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Education
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Richard Bushell

Summary

Experienced, adaptable, and organized lab operations and facility manager with a proven track record of creating a safe, efficient, and pleasant lab environment. Expert in organization and troubleshooting to ensure compliance with state and federal EHS laws. Skilled in implementing efficient processes and maintaining flexibility. Focus on creating a low-stress, customer-focused, and harmonious environment. Collaborative leader actively partnering with coworkers to promote an engaged and empowering work culture. Strengths include building and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings. Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Utilizes independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Encouraging manager and analytical problem-solver with talents for team building, leading and motivating, as well as excellent customer relations aptitude and relationship-building skills. Proficient in using independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Dedicated to applying training, monitoring, and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement and boost performance. Resourceful manager offering a history of success coordinating and monitoring operations across various departments. Effective leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Highly committed with a hardworking mentality to maintain the quality of services and products.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Site Manager

Univercells Int.
12.2023 - 12.2024
  • Set up lab onboarding new equipment complete facilities buildout and securing all permits both town, state and federal allowing for production to begin on schedule
  • Running site admin and management utilizing the SAP ERP system and introducing electronic lab notebooks to organization, coordinating on site activities and budgeting with Univercells groups Quantoom and Exothera covering activities in US and Europe
  • Managing a team of seven two scientists and four RA's overseeing their training, onboarding and day to day activities
  • Managing the team and their individual goals communicating company policies objectives and ensuring team cohesion empowering each member with individual objectives and encouraging active participation in the site and its activities
  • Overseeing all permitting and EHS for site hosting IBC meeting with city ensuring all EHS rules plans and equipment were in place and liaising with safety consultants
  • Covering all shipping both domestically and internationally Univercells had very little experience of international shipping so assisted in picking a courier and managed the initial shipments arranged for local couriers and set up a US distribution structure for kits sold by Quantoom
  • Project management covering POC projects and CMO manufacturing of mRNA working with Exothera and Quantoom I oversaw the activities of the US lab team the Univercells EU teams and potential customers ensuring materials, shipping and schedule ran as smoothly as possible
  • Working with business development team to promote the company and develop new avenues of income, building name brand recognition and supporting efforts by the sales teams
  • Working with landlord on all facility activities liasing with building manager on final build out issues
  • Helping to guide the European teams through the US business and cultural environment

Senior Lab and Facility Manager

Ribon Therapeutics
02.2019 - 11.2023
  • During the pandemic I managed the shutdown of labs and facilities, kept the labs running at reduced staffing levels and safely re-opened ensuring staff were screened and able to work safely
  • Oversaw new lab buildout and lab move working with multiple vendors and consultants
  • Working with finance and senior management on yearly budget proposals and projections to manage lab and site-specific budgets
  • Managing the contracted lab technicians and liaising with their management team
  • Overseeing new employee lab onboarding, ensuring they have safety training instruction, office admin support, lab instrument access, and are aware of good lab citizenship policy
  • Serving as the primary contact for all facility-related issues in both lab and office acting as a liaison to property management, contractors, and staff
  • Responsible for on-site EHS, working with consultants, local and federal agencies to ensure state and federal codes and laws are followed, maintaining permits, and acting as the primary emergency coordinator for the site
  • Managed lab equipment across the full lifecycle purchasing, installation, and qualification of equipment, maintaining records on equipment database to ensure service contracts are in place, PMs are done, and repairs undertaken with final retirement of equipment covering IP security, decontamination
  • And safe disposal/donation
  • Maintained the equipment monitoring system responding to alerts as needed
  • I ensure the daily lab tasks are undertaken cleaning, buffer prep, waste management, inventory, and shipping/receiving
  • Updating the chemical inventory and conducting an annual audit of all chemicals and gases
  • Ensuring lab consumables are supplied with consistency of product quality and pricing
  • Set up a one stop shop location on SharePoint for staff to assist in shipping with portal access and packaging, customs information available

Lab Associate

Intellia Therapeutics
08.2017 - 01.2019
  • Setting up a consumable inventory with POU in labs
  • Maintaining gases and cryogenic liquids
  • Purchasing solvents and consumables using coupa ERP system
  • Assist with shipping and receiving
  • Managing freezer and incubator monitoring systems
  • Working with scientific staff to solve daily problems
  • Bio/chem waste management

Lab Manager

Wave Life Sciences
05.2016 - 07.2017
  • Lab consumable inventory management
  • Creating a Chemical inventory database and bar code tracking system to manage tight flammable compliance needs
  • Maintaining gases and cryogenic liquids
  • Purchasing solvents and consumables
  • Overseeing shipping and receiving
  • Contributing to safety as a member of the safety committee
  • Researching and purchasing capital equipment coordinating with contractors on facilities prep

Contractor

Novartis
08.2015 - 09.2015
  • Equipment database management

Contractor

Biogen Idec
09.2014 - 03.2015
  • Using lab instrument maintenance management system (Infor10 EAM) and Oracle I managed inventories of consumables and capital equipment
  • Liaising and coordinating with scientists, lab services, IT, EHS, and other support services to ensure efficient lab operations
  • Communicating with vendors on-boarding new equipment and scheduling preventative maintenance
  • Working within cGMP environment
  • Creating on-boarding plans and overseeing the installation of new instruments
  • Creating preventative maintenance schedules working with the finance department and vendors to optimize maintenance budgets

Senior Lab Manager

Paratek Pharmaceuticals
01.2001 - 12.2013
  • Management and operation of preparative and analytical HPLC laboratories assisting in the development of novel tetracyclines
  • Supporting major projects from initial development through to cGMP kilo scale batch deliveries for trials
  • Researched and developed new manufacturing techniques working with colleagues to improve manufacturing processes and methods

Education

BSc -

Biology Portsmouth Polytechnic

City And Guilds Engineering -

BCOT

Skills

  • An experienced, adaptable, organized lab operations and facility manager adept at creating a safe, efficient, and pleasant lab environment
  • Excelling in organization and troubleshooting, my goals are to ensure the lab and facility is safe, productive, and pleasant
  • I have a positive approach to my work and thrive on working with all the teams, groups, and individuals to push the goals and objectives of the organization forward
  • Problem-solving
  • Site inspection and management
  • Team leadership

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with team of [Number] in the development of [Project name].
  • Documented and resolved [Issue] which led to [Results].
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Supervised team of [Number] staff members.

Certification

  • RCRA Hazardous waste Management Safety partners
  • DOT Hazardous waste Management Safety partners

Timeline

Site Manager

Univercells Int.
12.2023 - 12.2024

Senior Lab and Facility Manager

Ribon Therapeutics
02.2019 - 11.2023

Lab Associate

Intellia Therapeutics
08.2017 - 01.2019

Lab Manager

Wave Life Sciences
05.2016 - 07.2017

Contractor

Novartis
08.2015 - 09.2015

Contractor

Biogen Idec
09.2014 - 03.2015

Senior Lab Manager

Paratek Pharmaceuticals
01.2001 - 12.2013

City And Guilds Engineering -

BCOT

BSc -

Biology Portsmouth Polytechnic
Richard Bushell