Andrew Mello Email & Phone Number

Visalia, Ca, Us

Buffalo Grove, Il, Us

➥ Senior level avionics technician and inspector on search and rescue helicopters with a proficient record of meeting tight deadlines.

➥ Selected to take on the role of repair shop supervisor steering repairs and maintenance activities on generator, instrumentation, and batteries. ➥ Deliver outstanding leadership of a diverse team of 5, steering delivery of high levels of efficiency and quality along with ensuring high standards of safety.➥ Served as the supervisor holding responsibility for inspecting preventative maintenance and repair actions completed within the work center.➥ Steered planning and execution of workflows and projects, including assigning tasks and supporting team members through mentoring to reduce work center backlog by 90%.➥ Succeeded in raising the work center’s qualified maintenance inspectors by 50%.

➥ Hand-selected by senior leadership as an avionics work center supervisor for having the ability to lead qualified diverse teams in accomplishing a 75% reduction in the work center's backlog. ➥ Played an integral role in delivering high levels of technical proficiency and leadership in the avionics workcenter.➥ Conducted work on military helicopters and oversaw 4-5 direct reports.➥ Efficiently planned and completed 320+ maintenance actions, 4 phase inspection, and incorporation of 15 technical directives, ensuring aircraft repairs were completed within tight deadlines to an up status during the 2016 LHD-4 Boxer deployment.➥ Steered strict adherence to the command battery safety program achieving an impressive track record, with the program achieving a perfect score and inspector shout-outs as the most commendable battery program seen.➥ Executed innovative insight and technical expertise to resolve a previously unresolvable and complex blade fold gripe on the LHD-4 Boxer deployment, by conducting extensive review and analysis of schematics, principles of operation, and other publications to identify issues and formulate a solution resulting in significant savings in working hours.

➥ Worked on various assignments, delivering high standards of proficiency supporting technical maintenance activities.➥ Served on a 3 week detachment at Naval Air Stations Fallon, as a junior technician and the only avionics technician on the night shift, contributing significantly to 100% completion of all flight operations.

Associate Of Science - As, Electronic/Instrumention Technologies

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering Technology