Wole Aina

Senior ILS/IPS engineer providing LSA expertise across Defence projects, with previous experience delivering Technical Through-life Aero-Medical Equipment support to the UK MoD.

Integrated Logistics/Product Support Engineer (ILS/IPS) - CDS Defence & Security

(2023-08)

Providing support engineering capabilities on Defence projects

• Providing LSA support across design, development and qualification projects within Defence
• FMECA/RCM

Aero-medical Equipment Support Manager - TVS SCS, on behalf of Leidos UK

(2020-10 - 2023-07)

• Creating and maintaining AESPs
• Delivering Through-life support, from in service to end of life and disposal, of airworthy medical equipment's to Defence clinicians and technicians, in accordance with Def-Stan 00-600
• Conducting regular equipment obsolescence reviews with supplier
• Arranging and facilitating workshops with MoD fixed and rotary wing aircraft managers to identify hazards generated by the equipment when used in the air environment that may impact aircraft and crew safety
• Reviewing OEM documents in-line with MoD and industry test standards
• Writing safety cases

Consultant, Materials & Processes Engineer - Altran, on behalf of Airbus - AWIC, Filton Rd, Filton, Bristol

(2019-01 - 2020-09)

Qualifying products and processes according to Airbus and industry standards.

• Testing and qualifying aircraft fuel tank sealant according to supplier and Airbus specifications
• Qualification of a thermal spray processes on supplier site, in accordance with industry and Airbus requirements
• Part qualification of lightning strike protection nut caps for aircraft wing-box

Consultant, Optimised Maintenance and Technical Lifecycle Cost Reduction - Altran, on behalf of Rolls-Royce Plc - Bristol UK

(2017-07 - 2018-12)

MRO Green Belt / LCC reduction support.

• Providing project engineering support to manufacturing engineers throughout the engine overhaul process cycle (induction, sentencing, strip, MRB, repair/replace, build, despatch)
• Process mapping of activities to ascertain cost reduction and improvement opportunities on shop floor
• 'Blue chip' opportunities are taken through cost reduction identification techniques
• Turning Manufacturing Engineer complaints into process improvement tasks and see them to their conclusion
• Market research & requirements gathering of an Automated work-scopes tool

Wheels Engineer, Standards and Processes - Jaguar Land Rover - Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK

(2015-01 - 2017-06)

• Wheel Protection delivery for Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles
• Standardizing tolerances and dimensions of Jaguar and Land Rover wheels
• Identifying MMC and LMC dimensions on wheel components for optimal contact patch i.e. worst & best-case fits
• Controlling supplier tolerance creep and bringing them closer to nominal
• Supporting black belts (as a yellow belt) in drafting reports and generating graphs to analyse wheel corrosion warranty claims

Consultant Engineer - Altran, on behalf of Rolls-Royce Plc - Bristol UK

(2013-12 - 2014-12)

• Taking minutes, reviewing, and redacting Rolls-Royce engine documents according to Intellectual Property redaction guide and codes

MSc - Aerospace Engineering - Coventry University (2015-01 - 2016-11)

BEng - Aerospace technology Honours - Coventry University (2010-09 - 2013-08)

Foundation year - Engineering - Coventry University (2009-09 - 2010-07)

A-Levels - Maths, Physics and Computing - Kingston College, Surrey (2007-09 - 2009-08)

GCSEs - 10 GCSE's, including Mathematics, English Language, English Literature, History, Science Double Award and Art and Design - Salesian College Battersea, London (2007-08)