This resume is for Len Ashton, an electrical manufacturing engineer with over 20 years of experience in the aerospace industry. He has extensive experience developing manufacturing plans and supporting production changes. His background includes jobs at Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and McDonnell Douglas supporting various aircraft programs. He also has over 30 years of experience as a journeyman electrician and maintenance technician.

1. LEN ASHTON
4031 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92117
Home Phone Number (858) 270-1132
Cell Phone Number (858) 750-9416
Home Email Address lashton@san.rr.com
OBJECTIVE
Support activity associated with an Electrical Manufacturing Engineering job role within the
aerospace industry.
QUALIFICATIONS
20 + years experience in the field of Electrical Manufacturing Engineering
CERTIFICATIONS
 Professional Development
 Tool & Operations Planner Training
 Statistical Process Control Training
 Hazardous Material Handling Training
 Air Conditioning/Refrigeration/Heating Trade School
 Electrical Theory & Blueprint Reading
 Manufacturing Resource Planning Training
 Electrostatic Discharge & Explosive Handling
 Certified General Electrician (State of California)
COMPUTING SKILLS
 Mainframe Applications (various)
 DCAC (Define and Control Airplane Configuration) / MRM (Manufacturing
Resource management)
 Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, etc.)
 Auto Computer Aided Design (CAD)
 Delmia (Digital Enterprise Lean Manufacturing Interactive Application)
 Velocity (Planning Tool)
 Eplan (Electrical Planning Control Panel)
 FASTR (File Access Storage and Retrieval System) (Wire Diagrams)
 Enovia LCA(Enterprise InNOVation Interactive Application LifeCycle Application)

2. EXPERIENCE
Early 2014 to late 2014
Chipton-Ross Contracting Service beginning in earlie 2014 to Present
The Boeing Company, BSC Division, N. Charleston
South Carolina.
Assembly & Integration Production Test/Wiring Planning-787 Dreamliner
Shipside Support.
Activity supported:
 The development, release and/or maintenance of the Manufacturing Build/Installation
Plan(s), ensuring configuration control of the product to the engineering design is in
compliance throughout the Plans work instructions/graphics, manufacturing datasets,
tooling requirements, and manufacturing bills of material, etc..
 Used Enovia, Delmia, Velocity, Eplan, FASTR and other computer software
for Shipside support of various electrical issues.
 Works with Engineering, Material and Change Management Organizations for the
establishment of D-IE (Documented - Industrial Engineering) and Committed schedules
which support the fabrication/installation event sequence
 Received, reviewed and incorporated engineering design, customer, business, and/or
operations change activity; both committed and non-committed into the manufacturing
plan.
 Maintains Manufacturing Build Plan compliance with Boeing Business, Operational,
Contractual and/or Regulatory requirements
 Attended various meeting pertaining to Engineering Change Activity such as:
o Production Revision Records (PRR)
o Master Changes (MC), etc.
2007 to 2013
Chipton-Ross Contracting Service beginning in mid 2007 to mid 2013
The Boeing Company, Everett Division, Everett, Washington
Electrical TWT, ECAT and Engineering Organization -787 Dreamliner
Activity supported:

