Richard Lee
Sylacauga,AL
Summary
Accomplished Quality Systems Leader at Imerys Carbonates, adept in equipment troubleshooting and experience in repairing lab equipment. Demonstrated success in reducing operational expenses and enhanced teamwork by showing as an example. Excelled in maintaining stringent quality and compliance standards, showcasing a blend of technical proficiency and leadership excellence. I have experience of working with calcium carbonate made into different particle sizes that the customer has requested us to make for them. We will do our best. Quality is what I have done for 35 years. I wish to continue.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Systems Leader
Imerys Carbonates
Sylacauga, AL
03.1989 - Current
- Reduced operational expenses by implementing cost-effective solutions and proactively monitoring budgetary allocation.
- Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas.
- Identified unsafe or unhealthful workplace conditions or hazards to enforce safe work practices and procedures.
- Conducted routine inspections to check quality and compliance with established specifications.
- Collected, arranged, and input information into database system.
- Conduct instrument calibrations on lab equipment, also repair analyzer when an issues arises or internal standard are not within control limits.
- Contact vendors for laboratory chemicals, lab supplies . Entered purchase requisition in AX.
- Conduct evaluations on any new equipment that may be in future of purchasing. Must meet the 3 R's (Repeatability, Reproducibility, and Robust. Will request few vendors to visit site to prove their analyzer is the one to purchase, according to the 3R's. Then narrow down vendors.
- Conduct gage R&R with each lab technician running a known sample.
- Contact lab equipment vendors for scheduled calibrations, keep certificate of calibration in a database for any audits.
- Conduct 5S audits of areas assigned to personnel.
- Collect requested products and send for chemical analysis to outside vendor (RJLee). Enter data in known database when results are sent. Some customer require the data to be on COA.
- Maintain an adequate lab personnel staff.
- Maintain laboratory information management system, updating customer profiles, entering specifications for customers then setting up the certificate of analysis to be emailed and/or sent with shipment.
- Support the quality manager, process engineers, process technicians in purchasing equipment and test supplies.
- Maintained GE plant application for specifications for lab, production and calibrations data.
- Maintain alcohol recycling system to make sure the alcohol is clean and suitable for the analyzer. Also reduces waste.
Education
High School Diploma -
Weogufka High School
Weogufka, AL05.1982
Associate of Science - Electronics And Computer Science
Central Alabama Community College
Alexander City, ALSkills
- Equipment Troubleshooting
- Micromeritics sedigraph software and maintenance training
- Computrac moisture analyzer training
- Colorflex EZ training
- AX training for purchase requisitions of supplies, equipment and services
- DSC3 thermal analysis training
Timeline
Quality Systems Leader
Imerys Carbonates
03.1989 - Current
High School Diploma -
Weogufka High School
Associate of Science - Electronics And Computer Science
Central Alabama Community College
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