George Odom
1780 N. Coastal Hwy. Midway,,GA
Summary
Highly qualified aerospace inspector with over 23 years of rotary and fixed wing aircraft maintenance, inspection, and modification experience on military and private aircraft. Experienced Quality Control Inspector skilled at inspections, assessments and reporting on quality issues. Works well with production teams on correcting negative trends and driving improvements.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Control Inspector II
Gulfstream Aerospace
10.2011 - Current
- Completed classroom and training to acquire, exercise, and maintain knowledge of the duties required to perform all inspection task ranging from First Article Inspections, material verification, to process inspections
- Review written quality or inspection procedures for adequacy and evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of quality/inspection systems, including work plans
- Prepared and retained documentation, and reports required by customer contract and/or instruction Reviewing production activities and capabilities considering contract quality requirements
- Monitor work to ensure compliance to specifications, regulations and completeness of aircraft records and documentation
- Reading, interpreting, and applying technical data such as blueprints, engineering drawings, product specifications, or technical manuals to ensure overall customer satisfaction is being adhered
- Perform inspection duties utilizing engineering drawings and orders, work instructions, technical specifications, QA procedures and instructions and other related documents
- Ensures all work performed by assigned team complies with all required documentation including component maintenance manuals, drawings, blueprints, computerized maintenance procedures, and all other applicable required. documentation.
- On multiple occasion worked along with engineers and quality engineers to assess the root cause and implement corrective actions best suited for future improvements.
Aviation Structural Mechanic
Computer Science Corporation
08.2009 - 05.2011
- Performs acceptance inspection on all inbound aircraft to assess the total damage before beginning overall reset of the H-60 Blackhawk
- Orders necessary components to complete Aircraft reset
- Performed preliminary mechanical inspection of critical flight control systems to identify any issues, then prioritized workload to satisfactory turnaround time
- Fabricated, processed, and installed aircraft critical components that were damaged from hostile flight operations
- Assisted electrical runs and ring outs to ensure the turnaround time was achieved.
Aviation Structural Mechanic
Lear Siegler Inc. (LSI)
11.2007 - 08.2009
- Qualified to perform various inspections on a periodic basis to include Phase, hydraulic, landing gear and flight control inspections
- Implements risk management techniques while performing quality maintenance and inspections on the F/A-18 aircraft
- Coached and mentored personnel at all experience and skill levels to ensure a cohesive working team
- Continuously reviews and interprets blueprints and technical drawings to gather customer requirements needed for manufacturing
- Utilize technical manuals/directives to enable proper work instructions while performing aircraft phase maintenance.
Aviation Structural Mechanic
UNITED STATES NAVY
10.1999 - 10.2007
- Eight years of active-duty service in the Navy (Honorable Discharge) Installed/replaced pneumatic actuators and servos, landing gear and flight controls on the F/A-18 hornet, to support 100% sortie completion
- Performed countless preflight inspections to ensure the safety of the crew members
- Worked independently repairing and/or manufacturing components for various aircraft
- Performed routine hydraulic, landing gear and phase inspections to comply with technical specifications set in place
- As a collateral duty inspector, I inspected a myriad of tasks being completed at the organizational level to ensure 100% sortie completion.
Education
Skills
- Extremely proficient in Catia V/ Solumina/ SmarTeam/ Aircraft Information Retrieval (AIR)/ Mantra
- QCIP/ QA_MR Certified
Timeline
Quality Control Inspector II
Gulfstream Aerospace
10.2011 - Current
Aviation Structural Mechanic
Computer Science Corporation
08.2009 - 05.2011
Aviation Structural Mechanic
Lear Siegler Inc. (LSI)
11.2007 - 08.2009
Aviation Structural Mechanic
UNITED STATES NAVY
10.1999 - 10.2007
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