Food quality/Laboratory technician

Akhil Kumar Saha

Tel: 905-***-**** E-mail: *********@*****.***

Objective

To pursue a successful career as a Quality Assurance/Laboratory Technician in an industrial setting.

Summary of Skills

• Working experience as an FSQA technician (temp position) in a leading bakery industry and as a Jr FSQA technician within a customer-sensitive grocery kitting industry for about 2 years.

• More than 5 years of additional food quality & safety, compliance, documentation, and reporting experience in Canadian & international food facilities with qa/HACCP/lab tech and general role.

• Experienced and knowledgeable in monitoring pre-requisite programs, BRC, HACCP, CCPs, GMPs, GFSI, and CFIA rules and regulations from workplace and training programs.

• Experienced in facility audit & pre-operational inspection, checking daily manufacturing documents, and monitoring production lines following company procedures & frequencies.

• Experienced to lead GMP training for new employees, and to implement GMP, health & safety policies & procedures, observation & correction for the employees.

• Experienced in using laboratory equipment, sensory evaluation, and calibration of quality control equipment.

• Experienced in regular certificates of analysis review, conducting product hold & release procedures, and update the system on the computer, and updating the team at the end of the shift.

• Involved in other quality control activities like online & environmental swabbing, product sampling, allergen testing, and collecting & submitting testing samples for lab analysis.

• Working experience as a member of the JHSC team after completing JHSC part 1 & part 2, CPR C-AEd & WHMIS.

• Always result-oriented, proactive, and focused on quality & safety improvement.

• Excellent team-oriented, interpersonal, and able to work independently.

• Willing to learn new things and to teach others.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Flexible working shifts and schedule.

Education

Post-secondary Diploma in Biotechnology Technician, 2 yrs, Mohawk College, Hamilton, ON.

(Biotechnology Technician course includes food safety, quality, OHSA, laboratory operation, analytical skills & HACCP, environmental analysis, documentation, and more).

Master of Science, Department of Zoology, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Professional work history

Apr 04, 2022, to up to July 2022 as FSQA Technician (temp position) Brantford, ON

at Aspire Bakeries under Kelly Professional & Industrial, Toronto

Pre-op inspection, Online process & product monitoring, Certificate of Analysis review, raw materials quality check, Sifter checking, QA case analysis & Label check, Bake and taste, Swabbing, ATP/Allergen check, CCP (metal/temp) check, Shift inspection & reporting, the microbiological sample prepared for external lab, reporting and communication with supervisor & the team, Updating all activities on the computer system and filling paper copies, +more.

Jan 01, 2021, to up to April 02 2022 as a Jr FSQA Technician Mississauga, ON

HelloFresh Canada

Pre-op inspection of the line, Facility GMP monitoring, Packaging line monitoring, online kit & case checking, finished case checking, Personnel GMP training & monitoring, Inbounding quality check of all kinds of food & ingredients, Hold and rejection of non-complied products, Environmental swabbing & allergen test, the microbiological sample prepared for external lab, Communication and reporting the latest to the team before shift finish, Updating all activities on a computer system, +more.

Mar 2019 to Dec 2020 Production Associate

Sofina Foods Ltd Burlington, ON

General line works on the conveyor, visual & sensory meat quality check, using knife skills, packaging, palletizing, cleaning & sanitation, and any other activities assigned.

Blue Line

May 2009 to Jun 2012 as Manager Owner

Southern Foods Canada Inc, Hamilton, ON

Resourcing & Importing seafood, CFIA & CBSA notification, compliance & documentation.

May 2007 to Feb 2009 as Machine Operator

Orlick Industries Lt Hamilton, ON

Parts production, machine operation, WHMIS training, preparation of parts shipping

Sep 2006 to May 2007 as Milk Receiver

Salerno Dairy Products Ltd Hamilton, ON

Milk receiving, quality check, silo operation & produce documents.

July 2000 to August 2006 as QA technician, Lab technician, HACCP Technician

Lockpur Fish Processing Co Ltd & Group, (International)

Experienced in food quality & safety assurance & lab activities; pre-op, sanitation & environmental monitoring; identification of deviations and corrective actions; maintaining GMP, SOP, HACCP, and BRC regulations, policies & standards in seafood processing facilities; compliance with international agencies; gained management skills at different working levels.

Professional Development

• BRCGS Leaders of Tomorrow 2021 online course, July 2021

• IFSQN Food Safety Friday Webinars: Online programs, 2021-2022.

• Join Health & Safety Training part 1 & Part 2, Worksite Safety Compliance Centre, July & Sep, 2021

• First Aid, CPR C- AED Training, St John Ambulance Service, July 2021

• Hazard Communication (WHMIS) & GHS online Training, Jan 2022.

• Supervisor Health & Safety Awareness in 5 Steps online MLTSD training, Sep 2021

• GoSkills online courses are completed & continued practices: Body Language, Team Leadership, Google

Drive & App, Public Speaking, MS Excel Dashboard & MS Excel Basic & Advanced.

• Basic Training Course in Seafood HACCP Theory and Practical Application. By Societe Generale de Surveillance (SGS) and National Fisheries Institute (NFI) Inc., USA, at Khulna, Bangladesh, 1999

• Laboratory Training Program on Microbiological Analytical Techniques for Fishery Products. By INFOFISH, Indonesia and FAO(Rome), at Khulna, Bangladesh, 1999

References Available Upon Request

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