Production Operator Material Handling
Resume:
James G. Staggers
Paterson, N.J. 07522
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SUMMARY
●Over 10 years of experience as a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Production Operator across multiple companies.
●Proficient in operating forklifts, fork trucks, power pallet jacks, servo lifts, and various lifting equipments.
●Ensuring efficient material handling and transportation in a manufacturing environment of different departments.
●Extensive experience in operating machinery in different manufacturing departments with successful production.
●Skilled in the operation of auxiliary equipment and feeders, optimizing workflows with production overall efficiency.
●In-depth understanding of Federal Regulations Title, including FDA, DEA, and the Cosmetic Act for manufacturing.
●Knowledgeable with process Protocols, SOP’s, cGMP’s with following batch records, OSHA Safety regulations.
●FIFO with materials used, SAP’s / Oracle ERP, PAPR/SAR with PPE proper gowning and de-gowning procedures.
●Medical device process with clean rooms of sterile environment of Class7/8 with aseptic cleaning procedures.
●Proper PPE gowning procedures with PAPR- Purified Air Power Respirator/SAR-Supply Air Respirator with Hoods, double disposable Tyvek Coverall suits, shoe boots, and Nitrile /Nylon gloves for protection.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Elite Pharmaceuticals
165 Ludlow Ave. Northvale, NJ 07647
Pharmaceuticals Technician – 09/11/2023 – 08/02/2024
*Operating/maintaining production machinery, including handle controlled drugs in/out of security-locked vault/caged.
*Transporting materials and finished goods, using power jacks and fork trucks, following cGMP’s, SOP’s and safety.
*Operating/maintaining paddle or open feeders for accurately, to supply material for the consistently of productivity.
*Performing daily start-ups, reconciling materials, cleaning, breakdowns, set-ups, troubleshoot, reporting problems.
*Conducting in-process testing; weight, thickness, hardness, friability, sampling, AQL checks according to procedures.
*Maintaining, operating with procedures of cleaning all auxiliary equipment used in tablet processing operations.
*Operating/monitoring, and documenting the compression (tablet press) process, including all log books entries.
*Ensure all operations are follow by all SOP’s, cGMP’s, the company additional protocols that are support by MBR.
Catalent Pharma Solutions
14 School House Rd Somerset, NJ 08873
Pharmaceutical Development Technician - 11/23/2020 – 07/28/2023
* Follow all cGMP’s/SOP’s company protocols, weighing and transferring materials using calibrated scales and balances.
*Execute manufacturing duties to maintain seamless production workflow with team work or individual for productivity.
*Operate various types of manufacturing equipment due to the production development to be efficient with customer.
*Operate equipment for solution processing, spraying, granulation, pan coating/dry coating, agglomeration, drying, mixing, milling, screening, sampling between stages of operation, loading/discharging from machinery, and packaging.
*Operate and maintain the development, optimization and execution of early stage development and clinical batches manufacture in conjunction with formulations Research & Development, and with commercial batches operations.
* Demonstrate technical skills related to job function, including all machine set-ups, breakdowns, changeovers, within all manufacturing related with Gerteis roller compactor, glatt spray dryers, pan coaters, korsch XL 1OO tablet press process.
*Monitor / maintain auxiliary, conveyors belts, feeders, ensuring optimal operation and minimizing disruption in production process, complete, reconcile, documentation of all log books associated with the batch record process,
*Safety operate power hand jacks, power lifts, ensuring secure and efficient movement of materials throughout the production floor, support formulation and development activities, including participation in pilot/development batches.
*Transfer samples from manufacturing departments, process and submit them to sample coordination cage for results.
*Wear proper PPE and gowning procedures as required for handling potent hazardous API compounds materials, utilizing containment methods and the use of glove containment bags for operations.
*Staging materials and components for manufacturing operation with the support of a line clearance from QA.
Advanced Powder Solutions/Fusion Employer Services
301 Smalley Avenue Middlesex, NJ 08846
Chemical Operator Level 2 - 10/14/2019 – 04/17/2020
* Operate compounding equipment, including Gemco blend dryer with agitators, timers and vacuum pressure.
* Support compounding process with cosmetic/pharmaceutical operations with SOP’s, cGMP’s, and OSHA Safety.
* Perform compounding activities with MBR, including log books entries, and equipment uses with documentation.
* Preparing solutions for granulation, blending, weighing materials, ensuring correct net weights and label information.
* Assist with loading/discharging product, packing out into boxes, drums, super sacks, including the correct weight/label.
*Utilize power hand jacks, forklifts, and power lifts for efficient material handling, ensuring safety transport of materials.
Collagen Matrix Inc.
110 Commerce Drive Allendale, NJ 07401
Manufacturing Technician - 07/09/2018 - 10/04/2019
* Performs swelling with PFC, homogenization, filtration, de-airing using vacuum chambers, neutralized collagen dispersion for Bovine Tendon-dental wound dressing, fabrication/freeze drying process, constantly changing of gloves.
*Conduct multitasks involving cross-linking and venting, and manages data retrieval from data loggers with the processes of plugs, foams, tape sheets, compression and size cutting process, storing into bins for packaging processes.
* Preparing formaldehyde solution under airflow hoods as part of the cross-linking and venting preparation for dental wound dressing applications, a mineral based medical device of advancing the science of tissue repair.
* Supports compounding procedures with fabrication processes with refrigerator processes, loads freezers dryers or bench mark freezers, and manages recorded data retrieval from computers software data.
