Overview
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Education
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MICHAEL STANKOVIC

Overview

39
39
years of professional experience

Work History

Rs Cabinet Finisher Lead

Gulfstream Aerospace
St Louis, MO
12.2017 - Current

Currently 2nd and 3rd shift Lead in the cabinet finish department Leading a team of fellow employees on completion projects, both in the shop and in the aircraft, ordering materials and tools, Assume responsibilities of the supervisor in his absence

•Travel and Communicate with the customers, customer support managers, and design departments to ensure that the projects are on track and up to their expectations

•Bid all projects from completions to Refurbs and touch ups to include cabin mods on MRO projects, assume responsibility for special project orders from onset to completion, which includes ordering materials and Plating, working with design departments and troubleshooting

•Orient and train new employees

  • Successfully led key projects that resulted in a positive outcome, customer satisfaction, and company satisfaction.
  • Inspected finished products for quality and adherence to customer specifications

Rs Cabinet Finisher Lead

Jet Aviation St. Louis, Inc And Gulfstream
Cahokia, IL
01.2011 - 12.2017
  • Lead a team of fellow employees on refurb and completion projects from full reveneer and stripping to minor touch ups in the finish shop and in the aircraft, order all materials and tools for refurbs and green completions which included some CCF work, Assume responsibilities of the supervisor in his absence
  • Travel and Communicate with the customers, customer support managers, and design departments to ensure that the projects are on track and up to their expectations
  • Bid all projects from completions to Refurbs and touch ups to include cabinetry mods on Globals, Challengers, Gulfstream's, Hawkers, Falcon Jets, BBJ and Lineage Assume responsibility for special project orders from onset to completion, which includes ordering materials and Plating, working with design departments and troubleshooting
  • Orient and train new employees

Lead Finisher

Midcoast Aviation, Inc
Cahokia, IL
07.2006 - 01.2011
  • Lead a team of fellow employees on refurb and completion projects from full reveneer and stripping to minor touch ups in the finish shop and at the aircraft, order all materials for refurbs and completions
  • Assume responsibilities of the supervisor in his absence
  • Communicate with the customers to ensure that the projects are on track and up to their expectations, Bid all projects from completions to Refurbishments and touch ups to include cabinetry mods on Globals, Challengers, Gulfstream's, Hawkers, Falcon Jets, BBJ and Lineage
  • Assumes responsibility for special project orders from onset to completion, which included ordering materials and Plating, working with design departments and troubleshooting
  • Orient and train new employees

Technician

Midcoast Aviation, Inc
Cahokia, IL
08.2004 - 07.2006
  • Assists workers in the finish department on the finishing of cabinets on completions and refurbs including Globals, Challengers, Gulfstream's, Hawkers, Falcon Jets, and Lineage, work in the aircraft to do touch-ups as well as touch ups on cabinetry in the finish department.

Lead Painter

Midcoast Aviation, Inc
Cahokia, IL
12.1998 - 08.2004
  • Directed and assisted paint technicians in the preparation of various types of aircraft for stripping, sanding and painting, i.e., Falcons, Hawkers, Challengers, Gulfstreams, LearJet, JetStar, Helicopters, King Air, Westwind and Citation aircraft
  • Assume responsibilities of the supervisor in their absence
  • Lay out aircraft for special paint schemes
  • Work directly with the Design Center on special projects and interface with customers to ensure that each aircraft is properly laid out per the rendering
  • Direct a group of fellow employees on the delivery team to make sure the aircraft is painted and laid out per customer expectations

Technician

Midcoast Aviation, Inc
Cahokia, IL
10.1996 - 12.1998
  • Work on all aspects of paint shop levels
  • Masking, stripping, sanding, etch, alodine, painting, Layout and detail of aircraft
  • Some fiberglass repair and corrosion repair

Technician

Trinity Industries
Greenville, PA
10.1989 - 10.1996
  • Performed duties as Railcar painter / graphic layout / stencil cutter and decal marker.
  • Painted poly-urethanes, 75% solid 2-Stage apexes, 100% solid 2-Stage epoxies (carboline), 80% solid 2-Stage epoxies (carbolines), 75% solid sigma coatings (epoxy), 75% ameron coatings (epoxy), 75% solid hempel coatings (epoxy), 75% William Hayward (epoxy).
  • Hand layout of all exterior graphics and lettering, setup and operation of vinyl cad computer and cutter.
  • Experience includes readings of blueprints.
  • Equipment used includes conventional guns and pumps, 40-1 and 30-1 pumps (graco) 2-Stage carboline pumps, airless and electrostatic guns.

Technician

St. Cloud Auto Body
St. Cloud, FL
08.1987 - 08.1988
  • Auto body technician performing restoration of auto bodies and painting.

Education

diploma certificate of completion - Auto Body

Mercer County Vo-Tech
1986

High School Diploma - General

Greenville Senior High
1986

Skills

Blueprints, vinyl cad, customer support, delivery team, graphics, graphic Layout, material and tool ordering, planning, finish shop lead, paint shop lead, painting, paint, painter, rendering , Supervisor, Lead man, technician, composites, troubleshooting

Affiliations

Leadership seminars, leader ship team planning and design

Timeline

Rs Cabinet Finisher Lead

Gulfstream Aerospace
12.2017 - Current

Rs Cabinet Finisher Lead

Jet Aviation St. Louis, Inc And Gulfstream
01.2011 - 12.2017

Lead Finisher

Midcoast Aviation, Inc
07.2006 - 01.2011

Technician

Midcoast Aviation, Inc
08.2004 - 07.2006

Lead Painter

Midcoast Aviation, Inc
12.1998 - 08.2004

Technician

Midcoast Aviation, Inc
10.1996 - 12.1998

Technician

Trinity Industries
10.1989 - 10.1996

Technician

St. Cloud Auto Body
08.1987 - 08.1988

diploma certificate of completion - Auto Body

Mercer County Vo-Tech

High School Diploma - General

Greenville Senior High
MICHAEL STANKOVIC