Alison Cobb

Marine Corps veteran  who is an experienced and detail-oriented Aircraft Electrician with a strong background in electrical systems, avionics, and aircraft maintenance. Seeking to leverage expertise in wiring diagrams, and maintenance documentation to contribute to aviation operations and safety.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Airside Experience Specialist-Signature Aviation 

Norfolk, VA (ORF) | March 2025 – Present

• Work safely and efficiently in accordance with established policies and standard operating procedures ensuring efficient and accurate communication through various methods to accomplish operational tasks
• Collaborate, cooperate, and work closely with all team members, guests, clients, vendors, and aircraft crewmembers to ensure service needs are met. Services include, but are not limited to, fueling, de-icing, lavatory, ground power and potable water services, parking, marshalling, wing walking, delivering catering and towing
• Proactively prepare for arriving/departing aircraft
• Operate and drive ground service equipment such as fuel trucks, de-icing trucks, ground power units, tugs, stair trucks
• Load and unload luggage and other cargo into/out of aircraft 
• Fuel handling, including fuel quality control, fuel receipt, inventory and maintaining accurate related documentation

Aircraft Electrician (Mech I) – M1 Support Services

Navy E2C Hawkeyes (VAW 120) Collateral Duty Inspector

Norfolk, VA | June 2024 – Present

•  Interpret and construct wire harnesses from wiring diagrams, maintain and document wiring changes, ensuring appropriate compliance
•  Supervise the jacking and towing of aircraft
• Perform preflight, thru-flight, and post-flight maintenance inspections; perform miscellaneous duties to service aircraft
• Assist with troubleshooting malfunctions in aircraft structures, including, but not limited to landing gear, flight surfaces and controls, anti-icing, pneudraulic, engines, auxiliary power unit, and ventilation and heating systems
• Repair, replace, and rebuild aircraft structures, such as wings and fuselage, and functional components including rigging, surface controls, and plumbing and hydraulic units, using hand tools, power tools, machines, and equipment such as shears, sheet metal brake, welding equipment,multimeters, oscilloscopes, rivet gun, and drills
• Read and interpret manufacturers' and Navy’s  maintenance manuals, service bulletins, technical data, engineering data, and other specifications to determine feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged components
• Perform progressive, phase, periodic, and other hourly, conditional or calendar inspections
• Appropriately identify, remove, and tag equipment in the aircraft
• Actively work with large amounts of wire, organizing appropriate changes in wiring and documenting work that may differ from noted wiring diagrams or drawing

Logs and Records – V2X

Navy E2C Hawkeyes (VAW 120)

Norfolk, VA | May 2024 – May  2024

•  Maintained aircraft and engine logbooks and related records
•  Handled data entry, extraction, and management reporting
•  Transferred and archived data for military deployments
•  Supported Maintenance Control with inspections and component reports
•  Maintained aircraft/equipment inventories in accordance with CNAFINST 4790          
  Organizational Maintenance Clerk (Corrosion) – Amentum

Milton, FL | October 2022 – December 2023

• Managed aircraft inventory, materials, and supply logistics
• Utilized NALCOMIS, OOMA, and other systems for aircraft forms and reporting
• Prepared technical documentation and periodic reports
• Ensured recordkeeping for aircraft/engine logs and SE PMS
• Conducted quality control and adhered to safety regulations

Marine Corps

Communication/Navigation Systems Technician, 6483 (I-Level) 

Camp Pendleton, CA | June 2005 – July  2014

• Repaired electronic communication, navigation, cryptographic and countermeasures systems
• Installed and removed aircraft communications and navigation systems components
• Performed preventative and corrective maintenance on aircraft and navigation systems
• Handled Deceptive Electronic Countermeasures
• Installed aviation communication systems
• Maintained systems for GPS, radar, communications, and weapons delivery
• Managed aircraft records and logbooks in NALCOMIS OOMA
• Interpreted schematics and performed depot-level modifications
• Conducted soldering, crimping, and circuit testing with precision

DETACHMENTS

• Organizational Maintenance Clerk – Duluth, MN | September 2023
• Aviation Electrician – USS Gerald Ford  | September 2024

EDUCATION

Associate of Science – Pensacola State College, December 2020

CERTIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

•  Support Equipment 
•  Aircraft Brake Rider
•  Aircraft Towing
• Lean Six Sigma – Green Belt
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Spreadsheet)
• Circuit testing & soldering (PC board, surface mount, crimping)

Associates in Science.

Currently seeking Bachelors in Aerodynamics.