3.  The development, release and/or maintenance of the Manufacturing Build/Installation
Plan(s), ensuring configuration control of the product to the engineering design is in
compliance throughout the Plans work instructions/graphics, manufacturing datasets,
tooling requirements, and manufacturing bills of material, etc..
 Coordinate with Engineering Teams to influence and clarify design concepts, which
included negotiation of change incorporation, identifying process optimization, resolving
production issues and production problems.
 Applied knowledge of engineering methodologies and principles to evaluate product
production
 Used project management techniques to plan and develop the timing and sequence of
internal planning events
 Works with Engineering, Support M.E., Material and Change Management
Organizations for the establishment of D-IE (Documented - Industrial Engineering) and
Committed schedules which support the fabrication/installation event sequence
 Received, reviewed and incorporated engineering design, customer, business, and/or
operations change activity; both committed and non-committed into the manufacturing
plan.
 Determines and directs the separation of design requirements, then coordinates
processing responsibility to various M.E. support groups. Such as:
o Material Planning
o M.E. Structures
o Other Boeing Divisions and Subsidiaries
 Maintains Manufacturing Build Plan compliance with Boeing Business, Operational,
Contractual and/or Regulatory requirements
 Checked and Approved Group member(s) work packages
 Monitored Manufacturing Engineering - Data Tracking Systems (Control File, 007/008
Committed Events, Wiring Information Tracking System (WITS), etc.) to assure Project
Groups compliance to completion schedules
 Attended various meeting pertaining to Engineering Change Activity such as:
o Production Revision Records (PRR)
o Master Changes (MC), etc.
Accomplishments:
 Completed DCAC/MRM Business System Training:
o DCAC/MRM Basic Training
o Enovia

4. o Delmia
o Velocity
o Catia
2007
Journeyman worker / Foreman
W&S Electric
El Cajon, California
 Directed crew of up to five persons
 Layout and instruct work for Journeyman and apprentice Electricians, per
drawings, NEC (National Electric Code), Municipal Codes, and specifications for
installation, make up of switch gear (2,500 amp system), feeders, xfmr, panels,
disconnects, lights, conduit gutters, raceways, and other electrical devices.
2006 - 2007
Journeyman worker
Berg Electric
Escondido, California
 Installation and makeup of feeders, xfmr, panels, gutters, disconnects, lights,
conduit, cable-tray raceways, and other electrical devices. Including change out
of guts and (fingers) of panels.
2004 - 2006
Journeyman worker / lead / Foreman
Gary Electric
Coronado, California
 Installation of switch gear, feeders, panels, gutters, disconnects, lights, conduit
and other electrical devices.
 Lead crew of up to five persons for rough/ trim of high dollar condominiums
(three story building, first floor commercial)
 Ran job for Coronado Brewing Co.

5. 2003 - 2004
Facilities (Maintenance) Tech II
Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla, California
 All areas of maintenance, including electrical, plumbing, and HVAC.
2001 to 2003
Contracting Service beginning in mid 2002 to mid 2003:
Piping Design Systems (PDS) Technical Services
Seattle, Washington
Contracting Service 2001 through mid 2002:
B & M Associates, Inc.
San Diego, California
The Boeing Company, Renton Division
Renton, Washington
 Note: Contracted support continued during the change over in Contracting
Services.
Electrical Project Manufacturing Engineering Organization –
737 Next Generation Program
Activity supported:
 The development, release and/or maintenance of the Manufacturing
Build/Installation Plan(s), ensuring configuration control of the product to the
engineering design is in compliance throughout the Plans work
instructions/graphics, manufacturing datasets, tooling requirements, and
manufacturing bills of material, etc.
 Coordinate with Engineering Teams to influence and clarify design concepts,
which included negotiation of change incorporation, identifying process
optimization, resolving production issues and production problems.
 Applied knowledge of engineering methodologies and principles to evaluate
product production
 Used project management techniques to plan and develop the timing and
sequence of internal planning events
 Developed CDS (Change Development Schedule) flow breakdowns and works
with Engineering, Support M.E., Material and Change Management

