Jack Smits
maintenance technician,
AMSEC LLC

2002 has been quite a year for Jack Smits, an eight-year veteran at AMSEC, a joint business venture between Newport News Shipbuilding and Science Applications International Corp.

His All-Pro Team selection comes on the heels of receiving employee of the year honors for AMSEC’s Carrier Integrated Systems Operations division.

What makes him so good?

On top of being responsible for more than 20 diversified machines at the United States Navy’s Light Industrial Facility in Hampton, Va., he was the technical liaison with contractors for a $2.3 million building expansion. As part of that project, he oversaw the transfer of seven major pieces of production equipment, including a vertical turret lathe, milling machine, band saw, coil winding machine and flame spray apparatus.

After the expansion was complete, he gained responsibility for the new building’s electrical motor rewind and valve overhaul programs.

This article appeared in the December 2002/January 2003 issue of MRO Today magazine. Copyright 2003.

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