Charles Chase S. Patteson Jr

Grand Bay, AL *****

ad0knm@r.postjobfree.com

+1-251-***-****

I'm Highly Motivated, Driven to Succeed, and Love a good challenge. Overcoming challenges is one of the defining principles of happiness in the work place. It's your State of mind that drives you . I am the one you can count on to be there, work hard, and get the job done. I Multi-Task well, and respond quickly. I am submitting my experience to show what I bring to the table. I am a quick learner and would like to become part of your company's team. Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Quality Lab Technician

Jackson County Utility Authority - Pascagoula, MS

September 2021 to Present

. Highly successful QA/QC program

Analysis of water, Wastewater, chemicals and soil. Bioremediation assessment TPHC, Oil & Grease testing. Spectrophotometry analysis, testing and calibration. Pulling in process samples, on site, and testing them with a working knowledge of elemental and chemical support/breakdown. Returning 12-24 hr turnaround for optimal running of individual clients needs. Collects water samples from various sources or stages of processing for chemical analysis and chemical control testing; sends samples to state laboratory for bacteriological analysis; analyzes daily water quality samples; conducts daily chemical tests to control quality and to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations; records all test results; interprets microbiological reports. Utilizes computerized supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to monitor and control plant operations; monitors and adjusts SCADA settings as needed. Reads and monitors gauges, meters, and charts to ensure proper plant operations; maintains logs/records of plant operations, meter/gauge readings, test results, chemical applications, equipment operations, and other data; maintains computer records.

Communicates status of plant operations to supervisor or other appropriate personnel; communicates information pertaining to current plant conditions, malfunctioning equipment, problem situations or other issues.

Developing, improving, & implementing current & new SOP's. RCRA, ASTM, EPA, & ADEM Certified.

40 Hr Hazwoper, hazmat response and training.

Certified in ALL digestions,ie, TKN, NH-, CN-,etc. Daily sample runs, making sure all samples have been preserved as needed for specific individual analysis. Spectrophotometry, UV, COLORIMETRIC, & all Wet Chemical analysis. Training of new hires, BOD,COD,TSS,TDS, Nitrate, nitrite, etc. Responsible for Water Quality Program for all Jackson County Water, Wastewater, occasional Soil Testing. Master Mixologist

The Country Club of Mobile - Mobile, AL

November 2021 to December 2022

Recruited by The Club's President& board members, I'm responsible for:Training new Bar personnel. Prepare and Craft Signature Alcoholic & non alcoholic drinks for Country Club members in each of the 5 on site bars. Give full fine dining menu services to members at The Oak Room Bar; Doing Monthly Inventory, Track, and help control waste/spills for bar c; PROFESSIONALLY Represent & Professionally maintain the clubs reputation, keeping Bay area clean, neat and organized. Responsibly serve alcohol by, monitoring ALL members to ensure All are enjoying their experience RESPONSIBLY, suggesting Appertif, Wine Pairing, Cordials, & Digestives etc guiding the Guest throughout their dining experience.

,*Crafted 30 different signature drinks for the five(5) bars in house plus the pool for summer. Bar Coordinator/ Mixologist

Carrabba's Italian Grill - Mobile, AL

January 2020 to September 2021

Recruited& Brought on board by CEO& CORPORATE Trainer Prepare and Craft Signature Alcoholic & non alcoholic drinks for Private venue guests. Inventory, Track, and help control waste/spills for bar cost; Write bartender schedule for events and order necessary product as requested by guest

• Provided fast, friendly and exemplary customer service

• 15+ years of experience bartending

• Checked customer IDs, licenses and identification

• Prepared and served alcoholic beverages

• Maintained safety standards

• Performed closing duties

Quality Control Lab Tech/Manager/Chemist II

AATOM - Mobile, AL

May 2013 to August 2021

Responsible for:

Hired in as Lab tech. In my time here I excelled and worked my way up. Also, received Certification to keep 23 different analysis that were being subbed out to other labs,thus, adding $$ to our location instead of paying out $$ to obtain results.

As the Quality Control (QC) Chemist I performed quality control evaluations of raw materials, process intermediate streams and finished products to assure conformity to established SOP's. QC lab analysis, instrumentation maintenance/calibration, training and directing other QC lab technicians.

