James Harper

Production Superintendent of the wing's largest squadron consisting of 380 members in support of 49 A-10C, 14 HH-60W, 10 HC-130J aircraft worth $2.6 Billion. Plans, coordinates and directs maintenance for 5 flights with 11 specialties. Oversees maintenance on 560 pieces of aerospace ground equipment valued at $19 Million. Fuses squadron efforts with group priorities for OPLAN execution of contingency readiness actions between 4 flying squadrons.

• Planned and organized production schedules and assessed project and resource requirements.
• Created and implemented systems to improve performance, boost profits and increase productivity.

Directs 66 personnel through 60 phase inspections and 11,650 maintenance actions in support of 3 distinct airframes valued at $2.6B. Enabled the generation of 35,192 sorties and 80,543 flying hours.

• Oversaw projects, equipment and manpower needs to properly allocate resources and training.
• Conducted performance reviews to identify employee strengths and encourage professional development opportunities.
• Supervised, encouraged and evaluated cross-functional teams by coaching and empowering team members to meet production goals.

Oversaw 28 instructors from 5 unique career fields while delivering 1.7K instructional hours and graduating 144 fully qualified Fuel Systems Technicians.

• Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
• Oversaw curriculum development and implementation in alignment with best practices.
• Promoted classroom safety, collaboration, and best practices.

Ensures the availability of personnel and resources to accomplish all flight line plans and mission requirements. Assigns personnel tasks/assures aircraft prepared for flight to include inspections, forms, Maintenance Information Systems documentation. Strictly enforces adherence to technical order management procedures and utilizes improvement programs.

• Handled administrative requirements, maintained records and submitted operational reports.
• Coordinated activities of subordinate personnel to support mission success.

• Oversaw maintenance, calibration and control of inspection, measuring and all test equipment.
• Performed visual inspections and non-destructive tests where appropriate.
• Communicated with production team members about quality issues.
• Reported repeated issues to supervisors and other departments, collaborating to identify issue roots and rectify problems.