Nicholas Lund

As a Recruiter for Orion’s Military Talent Programs, I work with Enlisted Service Members, NCOs, and Military Officers from a variety of backgrounds, including: Aviation, Mechanics, Electronics, Combat Arms, Equipment Operators, Air Traffic Control, Finance, and many others, from all branches of service. Our team will work with you to build your resume, prepare you for interviews, and put you directly in front of hiring managers from our Military Talent Program Employers. Orion’s Military Talent Program clients span many industries including Aviation and Aerospace, Oil & Gas, Energy, Automotive, General Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Chemicals, and Finance, among many others. Please contact me today so that we can discuss your career search! Nicholas Lund Client Delivery Recruiter 757-998-8535 nlund@oriontalent.com

Executive Equal Opportunity advisor to the CEO with the policies and guidelines to prohibit harassment and unlawful discrimination against persons or groups based on race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity), national origin, or sexual orientation.  This applies to, but is not limited to, recruitment, recruitment advertising, training, advancement and promotion, job assignments, collateral duties, transfers, and all other aspects of employment.  As the EO executive committed to maintaining a work environment that is free of harassment and unlawful discrimination.

Responsible for the management of over 150 ordnance personnel performing scheduled/unscheduled maintenance and loading/downloading of ordnance and stores on 55 F/A-18 A-E aircraft. Ordnance expert committed to high standards of excellence, safely expended over 400 tons of ordnance items, 40 Air-Air missiles, and 20 Air-Ground missiles. Ordnance Qualification Certification Board Member, demonstrating exceptional foresight, trained and qualified 72 Sailors in accordance with governing policies and procedures to handle live/inert ordnance. Recognized expert sought out by all for his technical acumen, developed a comprehensive training plan in preparation for Conventional Weapons Training Proficiency Inspection earning 775 points out of 800.

Nato Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit, Task Force Med South and 62nd Medical Battalion. Serving as the regional command South primary receiving and referral care center for combat casualties, force health protection, combat stress and humanitarian care. Operational oversight for 3 medical direct reporting units, staffed by 270 Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen. Led the operations and security department with 5 security personnel conducting searches on over 155 trauma patients, ensuring the safety of all staff with zero safety incidents. Personally revamped the weapons armory procedures to better account for 320 weapons, 18k types of munitions, 2 handheld interagency identity detection machines. Integrated with U.S and NATO coalition forces to execute more than 75 high priority orders to move 198 personnel in and around his area of responsibility to other bases in theater and around the world.

Lead Recruiter in charge responsible for canvassing suburban and rural areas with 19 academic institutions. Outstanding attention to detail with superior organizational skills, by maximizing limited resources. Personally recruited over 100 highly qualified individuals with a 94% success rate. Was recognized as the Diversity recruiter of the year, small station of the month 12 of 36 times, and division of the year 2 of 3 times.

Forward deployed to CTF 47, 57, 67, 72, and 84 in support of Combat Operations. Work Center Supervisor of Ordnance and Line divisions supervising 35 personnel performing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and weapons loading on 31 P-3C aircraft. Experienced, confident, and efficient Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Rep. Troubleshot, replaced and corrected over 1000 maintenance actions that led to a 25% increase and weapons availability to mission essential aircraft. Awarded the Golden Wrench Award for comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of maintenance. The squadron is graded on ordnance mission systems reliability, rate of mission-capable aircraft, coordination with air wing staff, accuracy in reports and aircraft appearance. Qualified in numerous ground support equipment that allowed qualifications to rise 30% higher than any other work center in the enterprise, which allowed for junior personnel to be recognized as a Sailor of the year, two Sailors of the quarter, and an advancement rate of 66% which is well over the Navy standard of 35%. As a Plane Captain was responsible for the safe launch and recovery of 613 sorties encompassing 3,649 flight hours, 96% sortie completion rate; which allowed for time sensitive aircraft to be on station while deployed in support of combat troops overland missions.