Quality Assurance Control

JOSE INEZ ESTRADA

**** * ******* **** ******, Chicago, Illinois 60629

773-***-**** E-mail: ****.****@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Interested in a position, which will fully utilize my chemical manufacturing experience, and acquire technical and quality control skills and offer new challenges and rewards and commensurate with my efforts.

SUMMARY

Senior Chemical Compounder, Supervisor, QA-QC tech, Batch Maker, Product Developer, Reactor Operator, Operator Mechanic, Waste Water Treatment Operator, Chemical Operator with an extensive experience and a solid record of accomplishments in the manufacturing of USP, FDA and ADA approved products, pharmaceutical, oral hygiene, personal care, skin and hair care, food environments, household products, industrial products, automotive paints and coatings, sun screen products und the environmental industry.

OUALIFICATIONS

Excellent communication and problem solving skills both written and verbal. Proficient in the use of all required industrial and scientific equipment including. Waukesha pumps, centrifugal pumps, hammer mills, diaphragm-pumps, triblenders, colloid mills, versators, pellet mills, filtering presses, eductors, dispersonics, reactors, ribbon blenders, GC's, HPLC's, viscometers, ph meters, stills, automated batching, manifold switching, computer literate skills which it includes Windows, Sap, Prism, Intellution, Mp2 oracle, Delta V and Word, Demonstrated quality assurance, (QA) and Quality control (QC) tech abilities, excellent math aptitude, good manufacturing practices (GMP's) & standard operating procedures (SOP's) hazardous active critical control points (HACCP's) and safety awareness programs.

CAREER HISTORY

2009 to 2011

Rhodia Inc., University Park, Illinois Reactor Operator, B

• Responsible for the manufacturing of Surfactants, Intermediates, Solvents, and Sulfanes.

• Followed and Performed GMP’s and SOP’s on all manufacturing products.

• Conformed with all safety rules and stage raw materials for manufacturing.

2007 – 2008

Magrabar Chemical Corp., Morton Grove, Illinois Reactor Operator, QA&QC

• Responsible for the manufacturing of silicone defoamers and surfactants.

• Followed and performed QA and QC on all finished products.

• Conformed to all safety rules, and performed GMP's & SOP's on procedures in Production.

2005 - 2006

Regis Technologies Inc., Morton Grove, Illinois Reactor Operator

• Responsible for the manufacturing of API's and fine chemical intermediates.

• Follow and Performed GMPs and SOPs on processed syntheses and projects procedures.

• Responsible for following the cleaning procedures on equipment and stage raw materials.

2003 - 2004

Corn Products International Inc., Bedford Park, Illinois Operator Mechanic

• Responsible for operations and the corn unloading of trucks and rail cars.

• Responsible for loading rail cars and trucks as needed with finished product.

• Responsible for maintaining the process of finished product and the loading of rail cars as needed.

1999 - 2001

Hydrosol Inc., Bridgeview, Illinois Chemical Batch Maker

• Responsible for making batches of various automotive coatings and aerosol products.

• Followed batch sheets to produce product accurately.

• Followed good manufacturing practices and standard operating procedures.

1995 - 1999

Alberto-Culver USA., Melrose Park, Illinois Chemical Compounder

• Responsible for mixing batches of hair care, personal care, und sunscreen products.

• Ran various maxing machines and pre-weighed chemicals per batch.

• Follow all safety SOP's and GMP's guidelines.

1990 - 1995

Image Laboratories Inc., Oxnard, California Supervisor, R&D, Batch Maker, Quality Assurance

• Responsible for formulating batches of new and innovative products.

• Supervised eight compounders, performed quality assurance of the processes.

• Trained new employees on cosmetic manufacturing processes.

1984 - 1990

Packaging Corp of America., Los Angeles, California Senior Chemical Compounder

• Worked under USP, FDA, ADA guidelines and GMP's, SOP's requirements.

• Formulated various food, personal care and USP, FDA products for production and packaging.

• Performed testing on the product to ensure quality &assurance.

1979 - 1984

Sun Laboratories Inc., Chatsworth, California Chemical Compounder

• Responsible for mixing batches of hair care, personal care, und sunscreen products.

• Ran various mixing machines and pre-weighed chemicals per batch sheets.

• Followed all safety, S0Ps and GMPs guidelines.

EDUCATION

• Tilden High School, Chicago, Illinois

• Home Study Careers, G.E.D, Massapequa, New York

• 24 hr. Haz-Mat Training Certification, ITT - Schaumburg, Illinois

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read, write and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals both English and Spanish.

PERSONAL

• Enjoy an active lifestyle in excellent health, highly personable, works well under pressure, meets deadlines, able to interact effectively with a variety of people, works great as an individual or part of a team oriented toward company goals and objectives.

REFERENCES

• Available upon request.

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