hangar with all safety precautions per tech manual.

• Diagnosed mechanical issues using advanced diagnostic tools and equipment.
• Replaced damaged, missing, or defective parts with new and refurbished components.

* Lead the engine build up department team

* Read and understood blue prints and maintenance manuals

* Trained new mechanics to read and understand blue prints and work instructions.

* Created weekly work schedules to supply assembly line accordingly to demand.

* Coordinated with Engineering and Planning personnel on new revision changes and updated and trained team members on new changes.

* Installed engine components to build up engine sub assembly and performed engine run test on test cell.

* Performed troubleshooting during and after engine run test

* Serviced engines with oil on aircraft.

* Assembled fiberglass cooling structure on engines. Repaired fiberglass to include drilling, trimming, sanding, and bonding fiberglass.

* Follow up with parts in the manufacturing/ fabrication process according to the planned operations to supply assembly mechanics

* Coordinate with Planning personnel to facilitate parts operational sequence or when blue print revision changed

* Planned outside processing work schedules for outside vendors according to parts priority.

* Scheduled delivery / pick up for outside processing parts with trucking companies to deliver on time.

* Move heavy crate with raw material/ parts from receiving department to shop floor with forklift equipment or tow carts.

* Created purchase orders for outside vendors

* Kept inventory of stock on a weekly basis