Taught Chemistry and AP Chemistry for 3 months while the teacher was on personal leave. Currently subbing district-wide at the elementary through high school level. The position requires compassion, flexibility, responsibility and the ability to multitask. I work well under pressure and with many personality types.

Site lead for Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety. Lead monthly Safety Committee meetings. Ensure completion of company required safety programs and inspections. Provide support and guidance to Quality Technicians through daily interactions as well as leading weekly meetings. Ensure compliance with company/customer requirements. Lead root cause investigations and respond to non-conformances. Work with employees to create SOPs for various departments. Submit non-conformances to suppliers and review corrective actions. Position was hybrid remote since November 2018.

Hire, train, and manage QC Laboratory technicians. Backup to Operations Supervisor. Manage the ISO 9001 Quality Management System and assist in the improvement and maintenance of the ACC Responsible Care 14001:2015 Management System. Ensure compliance with industry regulations and company/customer requirements while consistently completing projects on or ahead of schedule. Hands-on experience creating work instructions. Lead a team of internal auditors for ISO 9001 and responsible for getting the site certified to the 9001:2015 standard. Work with various departments and sites to implement Lean principles. Lead daily Tier meeting and monthly site-wide quality meeting. Participate in monthly Global Lean Network meetings. Perform and coach others in root cause analysis investigations. Provide guidance in the correction/disposition of non-conforming material. Support Top Management by providing monthly QA trend reports.

Hire, train, and manage QC Laboratory employees in a 3 shift, 24/7 production environment. Provided customers with on-site technical and quality support. Responded to non-conformances. Lead internal audit team. Participated in root cause analysis events. Completed 5S projects. Assisted in on-boarding of new customers and products (formulating). Ensured compliance with industry regulations and company/customer requirements. Was responsible for managing product specifications entered into the LIMS database. Created technical data sheets. Assisted in physical inventories (internal and customer-lead).

Participated in kaizen and root cause analysis events. Assisted Quality Manager with CARs, ICARs, uploading documents into the QS, leading a management review, and generating monthly quality reports. Performed various verification tests on oil and antifreeze. Corrected blends that do not meet specifications. Calibrated instruments. Was responsible for training new lab employees. Performed monthly testing for Chevron. Charted and logged daily plant efficiency prior to Shoplogix. Chairperson of safety committee and member of the first response team (CPR certified). Product testing included: MRV, Brookfield, Cannon Automatic Viscometer, Cold-Cranking Simulator, specific gravity, oil foam, antifreeze foam, flash point, pour point, rust, pH, metals, FTIR, particle count, water separation, and color.

Worked in a Dow laboratory where tests were completed on products coming in and going out of the terminal. Inspected truck trailers before loading product. Collected samples from barges and performed tests before unloading. Documented results. Calibrated instruments. Tests included: GC, specific gravity, pH, water percentage, color, cloud point, ash, distillation, chlorides, and equivalent weight.