Engineer Technical Support
Resume:
Lourdes L. Bellina
Howell, New Jersey 07731
Email: *********@*****.***
WORK EXPERIENCE
**/** - ******* ************* ******* and Fragrance, Union Beach, NJ
01/08 -- Present Global Hazard Safety Specialist
. Support SAP-EHS implementation with functional expertise and
user testing.
. Assists with dangerous goods and exposure assessment
processes as implemented in SAP-EHS.
. Assist with initiatives to leverage SAP-EHS capabilities for
regulatory compliance. Keeps current on global regulations
and expertise affecting product hazard communication and
dangerous goods.
. Assist in developing GRA policies and procedures to improve
the safety and hazard reviews and to generate document of
flavor and fragrance products.
. Conducted PHA of local Plant Audits: 1) Hazlet Creative
Center (CC) and, 2) R&D Union Beach Plant.
. Provide technical support and resolution for Global Hazard
Communication for internal and external customers.
. Monitor developing safety and regulatory issues, and help to
determine the impact of these issues on IFF and its
customers' products.
. Review and interpret technical and scientific data to ensure
regulatory requirements are met; evaluate product/design and
process changes for potential effect upon product safety and
effectiveness
3/99 - 01/08 Regulatory Affairs Specialist
. Evaluate Flavor and Fragrance raw materials, for existing and
new product. Provide regulatory reviews and insure proper
functionality of corporate safety and regulatory database.
. Identified country restrictions on flavor raw materials.
Follow-up on product changes with the FDA, Notified Body, or
other global regulatory authorities.
. Interpret existing or new US and international regulatory
guidelines as they relate to company products, procedures,
and policies.
. Validated and populated database needed to conduct formula
review.
. Provide technical support and requisite documentation as
needed for commercial sales.
. Oversees the regulation process for products requiring
governmental approval.
. Provided training and supervised new personnel on raw
material and formula reviews.
. Communicate and summarize concisely complex technical issues
and potential business impact.
. Review and approve product labeling, including marketing
literature/collateral, as needed, to assure compliance with
approved indications and applicable regional regulations.
1/99 - 3/99 Validation Engineer - R&D Union Beach, NJ
. Validate physical and chemical properties of fragrance
chemicals.
. Designed and programmed growing database in MS Access for
technical use.
. Proficient in creating reports, forms and queries.
1/89 - 4/98 Mobil Chemical Company, Chemical Products Division, Edison,
N.J.
8/96 - 4/98 Process Development Engineer
. Execute all phases of new product introduction from lab scale
up to plant startup, while meeting criteria for product cost,
product quality, capital efficiency, safety, and
environmental requirements.
. Recommend and supervise installation of new process equipment
to reduce environmental emissions, decrease production time,
and improve product processing.
. Provide technical support and training to manufacturing and
QC Laboratory Personnel during startup.
. Performed engineering analysis for production of new PAO
(Polyalphaolefin) viscosity grade, including mass and energy
balance, determination of side reactions and optimizing
process conditions for waste minimization.
. Designed equipment layout and determined necessary parameters
for multistep chemical synthesis for batch and continuous
process.
. Designed and maintained dynamic database, in Access, for data
accumulated for designed experiments.
Major Accomplishment:
. Developed a new product (Polyalphaolefin), defined its
production process and implemented its startup.
2/93 - 8/96 Production Engineer
. Collaborated with product development to determine optimum
processing conditions for production of new ester products.
New ester products are successfully being marketed and
manufactured into commercial scale.
. Evaluated lab and pilot plant results for new products,
performed scale up and provided technical support during
startup.
. Managed capital projects ranging to $150,000, optimizing
cycle time, product yield and environmental compliance.
. Monitored the performance of two chemical reactors to ensure
continued product and process quality. Supervised plant
personnel and trained them on process changes.
. Conducted and documented the Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)
per OSHA PSM (Occupational Safety and Hazard Analysis,
Process Safety Management) for a principal process vessel and
its related equipment.
. Developed and issued procedure, description, and training
manuals for two chemical production vessels. Verified P&ID
(Pipe & Instrument Diagram) accuracy, organized equipment
records, and confirmed procedure accuracy with plant
personnel as part of the manual preparation.
. Computed vessel relief requirements on two main process
vessels and associated equipment.
Major Accomplishments:
. Successfully coordinated and performed startup phases for
several new products. New Products developed are currently
being sold as commodities.
. Created unit manuals for two processing vessels to meet ISO
9000 and Responsible Care company objectives.
1/89 - 2/93 Research and Development Chemist
. Monitored and performed troubleshooting for plant startup of
continuous and batch processes in the New Jersey, Texas, and
Belgium and France production sites. Developed effective
synthesis techniques for new polymerization including any
necessary equipment design for lab scale continuous
distillation, continuous polymerization and hydrogenation.
. Supervised personnel in the QC Laboratory during startup.
. Formulated new products related to Polyalphaolefins, Jet Oil,
Drilling Mud, and Heat Transfer fluid.
. Responsible for providing technical support to customers as
needed.
. Customized template to do daily calculations of statistical
and analytical analysis of data using worksheet.
Major Accomplishments:
. Coordinated and completed startup for several new products.
. Provided training for in-process QC tests to manufacturing
and QC Laboratory Personnel.
1/87 - 1/89 Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., Elmwood Park, NJ
Quality Control Technician
. Conducted physical and analytical chemical tests (such as
determination of dissolution rate, disintegration time, and
content uniformity) in pharmaceutical formulation and
formulation components.
7/87 - 10/87 Engelhard Corporation, Edison, NJ
Research and Development Technician
. Performed pilot plant scale-up and optimize process in batch
system to develop new type of petroleum catalyst. Summarized
reports and analysis obtained experimentally.
. Performed quality assurance test such as UV, IR, Assay,
Particle Count, Calcine, Rare Earth Metal Exchange, AV and
TBN.
EDUCATION New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Brick Computer Science Institute, Brick, NJ
Completed Programming/Networking on May, 2000. GPA 4.0
SKILLS Engineering experience with DCS System, Mott Filters, POD
Centrifuges, Fixed Bed Hydro, Slurry Hydrogenation, Batch and
Continuous Distillation and ISO 9000. Analytical testing
Experience includes FTIR, GC, Chlorine Analyzer, Wet Chemistry,
Flash Point, Kinematic Viscosity, Corrosion Test, Low
Temperature and Thermal Stability, Noack Volatility Test.
Proficient in Microsoft Applications (Access, Power Point,
Excel, and Word) and Visual Basic.
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