Scheduling and managing all analytical & Chemistry personnel. Responsible for new method development, implementation, and training lab personnel. Client centered analysis with highly successful turnarounds . Highly successful QA/QC program Analysis of water, Wastewater, chemicals and soil. Bioremediation assessment TPHC, Oil & Grease testing. Spectrophotometry analysis, testing and calibration. Pulling in process samples and testing them with a working knowledge of elemental and chemical support/ breakdown.

Highly successful safety protocol.

Inspection and routine maintenance of all lab equipment & analyzers., making Proactive rather than reactive steps necessary to keep equipment, supplies, and other lab essentials in optimal running order. Training for ASTM, OSHA, ISO-9001, State and EPA GUIDELINES in addition to The Standard Methods for the Analysis of Water,Wastewater, & Soil, are adhered to. Developing new tests to implement new SOP, & QA/QC parameters. Attended meetings, training, seminars, conferences, etc., as appropriate, to enhance job knowledge and skills; Responsible for ensuring sample technician was trained in,preservation, analysis and data entry; so testing is completed to clients satisfaction.

Working with clients of plants and their Process Technology groups to utilize the labs as a means to investigate processing issues.

(Transparency of all results, posting and sending reports ASAP after analysis is completed, and results are viewed and approved by Lab Diretor).

Lab personnel accountability and training to include QA/QC analyses. Randomly Re-analyzing samples. On-site setup, sampling, and testing for client as needed. TPHC, BOD, COD, particle size, TDS,TSS, Moisture, etc,along with other wet chemical testing, to, OTHER RESPONSIBILITY INCLUDED:

HSEQ complying with HSEQ policy and procedures of both AATOM and the business units recommendations/policies.

Follow HES and Operating Discipline procedures and practices to ensure safe and efficient operation of all areas,(including off-site plants, factories, and properties where monitoring wells, or sampling is done). Initiated and participated in Root Cause investigating as requested or needed. I have a working knowledge of:

Mixing reagents, distillations, titrations, wet chemical analysis, distillations, Spectrophotometric,Gravimetric Analysis, Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), familiarity with GC

-MS,Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIR), X-Ray Diffraction (XRF). pH meter operating, calibration, and repairing at needed.

Strong personal, problem solving, and statistical interpretation skills. Proven Ability to build and manage,

Strong interpersonal, competent, & Team building skills, correctly guiding team of diverse personnel. Peer Recovery Group Counselor

GULF COAST TREATMENT CENTER - Grand Bay, AL

February 2010 to March 2013

• Responsibilities:

• Developed a brief,interesting,yet very informative, talk to let family that have a stigma towards Methadone replacement therapy. Turning a statistically proven 96% over to being supportive of individual family members.

• Spoke at Alabama forum in Mobile & Montgomery about personal journey and how this program saved my life!

• Initial orientation to faculty and program

• Conduct Detailed Patient Screening. ...

• Maintained a science based mindset for dealing with all types of Co-occurring disorders.

• Ability to think, and act quickly when necessary

• Large and small groups as well as individual one on one counseling.

• Established positive, trusting rapport with patients.

• Used Diagnosis to help with mental health disorders.

• Helped create individualized treatment plans according to patient needs and circumstances.

• Met with patients regularly to provide counseling, treatment and adjust treatment plans as necessary thru counselor.

• Conducts ongoing assessments of patient progress.

• Involved and advised family members when appropriate.

• Started group session once/week, that became so popular with both patients required to attend and those not even required to attend, that I had to add 3 weekly group sessions to accommodate demand.

• Stood behind as an advocate and was able to assist on several occasions and kept all in program with a 100 % success rate.

• Helped navigate and identify stumbling blocks and triggers to help patient stay in environments conducive to recovery.

• High integrity level that puts the client first and helps them to see issues that need to be dealt with on order to move forward in their journey to sobriety.

• Being there when they stumble to help them get up and understand tripping is sometimes part of the recovery process, it's what you do after you stumble that makes the biggest difference and impact. Bartender/Key Manager

Ruby Tuesday - Moss Point, MS

January 2003 to January 2010

Prepare and Craft Signature Alcoholic & non alcoholic drinks for and bar guests. Give full menu service to bar guests; Inventory, Track, and help control waste/spills for bar cost; Serve guests in dining room; PROFESSIONALLY Represent & Promote the brand; Responsibly serve alcohol by checking ID's, monitoring ALL guests to ensure All are enjoying their experience RESPONSIBLY by TAKING necessary steps to keep guests from driving while intoxicated. Ie. (Serving food, cutting off alcohol service, getting a cab ride when necessary etc). Keeping guest's check ready at all times by placing check in shot glass in front of guest. Closing check at POS using Credit/Debit cards, coupons, gift cards, & cash transactions. Mentor and train all new bar staff.

