Environmental Engineer

Contact

470-***-**** (Mobile)

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www.linkedin.com/in/

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Top Skills

Cold Storage

Ambient Air Monitoring

Highbay

Languages

English (Native or Bilingual)

Certifications

HACCP Seafood Certification

HACCP for Warehouse &

Distribution

PCQI Certificate

OSHA Outreach Training

HACCP distribution certificate

Micheal Thompson

Quality/Safety Director(PCQI)

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Summary

A confident Quality Professional that’s confident, detailed and seasoned at establishing in-house quality standards and procedures, team building, policy implementation, completing regulatory requirements for new site inspections while ensuring client agreements and standards are met at the highest level. Experience

Kenco Group

Quality Assurance Specialist

August 2022 - Present (2 years 1 month)

Greater Atlanta

Quality Assurance Specialist that's responsible for the implementation of policies and procedures to ensure adherence to storage and shipping quality standards. Monitors and audits processes against established standards and conducts a continuous analysis of quality defects and deviations. Accomplishments

Created Quality Department

Built team of Quality Auditors

Built Sanitation team with focus on Quality

Created 13 new SOP's standardizing Operations

Audit Successes

General Mills Audit

Dept. of Agriculture Audit,

SGS Audit

Created sites first HACCP Plan

Created sites first Quality Binder

Quality improvements helped company achieve Silver status Kabobs, Inc.

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Quality Assurance Supervisor

November 2017 - August 2022 (4 years 10 months)

Greater Atlanta Area

SUMMARY:

Manage superior quality products and deliver unparalleled service in the premium food market. Provided quality control through observation, HACCP

& FDA regulations. Improved quality-control systems based on data collected. Enhanced food safety systems based on floor observations. Closely monitored good manufacturing practice (GMP) and hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) compliance at each stage of the production process. Ensured hazard free and tidy work area during production process.

• SUPERVISION: Lead team of 7 seasoned Quality Control Technicians

• MENTORING: Provided coaching to personnel on Quality systems (QS) improvement

• TRAINING: Conducted compliance training to direct reports, enforcing GMP. Key Achievements

• Established X-Ray program while creating state-certified Radiation Protection Program

• Developed customized training for designated personnel and created sanitation cleaning

procedures for X-Ray machine

Golden State Foods

HACCP Specialist

2015 - October 2017 (2 years)

Conyers, Ga

SUMMARY:

Prioritized and controlled potential hazards in food production. Assisted in controlling significant food risks, such as microbiological, chemical, and physical contaminants, ensuring consumer safety, remaining compliant with GMP and conducted HACCP maintenance, ongoing HACCP reassessment, monitoring and verification, sanitation monitoring, pre-op inspections, identifying food safety, and HACCP related work requests.

• TRAINING: Developed and trained staff on regulatory procedures and policies, maintaining and

modifying HACCP and GMP program.

• HACCP AND GMP COMPLIANCE: Drove HACCP and GMP compliance by moderating meetings,

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providing sector-wide solutions.

Key Achievements

• Increased audit scoring 20 points by improving document efficiency used for monitoring and

recording, becoming compliant with HACCP requirements. OTIE (Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises)

Environmental Scientist

March 2007 - August 2015 (8 years 6 months)

Marietta, Georgia, United States

Environmental Scientists with expertise in identifying environmental hazards and working with customers at all levels. Key achievement: led environmental assessments ensuring compliance with federal regulations. Conducted research on water quality, water treatment and air pollution control and recommening measures to reduce contaminants.

Provided detailed information and guidance increasing awareness of possible environmental hazards and health risks.

Prepared project proposals

Collaborated with team members while conducting GIS data mapping. Prepared detailed lab analysis and field studies reports with final presentations to local authoritives and management.

Education

Alcorn State University

Bachelor’s Degree, Health Science · (1995 - 1999)

Alcorn State University

Master's degree, Health Science · (1999 - 1999)

Emory University

Phd, Biology, General · (May 2001)

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