Christy Simpson
Adairsville,GA
Summary
Lab Supervisor with 22 years experience in management, a total of 24 years of experience coordinating with fellow GDOT employees, consultants and contractors to ensure efficient lab operations.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Laboratory Supervisor
Georgia Department Of Transportation
02.2019 - Current
- Supervise daily operations of District Lab unit.
- Monitor all assigned personnel to assure all department and laboratory policies are followed.
- Review and approve Workforce Time Keeper.
- Assist management in interviewing and selection process.
- Monitor and Assign work based on resources and workload to meet sample turnaround time schedules.
- Ensure technicians maintain required certifications.
- Schedule and perform checks of testing equipment for ensuring all technicians are calibrating and maintaining equipment in accordance with proper procedures.
- Ensure technicians have proper safety equipment.
- Order and arrange for needed supplies and testing equipment as needed.
- Document technicians work performance, conduct coaching meeting, and complete annual performance evaluation for each assigned technician.
- Review and Authorize test results.
- Maintain electronic sample logbook.
Mix Design Specialist
Georgia Department Of Transportation
03.2002 - 02.2019
- Monitor all assigned personnel to assure that all testing procedures are performed accurately and efficiently.
- Appraise performance of assigned personnel and report this performance annually or as needed.
- Maintain current knowledge of all routine test procedures.
- Prioritize workload to meet schedules and deadlines.
- Follow detailed steps and procedures as prescribed by AASHTO, ASTM, and/or departmental specifications.
- Check for new or revised specifications to ensure proper testing procedures.
- Tests are performed within assigned deadline.
- Test results are accurate within acceptable limits on proficiency type samples.
- Notify Laboratory Supervisor immediately when unusual problems are encountered with testing procedure results.
- Calculate and Record data on to laboratory work cards or in computer with 100 percent accuracy.
- Analyze data according to established procedures. Determine if sample meets governing specification and to identify all failures.
- Notify appropriate personnel immediately of failing samples.
Engineering Technician
Georgia Department Of Transportation
08.2000 - 03.2002
- Record all samples received according to established procedures using logbook and/or computer daily.
- Label samples accurately with 98 percent accuracy and store them in proper location daily.
- Follow detailed steps and procedures as prescribed by AASHTO, ASTM, and/or departmental specifications.
- Check for new or revised specifications to ensure proper testing procedures.
- Tests are performed within assigned deadline.
- Test results are accurate within acceptable limits on proficiency type samples.
- Calculate and Record data on to laboratory work cards or in computer with 100 percent accuracy.
- Analyze data according to established procedures. Determine if sample meets governing specification and to identify all failures.
- Clean equipment after completion of tests on daily basis.
- Ensure that all equipment and instruments are stored in proper location.
- Perform calibrations on all equipment in accordance with ASTM and AASHTO procedures to ensure accuracy of tests.
- Perform preventive maintenance on equipment according to established guidelines.
Skills
Skills
- Supervising Daily Operations of District 6 Lab Unit
- Monitor Assigned Personnel
- Monitors and Assigns Workload according to Due Date
- Reviews and Authorizes Test Reports
- Annual Performance Reviews
- Judgmental Decision Making
- Ensure technicians are maintaining and calibrating equipment
Certifications
- NCAT Mix Design
- NCAT Superpave Binder
- QCT Level 1
- Superpave Binder Level 1
- Soil Testing Technician
- Aggregate Testing Technician
- Concrete Strength Testing Tecnician
Computer Programs
- Microsoft Office
*Teams
*Outlook
*Word
*Excel
- AASHTO-Ware
- Sitemanager
- ATSER
- GDOT 411
- Workforce Time Keeper
Timeline
Laboratory Supervisor
Georgia Department Of Transportation
02.2019 - Current
Mix Design Specialist
Georgia Department Of Transportation
03.2002 - 02.2019
Engineering Technician
Georgia Department Of Transportation
08.2000 - 03.2002
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