Edward George Rieck
01-11-1953 | Lansdale, Pa.
PROGRAMS:
COMPANIES:
LOCATIONS:
Kennedy Space Center, Edwards AFB, White Sands New Mexico, All European emergency landing sites, (Spain, France, Morocco).
POSITIONS:
Advanced Space Shuttle Systems Technician
COMMENTS:
Senior Advanced Systems Maintenance Technician on the Space Shuttle. Responsibilities included Technician / Assistant Manager / Lead Technician/ Engineering Technician / Move Director duties which include the following.
- Ensure all tasks, modifications and repairs are completed in accordance with Engineering and NASA requirements to meet timely schedule issues.
- Closely interface with upper level Managers, Schedulers/Planners, Engineers, Logistics and Inspectors to address all concerns.
- Interpret drawings and disposition discrepancies documented.
- Distribute work and verify satisfactory completion by qualified technicians.
- Verify / ensure that all work is documented properly and on time.
- Provide direction and guidance to a technical crew of 10-150 personnel.
- Ensure technicians are properly trained and qualified.
- Direct hazardous operations including Hypergolic, launch preps, landing recovery operations, handling of highly toxic / flammable chemicals and critical movements of flight hardware components.
- Ensure all work performed by personnel under my direction is carried out within Company and Customer (NASA) policies and procedures.
- Travel to offsite locations world wide to support recovery operations.
- Perform scheduled / unscheduled maintenance, pre-flight and post flight inspections, stacking, launch and landing operations of the NASA Shuttle Fleet.