Susanne Merrigan

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Bayville, New Jersey 08721

848-***-****

ac94lr@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION: Georgian Court University- Lakewood, New Jersey

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry

Concentration in Business Administratione with an Accounting Certificate.

EXPERIENCE: Quality Control Associate- Accupac- Lakewood NJ May 2017-present

Responsible for monitoring over 15 OTC packaging manufacturing lines to ensure cGMP followed.

Familiar with FDA, and cGMP regulations, assisted with both customer and FDA audits.

Experienced in, reviewing and releasing manufacturing and packaging batch records via LIMS.

Experience with stability and validation protocols.

Ability to review and understand manufacturing and packaging specifications to ensure and adherence to cGMP requirements.

Responsible for writing all packaging batch record in Lakewood facility working closely with customer project managers to ensure specifications are met.

Experienced performing; weight, torque, seal and dry vacuum leak tests on products.

Responsible f or lab note books and log books, in addition to monitoring customer samples and customer retain samples.

Controlled Area Operator/Inspector - Renaissance Pharmaceutical-Lakewood, NJ April 2015 - May 2017

Qualified QC inspector required to inspect finished goods products for visual and physical defects.

Qualified to operate, troubleshoot, and clean multiple manufacturing lines equipment in ISO 5 sterile clean rooms.

Experienced in plating, swabbing and air monitoring.

Chemist - Accredited Analytical Resources LLC - Carteret, NJ 2008-2015

Scheduled digestion, analysis of soil and water samples, for trace metals according to EPA methods 245.1, 7470A, 7471A, 3005A, 3010A, 3050B, and 6010C.

Experienced in EPA method 1311 Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP), and 1312 Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP).

Operated and maintained the Cetac M6100 Mercury Analyzer with ASX- 400 Autosampler, Thermo ICP 61E TJA-30 Autosampler, and the ICP 6300 I CP-0ES Spectrometer, also operated 5100 Perkin Elmer Atomic Adsorption Spectrophotometer, and Thermal Jarrel Ash ICAP-6 Spectrometer

Developed methods and wrote SOPs for both inorganic and extraction department.

Established LDR, MDL, IDL, and LCS recovery studies and charts for Cetac M6100 mercury analyzer. Created excel worksheets to calculate and graph element recoveries for quality control purposes.

Responsible for ordering lab supplies and equipment maintenance.

Sales Supervisor – CDS- Costco –Ocean, New Jersey 2003-2006

· Responsible for training and supervising over thirty employees, in two warehouse locations: Brick and Edison.

· Experienced in payroll, and scheduling.

· Coordinated vendor shows working closely with customers: Betty Crocker, General Mills, and Perdue.

· Increased sales in both the Brick and Edison warehouses, while lowering overhead.

Chemist- West Ward Pharmaceuticals Eatontown NJ 2000-2001

Experienced in wet chemistry performing quality assurance tests on bulk product such as: chlorine, total residue, alkalinity, acidity, flashpoint, pH, phosphorus, sulfate, temperature, and turbidity.

Responsible for calibrating equipment for first shift.

Chemist- Roy F Weston Edison, NJ 1988-1991

Member of the Emergency Response Technical Assistance Team for RegionXI

Field GC Lab manager. Trained personnel on field GC analysis.

Responsible for field equipment maintenance.

Sampled and analyzed air, water, and soil samples, for trace contamination of organic and inorganic compounds.

Gave on-site reports to EPA within 24 hours.

Knowledgeable in EPA methods 503,524, 601,602, and 624

Maintained and operated Photovac 10S50 Field GC, 5100 Perkin Elmer Atomic Adsorption Spectrometer, HPLC, and HP 5996 GC/MS with Tekmar 5010 GT Automatic Desorber.

Operated and maintained field equipment: Century Organic VapoAnalyzer, and HNU Photoionizer, and X-Met.

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