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Helen Olson

Seattle,WA

Summary

Seeking to continue my career in quality control and food safety. Organized, detail-oriented, responsible, diligent, global perspective, inquisitive, excellent communicator, critical thinker, fluent in Spanish.

Work History

Quality Control Lead

OBI Seafoods, LLC
  • Filed daily, weekly, and monthly quality control paperwork across the entire facility utilizing an electronic database
  • Helped manage and make revisions to document control with updated document control numbers
  • Completed daily Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs) and weekly food defense checklists
  • Performed weekly and monthly pest controls against flying insects, rodents and birds
  • Enforced General Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for pre-production, production and post-production activities
  • Organized required documentation in support of the BRC audit process
  • Completed daily thermometer and vacuum gauge calibration as well as weekly titrations of foot foamers.

Quality Control Technician

OBI Seafoods, LLC
  • Completed daily departmental paperwork (HACCP, CCPs, temperature checks, quality, grading, & sorting, can seam integrity, can vacuum, Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) swabs
  • Weekly microbiology swabs including Listeria, total plate count (TPC), and coliform.

Quality Control Technician

OBI Seafoods, LLC
  • Ensured proper cleaning of fish and correct holding temperatures
  • Graded, sorted, and gathered region information from fishermen for traceability.

Quality Control Technician & Seafood Processor

Ocean Beauty Seafoods LLC
  • Ensured thermal processing of all cans, searched for can defects, and removed any faulty cans for destruction
  • Processed salmon: removed viscera, sorted between species, removed bones from filets, patched cans.

Guest Services Specialist

Boyne Resorts - Summit at Snoqualmie
  • Sold lift tickets, answered guest questions, gave out complimentary tickets/meals when needed, and managed lost and found.

Nordic Ski Instructor

Boyne Resorts - Summit at Snoqualmie
  • PSIA Level 1 certified, taught a group of 7-10 year old children throughout the winter season and helped with confidence and technique.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Biology & Spanish

St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN
05.2024

Extracurricular Activities

Student Organizations Committee Coordinator, St. Olaf College, 05/2023-Present

-  This position is awarded in a campus-wide election, leading the committee that makes funding decisions for student club organizations. 

Student Organizations Committee Executive Assistant, St. Olaf College, 01/2022-05/2023 

Fall Semester Abroad, St. Olaf College, Baños, Ecuador, 09/2023-12/2023

- Studied Ecuadorian history, Spanish, ecological research methods, and spending 5 days per week living in the cloud forest conducting research. 

Year Abroad, AFS-USA, Resistencia, Argentina, 08/2018-07/2019

Timeline

Bachelor of Arts - Biology & Spanish

St. Olaf College

Quality Control Lead

OBI Seafoods, LLC

Quality Control Technician

OBI Seafoods, LLC

Quality Control Technician

OBI Seafoods, LLC

Quality Control Technician & Seafood Processor

Ocean Beauty Seafoods LLC

Guest Services Specialist

Boyne Resorts - Summit at Snoqualmie

Nordic Ski Instructor

Boyne Resorts - Summit at Snoqualmie

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