Laurentino Jimenez

Experience

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  Avianca

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2009

  Quality assurance engineer

  Responsible for preparing and performing internal and external quality audits in order to monitor compliance with quality and regulatory requirements (FAA, UEAC, EASA). Quality audits including aircraft maintenance records, aircraft receiving/delivering, MRO and fuel suppliers. Evaluation of additions to MRO Capability list e.g. appliances and specialized services.

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  AIRES S.A.

  Feb 2009 - Jan 2011

  Director of Quality

  Overall management responsibility for the following positions: Quality Assurance Chief, Reliability Chief, NDT chief and Quality Control Chief. Responsible for maintaining and ensuring regulatory compliance with different authorities, e.g. FAA, IAA, CAA, etc. Prepare and perform the budget of the Quality Division. Responsible for measuring the cost of non-quality. Responsible for leading processes of certification with authorities – FAA FAR129.

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  LAN COLOMBIA

  Jan 2011 - Jul 2016

  Quality Assurance Chief

  Responsible for maintaining and monitoring the organization quality system. Plan, supervise and review adherence to the audit plan. Providing tools to the Quality Board based on system performance trending in order to take profit of improvement opportunities. These activities include monitoring technical and regulatory compliance with reference standards such as ISO 9001:2008, IOSA, FAR145 and Colombian rules. As QA Chief, I leaded the process for preparing the MNT section in the Maintenance Division in order to become IOSA operator. Show less

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  LATAM Airlines Colombia

  Aug 2016 - Jun 2018

  Shops and Line Maintenance Chief

  Responsible for the operations of the wheels and oxygen shops. These shops are compliant with FAA, UAEAC and LAR-145 regulations. Support line maintenance operations. This support includes control of contracts with different providers.

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  Avianca

  Jun 2018 - Mar 2023

  Quality Assurance Manager
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  Profesional independiente

  Mar 2023 - now

  Aviation maintenance consultant