Denny West

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps

  Jul 2015 - Jun 2020

  Aircraft Hydraulic Mechanic / Work Center Supervisor

  〰️ Supervised and performed the complete disassembly, cleaning, repair, assembly, and testing ofhydraulic/pneumatic components.〰️ Supervised two work centers simultaneously. A tire and wheel shop, and a hydraulic shop, managingboth work loads, and performed quality functions for both work centers as a collateral duty inspector(CDI). Each work center having over 100 active workable maintenance job orders.〰️ Attended meetings with production control and reported on completed work, reported current joborder statuses, conducted reconciliation of aircraft parts in order to perform required maintenance.Determined the daily work load during shop meetings and delegated the work. Show less

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  Boeing

  Jul 2020 - now

  〰️ Manage flight line aircraft stalls with a team of highly skilled mechanics supporting pre-flight/post-flight and delivery operations.〰️ Handle and delegate the remediation of aircraft flight squawks and non-conformance’s.〰️ Ensure compliance of all Boeing processes, standards, and adherence to all ground operations procedures.〰️ Facilitate tier 1 meetings with team at beginning of shift and attend tier 2 meetings to discuss daily progress and elevate any items of importance.〰️ Organize and oversee team schedule and performance-to-plan utilizing Microsoft Office tools.〰️ Set weekly performance expectation for team and successfully drove team to exceed expectations setby Senior Leadership.〰️ Perform pre-flight walks and release aircraft for flight.〰️ Manage employee timesheets and pay. Show less 〰️ Attended tier 2 meetings and reported on completed work, reported current job order statuses,conducted reconciliation of aircraft parts in order to perform required maintenance. Createdinnovation for lean processes, experience with conflict resolution, and fostered diversity and inclusion.〰️ Supervise a crew with over 20 employees and managed workload with over 500 active maintenancetasks.〰️ Collaborate with support services such as Quality Assurance, Liaison Engineering, and ManufacturingEngineering to create forward progress on non-conformance issues.〰️ Ensure team compliance to all Boeing, Federal Aviation Administration, and Defense ContractManagement Agency rules and regulations and perform daily audits for safety, tool compliance, andForeign Object Debris.〰️ Utilized Microsoft Excel to track jobs, job statuses, and active constraints.〰️ Manage daily expectations for team of employees based on Program-Set schedule and costperformance needs.〰️ Provide daily written and verbal briefings to Senior Leadership regarding team performance. Show less 〰️ Performed general modification work.〰️ Performed storage/preservation, de-preservation, and reactivation of whole aircraft.〰️ Performed pre-flight inspections.〰️ Performed cable rigging and flight control functional testing.〰️ Have performed removal and replacement of numerous flight controls and aircraft parts withexperience in riveting, drilling, and equipped with the ability to read and understand all engineeringdrawings.〰️ Performed audits as FOD and tool focal. Helped to develop innovation to improve FOD and tool controlthroughout the program. Show less

  • Flight Line Operations Manager

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Operations Lead

    Dec 2022 - Apr 2024

  • General Aircraft Mechanic

    Oct 2020 - Apr 2024

  • Boeing 737 MAX Preservation/Reactivation

    Jul 2020 - Oct 2020