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Modesto, Ca, Us

Turlock, Ca

Provide guidance to all Laboratory Department Managers when internal or external audits are conducted.Ensure appropriate follow-up of audits whether internal or external.Audit departmental Quality records for compliance (temperature checks, equipment calibrations, media qualification, technical testing QC/SQC, etc.).Apprise Corporate QA Director and/or Managing Director of investigations of quality issues, customer audits and regulatory inspections for the division.With the assistance of the Divisional QA Deputy, review SQC documents monthly and ongoing proficiency test data.Ensure CAPA’s are monitored and closed on time with effective root cause.Maintain and follow-up on proficiency testing schedules, submissions, and reports for the laboratory.Utilize the assistance of our Corporate QA Director and/or ISO Consultant in an appropriate fashion to maintain compliance with the Quality System within the division.Inspect training records for accuracy and completeness.Review and oversee the updates for the Asset Log and Calibration/Maintenance schedules as necessary.Ensure equipment calibration records are current.

Turlock, Ca

Quality Assurance Manager for 16,000+barrel per year Regional Brewery.Responsible for the development and maintenance of all aspects of brewery QA laboratory, including physical, chemical, organoleptic, and microbiological parameters of products.Responsible for the monitoring, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Food Safety, QMS, GMP, GBP, Yeast Management, and Shelf-life programs.Responsible for continuous monitoring of products for TTB compliance.As the Brewery Safety Administrator, responsible for maintaining the Hazard Communication Program, Chemical Inventory, Illness and Injury Program, and Employee Safety Program (during a pandemic no less).

Turlock, Ca

Responsible for achievement and maintenance of ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation of Microbiology Lab including development, implementation, and support of entire Quality System (protocols, procedures, SOP’s, logs, PT’s, Management Reviews, CAPA System, etc.).Responsible for direct supervision of all laboratory personnel including hiring, training, day to day duties, scheduling, and payroll approval.Responsible for the acquisition of all supplies, equipment maintenance and calibrations, maintenance of CAPA System including investigations and RCA, and record keeping as required by the ISO/IEC 17025 Standard.Responsible for updating Quality System to revised ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Standard.

Livermore, Ca

Responsible for research, development and implementation of Quality Systems for ISO/IEC 17025 certified BSL-1/2 General Microbiology Lab including SOPs, methods, and experimental protocols.Responsible equipment maintenance, calibration, and record keeping.Responsible for responding to customer inquiries regarding analyses, results, project status, pricing, and turn around times.Cross-trained as backup Sample Control and Laboratory Administration (data entry, report generation, review, and sign-off).Responsible for the management of long and short term shelf storage studies, including project design, implementation, testing coordination, data consolidation, interpretations, and report generation.Responsible for coordination of General Micro staff and support of laboratory operations.

Fremont, Ca

Initiated in-house plant pathogen microbiology lab.Responsible for analysis of ozone atmosphere cold storage/transport efficacy, including microbiological testing, produce inspection, and data interpretation.Designed and implemented short and long term produce storage experiments.Maintained microbial library of plant pathogenic microorganisms for produce inoculation, including identification and isolation.Implemented and maintained laboratory SOPs based on FDA-BAM, APHA, AOAC, and ASTM methods.Collaborated with USDA and UC Davis on postharvest storage experiments.Co-developer of seven Purshade family crop solar protectants, including one named as one of TIME magazine’s Top 50 Inventions of 2008.

Medford, Or

Conducted all microbiological tests for NELAC certified environmental testing laboratoryTrained in Asbestos Identifification by Polarized Light Microscopy at the McCrone Institute in Chicago, IL