6. Organizations for the establishment of D-IE (Documented - Industrial
Engineering) and Committed schedules which support the fabrication/installation
event sequence
 Received, reviewed and incorporated engineering design, customer, business,
and/or operations change activity; both committed and non-committed into the
manufacturing plan.
 Determines and directs the separation of design requirements, then coordinates
processing responsibility to various M.E. support groups. Such as:
o Material Planning
o M.E. Structures
o Other Boeing Divisions and Subsidiaries
 Maintains Manufacturing Build Plan compliance with Boeing Business,
Operational, Contractual and/or Regulatory requirements
 Checked and Approved Group member(s) work packages
 Monitored Manufacturing Engineering - Data Tracking Systems (Control File,
007/008 Committed Events, Wiring Information Tracking System (WITS), etc.) to
assure Project Groups compliance to completion schedules
 Attended various meeting pertaining to Engineering Change Activity such as:
o Production Revision Records (PRR)
o Master Changes (MC), etc.
Accomplishments:
 Completed DCAC/MRM Business System Training:
o DCAC/MRM Basic Training
o 80-Hour Application Program Interface (API) Training
o Webspot Training
1999 - 2001
Journeyman Electrician
Encompass (Previously; Electrical Contracting Inc; ECI)
Escondido, California
Installed and established power connections for residential and commercial projects in
accordance with national electric code standards. Tasks included:

7.  Installation of internal wiring
 Connecting lighting fixtures, switches and receptacles
 Installation of conduit ( PVC, EMT, RIGID and MC )
 Panel, Transformer hookups and installation
1999
Journeyman Electrician
Labor Connection
San Diego, California
Installed and established power connections for residential and commercial projects in
accordance with national electric code standards. Tasks included:
 Installation of internal wiring
 Connecting lighting fixtures, switches and receptacles
 Installation of conduit ( PVC, EMT, RIGID and MC )
 Panel, Transformer hookups and installation
1998 - 1999
Manufacturing Engineer (Detail, Sub-Assembly & Assemblies)
Chipton-Ross
El Segundo, California
 Supported the preparation of new detail, assembly, sub-assembly and Installation
planning associated to the 747-400 program, for the Northrop Grumman Co., located
in Hawthorne, California.
 Supported related planning production change activity, preformed engineering
drawing predictability, coordinated/communicated change activity with cross
functional organizations, worked with mechanics in the development of assembly
builds, etc.
1998
Electrical Manufacturing Engineer- Jetcruzer Program
McDonnell Douglas Technical Services Company
Long Beach, California

8.  Supported Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures, Inc. (AASI), Long Beach,
California in the preparation of mock-up planning for wire/coax routing, clamping and
hook-up information for the development of production wire harness requirements to
be used in Avionics Equipment.
 Determined rework requirements of existing hardware and established change
incorporation schedules. Ordered test equipment (cablescan, DIT-MCO). Lead group
of electrical personnel responsible to perform testing of Avionics Equipment.
1996 - 1997
Electrical Manufacturing Engineer
B & M Associates, Inc.
San Diego, California
 Support the preparation and release of new electrical planning order requirements
(mock-up, details, assemblies and installations) on the 777 Program, for The Boeing
Company, Seattle, Washington.
 Supported related planning production change activity, preformed engineering
drawing reducibility, coordinated/communicated change activity with cross functional
organizations, worked with mechanics in the development of assembly builds, etc.
1983 - 1995
Process Manufacturing Engineer
Lockheed-Martin Corporation (Previously General Dynamics)
San Diego, California
 Prepared electrical/electronic production planning for the fabrication of coax/wire
harnesses, avionics, transducer assemblies, tubing and shield assemblies for aircraft
and space products. Assigned as the Process Manufacturing Engineering
Organizations representative to attend Change Review meetings held weekly to
review/commutation/coordination and determine feasibility/reducibility of engineering
change activity prior to release.
 Worked and coordinated change activity with cross-functional organizations
(scheduling, material, production, etc.).
 Mentored new internal group members in learning job role process and
requirements.
 Reviewed incoming activity to determined backlog tasks requirements and schedule
due dates for assignment of tasks.

9. 1981 - 1983
Maintenance Electrician
National Steel and Ship Building Company (NASSCO)
San Diego, California
 Perform required maintenance, rework, and installations of industrial type air
conditioning equipment for the NASSCO Ship Yard Manufacturing Facility.
 Helped develop an internal Preventive Maintenance Plan that regularly scheduled air
conditioning equipment to receive the performance of general maintenance processes.