Technician Plant
Resume:
Bria Kanas
Apollo, PA *****
****.*****@*******.***
PROFESSIONAL PPG – Monroeville Chemical Center, Monroeville, PA
EXPERIENCE Technician, April 2010-present
• Intermediate technician completing various types of organic synthesis
on the 1 to 50 L scale.
• Providing support to the tech transfer group by providing purification of
OLED and photochromic materials.
• Assisting the supply of the various process development labs to assist
the process chemists.
Intertek- PARC, Harmar, PA
Lab Technician, May 2007- Oct. 2009
• Responsible for the testing of fuels and lube oils; diesel, bio-diesel,
motor gasoline, gas oil and gear oil in support of internal pilot plant
operations and other external testing.
• XRF for Fe in Lube Oil, HPLC, UV-VIS, GC & SimDist
6890/6352/3710/2887, visual color testing, and various physical testing
on catalyst.
• Research Octane Number D2699 and Motor Octane Number D2700.
• Pilot plant setting, working independently and unsupervised. Acquired
multi-tasking skills.
• ISO trained for audits, writing SOPs.
• Mid-monthly/monthly financial reporting. Communication with outside
clients to set up billing and testing, ordering chemicals and supplies.
• Solely responsible for low-sulfur diesel round-robin program, including
preparation and shipping.
ALCOA- Alcoa Technical Center, Upper Burrell, PA
Lab Technician/Operator, June 2008- Oct. 2008 & Feb. 2006- Oct 2007
• Responsible for testing and operation of molten metal in the NGAP self
heated cell dept. and NGAP bench-scale dept. under the Primary Metals
Group in an industrial setting.
• Experience with molten metal and its safety procedures, operating cells
for various tests including sidewall durability, metal purity, energy
efficiency and others. Performing bath and metal sampling and sample
preparation. Oxygen and sulfur analysis with LECO and ratios by pyro-
titration. Performed high-temperature conductivity testing on sidewall
materials.
• Weekly operation of overhead crane and fork truck.
• Bath chemical preparation for use in cells of all departments
• Logged and organized data
• Worked in a team setting
Penreco, Karns City, PA
Utility Tester, Feb. 2007- May 2007
• Responsible for the testing of specialty petroleum products including
petrolatums, white oils, distillates, cables and versagels; gathering,
testing, shipping and packaging of lab and representative samples.
• Sample collection on top of tanks and railcars, driving plant vehicle
around to gather samples.
• Logging and organizing data in LIMS system, communicating results to
other plant departments for truck/railcar transportation and shipping.
• Experience in a union environment. Significant time working outdoors
and extreme weather conditions. Proper training in plant safety.
CWM Environmental, Kittanning, PA
Lab Technician Intern, September – December 2005
• Water Quality Testing Experience Includes:
• Testing and analysis of water for bacteria (Total Coliform and Fecal
Coliform), including plate counting and verifications
• Preparation of media and dilution water for bacteria cultures
• Preparation of standards, QA/QC importance, logging data, aseptic
techniques
• Hardness, specific conductance, pH, total suspended solids, total dissolved
solids, alkalinity titration.
• Limited experience with CBOD/BOD, ammonia distillation, metals, ICP
• Water sample collection in the field.
EDUCATION University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
B.A. in Environmental Studies, April 2006
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TECHNICAL Forktruck & Overhead Crane
SKILLS Trained
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ADDITIONAL ESRI ArcGIS 1 Certified
SKILLS • Type 84 gwam
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