JONATHON VINSON
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Battle Ground,WA
1
Certification
20
years of professional experience
- Quality-focused manufacturing leader with 15+ years improving first-pass yield, productivity, workforce capability, and regulated operations.
- Eliminated recurring CNC defects and increased first-pass yield 60% through structured corrective action. Improved Lean audit scores 30% and achieved first-pass FAA audit compliance through 5S and standard work.
- Coached 35 employees, increasing productivity 15% while reducing combined safety and quality incidents 25%.
- Pursues continuous development through Air Force leadership, NCO Academy education, Electrical Power Production, BPSM, and RSPS.
Work History
NDT Supervisor
1 Year 2 Months- Direct five X-ray and NDT workstreams covering hundreds of active work orders and 100+ part numbers, aligning assignments with delivery priorities.
- Executed a recovery plan following a critical machine failure, shifting two customer-critical parts to film processing and sustaining 168 parts per quarter.
- Developed production-control dashboards and tracking tools that reduced leadership data-gathering and decision time by 70%.
Supervisor – Electrical Power Production
19 Years 7 Months- Directed deployment, maintenance, and safety inspections for 26 generators delivering 1.5 MW for 1,500 Airmen.
- Increased squadron training readiness 75%, accelerating employee qualification and improving workforce availability.
Operations Manager
3 Years 1 Month- Directed four CNC machining teams totaling 35 represented second-shift employees across three buildings, aligning people and equipment with production objectives.
- Resolved recurring CNC nonconformances through root-cause corrective action, increasing first-pass yield 60% and protecting a critical 737 milestone.
- Coached and developed 35 employees, increasing productivity 15% while reducing combined safety and quality incidents 25%.
- Applied Lean manufacturing, 5S, visual management, and standard work across three CNC teams, increasing Lean audit scores 30%.
- Achieved first-pass FAA audit compliance by strengthening workplace organization, standardized processes, and operating discipline.
- Coordinated preventive maintenance for 28 CNC assets, achieving full scheduled-maintenance compliance and supporting equipment reliability.
- Developed an automated KPI tool that reduced data-pull time 75% and improved delivery-report accuracy.
- Trained 45 managers and 1,100 employees on timekeeping and work instructions, achieving 100% labor time-study accuracy and stronger transaction integrity.
Production Manager
8 Years- Managed 30 employees across three buildings, coordinating staffing, daily priorities, and cross-functional support to meet production KPIs.
- Prioritized and staged work across four teams to achieve 100% on-time milestone completion despite supplier and resource constraints.
- Recovered delayed production starts through schedule and resource adjustments, meeting 80% of impact-critical milestones.
- Resolved 15 complex production defects, reducing repeat defects 40% and improving first-pass quality.
- Served as manufacturing subject-matter expert, developing standardized production processes that delivered a future-state program’s first milestone on schedule.
Team Leader – 777 Vertical Stabilizer
6 Years- Led eight employees, assigning work and balancing workflow to achieve 100% on-time downstream delivery.
- Interpreted engineering drawings and work instructions to coordinate structural rework and protect final-assembly milestones.
Certification
- U.S. Air Force Non-Commissioned Officer Academy
- U.S. Air Force Electrical Power Production
- Boeing Problem Solving Model—BPSM
- Boeing Rapid Systematic Problem Solving—RSPS
Timeline
NDT Supervisor
PCC
06.2025 - CurrentRead More
Operations Manager
BOEING
01.2022 - 02.2025Read More
Production Manager
BOEING
01.2014 - 01.2022Read More
Team Leader – 777 Vertical Stabilizer
BOEING
01.2008 - 01.2014Read More
Supervisor – Electrical Power Production
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
01.2007 - CurrentRead More