Sidney Ward

• Responsible for oversight of Technical Operations Departments ensuring that regulatory and company requirements are being met.
• Supervised quality control inspections to ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
• Perform assigned inspection functions in accordance with the GMM, Manufacturer’s Maintenance Manual Procedures and applicable Federal Aviation Regulations to ensure the aircraft, engines, appliances, and components are maintained to the prescribed standards of airworthiness and serviceability.
• Provide quality oversight for all maintenance activities.
• Implemented process improvements that enhanced operational efficiency and accuracy in inspections.
• Perform preliminary, in progress, hidden damage and final inspections.
• Perform Special and Detailed Inspections to include Borescope, HFEC and UT NDT.
• Developed comprehensive training programs for new inspectors, ensuring consistent results across the team.
• Perform Required Inspection Item (RII) and Buy Back inspections.
• Perform Material Inspections of incoming aircraft components to ensure the use of legal, conforming, and applicable parts and materials.
• Surveyed performed maintenance practices and processes to ensure maintenance and documentation is accomplished according to the Spirit maintenance program.
• Assure the use of approved data, materials, tools, test equipment and that a high standard of workmanship is present.
• Conduct final review of all maintenance documents and SETS records for completion, correctness, use of appropriate references to approved data.

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• Worked with USAF to manage over $30 million in contracts for BLOS Sat-Com Antennas on several blocks of F-16’s.
• Acquired an 'Excellent' customer satisfaction rating by maintaining an aggressive delivery schedule with no quality defects noted.
• Developed and implemented quality control processes to enhance product reliability.
• Obtained an ISO9001:2008 Quality Control Certification which resulted in qualifying for further contracts with the US Govt and international agencies.
• Prior to my involvement, no Quality Program existed at this Small Business Veteran owned company.

• Managed the Quality Control Inspection Department of the 145 Repair Station and the PMA Department.
• Duties included management of 20 Inspectors, department budgets, training of personnel, FAA Audits, and customer audits.
• Updated the RSM, QCM, and the PMA QAM.
• Was responsible for all maintenance performed in the repair station.
• Was MRB Chairperson as well as on the Corrective Action Board and Aircraft Pre-planning Boards.
• Participated in Lean Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, and Safety Management.

• Responsible for the Return to Service Activities involved with a 145 Repair Station.
• Ensured all aspects of aircraft maintenance complies with Federal Aviation Regulations.
• Duties included processing work order items, collecting component certificates and ensuring that all items met applicable airworthiness requirements by entering appropriate logbook statements, tracking and updating the Computerized Maintenance Program, ensuring all appropriate paperwork was in place for return to service airworthy aircraft.

• Created FAA approved Quality Assurance Manuals for both the PAH (MIDO) and the 145 Repair Station Certificate (FSDO).
• Company liaison with the FAA (MIDO, FSDO & ACO).
• Performed certifications for Autopilot STC's in various models of aircraft.
• Performed various inspections on aircraft before presenting aircraft to FAA for airworthiness certificates (Experimental: R&D; Show Compliance; and Standard).
• Performed conformity inspections as well as first article inspections.
• Acquired and maintained PMA after each approved STC.
• Mostly involved with activities dealing in FAR Parts 21, 43, & 145.
• Candidate for DMIR.

• Responsible for obtaining and maintaining a 145 Repair Station Certificate.
• Supervised mechanics and avionic technicians in day-to-day routines.
• Performed weight and balance inspections on various models of aircraft.
• Responsible for purchasing, inventorying, recordkeeping, and setting up procedures for repair station and production certificate.
• Managed contracts with USAF when disassembling 52 Slingsby T67M260-T3A Fireflies.

• Responsible for assorted special projects that included maintaining equipment such as fuel trucks, tugs, hangars, and company vehicles.
• Responsible for safely fueling and defueling various types of aircraft.
• Duties also included tugging aircraft into and out of hangars and on ramp.
• Constructed hangar offices and storage areas.
• Trained new employees in daily duties and company procedures that I had created.

• Performed all scopes of maintenance in a 135 environment.
• Responsible for supervising employees, maintaining 20 aircraft, which included Beechcraft Bonanzas, Barons, and Cessna 400 series aircraft to ensure flight schedules were met.
• Sole supervisor for entire night shift that performed maintenance activities.

• Performed technical training to A&P mechanics on T-3A aircraft.
• Provided technical assistance in operation and maintenance of T-3A aircraft.
• Carried out First Article Inspections on parts and assemblies for the T-3A. (PMA# PQ8925W)
• Wrote job cards to accomplish STC installations.
• Functioned as consultant to USAF investigation teams on T-3A accident and mishaps.
• Submitted probably causes contributing to mishaps.
• Revised the T-3A's Maintenance Manual, which was approved by the Type Certificate holder's engineering department.
• Performed Quality Control Inspection duties for Manufacturer's Maintenance Facility (MMF-243-12).
• Submitted User Experience Reports to design holder of aircraft to improve or correct flight safety or maintenance problems.
• Supervised four employees in Contractor On Maintenance Base Supply (COMBS) functions.
• Member of Material Review Board, Quality Control Committee, and Total Quality Management Committee.
• Assisted in drafting Quality Control Procedure Manual to obtain CRS# N6GR0620.

• Promoted to Deputy Superintendant/Lead Inspector over manufacturing of Slingsby Firefly (T-3A_ aircraft for USAF.
• Covered entire production and flight-test activities in all aspects of inspection functions.
• Assisted staff in obtaining PC #9SW for production of the T-3A aircraft.
• Performed original airworthiness determinations and presented aircraft to FAA for conformity and original airworthiness certification acceptance.
• Submitted improvements to design of aircraft to engineering design holder during production of T-3A's that were adapted to the build design.

• Team leader in the assembly of Slingsby Firefly (T-3A) aircraft and preflight activities.
• Lead rewrite effort of job cards for assembly of aircraft.
• Discussed assembly problems with responsible engineers, which often lead to design improvements for the T-3A.

• Manufactured sheet metal subassemblies such as engine inlets, pylons, and engine canopies.
• Trained mechanics in pylon and cowling manufacture for the QF 727 contract with UPS.
• Assembled thrust reversers and afterbodies for QF 727, Falconjets, Learjets, and Cessna Citations.
• Sheetmetal experience on Boeing 727, 737, Airbus A300 while performing C&D Check inspections.