Arturo Mello

Experience

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  Universidad Simón Bolívar

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2017

  HVAC Service Technician - Apprentice

  I was part of a multidisciplinary volunteer team of students and professors, to recover the HVAC system of the university's main library building. Main activities:❯ Give corrective and preventive maintenance to the Chiller system, water pumps, and Air Handling Units (AHUs).❯ Request quotes to local suppliers and select the best proposals, ensuring the project budget.❯ Give technical presentations to users, visitors, and students, to get people to know the project and attract new contributions. Achievements:❯ Calculation of building's Moisture Load, evaluation of indoor environment air quality, and dimensioning of an absorption humidity control system. ❯ Creation of troubleshooting and maintenance manuals for cooling components.❯ Support in the migration from control board to PLC control system, by defining the thermodynamic requirements. Mostrar menos

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  Couttenye & Co

  Jul 2017 - Jan 2017

  Paints and Coatings Engineering Intern

  Couttenye & Co is one of the Venezuelan leading companies in the sector of paints, coatings, and adhesives, for both residential and industrial applications.I was responsible for:❯ Updating the Standard Operating Procedure of the alkyd resins plant (base resins for oil paintings), according to ISO 9001:2008.❯ Daily work in the laboratory: design and perform chemical experiments for product development, qualify new raw materials.❯ Developing new resins formulations with the new raw materials, based on business demands. ❯ Reporting technical results and proposing solution opportunities to the engineering team.Achievements:❯ Implementation of process improvement that led to a 3% manufacturing time reduction. ❯ Partner with process operators, learn from them, and document the process knowledge. Provide operators with theoretical training, which led to improvements in process safety and capability. Mostrar menos

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  Whirlpool Corporation

  May 2018 - Jan 2019

  Project Engineering Intern

  I was responsible for:❯ Supporting the coordination of air conditioners and heat pumps new development projects. ❯ Leading the engineering team in the creation of the technical requirements database, according to INCOSE requirements writing guide and System Engineering approach.❯ Leading the translation of the voice of the consumer (consumer comments analysis and marketing research) to the voice of engineering (technical product requirements). ❯ Developing technical evaluations of competitors' products.❯ Applying QFD methodology to perform trade-off analysis, and requirements target definition.Extra achievements:❯ Automation of two test reports, in collaboration with laboratory technicians, which led to an increase in the laboratory weekly throughput by 20%.❯ Development of an innovative conceptual design for split air conditioner indoor units, by performing CFD simulations, in collaboration with the global CAE team, and correlating it with physical test results. Mostrar menos

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  Whirlpool Corporation

  Jun 2019 - Sept 2024

  Whirlpool Corporation is the world’s leading home appliances manufacturer. Well-known for its brands, all over the world, such as Whirlpool, Kitchen Aid, Maytag, Hotpoint, Indesit, Bauknecht, Brastemp, Consul, and others.Responsible for:❯ Development of the mechanical design of refrigerators, air conditioners and heat pumps (Cooling Systems). ❯ Creating test plans, analyzing, and making decisions to reach the required product specifications in: thermodynamic performance, energy efficiency, noise and vibration, reliability, cost, safety, and regulatory. ❯ Reporting results to the top management, making diagnoses, identifying possible bottlenecks, and implementing action plans to deliver projects within time, cost, and quality constraints.❯ Day-to-Day technical support to the manufacturing team for problem-solving.❯ Implementing cost optimization ideas and quality improvements on existing products.Achievements:❯ Lead the Cooling Subsystem team to deliver the quality improvement ideas pipeline for refrigeration home appliances to reduce up to 15% of consumer complaint calls yearly in the Brazilian market.❯ Lead the development of the company's first system simulation model for air conditioners. Implementing it to drive conceptual design and increase technical feasibility confidence. Mostrar menos

  • Product Development Engineer | Cooling Systems

    Sept 2020 - Sept 2024

  • Project Engineer

    Jun 2019 - Jan 2020