Phillip Ballinger is seeking a career in areas like estimating, logistics, inventory control, scheduling, planning, and materials management. He has over 30 years of experience in testing equipment, maintaining inventory, overseeing repairs, and managing multiple projects simultaneously. His professional experience includes roles in testing departments, facilities management, engineering, and construction management.
1. Phillip Ballinger
802 Clutts Road
Harvest, Alabama 35749
256.837.3502
E-Mail: ballingerpa@knology.net
CAREER OBJECTIVE
I am pursuing the continuation of my career in the areas of estimating, logistics, inventory control,
scheduling, Planning, and materials management with a growing company that promotes teamwork while
enabling personal career growth.
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
• Loading software and testing hardware, assembly of equipment, pricing parts, keeping up with
inventory.
• Maintaining buildings, repairs, overseeing repairs
• Can work and manage multiple projects at multiple locations simultaneously, while maintaining
project priorities
• Testing and verifying equipment and assembly of equipment in manufacturing area
• Engineer’s Aide III: Read technical drawings and composed bill-of-materials for contract bids
• Material Analyst, Inventory control, Corporate mailing
• Proficient in reading engineering drawings in order to extract information to develop a parts list in
order to create a bill of materials for Purchasing to obtain quotes
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficient in Finesse and Visual
• Responsible for training new employees
• Construction Manager in residential and commercial construction
• Part-time Emergency Medical Technician for HEMSI ambulance service, Urban Responder since
1986
• Chief medical officer for the Monrovia Fire and Rescue Dept.
• Excel in team-oriented work environments, self-starter with strong multi-tasking skills, and
accountable for my decisions and actions. Able to work independently as well as a member of a
team. I also have a solid reputation of being well organized and a skilled problem solver.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Frederick Energy Products / L and P Properties
2. Testing Department / Facility Manager
Aug 7, 2013 – Present
Frederick Energy Products
• Load software and test hardware for forklift safety equipment
• Provide support to Engineering and Manufacturing in maintaining and reporting specific project
requirements
• Identify and troubleshoot problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Monitor work-in-process
• Develop and maintain all materials needed to support the integration and timely delivery of
products
• Help with assembly of parts and systems to completion, as well as help box and ship equipment
• Organize priority requests by communicating with Managers and department heads
L and P Properties
• Maintain buildings and property maintenance
• Oversee repairs by others as well as perform repairs myself
• Repair lights with Ballast, Bulbs and replace fixtures
• Repair equipment
• Seek quotes from suppliers for parts and repairs
Strata Proximity Systems
Testing Department
Nov 1, 2010 – Jul 26, 2013
• Tested all underground and above ground Safety Equipment for mining
• Provided support to the Engineering and Manufacturing departments in maintaining and reporting
specific project requirements
• Identified problems, collected data, established facts and drew valid conclusions
• Monitored work-in-process
• Developed and maintained all materials needed to support the integration and timely delivery of
products
• Helped with assembly of parts and systems to completion as well as helped box and ship equipment
• Organized priority requests by communicating with Managers and department heads
Frederick Mining Control
Engineering Aide III
Testing Department
Sep 8 2009 – Nov 1 2010
• Tested all underground and above ground Safety Equipment for mining
• Provided support to the Engineering and Manufacturing departments in maintaining and reporting
specific project requirements
3. 3
• Recognized and defined problems to scope the issues, collected data, established facts and drew
valid conclusions
• Monitored work-in-process
• Developed and maintained Bill of Materials plans for the acquisition of all materials needed to support
the integration and timely delivery of products
• Drove and delivered equipment to different customer sites in the United States
• Helped load software and tested the equipment on-site in South Africa
• Helped with assembly of parts and systems to complete the system assembly, as well as helped box
and ship equipment
• Organized priority requests by communicating with Managers and department heads
Westwind Technologies, Huntsville, AL
Engineering Aide III
Aug 29, 2005 – Jan 21, 2009
• Worked from engineering drawings, schematics, diagrams, and technical manuals for the Chinook,
Blackhawk, Apache, and Air Warrior rotary wing aircraft and for company drawings from Sikorski,
Boeing, LG3 and others
• Provided support to the Engineering and ILS Managers in maintaining and reporting specific project
requirements
• Troubleshooter: Identified and quantified problems, collected data, established facts and drew
conclusions with regard to cause and effect and helped identify solutions
• Monitored work-in-process
• Developed and maintained Bill of Materials plans for the acquisition of all materials needed to support
the integration and timely delivery of product and prepared and submitted Engineering Masters
• Researched part numbers from engineering drawings using Fed Log and Haystack
• Organized priority requests by communicating with Project Managers and department heads
Production Planner II
• Worked with Manufacturing and possess knowledge of their procedures
• Gained proficiency in reading engineering drawings in order to extract information to develop a parts
list in order to create a bill of materials for Purchasing to obtain quotes
• Created purchase requests to buy parts and issue additional funding requests as needed
• Created requests for quotes to obtain pricing on material
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficient in Finesse and Visual
• Participate in training of new employees
• Led 5 S team
• Selected as Department Safety Representative
• Company Emergency Medical Responder
4. Madison Plumbing, Madison, AL
Manager
Feb 2004 – Jan 2005
• Assigned jobs to twelve employees
• Managed payroll for employees
• In charge of billing customers for work performed
• Performed accounts payable and receivable functions
• Conducted warehouse supply and inventory duties
• Performed customer relations duties
Westminster Homes, Madison, AL
Warranty Manager
Jan 2000 - Feb 2004
• Planned and responded to customer issues
• Scheduled sub-contractors for repair issues
• Worked with construction managers and sub-contractors to provide warranty work with minimal new
construction impact
• Tracked service requests and progress utilizing Access Database
Prestige Builders
Community Construction Manager
Apr 1998 – June 2000
• Managed construction of 98 homes
• Responsible for site layout and warranty completion
• Scheduled sub-contractors to maximize production and minimize down time
• Examined work performed to ensure blue prints were followed
• Generated daily, weekly, and monthly schedules and progress reports
Intergraph Corporation
Material Analyst
Feb 1982 – Apr 1998
• Responsible for the scheduling of software kit production
• Coordinated material to keep production lines running smoothly
• Examined random samples of work produced in order to check quality
• Maintained database of customers for Support Training, Hardware Sales, and Software Sales
• Maintained a security clearance in Federal systems building
EDUCATION:
5. 5
Graduate: Yes Bob Jones High School Madison, AL
High School High School Diploma
Graduate: Yes University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL
Medical License Emergency Medicine / Emergency Medical Technician/Driver
REFERENCES:
Larry Frederick 256-651-8229 Former Owner & CEO – L and P Properties / Frederick Energy Products
Dwayne Towery 256-655-9023 Former Manager – Frederick Energy Products
Patricia Nichols 256-656-5594 Former Manger – Frederick Mining Controls
Ralph Smith 256-230-0704 Former Manager – Westwind Technologies
6. 5
Graduate: Yes Bob Jones High School Madison, AL
High School High School Diploma
Graduate: Yes University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL
Medical License Emergency Medicine / Emergency Medical Technician/Driver
REFERENCES:
Larry Frederick 256-651-8229 Former Owner & CEO – L and P Properties / Frederick Energy Products
Dwayne Towery 256-655-9023 Former Manager – Frederick Energy Products
Patricia Nichols 256-656-5594 Former Manger – Frederick Mining Controls
Ralph Smith 256-230-0704 Former Manager – Westwind Technologies