ELIZABETH A YARNELL
Tyrone Pa
Summary
- Experienced Lab Technician with 20+ years of manufacturing production skills.
- Action-oriented with strong ability to solve production problems.
- Customer Focused
- Trained in 5S and PPI (Practical Process Improvement)
- Strong leadership skills
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Lab Technician
Restek
Bellefonte, PA
02.2024 - Current
- Conducted daily laboratory maintenance, including cleaning and organizing.
- Monitored and maintained laboratory equipment such as pipettes, centrifuges, and microscopes.
- Followed strict safety protocols while handling hazardous materials in the laboratory environment.
- Use High Pressure pumps to pack HPLC Columns.
- Work with solvents, silica and hardware to pack HPLC columns
Production Worker
KCF Technology
Bellefonte, PA
03.2019 - 01.2024
- Kept operations area neat and orderly to minimize obstacles.
- Helped achieve team goals by rotating production lines and daily duties to meet demand.
- Met or exceeded target for on-time customer shipments.
- Reduced health and safety risks with strict adherence to safety protocols and PPE requirements.
- Sorted product components on work tables to maintain maximum organization and productivity.
- Prepared for work to be completed by studying assembly instructions, blueprint specifications and part lists.
- Operated etching and marking machine according to what is on the WO
- Used soldering equipment to attach small wires and components to sub assembly
- Used silicon injector to fill product and dry in oven
- Worked with wire, wire strippers, voltage meters and programmed boards to be used in the product
Lead Lab Technician
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Bellefonte, Pa
03.2007 - 03.2019
- My daily duties include testing and QC of Microbore, all UHPLC columns and standardbore columns when needed.
- Packaging and final QC of columns before taking to shipping. Maintain excellence and quality for every customer
- I formulate and adjust procedures when needed.
- I have packed from 1 mm to 21.2 mm diameter columns.
- I am responsible for mixing all solvents for column packing and testing.
- I have used all types of equipment including Mass Spectrometers and Spec 20 equipment and a variety of different computer programs
- I am trained and have been the spokesperson for 3 PPI(Practical Process Improvement) teams.
- I have been trained and participated in 5S and Kaizan events to improve better flow for the lab.
- I was on a PPI (Practical Process Improvement) team to reconfigure the production floor to add space for future growth within the company.
- I am on the safety committee and am trained in CPR.
- I have been a member of the Thermo Employee group for 10 yrs.
Lead Lab Technician
Supelco
Bellefonte, PA
06.2000 - 12.2006
- Responsibilities include packing and testing of columns from 1mm to 21.2 mm diameter specialty columns.
- Maintain output at or above the limit set for me.
- Packaging and finale QC of packages before sending to shipping. Maintain excellence and quality for each and every customer
- Served on the Supelco Employee Group for 5 yrs.
Lead Lab Technician LAB SUPERVISOR
Keystone Scientific
Bellefonte, Pa
06.1991 - 06.2000
- Responsibilities include packing, formulation of packing procedures and QC testing of all HPLC Columns including standardbore and microbore of all length and diameter.
- The last 2 years of service I was the lab supervisor.
- I was responsible for the daily duties of each technician, helping with any problem that would arise in the production lab , and was responsible for all reviews and interviewed possible employees.
- I served on the KEG (Keystone Employee Group) for 7yrs.
- Accomplishments 25 years chromatography experience Maintained consistent and on-time delivery record 2 years supervisor experience Knowledge of all size of columns from 1mm to 21.2mm and UHPLC packing and testing Trained in PPI(Practical process improvement) Spokesperson on 3 PPI teams Knowledge and experience with 5S and Kaizan projects Experience the shipping and receiving dept.
Education
High School Diploma -
Tyrone Area High School
1979
Skills
- Quick learner
- Excellent communication skills
- Training and development
- Customer focused
- Results oriented
- Excellent time management
- Excellent Lab skills
Timeline
Lab Technician
Restek
02.2024 - Current
Production Worker
KCF Technology
03.2019 - 01.2024
Lead Lab Technician
Thermo Fisher Scientific
03.2007 - 03.2019
Lead Lab Technician
Supelco
06.2000 - 12.2006
Lead Lab Technician LAB SUPERVISOR
Keystone Scientific
06.1991 - 06.2000
High School Diploma -
Tyrone Area High School
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