Tydis Alton

Highly motivated, positive, enthusiastic, and results-focused leadership with over 15 years of experience in systems acquisition, attention to detail, passionate about resolving issues, ensuring high quality strategic planning, and resource management. Proactively offering progressive technical and competitive leadership experience in Change Integration (CI) management and customer facing interactions.

Capital Sr. Project Engineer - Clearwater Paper Corporation - Lewiston. ID

(2024-07)

• Provides technical assistance to production, reliability and quality groups as needed to solve equipment and process-related problems and develops methods to improve processes.
• Optimize manufacturing processes through error proofing and root cause/corrective action of equipment failures.
• Manage all phases of assigned capital projects including:
• Developing project justification, scope, and subsequent writing of AFCE’s
• Evaluation and selection of equipment suppliers and installation contractors
• Equipment checkout and subsequent installation
• Complete project documentation
• Develops, coordinates, and conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts.
• Investigates and analyses relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards.
• Analyses preliminary plans and develops reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer, and governmental agency reliability objectives.
• As necessary, proposes changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability.
• Provide technical assistance to trouble-shoot equipment and/or operating problems.
• Research options and recommend solutions to resolve operating and/or maintenance issues.
• Coordinate contractor’s activities for contracted-out maintenance work during equipment downtimes.
• Provide engineering calculations and design drawings for equipment installed by maintenance crews.
• Perform maintenance call-duty. Call out and supervise maintenance crews as required. Communicate environmental/safety issues to management as required.
• Assist in the management of the Predictive and Preventative Maintenance programs including vibration coverage through the mill, plant tank integrity, pressure vessel integrity, and pre-post failure reports.
• Manages capital projects as required.
• Facilitate Reliability Steering Teams.

Sr. Principal Project/Design Engineer - Northrop Grumman Corporation - Promontory, UT

(2022-01 - 2024-07)

Responsible for establishment and execution of all technical aspects of Development, Engineering, Qualification (including MRB authority), and Production of Small Warheads (drones), Flares, Decoys, and other custom energetics products. Manage engineering configuration and effectivity, from a design function, for products within these programs/projects. Ensure design for manufacturability and inspect ability is a part of internal and external technical consideration.

I have had worked multiple opportunities in developing new product lines, managing the program from a technical position throughout the proposal, design, prototyping, testing, and deliverable end item fabrication of next generation products. In my role I have collaborated with other IPT’s and engineering disciplines in the process of the scale up of products, processes, tooling, and facilities for low rate and high-rate production. This is a fast-paced development programs works with a variety of NGIS resources/teams and witness the entirety of the programs engineering lifecycle.

These projects have required innovative solutions and significant interaction with commercial and military customers all within compliance of

Sr. Principal Engineer - Northrop Grumman Corporation - Roy, UT

(2021-02 - 2022-01)

Responsible for executing scope in the Change Management organization and coordinating with responsible engineers to bring needed changes to board. This role worked closely with Engineers and with IPTs to gather impacts while performing technical review of changes within their purview and guiding said changes to implementation. Plans and executes schedules for change package development and approval cycle to meet mission needs.

Prepares lists of materials, accessories, and parts following engineering and design blueprints and examines blueprints, identifies parts code, computes quantity needed, and lists total material requirements including routing, and special handling instructions. Coordinates with Configuration Management organization to verify path forward for implementation, to include data bases of life cycle like CPLM. Balances current and future demand requirements with manufacturing and supplier capabilities/capacities to ensure completion of customer requirements.

Preparing and publishing status reports to various programs, technical impact assessment, planning and strategy for change implementation

Project Controller - Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories - Pullman, WA

(2019-09 - 2021-02)

Act as a key contributor in the planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting on projects of varying contract types, sizes, complexity, and levels of risk. Develop proposals to include pricing, terms and condition, procurement (local and global) from sub-vendors, plan subcontractors and coordinate activities on multiple projects, customers, and subcontractors. Initiate RFP/RFQ to cover technical/quality specifications, deliverable requirements list and action items, track project cost, schedule, deliverables, quality and performance objectives and provide timely reports on progress to management.

Assist with compliance matrices and supplier profiles, health and safety planning, maintaining a safe workplace, safety awareness and training, accident investigations and reporting, and implementing safe and environmentally sound work practices. Ensure project procedure compliance with federal acquisition regulation and document control.

F-22 Project Engineer - Lockheed Martin - Hill AFB, UT

(2016-08 - 2019-09)

Coordinating, planning, organization, control, integration and completion of engineering projects within the software development for the F-22. Plans and formulates engineering program, reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications. Evaluates and approves design changes, specification and drawing releases.

Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.

F-35 Flight Test Weapons System Engineer - Lockheed Martin - Edwards AFB, CA

(2015-11 - 2016-08)

Test engineer to conduct flight test planning and execution on the JSF program. Act as part of an ITF Team with US Govt and Foreign Military Sales Flight Test engineers in writing test plans, flight cards, conducting briefs/debriefs, problem reporting, first order data analysis and providing flight test data to verification. Participate in real time control room activities during flight execution, including ensuring all test equipment is operational and working along with coordinating with the test ranges.

Assist with on aircraft troubleshooting and failure resolution of the sensor systems as needed to ensure test aircraft mission capability. Assist with collection, distribution and analysis of data acquired during flight test missions.

F-35 Field & Service Mechanic – OS - Lockheed Martin - Edwards AFB, CA

(2013-03 - 2015-11)

Responsible for maintaining and loading/downloading of weapons and AME equipment. Reading blue prints and drawings provided by the engineering to complete work. Working regularly on maintenance information systems such as electronic maintenance instructions, aircraft forms documentation, and supply chain management.

General Manager - Whitby Ag - Moses Lake, WA

(2014-03 - 2014-10)

Supervise the financial, legal and operational affairs of the company. Establish goals and objectives ensuring their delivery according to the business plan. Manage the performance of the company’s staff through key performance indicators, targets, and goal settings.

Analyze and assess the company’s performance against the stated objectives. Recruit and train employees to implement the business plan. Provide strategic analysis and advice to owners. Establish and implement a maintenance plan for the company to ensure equipment is operating efficiently to maximize profit and minimize downtime.

Operations Manager - Henry Ind. - Albuquerque, NM

(2012-03 - 2013-10)

Responsible for all systems and practices as they pertain to Henry Industries, its customers, government agencies, departments and entities. Hire and train personnel. Implement processes and procedures for contractors in the state of New Mexico while staying current with all DOT/OSHA rules and regulations. Oversee daily operations across the state coordinating the dispatch process.

HR Liaison - Government Civilian Employee - Albuquerque, NM

(2010-07 - 2011-11)

Managed use of the defense travel system by creating and maintaining budgets to ensure