Self-aware Quality Assurance Lab Technician prepared to take the next step with a new team. Extensive experience in product inspections, audits, lab testing and customer specification safeguarding. An excellent team player with first-rate verbal and written communication skills.
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Shaina Wood
Grapevine,TX
Summary
Overview
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Precise Food Ingredients
Quality Assurance Laboratory Technician
11.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Quickly, excelling laboratory technician with 1.5 years of experience with Precise Food Ingredients
- Successfully manages laboratory equipment setup, inventory, accurately completes calibration logs, increasing efficiency with organizational skills and ability to work across departments
- Earned PCQI certification, BRCGS Issue 9 Standard, and BRCGS Internal Auditing certification in less than one year
- Assessing incoming raw materials and reviewing Certificates of Analysis before release for production
- Manage service accounts and contracts
- Issue purchase orders for laboratory equipment and supplies
- Daily laboratory testing of finished goods to match customers' specifications (organoleptic, salt titration with Metler Toledo T7, sieves with Rotap, color (Lab), pH, moisture analysis with Leco TMG800, and others)
- Management of quality documentation
- Reviewing batch records for potential allergen cross contamination and/or completion errors prior to product release
- Assists in environmental risk management, and corresponding testing methods (allergen, ATP, and microbiological testing)
- SOP development and implementation
- Support R&D during product development with product matching, raw material provisions, and new product trial runs in an industrial setting
- Effectively correspond with suppliers, vendors, and technicians for equipment setup, maintenance, and repairs
- Create and submit maintenance requests for laboratories and production equipment
- Sensory testing as per customer's specification and for R&D product development purposes
- Work daily with team to effectively and efficiently complete all tasks assigned to quality assurance
- Continuously develop methods and strategies to improve productivity
- Daily cleaning of equipment as explained in corresponding SOP.
Small Business Owner
Cosmetologist
01.2008 - 08.2022
Job overview
- Managing day-to-day operations of sole proprietorship
- Maintained inventory and operated within budget
- Developed cost control and up-sell strategies to maximize profits
- Attended trade shows, and continuing education courses to stay up to date on market trends
- Assessed customers' needs and provided reliable, stable environment for services received
- Scheduling appointments and processing payments w
- Procurement of products as needed for operations
- Maintained accurate and up to date clientele records
- Developed, nurtured, and maintained long-term relationships.
Education
Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, TX
B.S. Food and Nutrition in Business Industry
12.2022
University Overview
- Relevant Coursework: General Chemistry, Organic chemistry, Microbiology, Anatomy & Physiology, Nutritional Science, Nutrition through Lifecyle, Food Product Development & Trends, Controversies in NFS
- GPA: 3.7
Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, TX
Business Entrepreneurship Minor
12.2022
University Overview
Relevant Coursework: Fundamentals of Accounting, Principles of Management, Statistics & Principles of Marketing
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Dynamics NAV
- PCQI (Preventative Controls Qualified Individual) for Human Food
- BRCGS Issue 9 standard complete training certification
- BRCGS Issue 9 standard Internal Auditing certification
- ServSafe Manager
- Hubspot Awards 2021: Frictionless Sales, Inbound Sales, Sales Enablement
- GMP knowledgeable
Timeline
Quality Assurance Laboratory Technician
Precise Food Ingredients
11.2022 - Current
Cosmetologist
Small Business Owner
01.2008 - 08.2022
Texas Woman's University
B.S. Food and Nutrition in Business Industry
Texas Woman's University
Business Entrepreneurship Minor
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