Lab Technician Analytical Chemist
Resume:
NAME Henry Tapp
ROLE QC/QA lab position
QUALIFICATIONS Associate, Chemistry
Raritan Valley Community College - NJ
Northampton Community College - PA
COMPUTER SKILLS Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access), LIMS, Lotus Notes, and internet research.
WORK SUMMARY Skilled chemist with over 19 years’ experience operating and maintaining GC instruments. Highly proficient in analytical & quality control chemistry, with proven aility to work independently and maintain high levels of productivity. Able to effectively conduct research, analysis and complex testing procedures to directly assist industrial operations.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sept 2020 – April 2022
QuVa Pharma – Bloomsbury, NJ
Lab Technician
Quality Assurance Technician, performing QA functions related to verification of incoming materials, label checks, and oversight of support areas (i.e. prep and / or label printing) to ensure the manufacturing areas are set up for success.
Responsible for ensuring process and documentation records are compliant with safety in mind, executing procedures with efficiency.
Ensure all applicable US Regulatory requirements are being met within the procedures and practices.
Quality review / verification of critical information related to the receipt of incoming goods or the distribution of finished goods for customer orders.
Ensures compliance of incoming materials prior to use in Manufacturing operations.
Ensures verification of labels against batch record requirements and compliance with company standards.
Ensures levels of cleanliness for components and equipment used in the manufacturing process.
Other duties as designated by Quality Management.
May 2015 – Nov 2019
Atlantic Analytical – Whitehouse Station, NJ
QC Analyst
Ran G.C. bench analysis of natural gas.
G.C. bench analysis of CO2 feed and final purification.
Mass spec water analysis of microchips and gyros.
On-site customer sampling of natural gas, testing for sulphur within samples.
Assisted with in-shipping, logging and shipping out of CO2 TBK bags and cylinders.
Cylinder prep, cylinder leak check and fixed cylinders, as needed.
Organized part results and properly stored them, going back ten years.
Air products batch samplers analysis by FTIR, checking for purity and moisture.
Experience testing batch samples of gases including Argon, Nitrogen and Oxygen.
April 2014 – April 2015
Piramal – Bethlehem, PA
QA / QC Chemist (contract)
Part of QA team conducing batch record reviews for anesthesia production and quality control.
Measured diameter of anesthesia bottles, verified stickers ensuring labels, size and colors adhered to FDA regulations.
Raw material chemist for incoming products.
2008 – 2013
VOLTAIX (subsidiary of Air Liquide)
Analytical Chemist II
Conducted routing and complex testing procedures necessary for process technologies and related services in the photovoltaic and gas industries.
Extensive utilization of various chromatographic technologies and non-routine methods development including GC (TCD and PDD) detectors, high resolution capillary gas chromatography, moisture analyzers, FTIR (1 + 10) meter cells.
Conducted analytical tests and provided results on experimental and commercial process gas mixtures.
Verified analysis results, evaluated data, and reported results internally. Initiated non-conformance reports when necessary.
Collaborated with project leaders and production managers to establish production and analytical test needs.
Maintained accurate records of analyses completed, instrument and equipment maintenance, chemical storage, and disposal.
Trained incoming chemists on method’s, SOP’s, instrument maintenance, and proper record keeping.
Maintained effective lab practices and successfully managed projects from onset through completion while coordinating with other departments to ensure quality control.
Provided experimental run plans, written updates and final reports to the appropriate departments and keeping detailed lab notebooks for studies / reference.
Coordinated several gauge studies on the gas mixtures for robustness and durability.
Analyzed data using various software or applying quantitative methods as needed.
Summarized calibrations in graphic form by keeping control charts, assisting in the identification of potential problems or recurring trends.
Entered data from analysis, validated data and evaluated trends from products and standards run on daily basis.
Troubleshooting all aspects of the company’s instrumentation.
Instruments operated and maintained include: Shimadzu 2014 GC TCD, Nicolet FTIR10 + 1 meter cell, Cal X PDD detector (Merlin Micro Science), Hewlett Packard 5890, Ametek moisture analyzer, piezocon.
Member of HAZMAT team.
Participated in routine lab maintenance, routing cleaning, instrument maintenance and lab safety, adhering to cGMP, GLP and other regulations.
2002 – 2008
Linde Gas Inc – Phillipsburg, NJ
Analytical Associate (Lab Analysis)
Conducting qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses of gases and mixtures produced by a major manufacturer of industrial gases including laser, lighting, medical, semiconductors and pure isotopic gases.
Utilized GC, FTIR, and UV-VIS spectrometers, O2 and moisture analyzers.
Wrote, revised and maintained SOP’s and quality control documents according guidelines and requirements.
Capillary electrophoresis of fluorescence using UV.
Followed SOP’s in preparing test solutions, compounds and reagents for testing.
Assisted the Quality Control Lab with analytical projects and aided in the development, improvement and validation of new analytical procedures in accordance with ISO9001.
Maintained effective lab practices and successfully managed projects from onset through completion while coordinating with other departments to ensure quality control.
Verified analysis results, evaluated data, and reported results internally; initiated non-conformance reports when necessary.
Provided experimental plans, written updates and final reports to the appropriate documents and all necessary information to lighting department for potential contaminants analysis in matrix gases.
Cleaned, maintained, setup and stored laboratory equipment ensuring compliance to FDA and company policies.
Maintained accurate records of analyses completed, equipment maintenance and chemical storage and disposal.
Daily calibration of instruments, set up and research of new instruments on arrival in lab for daily use.
Confirmed cylinders were free of oxygen, using Delta F and Teledyne analyzer and testing for trace moisture with Panametrics, Ametek and Cosa analyzers.
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