Fuels Supervisor
ska group
Total years of experience :36 years, 9 Months
• Supervisor in charge of aircraft refueling at Najaf International Airport, Iraq.
• Responsible for the flight line fueling operation in support of the US Military in Iraq at Sather Air Base.
• Supervise day shift personal in the day to day operation to include maintaining fuel trucks, fuel storage equipment, lab testing and fuels accounting reporting.
Refueling Maintenance Foreman
• Performed maintenance on R-5, R-9, R-11, C-300 refuel vehicles.
• Discovered and corrected Truck Identification Modules installed incorrectly by the factory; ensured proper overfill protection.
• Coordinated with manufacturer to obtain replacement TIMs, removed and replaced affected modules from 11 trucks.
• Identified overfill protection probe problems caused by heat due to environment, replaced with models rated for higher temperatures.
• Led Scully grounding/overfill protection retrofit by installing manual switch.
• Managed $10K bench stock account; maintained budget/inventory stock levels.
• Rebuilt 18 single point nozzles; saved over $15K in replacement costs
• Performed hydro-static test on fuel hoses; ensured hoses met API requirements.
• Utilized multi-meter to test ground reels and trouble shoot electrical connections.
• Removed/replaced fuel truck bottom loading assemblies.
• Troubleshot inoperative air operated valves; replaced damaged air lines.
• Calibrated meters/gauges; ensured proper operation and reading within tolerance.
Fuels Distribution Supervisor
• Scheduled, supervised, and trained 40 personnel, enforcing stringent adherence to established work performance and training qualification standards.
• Coordinated daily fuel support to 81 home-stationed aircraft.
• Reviewed aircraft flying schedules; ensured availability of personnel/equipment to meet sortie generation requirements.
• Managed heavy workload—issuing 7M gallons of JP-8/ 7.1K aircraft refuels without incident