Nicole Salcedo
Salreyo Properties
Ridgecrest,CA
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Language
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Certification
28
years of professional experience
Detail-oriented Aviation Quality Assurance Specialist and Engineering Technician with over 20 years of experience supporting flight test operations, range evaluation, and technical data documentation at NAWCWD China Lake. Proven expertise coordinating complex flight configurations, test setups, and ordnance test events for VX-31 across F/A-18 A–F, EA-18G, and MH-60S platforms. Highly skilled in enforcing NAVAIRINST 3710.1 and CNAFINST 4790.2 compliance, executing pre/post-flight technical briefings, and delivering audited data packages to Project Management Offices.
Work History
Managing Member
1 Year 10 Months- Quality Assurance & Issue Resolution: Monitor performance feedback and operational metrics to resolve service or facility issues, maintaining a 4.98 quality rating.
- Operational Logistics & Maintenance: Direct day-to-day facility logistics, vendor agreements, and preventive/corrective maintenance schedules to maintain high-quality operational standards across properties.
- Safety Inspection & Regulatory Compliance: Conduct rigorous safety audits and quality checks to ensure full compliance with municipal codes, safety regulations, and operational policies.
- Documentation & Asset Management: Maintain accurate digital logs, inventory systems, and financial records while managing vendor/contractor deliverables.
Management Supervisor
6 Months- Flight & Test Event Coordination: Coordinated work assignments and prioritized maintenance workflows, ensuring aircraft availability for daily test flight schedules and specific mission configurations.
- Safety & Shift Continuity: Supervised written pass-down logs between shifts to prevent data gaps, enforced shop safety regulations, and mentored subordinate personnel in proper technical work methods.
- Flight & Test Event Coordination: Managed work assignments and prioritized maintenance workflows to guarantee aircraft availability for daily test flight schedules and specific mission configurations.
- Inter-Agency & Civil Service Liaison: Collaborated with civil service work centers, test management, and aircrews for equipment checks, system downloads, and flight line transportation at CALA and local hangars.
- Safety & Shift Continuity: Supervised shift pass-down logs to prevent data gaps, enforced safety regulations, and mentored personnel in proper technical work methods.
- Weapons Test Execution: Coordinated, scheduled, and supervised technical support actions for Department of Defense (DoD) and PMO weapons testing programs under strict Performance Work Statement (PWS) guidelines.
- High-Precision Technical Oversight: Oversee I-level scheduled and unscheduled technical inspections , developing standardized operational procedures to ensure full compliance with NAVAIR technical directives and standards.
Senior Management Analyst
1 Year 6 Months- Technical Project Office (TPO) Support: Provided critical schedule, resource, and facility control for NAWCWD project offices, including the Over the Horizon Missile Group, aligning technical assets to support weapon system evaluation schedules.
- Data Deliverables & Stakeholder Reporting: Generated and presented detailed documentation on project health and time-sensitive data deliverables, enhancing operational readiness for government customers and project leads.
- Process Optimization & Continuous Improvement: Led continuous improvement initiatives across cross-functional teams, implementing standardized tools and procedures to boost operational productivity.
- Integrated Schedule Management: Developed and adjusted Integrated Government Schedules (IGSs) using timed status intervals, increasing project predictability and ensuring deadline compliance.
- Process Optimization & Continuous Improvement: Led continuous improvement initiatives across cross-functional teams, standardizing tools and procedures to enhance operational productivity.
Quality Assurance Inspector
4 Years 5 Months- NAVAIR & ISO 9001 Quality Oversight: Directed quality assurance inspections across maintenance work centers and flight operations, ensuring 100% compliance with NAVAIRINST 3710.1, CNAFINST 4790.2, and ISO 9001 directives.
- Executed weapons tests by coordinating, scheduling, and supervising technical support actions for Department of Defense (DoD) and PMO programs under strict Performance Work Statement (PWS) guidelines.
- Trained and certified personnel on flight line safety and test facility protocols, ensuring proper operation of specialized test and calibration equipment.
- Directed quality assurance inspections across maintenance work centers and flight operations, achieving 100% compliance with NAVAIRINST 3710.1, CNAFINST 4790.2, and ISO 9001 directives.
- Flight Test & Aircraft Configuration Briefing: Provided comprehensive pre- and post-flight briefs to aircrews, test teams, and management regarding aircraft test setups, instrumentation, and mission configurations on F/A-18 A–F and EA-18G platforms.
Airframes/CDI/Shop Lead
10 Years 6 Months- Cross-Organizational Flight Support: Acted as key technical liaison between FRC China Lake, VX-31, VX-9, and flight operations to align component readiness and material status with upcoming test schedules.
- High-Precision Technical Oversight: Oversee I-level scheduled and unscheduled technical inspections , developing standardized operational procedures to ensure full compliance with NAVAIR technical directives and standards.
- Team Leadership & Tool Management: Led, scheduled, and evaluated technical workforce activities , while managing tool and equipment inventory to minimize downtime and prevent foreign object damage (FOD).
- Safety Inspections & Root Cause Analysis: Enforced adherence to facility safety standards and technical manuals, investigating operational infractions and equipment issues to identify root causes and implement preventive solutions.
- Safety Inspections & Root Cause Analysis: Enforced strict adherence to facility safety standards and technical manuals , leading investigations into operational infractions or equipment issues to identify root causes and implement preventive solutions.
Airframes Mechanic/ CDI/QAR
8 Years 9 Months- Directed flight line operations and technical personnel as VX-31 Line LPO, ensuring efficient aircraft launch/recovery setups and strict adherence to flight line safety standards.
- Multi-Aircraft Technical Inspections: Performed detailed technical inspections, component evaluations, and quality control checks as a certified CDI/QAR across F/A-18 B–F, EA-18G, and MH-60S platforms.
- Subsystem Troubleshooting & Maintenance: Troubleshot and tested mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical assemblies following repairs to ensure full operational capability prior to flight release.
- NAVAIR Technical Compliance: Interpreted and applied complex technical manuals, maintenance directives, and engineering bulletins to verify aircraft readiness and structural integrity.
- Managed parts, tools, and specialized equipment inventories to support routine and corrective maintenance, effectively preventing foreign object damage (FOD) and minimizing operational downtime.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Skills
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel proficiency
Microsoft PowerPoint
Project optimization
NALCOMIS
Certification
- 1999-06 C School FA-18
- 2006-02 Quality Assurance School
- 2016-11 Strategic Management
- 2010-08 Union Stewart Advance
- 2008-08 Union Stewart Intermediate
- 2002-05 Disperse Technical Librarian
- 2020-02 ISO 9001
- 2000-02 Collateral Duty Inspector
- 2003-12 Quality Assurance Inspector
- 1999-11 PC/LSC
- 2004-10 Trouble Shooter
Languages
English
Interests
Photography
imaging
outdoors
community
and leadership.
Timeline
Managing Member
Salreyo Properties
10.2024 - CurrentRead More
Management Supervisor
V2X
04.2024 - 10.2024Read More
Senior Management Analyst
Saalex/NDTI
10.2022 - 04.2024Read More
Quality Assurance Inspector
Amentum/Dyncorp
05.2018 - 10.2022Read More
Airframes/CDI/Shop Lead
Dyncorp/AECOMI
11.2007 - 05.2018Read More
Airframes Mechanic/ CDI/QAR
United states Navy
02.1999 - 11.2007Read More
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science from Business Management
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