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Reading, travelling, watching investigative movies
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ASHENAFI ALEMAYEHU WOLDE

ASHENAFI ALEMAYEHU WOLDE

Quality Assurance Engineer
ABU DHABI

Summary

Professional Profile I graduated from Addis Ababa University with a BSC degree in Mechanical Engineering in August 2006 and from International Leadership Institute with Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in December 2017. In October 2019, I joined Etihad Airways Engineering Quality & Safety department as a Quality assurance engineer. Previously, I worked in Ethiopian Airlines since June 2009, assuming different positions, such as Aircraft structure technician, Quality assurance auditor, Quality assurance supervisor, and Quality Assurance and Safety Manager.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
18
18
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

Quality Assurance Engineer

Etihad Airways Engineering
Abu Dhabi
10.2019 - Current

- Plan and conduct internal and external audits, inspections, and investigations by leveraging a wide range of audit techniques to identify risks and potential issues to support their timely and accurate resolution.

- Support the development of a Safety Management System (SMS) to provide necessary expertise on own area of responsibility.

- Conduct investigations on maintenance-related incidents, accidents, and process errors and evaluate the causal factors to ensure accurate tracking in case of an audit.

- Produce comprehensive reports on accidents, incidents, and process errors to prevent a recurrence.

- Provide training to and support staff development to ensure awareness of maintenance procedures that meet regulatory and company requirements.

Manager Quality Assurance & Safety (Post Holder)

Ethiopian Airlines
03.2017 - 10.2019

Produce quality and Safety manuals for the organization and supervise the synergy, acceptance, and adequacy of this regulatory body's approved manuals and the associated procedures

  • Monitors the effectiveness of policies and procedures and the degree of compliance of supervisors and subordinates
  • Implements an independent quality system and manages procedures and products' audit program
  • Follow up, coordinate, and controls the progress of remedial actions
  • Develops and manages supplier and vendors assessment program
  • Work with the tactical purchasing section to monitor the supplier’s key performance indicators and ensure that supplier performance is regularly reported and appropriate and timely corrective action is implemented
  • Makes a regular audit and surveillance to assure subcontracting and purchasing are limited to the organization's procedures acceptable to National Authority, EASA, FAA and includes but not limited to processing, inspecting testing, or calibration
  • Maintains and\or consolidates a risk register database (for all safety-critical operations) and facilitates the assessment of operational risks based on the recommended action in areas where improvements are required
  • Report regularly on the status and adequacy of operations risk management in each safety-critical area to higher management
  • Coordinates and liaison between the organization's services and the regulatory body
  • Initiates actions to prevent the occurrence of any non-conformities relating to product quality and verify the implementation of the solution
  • Led the investigation team representing the organization regarding any significant accident/incident
  • Issues\renews\withdraws the certifying staff and support staff authorization possible delegation, including management of these files
  • Develops and maintains MRO SMS documentation and implementation in line with regulatory requirements
  • Ensures Emergency plan exercises are done periodically per the SMS requirement
  • Establishes and direct safety, hazard reporting, identifications, analysis, and safety risk management programs to set a sound safety goal
  • Maintain the safety management database in Q-pulse for future statistical use
  • Provide timely safety advice and assistance to staff at all levels
  • Promote safety awareness and positive safety culture.

Team Leader MRO Quality Assurance

Ethiopian Airlines
Addis Ababa
08.2014 - 03.2017

Initiate, recommend, and implement policies/procedures/changes and corrective actions

  • Prepare Annual Audit Program and revise as required
  • Implements a quality audit program in which compliance with all the company maintenance procedures are respected concerning each type of aircraft, engine, and component
  • Supervise auditing functions on technical problems encountered in maintenance service activities
  • Follows up and performs a regular audit of all the company Services activities and facilities to ensure that policies and working procedures are followed and proper housekeeping is to the required standards
  • Timely follow-up and closure of non-conformances per the audit findings
  • Involve/assist in preparing MPM, MOE, QCM & RSM, and other necessary quality manuals for the organization with their associated procedures per the local authority, EASA, and FAA regulatory requirements
  • Evaluate, train and coach the Auditors under his/her supervision
  • Reports regularly on the status and adequacy of the Audit Program to the Manager
  • Evaluate the use and necessity of reports, records, and forms in the light of financial savings and quality product assurance
  • Controls outsourced activities as required if any.

