Paul Hays
Garden Plain,Kansas
Summary
To seek and maintain a full-time environmental science or EHS career that offers professional challenges utilizing a passion for the environment. Ten years' experience studying and working in the realm of Environmental Science and five years' experience working within the Quality Management world. These experiences have involved working closely with federal and state governments such as the FDA, EPA, Fish and wildlife, DOD, DOT, USDA KDA, and KDWT.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Assurance Manager
Hiland Dairy
09.2021 - Current
- Collaborate with plant management and other supervisory staff to maximize product quality and productivity.
- Directly supervise 3 employees.
- Ensure proper procedures are in place for over 90 employees to follow for product quality, employee safety, and state and federal guidelines.
- Support Regional Quality Assurance systems in order to satisfy internal and customer requirements to include process evaluation and product protection programs; process specifications and standards; sanitation programs, HACCP and GMP programs; production labeling; and product storage and distribution.
- Coordinate schedules and estimate worker hour requirements for completion of job assignments.
- Develop and implement improvements to production methods, equipment performance and quality of product.
- Analyze and resolve work, quality and food safety problems, or assists workers in solving problems writing CAPA and Root Analysis.
- Maintain quality and food safety records.
- Collaborate with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
- Provide supervision of assigned employees in scheduling and daily activities, ensuring effective selection, retention, feedback, disciplinary action and performance management.
- If a collective bargaining agreement exists, may participate in grievances or other contract related activities and discussions.
- Train and instruct employees regarding quality and food safety standards and processes of over 90 employees.
- Oversees instruction, implementation and enforcement of policies to over 90 employees.
- Engage in the typical responsibilities of a manager requiring planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating and delegating.
Lead Quality Assurance Technician
Morton Salt
03.2019 - 09.2021
- Testing and inspecting products at various stages of production process
- Compiling and evaluating statistical data to determine and maintain quality and reliability
- Inspecting incoming package material and ingredients
- Perform quality and environmental testing and inspections
- Responsible for all HACCP Analysis and any related HACCP issues
- Responsible for ensuring compliance with all QC requirements
- Provide leadership to drive continuous improvements in product quality
- Responsible for product safety, legality and quality
- Record test data and applying statistical quality control procedures
- Perform various environmental inspections and analyses
- Monitor process of salt and finished goods for quality compliance
- Performs GMP/sanitation inspections
- Evaluate data and write reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards
- Recommend modifications of existing quality or production standards
- Prepare and present graphs or charts of data and enter data into computer for analysis.
Clean Pack Chemist
Clean Harbors
10.2018 - 03.2019
- Handled laboratory chemicals, highly hazardous and reactive chemicals, cylinders and compressed gasses, and radioactive materials
- Expert in chemical recognition, categorization and packaging
- Performed lab packing for schools, hospitals, research laboratories, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries
- Loaded, packaged and segregated materials and waste products
- Quality control check and sorted bins according to the retail contract
- Ensured drum count was correct and drum conditions were in accordance to environmental policies and procedures.
Education
Masters of Earth, Environmental and Physical Science -
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS12.2018
Bachelors of Science in Field Biology Studies -
Friends University
Wichita, KS05.2014
Skills
- Foss
- ArcGIS
- Python
- Petrel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- PowerPoint
- Leadership
- Goal oriented
- Hardworking
- Dependable
- Outgoing
- Respectful
- Heavy machinery
- Automotive service
- Machinery maintenance
- NPDES
- Lab Skills
- Plant sampling
- Invasive species control
- Habitat surveys
- Population studies
- Root Cause Analysis
- Auditing processes
- CAPA-Corrective and Preventive Actions
Certification
- HACCP-Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
- SQF-Safe Quality Foods
- PCQI- Preventive Controls Qualified Individual
- I-A-Intentional Adulteration
- HTST-High Temperature Short Time
References
Available Upon Request
Timeline
Quality Assurance Manager
Hiland Dairy
09.2021 - Current
Lead Quality Assurance Technician
Morton Salt
03.2019 - 09.2021
Clean Pack Chemist
Clean Harbors
10.2018 - 03.2019
Masters of Earth, Environmental and Physical Science -
Wichita State University
Bachelors of Science in Field Biology Studies -
Friends University
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