* Performs and complete all duties assigned by supervision or team leader with functions within class 7/8 Controlled Environment, the use of cleaning agents; Spor-Klenz, NPD solution, 70% IPA solution with wiping sequence method.
* Daily, weekly and monthly aseptic cleaning of ceilings, walls, windows, floors, tables, chairs, carts, rails, doors/door handles, phones, emergency showers, cabinets, walk-in cooler, manufacturing equipments, and storage racks.
*Operate and set-up the Stephan mill and bowl, also the Ultra Centrifugal mill with the correct screen for usage, verify equipment #, calibration due date, set-up the uses of Liquid Nitrogen-LN2 with Cryo gloves and eye protection shield.
Glatt Air Techniques
20 Spear Road Ramsey, NJ 07446
Manufacturing Technician (Contract) - 07/18/2016 - 09/12/2017
* Support daily compounding operations with manufacturing teams, including preparation using Glatt GPCG-300.
* Adjust controls to maintain product, inlet/outlet temperatures, exhausted, air volume (CFM), pump flow /spray rate.
* Operate forklifts, power industry lifts, document data activities, weighing, discharging into super sacks bulk bags.
* Follow all safety in manufacturing, support manufacturing process independently or with no supervision around.
* Monitor spray rate readings, machines operations, and parameters settings ensuring compliance with batch record.
* Set-ups and stage production area, including product bowls with screens, change filter bags, kettles pipe mesh screens.
* Cleaning procedures of room, tables, ceiling, walls, floors, doors and all manufacturing equipment usage for processes.
G&W Laboratories, Inc.
111 Coolidge St. South Plainfield, NJ 07080
Machine Operator 2 - 05/11/2015 - 07/08/2016
* Performs weighing, dispensing, labeling and documentation of log sheets in pharmacy and compounding operation.
* Verify documentation activity, materials, components, and ingredients weighed, dispensed, and labeled information.
* Stage and storage materials in cold/hot rooms as required, and manage controlled substances within vaults or cages.
* Setup, clean and operate of automated Becomix 1200-liter and Unmix 2500-liter processors and associated tanks, operate interface machinery, handling power jack lifts to move vessels tanks, operate forklifts and hand power jacks.
* Demonstrate knowledge of removing and connecting of CIP (Clean-In-Place) pipes after the transfer from the premix tank to the batching tank, to start the cleaning process of the premix tank, ensuring efficient workflow with safety.
* Monitor operation with pressure gauges, exhaust, heating and cooling temperatures during homogenization, and de-airing manually to avoid bubbles during the mixing processes, and discharged and transferred to vessel tanks.
* Use basic computer skills to perform job functions, including generating labels in LIMS and using Oracle ERP system with the batch record for accuracy with the pick lists.
* Setup, clean, and operate the Explosion-Proof room for preparing alcohol solutions according to batch records.
Barr Laboratories/Teva Pharmaceuticals
223 Quaker RD Pomona, NY 10970
Senior Manufacturing Operator - 02/03/1997 - 06/30/2014
* Understanding of manufacturing operations, including Compounding, Pharmacy, Compression, Coating, Packaging process.
* Skilled in operating various manufacturing equipment, including granulation with solution, paste, and gel material, drying, blending, screening, milling, labeling, coating, and tablet press machines.
*Operate power hand jacks, power lifts, and servo rotating drum lifts for efficient material handling, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and proper equipment usage in manufacturing environments.
* Proficient in using computer and hand held transaction device for job function, including ERP system (SAP/Oracle) for transactions such as allocate and consumption, and EHS labels and process management.
* Knowledge of oral dosage and liquid dosage forms, cross-contamination prevention, and the use of quarantine, hold-for-testing, released, approved, reject labels.
*Experience in staging and verifying raw material and manufacturing ingredients, adhering to FIFO principles managing stage tickets, and performing component check-ins.
* Conducting room clearances, making logbooks entries, and verifying product codes, lot numbers, and batch specific quantities, performing daily activities in compliance with SOP’s, protocols, and cGMP’s for pharmaceuticals processes.
* Operation with all manufacturing equipment, granulation, drying, blending, screening, milling, labeling coating, and tableting.
* Monitoring tablet press parameters through In-process intervals testing, including weight, thickness, hardness, friability and meeting AQL standards.
* Proper PPE gowning procedures with PAPR/SAR for special material manufacturing area with handling hazardous materials, glove box set ups, and glove bag set ups for machinery for containment processes.
Biocraft Laboratories, Inc.
209 McLean Blvd Paterson, NJ 07504
Working foreman/Lead Operator - 01/13/1986 - 01/24/1997
* Performs/support all mixing operations with all manufacturing equipment associate with the manufacturing process.
* Training of operators with cleaning, set ups, blend operation with granulation, drying, blending, milling or screening.
*Operating forklifts, Industrials power lifts, homogenizer, lighting-mixers making solutions/paste for granulation steps.
* Experience with manufacturing production equipments; blenders, ribbon/pony mixers, electric ovens/trays, fitz mill.
* Monitor of production operators, equipments, supplies require, daily log books entries, and batch records reviews.
*Helping new supervisors transition with their roles in the manufacturing department of mixing process of the company.
EDUCATION
*Passaic County Community College - Paterson New Jersey
Private Industry Council (Machine Tool Operators – 560 Hours Certificate)
09/1982 – 12/1982 (4 month course)
*John F. Kennedy High School - Paterson, NJ
Industrial Arts/College Prep.
09/05/1978 – 06/16/1982
*NJMEP Manufacturing Skill Standards Council
Certified Production Technician – Certificate of Completion
09/14/2020 – 10/28/2020 (7 week course)
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