Laboratory Technician Quality Assurance

QUALIFICATIONS

Offering ** years’ experience in Laboratory Analysis and Quality Assurance

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

VERTRAUEN CHEMIE SOLUTIONS, Memphis, TN

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●Perform chemical analyses on raw materials, batches and finished products

●Perform titrations, pH and viscosity

●Maintain laboratory inventory

●Prepare solutions, maintain instrument calibrations

●Train new employee’s

●Investigate customer complaints

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CELLULOSE, Memphis, TN

10/19 – 3/20 Consultant Research Assistant (Encadria Staffing)

Heavy wet chemistry analysis titrations, solubilities, ash and etc.

PMC-BIOGENIX, Memphis, TN

3/19 – 8/19 Laboratory Technician III

Performed chemical analyses on in process and finished products

Heavy wet chemistry analyses, titrations

BLUES CITY BREWERY, Memphis, TN

1/13 – 2/19 Laboratory Technician (hired on full time)

3/12 – 1/13 Laboratory Technician (Aerotek Temp Agency)

●Perform chemical analyses on raw materials, in process batches and finished products

●Perform wet chemistry testing, pH, UV-Vis,

●Maintain laboratory supplies inventory

●Prepare reagents and solutions for various testing.

●Maintain laboratory equipment calibrations

●Routine HPLC and GC head space analyses

●Train new Technicians and Chemist

●Review paperwork following all cGMPs

●Filed and maintained laboratory notebooks and data reports.

●Cell count and viability testing on fermentation samples in micro.

●Maintained retain samples and hosted in lab sensory panel for finished and in process batch samples.

2012 KIK CUSTOM PRODUCTS, Memphis, TN

2/09 – 3/12 Laboratory Technician

●Perform chemical analyses on raw materials, batches and finished products

●Perform wet chemistry testing, pH and viscosity

●Maintain laboratory supplies inventory

●Prepare reagents and solutions

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●Maintain laboratory equipment calibrations

●Routine Hplc analyses

●Train new Technicians and Chemist

●Review paperwork following all cGMPs

2008 VALERO MEMPHIS REFINERY, Memphis, TN

3/08 – 6/08 GC Chemist

●Analyzing Liquid Petroleum Gases by GC

●Analyzed Gasoline for Benzene and Toluene using HPLC

●Performed Moisture Analysis on Diesel and Jet Fuel

●Performed several titration methods

2007 CAL WESTERN PACKAGING, Memphis, TN

8/07-10/07 Laboratory Technician

●Performed USDA titrations

●Prepared Certificate of Analysis

●Analyzed for Vitamin A using HPLC

●Ordered reagents and supplies

1988-2007 PRO-SERVE, INC., Memphis, TN

2001-2007 Laboratory Coordinator

1995-2001 Senior Analyst

1988-1995-Laboratory Technician

●Coordinated day to day laboratory operations for 3 shifts

●Prepared laboratory reports for shipment release

●Prepared Certificate of Analysis for customers

●Handled customers complaints

●Performed laboratory equipment maintenance and new equipment set-up

●Purchased laboratory reagents, supplies and equipment

●Interview, hire and train new laboratory personnel

Trained new employees on laboratory procedures

●Prepared product formulations for plant managers

●Performed calibrations, maintenance and troubleshooting on laboratory instruments

●Prepared reagents, solutions and standards for GC and HPLC analyses

●Performed wet chemistry on in-process and finished product samples

●Performed routine physical analyses in in-process and finished product samples

●Performed quantitative analyses using GC and HPLC methods

●Detected trace level contaminants using GC and HPLC methods

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT

●Brookfield Viscometers-DV-IT + PRO RV, DV-I Prime LV

●UV-VIS- Perkin Elmer Lambda 25 UV_VIS Spectrum

●IR-Perkin Elmer Spectrum One FTIR Speedometer

●CatSo3- 798 MPT Titrino Metrohm

●Gas Chromatographs-Hewlett Packard 5790, Hewlett Packard 5880,5890 & 6890

●High Performance Liquid Chromatographs-Varian 5500, Waters 501, Beckman 110, Perkin Elmer 100, Perkin Elmer Series 3

●Misc. Laboratory Equipment- Mettler LP 16, Mettler LJ400, Rotaps, Coulter Multisizer, CA-100 Moisture Meter, CSC Moisture Analyzer, Karl Fisher Titrator, Spectrometer, BYK Colorimeter, Mercaptan Titrator, Fisher-Johns Melting Point, Mettler Toledo Moisture Balance

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

State Technical Institute, Memphis, TN

Associate Degree – 1987, Chemical Engineering

REFERENCES

1.Keshia Graham- Vertrauen Chemie Solutions-901-***-****

2.Ben Lasher- GP Cellulose Technology & Innovation Center-1-803-***-****

3.Jane Parks- PMC Biogenix-355-1389

4.Gicole Patterson-Blues City Brewery-406-4526

5.Vernell Stornes – Allied Analytical Laboratory Services-872-3075

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