Matthew Clifton

Structures mechanic for Embraer 170, 175, 190,195 aircraft.

• Identify, evaluate, and communicate aircraft structural damage exceeding published limitations and provide all technical data of out of limit damages requiring engineering dispositions.
• Fabricate aircraft structural repairs in accordance with engineering technical data, drawings, and applicable maintenance publications.
• Perform major overhaul, repairs, and alterations to aircraft structures.
• Restoration and application of all factory finishes.
• Provide technical, and administrative training to 10 personnel in structures department.

• Comprehensive understanding of all aircraft publications, task cards, drawings and identifying potential alterations of documents as required
• Facilitate all structure repairs
• Identify and communicate damage limitations to engineers while providing team communication and clarity of maintenance tasks on structure repair, fabrication, paint, and finishes application.
• Fabricated sheet metal components for aircraft skin, working with highly sensitive materials requiring special manufacturing treatments, coatings and installation processes.
• Updated logs and filled out maintenance reports with high accuracy and efficiency.
• Performed routine equipment inspections and maintained and completed corrective actions by referring to workbooks and technical publications to determine specifications.
• Inspected aircraft daily to assess airworthiness.
• Read and interpreted manufacturer and airline maintenance manuals, service bulletins and other specifications to determine feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged components.
• Rebuilt aircraft structures and functional components in accordance with maintenance manual, FAA regulations and aviation services policies and procedures.
• Recorded inspection and maintenance actions using log books, computer terminals and other technical applications.

• Performed daily post flight and preflight inspections
• Serviced aircraft hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Completed daily inspections of each aircraft to check flight readiness
• Supervised and completed flight line foreign object prevention walks
• Aircraft marshaling, Aircraft refueling, Inspection and maintenance of refueling equipment, Testing fuel samples.

• Honorable Retirement United States Marine Corps
• F-35B (Lighting 2): Inspect, repair, restore, maintain, and troubleshoot, aircraft hydraulic/pneumatic, airframe structures, system components, and factory finishes.
• Application and Restoration of low Observable coatings and finishes, Application, restoration, and repair of all advance composite structures.
• Create Action Request to support drafting of new publications, and revisions. Effectively navigate ALIS (autonomic logistics information system)
• AV8-B (Harrier): Inspect, repair, restore, maintain, and troubleshoot, aircraft hydraulic/pneumatic, airframe structures, and system components.
• Identify, treat, and prevent corrosion, aircraft paint and finishes including low observable finishes, windscreen micro mesh restoration, flight control rigging, qualified on calibrated test equipment and applicable ground service equipment.