Quality Control Technician

Objective

Experienced and conscientious Quality Control Lab Technician, seeking to

utilize those skills in improving product quality in manufacturing or

industry. Extensive background evaluating a variety of products to ensure

conformance to pre-defined specifications. Used to working in a fast-paced

testing environment. Experienced in evaluating production materials to

ensure conformance to quality standards, with an eye towards making the

product better suited to the customer's needs. Skilled in using a wide

range of precision measuring equipment.

Professional Achievements

. Extensive experience in the chemical industry as a Senior Lab Technician

in Quality Control analysis and Research.

. Received a service award for my suggestion to purchase a Hazardous Waste

Compactor, significantly reducing drum waste and thereby saving the

company more than $125K a year in disposal costs.

. Recommended changes in production Lines 12 and 13, which allowed us to

greatly lower the Total Volatile results on our products.

. Designated First Aid Responder who attempted to save a contractor's life

by administering CPR and using an AED, following the victim's heart

attack.

areas of expertise

. Method development

. Operated Instron tensile tester

. Operated X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer

. Control charting of lab equipment and instrumentation

. Conducted physical and analytical testing on polystyrene

. Operated Laser Dispersion Particle Analyzer

. Wrote Operating Procedures

. Operation, repair, and maintenance of Gas Chromatographs with Flame

Ionization Detectors

. Extensive training in Chemical/Industrial Safety and Hazardous Waste

Disposal

. Former fire brigade member

. Former member of the Confined Space Rescue Team

. Published writer and author

Professional Achievements

Americas Styrenics, Marietta, OH 1984 - 2009

Quality Control Shift Technician 1984 - 1995

Round-the-clock inspection of polystyrene material from nine production

lines and the pilot plant, to assure that they met the predefined quality

standards, using fixed or variable measuring equipment. Responded to

technical questions from engineers regarding inspection techniques and

product quality issues as they applied, ensuring consistent product

development and production.

. Selected to oversee the training of six new shift technicians following

an unusually high personnel turnover in 1992.

. Performed extensive testing and persuaded supervision to institute new

and more effective procedures and methods for conducting melt flow

analysis.

. Reduced waste disposal costs with the suggestion for the purchase of a

hazardous waste compactor.

Senior Quality Control Day Technician 1995 - 2003

Responsible for the verification of all product transfers, the daily

grading of all production lots, and determining if those lots were to be

cleared for shipment.

. Promoted to a Day Lab Technician in 1995 and was responsible for the

training of others and directing the work and activities of 12 Shift Lab

Operators.

. Assumed all management responsibilities in the Lab Supervisor's absence.

. Received extensive off-site training in the operation and maintenance of

laboratory testing equipment.

. Developed methods for testing irganox and other raw materials.

. Maintained consistent inventory of lab supplies and chemicals.

. Ordered replacement parts and lab supplies.

. Oversaw the lab maintenance activities of mechanics and directed their

repairs of equipment.

. Widely regarded as the plant expert on gas chromatography analysis and

maintenance.

. Assigned to the disposal of hazard environmental wastes, safety

inspections, and assuring that all departmental environmental and OSHA

regulations were met.

Senior Quality Control Shift Technician 2003 - 2009

Round-the-clock inspection of material from nine production lines and the

pilot plant, to assure that they met the predefined quality standards,

using fixed or variable measuring equipment. Responded to technical

questions from engineers regarding inspection techniques and product

quality issues as they applied, ensuring consistent product development and

production.

. Chosen to implement the training of operations and distribution personnel

in production's quality testing procedures, following the massive layoffs

in our facility in the 2009 calendar year.

Education

BS, Hyles Anderson College, Crown Point, IN

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