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Manager Quality Assurance

Location:
Schenectady, NY, 12302
Salary:
85000
Posted:
June 05, 2012

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Resume:

Nhi “Nia” Hoang

518-***-****

** ************ *****, *********, ** 12302 *********@*****.***

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nhi-hoang/19/8a2/683

Professional Profile An exceptional individual who combines chemistry, management, engineering, safety, audit, problem solving, analytical, technical, and communication skills to develop solutions to resolve environmental problems and industrial operation safety.

Years of experience in the areas of chemical process safety analysis, environmental hazard assessment, and OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) regulatory compliance for bulk hazardous chemical, industrial biological wastewater, municipal water supply, and electronic facilities. Participate in accidental investigation for operational and industrial cases.

Safety Training Programs

Quality & Safety Audit

Waste & Cost Reduction

Continuous Improvement Regulatory Compliance

Employee Safety Measures

Staff Training & Mentoring

Documentation/Recordkeeping

Professional Accomplishments Process/Plant Information Manager

Develop, implement, update, and maintain a uniform data tracking standard for 12 plants performance data and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Manage the process of generating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to communicate with clients, operations, engineering, project development, project delivery, RD&E, and management teams

Utilize in-house, certified outside lab, and PLC/SCADA data to validate and optimize processes to minimize costs and maximize efficiency

Collect valuable information for engineering, RD&E, future process designs, and for ongoing and future operating services estimation

QNQC of required compliance reports to clients and/or regulatory agencies

Prepare technical cause and effect table utilizing P&ID as part of project delivery submittal

Quality Assurance Manager/Environmental, Health, & Safety Manager/Maintenance Manager/Production Assistant Manager

Planned and coordinated effectively with local POTW regarding chemical modification of change (MOC), findings, testing, and plant discharge permits

Pilot testing new polymer which increased silver recovery, reduced silver discharge from 250 parts per million (ppm) to less than 2 ppm, and allowed plant to stop hauling and start discharging to POTW

Utilized corporate Environmental Management Information System (EMIS) to consolidate, manage, and review data and information – for health, safety, air, water, and waste

Coordinated, trained, supported and supervised a dynamic safety committee that was knowledgeable to be able to tour and inspect the plant to detect potential or existing hazards; and enforced compliance of operations personnel with administrative policies, procedures, safety rules, and governmental regulations.

Conferred and cooperated with supervisory/management personnel in formulating administrative and operational policies and procedures.

Hold plant’s quarterly safety meeting for all shifts to review plant and corporate safety goal, OSHA rules and regulations, EPA Risk Management Plan, Process Safety Management, Right to Know, Recordable Injuries, Compliance Posters, MSDS, etc…

Process Improvement Manager/Sr. Quality Assurance Manager/Customer Service Manger/On-the-Job Training Supervisor/Regional Quality Engineer

Analyzed and evaluated processes and procedures, as well as cost controls to identify waste and eliminate excessive expenditures, resulting in drastically improved profitability

Streamlined, developed, and implemented changes in equipment maintenance, operating procedure, and systematic functionality, improving customer satisfaction rating by 60% in less than 6 months with the company

Received Qualex Most Honorable Mention Quality Assurance Manager recognition awards, and represented 62 Qualex plants at Kodak Annual Teamwork Day

Reviewed, implemented, and audited corporate best practices and formulated progress monthly department reports

Handled escalated customer’s complaints in a courteous and polite manner

Work History July 2010 – Present

Process/Plant Information Manager, Ecolab/Nalco, Eagan, MN

April 2003 – July 2009

Quality Assurance Manager/Environmental, Health, & Safety Manager/Maintenance Manager/Production Assistant Manager, Fujicolor Processing, Rensselaer, NY

August 1999 – March 2003

Process Improvement Manager/Sr. Quality Assurance Manager/Customer Service Manger/On-the-Job Training Supervisor/Regional Quality Engineer, Qualex Inc. (A division of Kodak), Durham, NC

October 1997 – August 1999

Quality Assurance Manager/Safety Coordinator, TEK Industries, Manchester, CT

November 1995 – October 1997

Corporate Quality Assurance Engineer, First Brands Corporation (A division of Union Carbide), East Hartford, CT

April 1993 – November 1995

Analytical Chemist, Henry Sourther Laboratory, Bloomfield, CT

Skills Industrial Control System: SCADA, PLC, P&ID, PFD

Environmental Tools: Crystal Report, Dakota Auditor and Tracer, Enviance, LIMS

Office Package: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook Express, SQL, Word Perfect, Quattro Pro, and Lotus 123 v4

Operating Systems: Windows 9X, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Linux, MS DOS

Graphics Tools: Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Greta Macbeth Profile Maker, X-Rite Densitometer, Eye-One

Internet and Security: NTFS Security, DNS, DHCP, LAN, TCP/IP, Ethernet

Education Bachelor Science in Chemical Engineering

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

May 17, 1992

References References are available upon request



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