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Product safety & Compliance Engineer

Location:
Westerly, RI
Posted:
May 06, 2014

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Resume:

Lauretta Paskovich

*** *****-******** **.

Bradford RI. 02808

Email:*******@*****.***

Cell: 860-***-****

Summary: Apply my education and experience to c reate a career in Quality Assurance and product safety to ensure

consistency, compliance with governmental regulations, and limited liability for the company.

Work Experience:

Product Safety & Compliance-Quality Control Engineer Bridgeport Ct.

Prime Resources Corp. August 2008-Present

Analyze raw materials, proto-samples, pre/post production samples and incoming manufactured

products via XRF analysis for non-compliance with cGMP, FDA, CPSIA AND CAL PROP 65.

o Created/revise SOP’s for sampling collection, XRF analysis, quarantine and disposal of

hazardous materials and all other testing operations.

o Create coordinating vendor Corrective Actions for non -conformance resolution

pertaining to financial/stock compensation, dis posal of hazardous materials, proactive

resolution for non-reoccurrences, root cause analysis with preventative actions.

o Provide Certificate of Analysis and General Conformity Certification for all manufac tured

products to ensure compliance with state, federal and international regulations.

o Coordinate projects with third party laboratories for annual testing, non -conformance

validation and customer requests for wet method testing.

o Research and attainment of updated training for testing and changing governmental

regulations.

o Calibrate and maintain all instrumentation.

o Quarantine and dispose of identified hazardous materials following standard procedures

for EPA regulations.

o Coordinate, schedule and analyze third party audits of overseas factories.

o Perform internal audits of production and quality systems in preparation for third party

audits for accreditation.

o Maintain and monitor restricted hazardous chemicals list.

Aid Quality Control Inspection with identification of issues with functionality, appearance, and

consistency of imported manufactured products.

Assist new product development with quality, design and regulatory non -conformance issues

with proposed products. Suggest and implement changes to e nsure highest quality and safest

product for consumers. Perform risk assessment of new/existing products for regulatory

compliance testing, heavy metals, phthalates, flammability, ASTM-F963, mechanical hazards

etc.

Assist Returns/ Claims with customer complaints for satisfactory resolutions.

Lead a team during quarterly internal audits to identify non -conformances with safety, quality and

all other policies and procedures. Create and institute immediate Corrective actions for non -

conformances while initiating root cause analysis to identify the proper improvement for control of

processes that contributed to the failure.

Successfully lead the company through a 3 day intensive audit for Quality, environmental

compliance, security, safety and social complia nce for accreditation.

Forensic Science Intern Meriden Ct.

State of CT. Department of Public Safety September 2007-December 2007

Observe, train and assist in multiple disciplines of identification, validation and collection of

forensic evidence that was obtained from crime scenes and suspected criminal activity for use in

the introduction of prosecutorial evidence in trial.

o ABA card for identification of bodily fluids and DNA, Latent Print analysis via AFIS,

Explosive Residue Analysis via GC-MS, Ballistics comparison and identification via

GRC, Questioned Documents, Photography and Video etc….

Education:

Middlesex Community College- Associates of Science

Baypath College-Bachelors of Science-Forensic Science

Additional Certification:

Radiation Safety Officer

U.S. D.O.T.- 49 CFR- 8 hour General Awareness Training

CPSC Annual Safety Conference-Bethesda, Maryland-9-2013

Instrumentation:

GC-MS, HPLC, UV-VIS, XRF, IR, RT-PCR and other wet methods. Computer programs are Excel, Word, Mini -

Tab, Power Point, Chemsketch, Raswin and Microsoft Dynamics.



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