Terrance O Dickens
Nashville,NC
Summary
Seasoned Aseptic Processing Engineer from Pfizer, adept at leading teams to drive productivity and reduce costs through strategic process improvements and strict FDA/OSHA compliance. Expert in fostering growth and optimizing resource utilization, with a proven track record of making critical production decisions and developing personnel.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Aseptic Processing Engineer
Pfizer/Black diamond Network
Rocky Mount, NC
01.2024 - Current
- Aseptic Process Engineer at Pfizer.
- specializing in supporting media fill and smoke studies processes for various production lines, including vials, ampules, and abbojects. Responsibilities encompass guiding technicians through media fill procedures, ensuring compliance with stringent industry standards, and optimizing processes within both aseptic core and clean room environments. With a focus on maintaining the highest levels of aseptic integrity, conduct thorough risk assessments of production lines to identify and mitigate potential issues.
Packaging FLL, Finishing
Glaxco Smith Kline
09.2016 - 01.2023
- Supervised 13 employee with the responsibility for interviewing, hiring and training of personnel
- Operation Production Supervisor Manufacturing/Packing of Respiratory Dry Powder Inhaler Medicines
- Lead production shift operations to deliver high quality medicinal products each and every day
- Ensure that the focus is always on right first time with respect to safety and quality
- Ensure medicines are manufactured in a quality compliant manner and all cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) are adhered to
- Represent the value stream during regulatory audits and inspections (internal and external) as directed by line management
- Ensure a quality right first-time culture through a robust Self Inspection Audit process
- Lead the recruitment of team members and then supports their continued development through the establishment of robust development and career progression plans using Workday MyPlans
- Provide frequent feedback/coaching as part of our commitment to continually develop team members
- (Embrace GSK's Production System (GPS; a lean operating system) to drive continuous improvements)
- Support the tiered accountability process to drive performance management across the balanced scorecard of safety, quality, waste, service and supply
- Embed and drive a continuous improvement culture to proactively identify and solve problems
- Develop and maintain a robust idea generation process that engages (and recognizes) team members
- Focus on the identification and implementation of value adding ideas targeting goals of Zero Accidents, Zero Incidents and Zero Waste
- Ensure robust communication within the department, including daily shift handover process, using visual metrics
- Partner with key support teams; technical, quality, scheduling and engineering/maintenance to deliver the weekly schedule at the right time and at the right cost
Supervisor of fluid handling/Cell Culture
Corning Life Sciences
10.2012 - 04.2016
- Supervise 24 employees with responsibility for interviewing, hiring and training of personnel
- Manage manufacturing process to ensure product is delivered on time and under budget while maintaining quality standards
- Plan and execute the production schedule
- Resolve employee relationship issues, evaluate conflicts and determine disciplinary actions
- Improve efficiency of production by migrating employees and equipment to maximize utilization
- Ensure high customer satisfaction ratings, maintain production goals and reduce inventory carrying costs
- Utilize Lean Manufacturing strategies to improve manufacturing processes and reduce costs
- Design training programs for new employees
- Maintain compliance with fire codes, building regulations and federal rules and EPA guidelines
- Collaborate with receiving and production personnel to review inventory levels and determine shifts in production areas that would limit materials and supplies held on hand
- Oversee utilization of staff resources and migrate workers to key areas to optimize production
Production Manager Granulation/Pharmacy
Sandoz
09.2008 - 06.2012
- Responsible for combining multiple excipients and active raw material through a design manufacturing process to produces a finished dosage form for the compression department
- Responsible for supervising a group of production technicians, packing technicians, maintenance mechanics and material handlers within assign area
- Responsible for supervising the set-up, processing, cleaning and documentation of manufacturing equipment and paper work practices with a high operational focus on housekeeping and safer work practices
- Work with the planning group to schedule production and engineering activities
- Held meeting with employees concerning daily activities and expectations
- Attended staff meetings and review nightly shift activities
Supervisor, Aseptic Filling/New process
Catalent Pharma Solutions
10.2005 - 01.2008
- Responsibilities include working with staff level management and project management, production, warehouse, with coordinating proper, efficient, and safe operation and changeovers
- Supervise the filling and capping activities of production within assigned aseptic clean rooms (class 100) to ensure that quality and throughput are maximized
- Review and write SOP's, master batch records, and incident reports
- Review daily time cards and track the attendance of staff (People Soft)
- Attend meetings regarding the filling schedule
- Train new and current employees on new and current processes
- Communicate with customers and project managers regarding current and new filling processes
- Assist with developing daily and long-range production schedules
- Ensure strict compliance with cGMP's, manufacturing process instruction (MPI), and SOP's; communicate documentation issues and discrepancies and material delays to the Production Manager
Supervisor, Aseptic, Terminal Sterilization, Isolator Supervisor
Hospira
07.2004 - 11.2005
- Hire, train, supervises, schedule, and motivate employees
- Supervised multiple departments
- Aseptic filling, Sterilization, and Isolator filling
- Manage day-to-day production activities of controlled and non-controlled drugs processing in the SVP filling department
- Ensure material transfer, batch record review, employee's labor and department budget is completed and correct
Supervisor, LVP Filling/Sterilization
Abbott Laboratories
10.2001 - 07.2004
- Monitor weekly production schedule to ensure production demands are met
- Hire, train, supervises, schedule, and motivate 17+ full and contract employees
- Manage day-to-day production activities of control and non-control drugs in the LVP finishing, SRB finishing and the re-inspection department
- Ensure material transfer, batch record review, employee's labor and department budget are completed and correct
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
Shaw University
01.1999
Skills
- Lead teams, challenge safety culture, develop strategies, and implement change that consistently drives productivity, reduces costs, promotes growth, develops people, optimizes resource utilization, and elevates the business to the next level of success
- FDA/OSHA compliance
- Process Improvement
- Make critical decisions as they relate to back orders and production demands
Accomplishments
Facilitated team charged with the decreasing of product line loses: team results included reducing product line lost by 15%., Develop cross training programs, Developing work instruction that made training and performing job functions easier., Implemented real time batch record review which reduced errors and batch record cycle time from three days to one., Championed the fill line Changeover evaluation team who central focus was analyzing current processes around breakdown, clean-up and setup time to reduce inefficiency and eliminate unnecessary down time and improve startup times., Design and had installed knee bump guards for all case conveyors on the production floor.
References
Available upon request.
Training
- Communicating with others
- Leading Effective Meetings
- Integrated Software
- Working in Teams
- Coaching Skills
- Memory Jogger
- Communicating to make a difference
- Adapting to change
- Cultural Competence Workshop
- Formal investigation writing
- Basic Outreach Worker Training
Suffix
Sr.
Middleinitial
O
Timeline
Aseptic Processing Engineer
Pfizer/Black diamond Network
01.2024 - Current
Packaging FLL, Finishing
Glaxco Smith Kline
09.2016 - 01.2023
Supervisor of fluid handling/Cell Culture
Corning Life Sciences
10.2012 - 04.2016
Production Manager Granulation/Pharmacy
Sandoz
09.2008 - 06.2012
Supervisor, Aseptic Filling/New process
Catalent Pharma Solutions
10.2005 - 01.2008
Supervisor, Aseptic, Terminal Sterilization, Isolator Supervisor
Hospira
07.2004 - 11.2005
Supervisor, LVP Filling/Sterilization
Abbott Laboratories
10.2001 - 07.2004
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
Shaw University
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