Engineer Technician

Anthony Rivers

** ********** ***** 716-***-****

Grand Island, New York 14072 ***************@*****.***

Professional Summary

Laboratory Director with ten years of progressive experience developing

new testing methods, ensuring regulatory compliance, and continuously

learning about new methods and equipment that will improve efficiency and

reduce costs. Expert in USDA Food regulations. Responsible for getting

ELAP laboratory certification. New York State Lead Risk Assessor (NY-R-

129025-1).

Technical Skills:

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Lotus Notes,

Mathematica, SIMS 2000 Sensory Evaluation Software, HYSIS Process Flow

Software, Atomic Absorption (AA), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP),

Outlook

Professional Experience

UNYSE LABS/Environmental education associates., Buffalo, New York

February 2011 - July 2014)

Laboratory Director (February 2011 - July 2014)

Provide internal and external clients with accurate and timely results.

Work closely with management staff to ensure all of the customer's needs

are being met.

. Responsible for applying for and receiving laboratory certifications

through ELAP and AIHA (NLLAP).

. Scheduling of laboratory personnel to ensure results are delivered to

clients in the allotted turnaround time that was promised, by utilizing

all resources that are available.

. Make sure that lab personnel are up to date with the most recent

revisions of test methods, laboratory SOP's and company policies.

. Update and write laboratory SOP's, Quality Manual, and Spreadsheets.

. Order new laboratory supplies to make the testing process more accurate

and less expensive, increase work load and maximize profits.

. Ensure that all safety policies are followed by doing safety audits.

. Communicate with new and existing clients to make sure that all of

their needs are being met, and to see what I can do to improve the

laboratories process.

. Market the laboratory to new clients.

. Spend about 50% of my time preparing samples (using hot block to heat

and digest samples) and running them on AA (Atomic Absorption

Instrument).

. Write and review final reports that are sent to the clients.

. Responsible for the proper disposable and storage of the laboratories

chemical waste.

. Certified to go out in the field to take dust wipe samples, take

samples in the laboratory to ensure that there is no contamination at

all points in the preparation and analysis of samples.

. Responsible for the proper storage of all chemicals that are used in

analysis.

. Responsible for the calibration of laboratory instruments: precision

balance, auto pipette, thermometers, hot block and Atomic Absorption

Instrument.

. Performed lead field work, including Risk Assessments and Clearances.

PRECIOUS PLATE INC., Niagara Falls, New York March 2010 - February

2011

Process Control Technician (March 2010 - February 2011)

Provide internal and external clients with accurate and timely results.

Work closely with production personnel to make sure that quality product

is going out to customer in a timely fashion.

. Collected samples from chemical baths and analyzed them to make sure

that are within internal and vendor specifications, by titrations and

by checking baths for contaminants using Atomic Absorption (AA) and

Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) lab equipment.

. Used ICP to check the concentrations of silver, gold and platinum

plating baths for greatest accuracy.

. Used AA to check chemical baths for Tin, Lead, Nickel, and lead

concentrations and contaminations.

. Make chemical additions to chemical baths to maintain proper

electroplating.

. Treat plants waste water for metals contamination (precipitated out

metals) and pH (using pH meter) so that it can be put into the county

water supply.

. Trained entire department on the use of the ICP.

. RCRA certified

. Properly stored 55 gallon drums of acids and bases and 100 pound bags

of dry chemicals

Anthony Rivers

36 Pellamwood Court 716-***-****

Grand Island, New York 14072 ***************@*****.***

Professional Experience (continued)

Bureau Veritas CPS, Buffalo, New York September 2002 - November 2009

Associate Product Chemist (January 2005 - November 2009)

Provided internal and external clients with accurate and timely results.

Wrote technical reports and worked with Tier 1 clients to help resolve

problems. Performed customer product panels and worked with clients to

improve product with the data obtained from customers. Worked with

environmental team to reduce the amount of resources (electricity, water

and gas) the site used to help minimize environmental impact. Authored

new global standard operating procedures (SOP's) to standardize testing

throughout the global company. Recognized by management for going above

and beyond job responsibilities: Cross trained with other departments so

that if I did not have a lot of work I could help other departments.

. Performed testing of textile samples for formaldehyde content (using

soxhlet extractor and thimble)

. Designed and implemented new processes and researched to find the best

equipment for these processes.

. Conducted bench top distillation testing to determine what contaminants

were present in drinking water.

. Helped to develop a safer method for extracting lead out of glass and

crystal using HF. Purchased safety and testing equipment that would

withstand use with HF.

. Performed testing of stuffing to meet PA Stuffing federal regulations

(using soxhlet extractor)

. Prepared vitamins and minerals samples to be run on HPLC instrument.

. Wrote final reports that were sent to internal and external clients.

. Talked with internal and external clients on a daily basis to make sure

that all of their needs are being met.

. Reviewed data that was generated by technicians to make sure that it

was accurate.

. Distributed testing to lab technicians

Food Technician II (September 2002 - January 2005)

Worked with food clients to help them match their product to the national

brands. Performed QA testing on food samples to make sure that the

product meets vendor specifications for physical and chemical properties.

Calibrated a majority of the laboratory equipment: viscometers, pH meters,

Leco protein analyzer, TOC meter, moisture ovens, and muffle furnaces.

. Performed testing of food samples for: percent protein (using Leco

Protein Analyzer), percent fat (using ether extraction and hotplates),

percent salt (using silver nitrate titration), iodine values (done by

titration), free fatty acid value (done by titration), percent

moisture/solids (using a sample convection oven and precision balance),

percent ash (using muffle furnaces) and viscosity (using digital and

analog viscometer).

. In charge of all sensory panels, from the set up, to recruiting of

panelists to compiling data.

. Performed component testing on all types of food samples using a top

load balance.

. Responsible for making analytical excel spreadsheets to analyze data

faster and more accurately.

Education

State University of New York at Buffalo Monroe Community College

BS - Chemical Engineering, 2002 Associates Degree -

Engineering Science, 2000

Professional Affiliation

Member, Order of the Engineer, 2000 - Present

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