Sponsored to attend and compete in Bartender Olympics in Vegas. Medical Laboratory Scientist

Northern Nevada Medical center - Sparks, NV

January 2003 to January 2004

Gram Staining, embedding, Bacteriology, prepare slides, prepping, preparing reagents, inventory, ordering supplies. Some blood bank, hematology and urology. Laboratory Supervisor/ QC Chemist

Sierra Environmental - Reno, NV

January 1997 to June 2001

Business Development

Client centered analysis with highly successful turnarounds . Highly successful QA/QC program Analysis of produce, animal protein for human consumption and other food items Bioremediation assessment

TPHC, Oil & Grease testing. Spectrophotometer testing and calibration Identification of unknowns. Weekly 1 hour safety talk with lead Chemist, shift leaders, and department leaders with Bi-annual full lab 2 hour safety meeting. Inspection and routine maintenance of all lab equipment & analyzers., making Proactive rather than reactive steps necessary to keep equipment, supplies, and other lab essentials in optimal running order. Making sure training for ASTM, OSHA, State and EPA GUIDELINES are adhered to and certifications, SOP,

&

QA/QC parameters are consistent, committed to, and designated for 380+ Employees.. Attends meetings, training, seminars, conferences, etc., as appropriate, to enhance job knowledge and skills.Responsible for ensuring all appropriate chemistry related tasks are completed for all samples processed through the laboratory to include sample analysis, data analysis, and data entry. Maintain Open client dialogue, meeting with current clients. Bi-annual City PowerPoint presentation for public safety as A gateway for meeting with and acquiring New clients, Transparency of all results, posting and sending reports asap after testing.

Lab personnel accountability with unannounced QA/QC analyses. Spot checking lab staff quality control by re-running samples previously tested by analyst and technicians. Checking pH- to insure sample preservation and integrity.

On-site setup, sampling, and testing of water, wastewater, and soil. Plus oil exchange testing Acquired state certification to run wet chemical analyses and other environmental chemistry tests as required by SOP according to EPA and "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water & Wastewater and soil. treating.

Above optimal on all NVDEM annual on site lab audits. Perform QA/QC, spike, and duplicates

CETAC 2000 Hg analyzer

AA+, ICP & Mass Spec exposure

Make reagents needed for testing laboratory analysis and methodologies, technical writing, regulatory interpretation, demonstrated knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and with Adobe, Demonstrated skill in communicating with craft/trade employees, regulators & governmental representatives, as well as senior executive level client representatives. Demonstrated knowledge of environmental, medical, mechanical and electrical terminology and troubleshooting. GC-MS, HPLC, Cetac 2000 Hg- analyzer Accomplishments: Assisted Major Connecticut based manufacturer of MIDI CN- distillation unit with research and development. By tweaking reagents normality and distillation unit core temperature until able to achieve 98-100% recovery. For appreciation of R/D assistance, the company donated 4 of the CN- distillation units, 2 for each lab.

Helped acquire several million dollar accounts, due to reputation of quality of analysis and optimal turnaround times.

Acquired certification to run tests the lab was previously not certified for. Quality Control by performing quality control evaluations of raw materials, process intermediate streams and finished products to assure conformity to established specs. Skills Used

MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Adobe . LIMS Dedicated to the health and safety of our environment. Bartender/ Trainer

Olive Garden Reno - Reno, NV

May 1997 to August 2000

Responsibilities: Worked between different venues within the restaurant,as needed during this time frame, trained new bar employees Make alcoholic & non alcoholic drinks for servers and bar guests Give full menu service to bar guests Inventory Track waste/spills for bar cost Accomplishments worked my way up to key manager, was offered management full time, declined

• verified customer age prior to serving

Certified Bar Trainer

Olive Garden - Mobile, AL

May 1992 to January 1997

Responsibilities:

Train new FOH & bar employees on Proper Wine Service (Pairing, Presentation, Proper opening, Pouring etc)

