Dirk Gavin

- Applied technical knowledge to persuade customer’s engineering to accept parts that are within contractual agreement - Coordinated material flow, drop shipments maintaining timely closure. . - Performed local stock audits, investigated and resolved discrepancies. - Organized and administered local repair procedures. - Determined appropriate problem resolutions based on technical knowledge and knowledge of contractual agreement.

- Provided onsite support to British Airways and Monarch Airlines fleet of V2500’s for engine and engine/airframe technical issues - Focal point for resolving customer’s AOGs and in service issues. - Managed, maintenance events ensured timely response on open issues

- Provided onsite guidance and assistance to Air Berlin, Air Berlin Technik, German Wings, German Military, and Air Cargo Germany on technical, commercial and procurement issues. - Generated fleet status reports containing maintenance events and issues to management. - Collected and analyzed On-Wing data, established, monitored and forecasted engine removals.

- Directed, controlled, and prioritized maintenance actions with senior management. -Evaluated maintenance requirements, coordinated, and integrated 25 specialists on launch, recovery, inspection and repair on Lockheed C-5, C-141 and Boeing C-17 aircraft. -Managed training on 20 technicians, ensured support equipment valued over $8 million remained serviceable.

- Inspected, troubleshot, calibrated, and performed operational checkouts on Pratt & Whitney F-100-PW-100 engines and General Electric F100-GE-100 engines. - Inspected, operated, and maintained two $1 million A/M37T-11 Hush Houses, one $1.5 million A/F 32T-9 noise suppressor system and three $238,000 A/M37T-20 test cell/automated ground engine test set and M37/T-20 test stand valued at $238,000.