Blue Mountain Process Technician
Resume:
Joseph Norman Snell
Wilmington, NC 28401
*******@*****.***
Summary:
I am an extremely hard worker and a highly dedicated self-starter, quick learner and a detail-oriented individual. I have a passion for troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, process controls and instrumentation equipment. I have a strong interpersonal communication and leadership skills. I require minimal to no supervision and work in a highly productive manner, both as part of a team, and as an individual contributor. An advanced experience provides me with highly developed working knowledge and exceptional time management skills. My diverse experience allows me to execute, follow through and complete projects precisely no matter how large the challenge.
Work Experience:
Cygnus Technologies, Southport NC Jun 2020 - Present
Facility Engineer
* Project manager for Cyngus Technologies for a new 10 millon dollar, 45,000 Sq. Ft. 10 million dollar Facility in Leland North Carolina.
* Resposible for monitoring the Dickson software for temperature excustions and WiFi conductivity for all of the cold storage units.
* The site point of contact for all facility related issues.
* Oversee all the facility equipment for maintenance.
* Work with the manufacturing department on process inprovement.
* The onsite IT point of contact for software and computer related issues.
* Onboarding of new hires for computers, safety, and building badge access.
* EH&S onsite representative and a member of the safety team.
* SME for the Scinomix liquid filling and labeling equipment and all instruments.
* Increased the utilization for the Scinomix liquid filling & labeling systems from 4,000 standard tubes in one day to 8,000 standard tubes with an annual profit of $550,000.
* Work directly with vendors and contractors for building project improvements, preventative maintenance, calibrations and validations.
* SME for the deionized, reverse osmoses, ozone facility water system.
* Responsible for writing and maintaining equipment SOP’s.
* Onboarding of new equipment for site preparation for installation, performance, and operation qualifications.
* Coordinate vendor onsite visits for all calibrations, validations, and preventative maintenance events.
* Capex coordinator for year-to-year budget for capital expenditures justification and future equipment needs for growth.
* Manage all facility calibration, validations, and PM activities.
* SME for Blue Mountain (BMRAM) software.
Cambrex, Durham NC
Sr. Manager Instrument Engineering Jan 2019 – Jun 2020
* Avista Pharma became a part of Cambrex in 2019.
* Perform quality vendor audits for consumables, and equipment services provided.
* Enter deviations, out of tolerance calibration and validation events into deviation management system.
* Executed IQ/OQ/PQ for equipment.
* Site preparation for all utilities of new equipment installation.
* Monitor Rees Scientific automated monitoring system for equipment and locations for above or below alarm limits and trending data.
* Perform monthly, quarterly and annual validations, calibrations and preventative maintenance on analytical and manufacturing equipment.
* Added the metrology department, in efforts to bring calibrations and preventative maintence in house and saved the company over $1,770,000 annually.
* Provide support/guidance to the different departments regarding on boarding of new equipment.
Avista Pharma Solutions, Durham NC
Sr. Manager Instrument Engineering and Facitity Manager Nov 2017 - Jan 2019
* Promoted to senior manager.
* Maintain and facilitate daily/monthly facilities operations.
* Scheduled all facility preventative maintenance event while the point of contact for the building monitoring system (BMS).
* Provide engineering support for Analytical Chemistry, Process Chemistry, Microbiology, Animal Health and API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) Manufacturing.
* Schedule vendors for calibration, validations, and preventative maintenance.
* Conducted contractor safety training for all vendors.
* Perform site readiness for new equipment installations.
* Support the implementation schedule and deliverables for new equipment systems.
Avista Pharma Solutions, Durham NC
Manager Instrument Engineering and the Validations departmenrt Aug 2015 - Nov 2017
* Deployed Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager (CMMS, computerize maintenance management system) software and wrote the SOP’s and work instructions for all three Avista three sites.
* Deployed Rees Scientific automated temperature/deferential pressure monitoring at all three Avista sites.
* Developed and wrote equipment SOP’s and work instruction for new equipment and software.
* Enter calibration, maintenance and/or validation events into the calibration database in an accurate & timely manner (w/strong attention to detail).
* Completed Blue Mountain and Rees Scientific installation projects ahead of schedule.
* Collaborate with the quality assurance (QA) team on the compliance requirements for all compliant good manufacturing practices (cGMP) equipment.
* Provide site ensurance to make sure that the department is maintaining within GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), USP (United States Pharmacopeia), ICH (International Council for Harmonizeation) requirements.
AAI Pharma, Wilmington NC
Special Projects & Strategic Initiative Specialist Mar 2015 - Aug 2015
* Deployed and maintained Agilent remote advisor for tracking equipment utilization.
* Tracked detector lamp hours and pump seal wear to minimize equipment downtime.
* Strong project management and planning skills with proven ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously.
* Project leader for HPLC/GC (High Pressure liquid chromatography/Gas chromatography) installations for n a new AAI facility in Durham and Charleston.
Associate Manager of Instrument Engineering, Metrology & Validations Mar 2013 - Feb 2015
* On-boarding of new equipment.
* Preformed the review of calibrations, validations, and preventative events for compliance.
* Preformed investigations into equipment out of specifications pass/failures.
* Wrote investigation summary reports.