Make alcoholic & non alcoholic drinks for servers and bar guests Give full menu service to bar guests

Assist. w/ Inventory

Track waste/spills for bar cost

Accomplishments

Started as a server, cross trained and became certified Bar Trainer. Skills Used

Great guest service

Teamwork

Transferred to Reno, NV location

Lead Technician/Trainer

A&E Testing - Mobile, AL

May 1992 to January 1997

Responsibilities

Daily, weekly, and monthly sampling & testing of client monitoring wells, Acquired state and EPA certification to run wet chemical analyses and other environmental chemistry tests; distillation for CN-, AMMONIA, AND others

Perform QA/QC, spike, and duplicates

Thorough documentation on all analyses. Bioremediation of Orange Beach Marina after petroleum spill. Supervision of personnel and conducting surprise inspections to ensure continued and productive operations.

Developing,Writing,Testing SOP's

Supervising, hands on training of, facilitating and managing the professional development, training needs and performance of all employees

Providing effective leadership for Self-Directed Work Teams Managing personnel, which includes assisting in planning and facilitating work assignments, scheduling, training, inspection follow-up, mentoring, conducting performance evaluations, QA/QC program, and issuing discipline per diem

City Consultant for Developing and administering in-plant and/or City training programs, policies and procedures, and coordinating external training and testing TPHC & Oil and Grease Testing for Orange Beach Marina petroleum spill (200+ soil and saltwater samples/ week 16 weeks

Implementing collective bargaining agreement provisions Ensuring that supervised personnel are properly trained and/or certified to perform the duties of their job Ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations (ADEM and EPA) for hazardous materials Ensuring the safe and proper use of various hand tools, power tools and test instruments Checking and validating proper safety practices for, but not limited to, confined space entry, storing, handling and transporting compressed gases and chemicals are followed Assuring the proper use of correct lock-out and tag-out procedures Reported thru LIMS.

Recruited at national forum by Sierra Environmental, accepted position. Education

Certificate in EMT I

University of South Alabama - Mobile, AL

August 2011 to December 2011

Bachelor's in Psychology

University of South Alabama - Mobile, AL

January 2009 to June 2011

Associate's degree in Environmental Science

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - Gautier, MS June 2007 to December 2008

B.S. in BIOLOGY and CHEMISTRY

University of Florida - Gainesville, FL

August 1987 to 1991

Skills

• Supervising experience (10+ years)

• Teaching

• Aseptic Technique

• PowerPoint etc (7 years)

• Computer literacy

• Biology (8 years)

• Spectrophotometer

• QA/QC

• Lab Technician (10+ years)

• Spectroscopy

• Microsoft Windows

• POS

• Microbiology

• Laboratory Management

• Time management

• Chromatography

• Basic math

• Research & Development

• HIPAA

• Word

• Mixer

• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

• Calibration

• Physiology Knowledge

• Micros

• Writing skills

• Addiction Counseling (4 years)

• Chemistry (10+ years)

• Quality control

• Communication skills

• Program Management

• Product Development

• Individual / Group Counseling (4 years)

• Excel

• Laboratory experience

Certifications and Licenses

EPA Certification

Food Handler Certification

Hazardous Waste Operations & Emergency Response Training Certified Recovery Specialist

Assessments

Work style: Reliability — Proficient

January 2023

Tendency to be reliable, dependable, and act with integrity at work Full results: Proficient

Food service: Customer situations — Proficient

October 2023

Identifying and addressing customer needs in a food service setting Full results: Proficient

Customer focus & orientation — Proficient

January 2023

Responding to customer situations with sensitivity Full results: Proficient

Attention to detail — Proficient

May 2022

Identifying differences in materials, following instructions, and detecting details among distracting information

Full results: Proficient

Workplace safety — Proficient

January 2023

Using safe practices at work

Full results: Proficient

Work style: Conscientiousness — Proficient

May 2022

Tendency to be well-organized, rule-abiding, and hard-working Full results: Proficient

Bartending — Proficient

March 2022

Understanding, pouring, and mixing drink orders

Full results: Proficient

Food safety — Proficient

May 2022

Knowledge of proper food and equipment handling safety measures Full results: Proficient

Attention to detail — Proficient

January 2023

Identifying differences in materials, following instructions, and detecting details among distracting information

Full results: Proficient

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