Quality Control Technician

Bozena Kutyla

403-***-**** (answering machine)

As a Chemical Technologist with over 6 years of progressive experience in a

chemical laboratory setting, I have gained strong organizational and

problem solving skills working in a creative environment and have assisted

the work processes in becoming more efficient and effective. I am now

seeking an opportunity to continue and expand the skill set that I have

developed.

Professional Experience

2007 to Present Nufarm Agriculture Inc., Calgary, AB

Nufarm manufacture, sell and service a wide range of leading broadleaf

herbicides, a wild oat herbicide, fungicides and surfactants.

Technician, Quality Control

Responsible for ensuring manufactured products meet pre-determined

guidelines and requirements:

. Perform analysis' using HPLC's, GC/FID, particle sizer,

and a variety of wet chemistry methods.

. Ensure Lab QC procedures are followed and that QC

standards are met.

. Troubleshoot instruments (HPLC's, GC'S and particle

sizer) when instrumentation is not performing optimally.

. Responsible for developing cross contamination methods,

and ensuring cross contamination testing is completed

using LC-MS.

. Manage the environmental testing requirements for the

facility.

. Ensure product quality control specifications are met in

both formulation and packaging aspects.

. Responsible for ensuring plant production was being

followed, in terms of what was being produced and

quantities of the product

. Responsible for entering production data and inventory

into Oracle

2006-2007 Maxxam Analytics Inc Calgary, AB

Trace Organics Department

Analyst 1

Responsible for performing a variety of analysis with a focus on trace

organics including Polychlorinatedbiphenyls in

. Extract alcohols in water and soil using GC/FID non-

selective Flame Ionization Detector.

. Testing for Oil and Grease, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons

using Beam Perkin Elmer BX Fourier Transform Infrared

Spectrometer.

. Method validation, and QC data validation on various.

Education

2004 to 2006 SAIT

Chemical Technology Co-operative Education Option Diploma

The program consisted of computer, instrumentation,

mathematics, process operations and chemistry courses.

Certificates

. First Aid

. WHMIS

. TDG

Skills

. Proficient in Windows, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint,

Outlook, Lotus Notes, SAP and Oracle

. Excellent time-management, proven ability to problem-

solve, attention to detail, natural leader, ability to

work in a fast paced organization with multiple

priorities.

. Skilled in the use and troubleshooting of a wide variety

of instruments including GC's, HPLC's, FTIR, LC-MS

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