Harry Spradlin

Leads a team of highly integrated employees in the performance of major structural repairs (MSR) and heavy aircraft maintenance. Performs structural maintenance, including all components of the total system, such as the airframe, fuselage, wings, stabilizers, and control surfaces, etc. I am fully PAC-certified.

Prepares production plans for specific projects and operations through the compilation of time requirements, engineering designs, specifications, and machining processes.

Compiles estimates for different types of skilled labor and the number of worker-hours required for production operations, and advises procurement or supply activities on a variety of material requirements and production schedule due dates; schedules and controls primary work assignments to manufacturing activities based on production line or shop capacity, priority, and due date.

Determines the status of work in progress, the time required to complete the job, the availability of materials, the tools required, and reassesses priorities, expediting jobs in progress by any appropriate means.

• Maintaines inspections and maintenance records, both manual and automated. Prepares accurate, complete, and up-to-date records and actions taken, and assures documentation is properly signed, stamped, and coordinated.

Reviewes and applies all safety procedures to prevent damage to equipment, or injury to personnel.

• Performes work lead assignments. Calculates the time and workspace required to delegate the work of other mechanics, and determine when the work is properly done, documented, and signed off. Plannes, organizes, and reprioritizes work to accommodate changing aircraft deadlines. Coordinates with other skills such as Paint, Hydro, Rigging, NDI, Blast Media, Aircraft Electrical, and Aircraft Engine shops to determine multiskilled schedules to prevent skill overlap and downtime. I am responsible for determining when work should be assigned to specialized support shops.

Thoroughly inspectes all areas for corrosion, cracks, or other failing defects; searches repair directives, technical orders, and manuals, whether paper or automated, to determine repairs needed, and personally performes or guides other lower-graded employees in the performance of repairs.

• Serves as a trainer to help develop multiple skills needed, and to teach fellow employees the proper procedures needed to safely accomplish work in our diverse work environment. Provides on-the-job training (OJT) to lower-grade employees on aircraft maintenance practices, T.O. Navigation, technical aspects of new or modified systems and components, and safety procedures.

Receives detailed oral instructions and written work orders/Engineering 202's, and carries out each task with no needed supervision. On routine assignments, determines work methods, and the best use of tools and equipment available.

Highly skilled in the use and application of technical orders, blueprints, drawings, illustrated parts breakdowns, and complex engineering instructions.

Makes determinations of the condition, quality, integrity, and serviceability of aircraft structures and their components through vast knowledge and experience, and in accordance with all tech data and directives.

In each task I am assigned, I procure a plan of attack that enables me to create an efficient and safe work environment to ensure the mission of the Air Force is effectively met in its support of the warfighter.

Throughout the flow of each aircraft's maintenance cycle, having a safe work environment is always my highest priority. The safety of all mechanics, the aircraft, and me comes first. All safety procedures are always implemented.

• Certified as Maintenance Work Requests (MWR) Supervisor. I daily use the Program Depot Maintenance Scheduling System (PDMSS) to review assigned maintenance, report unscheduled maintenance, and track maintenance jobs, ensuring that they are performed in the proper maintenance gate. I have been given the responsibility of reviewing, certifying, and forwarding MWRs submitted through PDMSS by other employees to the assigned planning office.

I use PDMSS/SharePoint to track the ordering of parts, to request the delivery of parts when they are available, and to monitor Due in From Maintenance (DIFM) items. I use Time and Attendance (TAA) to report labor performed. I use a training scheduling system (TSS) to complete assigned Computer-Based Training (CBT).

Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel I, II, III, Outlook, Teams, Access, and PowerPoint.

• Functional knowledge of COPA, D035, G097, ABOM, DSS, G402A, G337, NIMMS, D043, 5M, G0046, and PNSSRS.

Regularly used automated systems include PDMSS, FEDLOG, SharePoint (AV Share All, and AV Parts Tracker).

• Fabricated and assembled aircraft metal structures using blueprints and specifications.
• Inspected and repaired sheet metal components for structural integrity and safety compliance.
• Utilized hand tools and power tools for shaping, cutting, and installing metal sheets.
• Collaborated with engineers to troubleshoot design issues and implement solutions.
• Maintained accurate records of work performed and materials used during projects.
• Trained junior mechanics on best practices for sheet metal fabrication techniques.
• Coordinated with team members to streamline workflows and enhance production efficiency.
• Ensured adherence to safety protocols while working in a fast-paced aircraft environment.
• Aligned drilled holes in sheet metal parts by use of jigs and fixtures.
• Replaced corroded or damaged parts with new ones according to approved methods.
• Bent sheet metal into desired shapes using bending machines or manual techniques.
• Repaired cracks in fuselage structure using bucking bars and hammers.
• Installed sheet metal components such as skins, bulkheads, frames, stringers, ribs and spars.
• Assisted in the design process by providing technical advice regarding fabrication techniques.
• Checked drawings, blueprints, and engineering specifications to ensure accuracy of repairs.