Technical Auditor

Ethiopian Airlines
Addis Ababa
06.2012 - 08.2014
  • Conducts audit as per the schedule set by the team leader
  • Submits statistical summary of safety and quality audits completed monthly basis
  • Request corrective action when non-compliant findings are cited
  • Conducts follow-up audit on audit findings after the corrective action has been implemented and maintains audit records in a file
  • Maintains continual audit of Ethiopian MRO division policies and procedures to assure conformity with ICAO, IATA, FAA, EASA and ET Civil Aviation Authority regulations
  • Develop better methods of auditing procedures and reporting systems for the audit section
  • Maintain historical records of each audited section
  • Involve in the development of necessary exposition manuals and other relevant documents
  • Periodically reviews and improves the Auditing Programs to be adaptable to ETHIOPIAN operation and satisfy regulatory agencies
  • Develops and recommends new work procedures, resulting in greater efficiency and effectiveness in correcting audit findings
  • Involves and plays a vital role by being one of an investigation team of incidents/accidents
  • Coordinate and advise all concerned regulatory agencies on relevant changes such as policy and procedure revision and
  • Organizational structural changes.

Aircraft Structures Maintenance Technician

Ethiopian Airlines
Addis Ababa
06.2009 - 07.2012
  • Performed overhaul, assembly/disassembly, repair and modification and test of Structural part of aircraft
  • After evaluation per the SRM, repair or manufacture Aircraft tubes, hoses, and control cables as necessary
  • Read and interpret maintenance manuals, engineering drawings, blueprints, schematic diagrams, and other technical data to determine the feasibility and method while performing structural tasks
  • Repaired and manufactured composite parts of aircraft
  • Replaced and repaired damaged or worn out aircraft structural parts, performed major structural alterations as per approved maintenance documents (SRM, CMM, AMM, IPC etc.)

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical engineering

Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa
10.2002 - 08.2007

MBA - Masters in Business Adminstration

International Leadership Institute
Addis Ababa
09.2015 - 08.2017

Diploma - airframe maintenance Ethiopian airlines aviation academy

Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy
Addis Ababa Ethiopia
07.2008 - 06.2009

Skills

- Problem Solvingundefined

Accomplishments

- Participated in B767 Winglet installation project

- Participated and led EASA and FAA approval of Ethiopian MRO for B777, B73700/900, CFM56-7B/-3, GTCP331-200 models.

- Participated in and led many component capability developments and approval of

- Component maintenance by local and international regulatory bodies.

- Participated and Led in different aircraft occurrence and incident investigations.

- Perform a Safety and Maintenance culture survey to identify root causes for the increased number of occurrences and incidents.

I- have participated as a team member during the introduction of MRO IT Audit and Safety management software (Q-pulse).

Certification

IATA Aviation Lead Auditor Training

Reading, travelling, watching investigative movies

My hobbies include reading books, travelling and watching documentaries related to investigations

Timeline

Quality Assurance Engineer

Etihad Airways Engineering
10.2019 - Current

Manager Quality Assurance & Safety (Post Holder)

Ethiopian Airlines
03.2017 - 10.2019

MBA - Masters in Business Adminstration

International Leadership Institute
09.2015 - 08.2017

Team Leader MRO Quality Assurance

Ethiopian Airlines
08.2014 - 03.2017

Technical Auditor

Ethiopian Airlines
06.2012 - 08.2014

Aircraft Structures Maintenance Technician

Ethiopian Airlines
06.2009 - 07.2012

Diploma - airframe maintenance Ethiopian airlines aviation academy

Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy
07.2008 - 06.2009

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical engineering

Addis Ababa University
10.2002 - 08.2007
ASHENAFI ALEMAYEHU WOLDEQuality Assurance Engineer