Quality Assurance Control

Brad Allen

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Profile

To acquire a position in Food Science Business Industry and/or research in

which I can effectively use my prior experiences, knowledge, and

leadership. I obtain strength in HACCP, GMP's, and interest in Food Safety,

Sanitation, Quality and Product Development within the food industry. I

have very good communication skills and leadership.

Professional Experience

Metropolitan Baking Company - Hamtramck, MI

Sanitation Supervisor /Quality Control September 2010 to Present

. Quality Control program and supervision of a crew of 10 employees

. Knowledge with AIB audits

. Comply and update sSOP's, GMP's and MSDS

. Food safety and security

. Systematic preventive approach to food safety that address physical,

chemical, and biological hazards as means of prevention

. Experienced with analyzing chemical basis for changes in food

. Lockout/Tagout leader

Roskam Baking Company - Grand Rapids, MI

Quality Assurance and Control Intern May 2010 to August 2010

. Submitting documents to ICIX database for certain ingredients from

different Vendors

. Wrote HACCP plans for Salad Kits including Flow Diagrams, Process

steps, ingredients, final packaging and sensitive ingredients.

. Added finished goods to WinSPC for one of the facilities, which is a

database that analyzes food production at certain points down the line

and puts the results in charts and graphs to perform statistical

analysis.

. Wrote Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for certain start up and shut

downs of several different lines

. Wrote HACCP plans for Roskam Baking Co. Salad Toppers, including flow

diagrams, process steps, ingredients and finished product.

. Quality Assurance lab testing procedures including salt % testing, pH

levels, gravity tests, and moisture % levels

. Learned SQF auditing and practices

. Weekly GMP walks including inside facility, outside and on the roof

. Foreign material audits and removal weekly

. QA/QC job shadowing including checking metal detectors, air tank vacuum

bag checks, and product bagger checks hourly.

. Accupoint Neogen swabbing on random spots down the line and running

tests on the swabs.

. Inspected and maintained waste produced on a chocolate bar line

. Wrote CAPA corrective action reports

Achatz Handmade Pie Company - Armada, MI

Assistant Manager and Evening Baker April 2001 to December 2006

. Performed managerial duties including supervising 30-40 employees

. Quickly learned procedures for preparing food in proficient and safe

manner

. Obtained experience in operating industrial food machinery

. Attained awareness of health aspect of handling, storing, processing,

and preparing food

. Supervised 30-40 employees including boxers, bakers, line operators,

dish washers and cleanup crew

. Made berry mixes and dry mixes for the pies and the crust

. Packaged and weighed cherry pies for Big Boy restaurants

. Quality Control

Education and Computer Skills

Saint Clair County Community College, Port Huron, MI - Associates in Arts,

Science, and General Education

August 2001 to May 2004

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI - Bachelors of Science in

Food Science with a concentration in Business

August 2004 to December 2009

HACCP certified at MSU

August 2009

Computer Skills: Windows XP, Vista, and 7, Microsoft Office (all versions

of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Visio),

WinSPC, and ICIX

Memberships

. Member of the Food Science Club

. Member, Secretary and Food Science representative in the Undergraduate

Affairs Committee (UAC)

. Michigan State Univeristy Alumni Association

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