* Wrote and reviewed equipment SOP’s.
* Maintaining the calibration database for real-time accuracy.
Manager of Instrument Engineering, Metrology & Validations Oct 2012 - Mar 2013
* Promoted to oversee validations and metrology department.
* Pre-executed IQ/OQ (Installation Qualification/Operation Qualification) equipment documents.
* Executed the validations of manufacturing, analytical equipment.
* Oversee of daily/monthly metrology and validation activities.
Instrument Engineering & Metrology Supervisor May 2012 - Oct 2012
* Maintenance & Calibration Database.
* Performed Client Audits.
* Determined new equipment operating accuracy & range to meet customer requirements.
* Scheduled Vendors for equipment installations & annual PMs and calibrations.
* Reviewed all calibration data & performed failing calibration and validation investigations.
* Mentored Employees’ Career & Development.
Instrument Engineering III Oct 2011 - May 2012
* Specifications and requirements for purchase of analytical components.
* Maintained all equipment logs and required documentation.
* Disassembled and reassembled analytical instruments and equipment, using hand tools, and inspected instruments and equipment for defects.
* Performed maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, calibration, and repair on a variety of circuits, components, analytical equipment and instrumentation for laboratory, clinical and manufacturing equipment.
Instrument Engineering II Aug 2010 - Oct 2011
* Promoted to instrument engineering position within six months of employment.
* Provided second and third level troubleshooting on Agilent Liquid Chromatography (LC) and Gas Chromatography (GC).
* Provided second and third level troubleshooting on Waters Liquid Chromatography (LC) and Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) Systems.
* Provided engineering support for Formulations Development Lab (FDL), Biotechnology & Analytical Development.
* Responsible for diagnostic repairs of analytical instrumentation including HPLC/UPLC, Gas Chromatography (GC) and laboratory equipment.
* Performed instrument calibrations in a pharmaceutical laboratory environment, maintaining calibration of metrology standards, and completing and reviewing calibration documents.
* Responsible for the building maintenance, up-keep, and preventative maintenance.
* Performed maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, calibration, and repair on a variety of circuits, components, analytical equipment and instrumentation for laboratory, clinical and manufacturing equipment.
Clinical Packaging Department (CPD) Feb 2009 - Aug 2010
Package Associate
* Provided support to the mechanical services group in monthly PMs of pharmaceutical equipment.
* Preformed the packaging of pharmaceuticals.
* Key personnel in the automation of the packaging line and reduced personnel on commercial line.
* Responsible for trouble shooting and repairing down equipment for re-installation on the packaging line.
* Set-up and operate all pharmaceutical packaging line equipment.
* Familiar with packaging equipment Installation Operational Qualification (IOQ)
* Installation, implementation and automation completed for new production equipment.
Corning Inc., Wilmington NC (Optical Fiber Division) Sept 1996 - Feb 2009
Process Technician II
*A major contributor for the development, engineering, testing and deployment of fiber optic automation process line. The fiber optic automation process line increased the first-time utilization from 70% to 95%, while reducing rework from 54% to 9%.
* Supported and trouble-shot the measurement and strength testing machines for fiber optics to ensure adherence to engineered specifications.
* Tracked equipment up/down time using Gantt charts.
* Provided daily calibration and certification of measurement benches and resolved any issues on approximately twenty-four measurement benches on a 12-hour shift.
* Fiber processing automation (FPA) technician for eight years responsible for programmable logic control (PLC) and trouble-shooting the automation process.
* Provided technical support to the off-line screening engineering departments as well as aided with improving current process and increased equipment utilization by approximately 40%.
* Supported receipts to Stock (RTS) and troubleshooting the automated transport system carrying 330,000 kilometers daily of plant inventory.
* Responsible troubleshooting, debugging, and resolving operating systems problems including, but not limited to: MES, IFIX, and Beckhoff.
* Covered for shift supervisor in their absence and preformed both technical and supervisory responsibilities during the shift.
Education:
Old Dominion University
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2007
GPA 3.2
Cape Fear Community College
A.S. Engineering Process Controls and Instrumentation, 2005
GPA 3.3
North Carolina Agricultural and Technological College
Nursing School, 1995
GPA: 3.5
Southeastern Community College
Pre-Nursing, 1993
GPA: 3.1
Cape Fear Community College
A.S. Marine Technology, 1990
GPA: 3.5
Additional Skills & Training:
North Carolina Career Readiness Gold Certificate RS500, RSLinx, RS Network, Allen Bradley Software
Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager Master Control
SAP software Rees Scientific Monitoring System
ProCal Calibration Software CPR certified
Electric Motor Drive Iinstallation & Troubleshooting Job Safety Analysis
Word, Excel, Power Point, Adobe, Microsoft Spill Training and confinement
Quality Awareness Workplace Diversity
Green Belt Six Sigma 5S Training
Lean Manufacturing Manufacturing Process Improvement
High/Low Voltage Controls PLC Controls training IFIX software ISO 9000 training
Factory Client Software NAUI Underwater Scuba Diving Iinstructor and rescue diver
Lockout/Tag out Proficient in Excel, Word, Power Point
NetSuite Dickson environment monitoring
References available upon request.
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