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Chemist with 7 yrs experience in regulatory compliance

Location:
Mentor, OH
Posted:
March 11, 2015

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Martha E. Takacs

**** ******** ****., #**

Mentor, OH 44060

440-***-****

e-mail: acoon4@r.postjobfree.com

Profile: B.S. degree in chemistry, with experience in Safety Data Sheet

authoring, chemical hazard legislation/assessment, environmental regulatory

compliance, data entry into SAP/EHS. Familiar with RCRA/CERCLA, OSHA, EPA,

DOT regulations. Skilled in MS Word, Excel, Outlook and SAP/EHS. Excellent

organizational skills. Knowledge in foreign languages.

Work History

Jan. 5, 2007 to Aug. 31, 2014 Contractor, ES&H Compliance Assistant,

Staffing Solutions Enterprises, Wickliffe, OH at Lubrizol Corp.

Responsible for completing EU, US and Asian customer regulatory

questionnaires, inquiries/global raw material information questionnaires,

chemical composition disclosures of Lubrizol products providing chemical

names, CAS numbers, % concentrations and the presence of hazardous

substances in Lubrizol Additives, Lubrizol Advanced Materials and Personal

Care/Household products;

Providing global chemical inventory and compliance of Lubrizol Additive &

Lubrizol Advanced Material products with global regulations;

Preparing regulatory compliance letters in response to customer

questions/concerns regarding the presence or absence of hazardous

substances and compliance of Lubrizol Additives & Lubrizol Advanced

Material products with forbidden substance lists, and confirming compliance

with EU, US and Asian regulations, verifying the presence or absence of

heavy metals, SVHC, VOC, allergens, genetically modified substance and

etc...

Preparing chemical composition disclosures for customers.

July 18, 2005 to Nov. 1, 2005 Contractor, EDIT, Inc.

As Technical Writer/Editor, for the U.S. Navy Audited Financials project in

Cleveland, reviewed, edited, re-organized, formatted technical documents

using WORD. Also, prepared flowcharts for the technical documents, using

the Visio flowcharting program.

Nov. 13, 2000 to Dec. 30, 2004 Contractor, First Energy Corp.

Updated the company wide intranet website for Safety Data Sheets (SDS),

searched the Internet for new and updated SDS sheets, scanned and indexed

chemical property fields in SAP.

1996 to 2000 Associate Scientist in R&D, STERIS Corp.

. Evaluated filter performance/efficiency through testing and water

analysis in hospitals throughout U.S.A. to replace pre-filters

currently used in the SYSTEM 1 Processor.

. Wrote protocols and performed residue testing on medical device to

evaluate the performance of high pressure pump software modification

for the SYSTEM 1 Processor. Wrote lab report.

. Handled customer complaints (i.e. residues on scopes/trays, water

quality/filter problems) associated with the SYSTEM 1 Processor.

1994 to 1996 Product & Process Development Chemist, Ben Venue Laboratories,

Inc.

. Performed production equipment and freeze dryer cleaning validation

studies in the manufacture of 19 different drug products.

. Conducted rinse recovery studies, determined suitability of analytical

methods, product residue limits, limits of detection, and best rinse

solvent to use for drug recovery.

. Performed assays to quantify drug residual via UV/VIS

Spectrophotometry, HPLC, GC with FID, and TOC analyses. Tested for

active drug substance and its degradant. Wrote lab reports for each

drug product.

. Assisted the Process Validation Group in providing test data to

support test protocols for cleaning validation of production equipment

and in trouble shooting.

. Worked independently with customer in the successful completion of the

rinse recovery/decontamination study and final report.

EDUCATION Cleveland State Univ., Cleveland, OH

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

B.S. in Chemistry



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