James Blake Edwards is a highly qualified helicopter mechanic with 9 years of experience managing maintainers and performing airframe and powerplant maintenance on 3 helicopter models. He has a Top Secret security clearance and is seeking an aviation maintenance position. He has extensive leadership, training, and quality assurance experience from his roles as a crew chief, plane captain, work center supervisor, and quality representative in the Marine Corps.

1. 125 Paradise Acres Dr, NC 28527 • 252.665.1288 • Edwards.James.Blake2@gmail.com
James Blake Edwards
Objective
Consideration for selection as Aviation Maintenance Position
Security Clearance
Current Top Secret clearance (SSBI) with SCI eligibility, with Yankee White access.
Summary
Highly qualified and experienced helicopter mechanic with 9 years of industry experience. Managed on average
25 maintainers as well as managed and performed airframes and powerplant maintenance on 3 different type-
model series helicopters.
• Leadership experience
• Experience in training personnel
• Quality Assurance experience
• Troubleshooting experience
• Type Model Series Aircraft maintenance experience on:
-Boeing CH-46E
-Sikorsky VH-3D
-Sikorsky VH-60N
Experience
July 2012-Present United States Marine Corps Quantico, VA
Marine Helicopter Squadron One (Presidential Helicopter Support)
• Fully qualified Crew Chief on CH-46E, VH-3D and VH-60N responsible for in flight monitoring of
performance of all aircraft equipment, and trouble shoot in flight all malfunctioning equipment.
• Plane Captain on CH-46E and VH-3D responsible for performing pre and post flight inspections on all
mechanical equipment, Engines, Gearboxes, Hydraulic Systems, Blades, Structural Airframes
Components.
• Quality Assurance Representative on CH-46E and VH-3D, Performed quality audits daily ensuring
proper compliance to standards for effectiveness. Ensured duties, responsibilities and inspection criteria
were understood, discrepancies were properly corrected and all safety standards were followed.
• Flight Line Work Center Supervisor Responsible for managing and training of 25 junior personnel.
Major Accomplishments and Awards
• Reduced Project completion time from 1,335 to 1,001 man hours resulting in 25% increase in
production and reduction of process length from 5 to 3 weeks.
• Supervised on average 200 maintenance actions and an average of 500 maintenance man hours a
year.
• Major Maintenance Accomplishments include over 50 engine replacements, 25 Phase Maintenance
Inspections, countless preventative measures all in full compliance with US Navy standards.

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James Blake Edwards
• Trained and mentored 14 junior personnel to become Plane Captain qualified as well as trained 10
personnel in flight duties as a Crew Chief.
• Awarded the Boeing Helicopter Maintenance Award from Boing Fleet Support Representative John
Morgenstern
• Deployed 28 times including 3 times over seas in support of the President of the United States.
Sept 2009- July 2012 United States Marine Corps
Cherry Point, NC
Marine Transport Squadron One (Search and Rescue)
• Fully Qualified Marine Corps HH-46E Search and Rescue Crew Chief and Rescue Swimmer.
• HH-46E Collateral Duty Representative responsible for the prevention of the occurrence of defects and
supervise all maintenance events from the start of the maintenance operation to its completion.
Also responsible for accounting for all tools and equipment used in the work center on a daily basis.
• Search and Rescue Operations Personnel Manager responsible for managing 35 aircrew personnel in 3
different crew positions to accommodate a 24 hour a day 365 day a year Search and Rescue standby
crew.
Major Accomplishments and Awards
• 33 Life Saving Search and Rescue missions, 8 in water rescues as a Rescue Swimmer.
• Flew over 1000 flight hours, and trained 11 search and rescue crew chiefs as well as 5 search and
rescue swimmers
• One of two out of 14 crew chiefs that was qualified as both a search and rescue crew chief and
rescue swimmer.
• Awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for superior performance as the Search
and Rescue Operations Manager and performing duties as a Crew Chief, Rescue Swimmer, and
Flight Line Mechanic in an exemplary manner.
July 2007- Present United States Marine Corps
Training and Skills
• Inspecting production tasks using precision measuring tools, engineering drawings, test plans, design
specifications, wiring diagrams, blueprint, technical publications, work orders, data charts and more.
• Using technical publications, directed teams in troubleshooting to resolve failures and incorporate
preventative maintenance, often re-writing existing technical directives for clarity.
• Rendered technical assistance to resolve difficult or unusual maintenance issues to include functional
test flight.
• Providing analysis of maintenance operations and recommendations and providing instruction in the use
of associated special tools and test equipment.
• VH-3D Airframes and Powerplant Course Quantico, VA
• CH-46E Airframes and Powerplant Course New River, NC
• CH-46E Crew Chief and Plane Captain School Camp Pendleton, CA
• Crew Resource Management Instructors Course Pensacola, FL
• NALCOMIS (OPTIMIZED) OMA Quality Assurance Administration Course Cherry Point, NC
• Naval Aviation Organizational Maintenance Activity Work Center Supervisor’s Course Cherry Point,

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James Blake Edwards
NC
Education
2004-2007 Louisville Male High School Louisville, Ky
References
References are available on request.