Robert Dwyer

** ****** **, ******, *** *EA ** Baringa Rd, Sydney, 2063

+447********* actaa7@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To oversee cutting edge projects, taking personal ownership and delivering against new challenges.

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

Over four years of industry experience across pharmaceutical, chemical and manufacturing sites.

Highly developed health and safety focus, having worked in hazardous environments from arc furnaces to contaminated land, from heavy metals to combustible dusts.

Fully IT conversant – from MS Office to SAP.

Proven leadership roles, being responsible for whole shift teams and as Incident Controller, an entire pharmaceutical site.

Formally trained in key industry quality standards & frameworks; cGMP. GLP, ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO17025 etc

Excellent project management skills overseeing new process & equipment commissioning as well as process improvement efforts.

Extensive client & stakeholder management experience; having represented the company in dealing with customers, regulators and auditors.

Now familiar with all stages of product introduction from development / pilot plant work to full scale manufacture and validation for batch release.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

API Shift Manager August 2015 – December 2015

Aesica Pharmaceuticals

Took ownership of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients plant, across five individual process facilities, ranging in scale from 380 MT/yr. to 6 kg/batch, each running production campaigns worth > £1m.

Incident Controller: responsible for leading and co-ordinating the Emergency Organisation for the entire Queenborough site (~400 people).

Worked with all levels of the organisation from the ‘factory floor,’ prioritising the work of the shift team, to Site Leadership and other key stakeholders, developing product strategy, including new product introduction.

8 direct reports (overseeing development & appraisals), with responsibility for another 4 shift workers as well as any contractors or visitors on site.

Outstanding communication skills having chaired the daily production meetings, addressing any emerging issues, summarising complex problems and identifying courses of action to ensure budgets and KPIs are met.

Extensive project management skills having to deliver numerous plant improvement/expansion projects against tight budgets and deadlines, while using PM tools; MS Project & Excel Gantt charts etc, as well as organising commissioning work (IQ, OQ, PQ).

Permit to Work authorised, supervising engineers/contractors on plant (Hot Work, Confined Space, Vessel Entry, Working at height etc.).

Natural poise and maturity developed from representing the company in numerous external audits by the government regulators and handling employee union enquiries/concerns.

API Process Support August 2014 – July 2015

Aesica Pharmaceuticals

Responsible for the provision of technical support/troubleshooting for both new and established chemical processes and communication of their quality and efficiency by regular progress reports, containing data on product quality, yield, capacity, downtime etc.

Worked with both solid & liquid pharmaceutical dosage forms across the Queenborough site using DMFs, eCTD and other sources of information to complete technical transfer and subsequent batch release.

Extensive HAZOP, REACH, COMAH, COSHH & Ageing plant work – am thoroughly familiar with UK workplace legislation as well as relevant EU codes of practice.

Carried out product and process related training with production staff as required, developing and issuing Standard Operating Procedures and other controlled documents via the document management system while meeting cGMP.

Ensured timely batch release, organising stability sampling and testing, closing ERs via the site quality management system.

Exceptional problem solving skills developed using: KT, Fishbone/5 Whys, Gage R&R, Paretos as well as the Britest Methodologies.

Conducted Behavioural Safety Audits & EHS inspections on plant – IOSH trained.

Huge continuous improvement / efficiency focus, working with 5S, Six Sigma, LEAN and Visual Management as well as Kaizen methodologies.

Project Chemist July 2013 – March 2014

Orica Australia (FCAP Project)

Key member of cross functional team, responsible for delivery of highly scrutinised FCAP project, total value > £25m.

Worked on the process development of the core chemical stabilisation step used to neutralise the heavy metal contamination on site as well as isolation of chloro-benzene compounds.

Managed and operated the laboratory attached to the project; oversaw method development & validation of lab procedures to cope with the project’s analytical demands while maintaining the laboratory’s ISO17025 accreditation.

Now have a knowledge of the both the theory and operation of a variety of analytical tools including; HPLC, NMR (multiple dimension and multiple nuclei experiments), FTIR, XRF, AA (Flame & cold vapour), GC, Optical Rotation, UV/Vis, pH/ORP, ICP, FIMS and general wet chemistry techniques (titration, TLC, TCLP etc).

Developed and validated protocols used to decontaminate the Temporary Emissions Control Enclosure – some 400 m2 of surface area.

Responsible for continuous air monitoring (~ng/m3 concentrations), operating highly sensitive vapour monitors as per regulatory requirements & waste water testing/treatment.

Oversaw the Emissions Control System. Temperature, pressure, humidity, contaminant concentration and air velocity all continuously monitored & controlled.

Demonstrated the all of the above to the Environmental Agency as per project operating license requirements.

Laboratory Demonstrator March 2012 – July 2013

UNSW School of Chemistry

Worked in the teaching laboratories, personally supervising up to 20 students, ensuring they completed the necessary work safely and correctly – providing health and safety training.

Engineering Cadet June 2008 – August 2008

OneSteel

Received an undergraduate scholarship from OneSteel, as part of this scholarship I undertook research in to the effect of poor quality material on the electric arc furnace (E.A.F.) performing a cost-benefit analysis justifying its use.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science with Honours & Bachelor of Arts

University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Majors in Chemistry (Hons 1) and History, minor in Computing, with a distinction average.

Exchange semester at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Member February 2013 – Present

Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)

REFEREES

Academic and professional references available on request.

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