Steven Cline
Summary
Forward-thinking former Inspector of the Year possessing positive outlook and strong work ethic. Bringing 8 years of hands-on experience as a Level 5 Inspector paired with in-depth knowledge of the offshore industry and production standards. Recognized as excellent resource dedicated to improving operational efficiency and effectiveness.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Inspector
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
03.2015 - Current
- Performed offshore safety inspections and assisted with accident investigation of oil and gas production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico for the Lake Jackson District, assisted with helicopter daily missions and with district helicopter concerns regarding maintenance issues
- Work with District/Regional operations at teleconference call with vendor over issues about helicopter operations and maintenance
- Inspections for offshore production operations
- Assist with helicopter daily operations mission and with district helicopter safety concerns
- Conducted Root Cause analysis investigations of accidents, incidents and reports violations to regulations involving a full range of motion activities associated with production operations including those facilities with known safety and environmental problems or hazards
- Conducted several Investigations during my tenure at BSEE, Lead inspector on some and was involved in several as team member.
- Investigations range from one operator falling, fire on a production platform, many pollution events, many incidents of a crane.
- Upheld codes and regulations governing materials, processes, and procedures.
- Assisted Region to change policies governing inspecting, testing and compliance operations.
- Identified potential hazards and recommended corrective actions, ensuring a safer work environment for all employees.
- Ensured accident and incident reports were properly prepared, grammatically correct, competed, accurate and comprehensive prior to forwarding to the Production Operations Inspector Supervisor for review
- As a team member ordered shut-ins on major and minor facilities, operations, or parts of operations that posed immediate danger due to unsafe workman like practices and environmental hazards or violations
- Selected as lead inspector representing Lake Jackson District of BSEE for production inspections
- Conducted Inspections of production measurements and verification, pipeline, site security operations at offshore and land process facilities to ensure compliance with regulations
- Cross functional team leader with the ability to motivate peers to reach goals to accomplish mission
- Exceptional knowledge of helicopter and operations of the helicopter industry.
Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Westwind Helicopters
08.2014 - 03.2015
- Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic working on Bell 206 B2,L3 and 407 type aircraft for daily operations in the Gulf of Mexico
- Comprehend and updated all technical drawings and publications for daily maintenance of helicopters and types of helicopters that has been worked on also Alert Service Bulletins, Airworthiness Directives, and all other publications for manufacture type helicopters
- Comprehend the FARs (Federal Airworthiness Regulations)
- Work with the FAA when doing inspections to qualify aircrafts for operation in the Gulf of Mexico after they were bought from other companies
- Did daily reviews of fuel sampling and other fueling operations for base to prevent water contamination and other foreign debris that could damage the engine that could cause loss of life and equipment damage
- Work with and be instructed by Director of Maintenance with safety issues and policies for company for implementation in the field for safe and to avoid any unsafe practices.
Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Era Helicopters LLC
12.2005 - 07.2014
- Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic working on Eurocopter AS350 B2, EC135 and Agusta 109E, 119 Koala and type aircraft for daily maintenance, inspections and heavy maintenance in the Gulf of Mexico
- Comprehend the FARs (Federal Airworthiness Regulations)
- Work with FAA when Field base was audited
- Comprehend all technical drawings and publications for daily maintenance of helicopters and types of helicopters that has been worked on along with Alert Service Bulletins, Airworthiness Directives, and all other publications that the manufactures send out for type helicopters that were worked on
- Assigned to BSEE field bases in New Orleans and Lake Jackson
- Collaborated with DOI Aviation Maintenance Division inspector while he conducted audit of carding of aircraft for BSEE missions
- Comprehend Safecoms for save aircraft operations and at times have issued Safecoms to inform BSEE personal of issue
- Collaborated with BSEE personal to safely help with issues that could have come up during daily mission of helicopters
- Was assigned by the manager of Gulf Coast west operations with BSEE issues, hurricane evacuations and other problems that came up at field base
- Was selected for the rescue team for west side of gulf in case maintenance problems came up and helicopter could not return to base
- Other duties that were assigned on top of the maintenance duties was asked to help with operational issues such as help with finding resident living for out of town pilots and mechanics, run errors for base, responsible for petty cash of base, shipping and receiving of all parts for helicopters and other items for operations and order supplies for base and apartments
- At times helped supply with inventory of parts at field base
- As an ERA, employee it was asked of us to help other field bases with their issues as needed for completing inspection and safety security checks
- ERA also required training to perform work on Ramco which is a program that tracks every aspects of helicopters from parts usage to inventory control and tracking time for when maintenance is due for inspection or when a part was timed of for out of service performance
- Other training for employees of ERA are helicopter safety for passengers and for crew along with training for when ditching the aircraft.( Dunker training) Era required training for their maintenance practices such as GMM training(General Maintenance Manual)
- Comprehend and can use Word, Excel and Power point programs for the computer.
Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Evergreen Helicopters INC.
02.2003 - 12.2005
- Airframe and Powerplant mechanic for maintenance on Eurocopter AS350 B3, and Bell 206Bs, L 1&3, and 212, 412 type aircraft for daily maintenance, inspections and heavy maintenance in the Gulf of Mexico
- Comprehend the FARs (Federal Airworthiness Regulations)
- Worked with the FAA when auditing field base
- Comprehend all technical drawings and publications for daily maintenance of helicopters and types of helicopters that have been worked on also comprehend Alert Service Bulletins, Airworthiness Directives, and all other publications that the manufactures send out for type helicopters that were worked on
- Stayed in an offshore environment with my helicopters as well as worked in hanger and field bases
- Was chosen to work for DOI Forestry as part of a Helitak Unit in the Arapaho Forest and The Black Hills also did erosion control in the Cascade Mountains
- Chosen for and took part in working for Unavco (Customer) which was a research project to gather data for the National Science Foundation on volcanos in the Aleutian Islands
- Took part in Katrina Evacuation of New Orleans and Clean up as directed by FEMA.
Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
American/ Omni Energy
03.2002 - 02.2003
- Airframe and Powerplant mechanic for maintenance on Eurocopter AS350 B3, and Bell 206Bs, L 1&3, and 212, 412 type aircraft for daily maintenance, inspections and heavy maintenance in the Gulf of Mexico
- Comprehend the FARs (Federal Airworthiness Regulations)
- Worked with the FAA when auditing field base
- Comprehend all technical drawings and publications for daily maintenance of helicopters and types of helicopters that have been worked on also comprehend Alert Service Bulletins, Airworthiness Directives, and all other publications that the manufactures send out for type helicopters that were worked on
- Worked in the hanger as Heavy Maintenance mechanic removing engines, transmissions, overhaul main rotor heads and tail rotor assemblies, repaired sheet metal along with some avionics of the aircraft
- Lived in an offshore environment with helicopters and performed maintenance at field bases.
Education
Diploma -
Westwood School of Aviation
HVAC -
Kilgore College
High School Diploma -
White Oak High School
Airframe and Powerplant for Agusta 109E model Factory product school
Airframe and Powerplant for Eurocopter AS350 B3 model Factory product school
Airframe and Powerplant for Eurocopter EC135 and EC145 ERA familiar of product training
HVAC training and certification from ERA
Skills
- Project Management
- Sample Collection
- Report Writing
- Inspection Reporting
- Regulatory Compliance
- Equipment Operation
- Corrective Action Planning
- Training and Mentoring
- Safety Awareness
- Problem-solving abilities
- Equipment inspection
- Time management
Accomplishments
- Earned Inspector of the year and Inspector of the quarter " recognition in 2020.
- Achieved a 5 points on Employee Evaluation in 2023.
Military Service
United States Army, Infantryman, 10/1984 - 12/1987, Ft. Ord, California
Timeline
Inspector
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
03.2015 - Current
Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Westwind Helicopters
08.2014 - 03.2015
Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Era Helicopters LLC
12.2005 - 07.2014
Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Evergreen Helicopters INC.
02.2003 - 12.2005
Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
American/ Omni Energy
03.2002 - 02.2003
Diploma -
Westwood School of Aviation
HVAC -
Kilgore College
High School Diploma -
White Oak High School
Airframe and Powerplant for Agusta 109E model Factory product school
Airframe and Powerplant for Eurocopter AS350 B3 model Factory product school
Airframe and Powerplant for Eurocopter EC135 and EC145 ERA familiar of product training
HVAC training and certification from ERA
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