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Ryan Bird

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

PRODUCTION BIOTECHNOLOGIST

BOVOGEN BIOLOGICALS
04.2023 - 11.2023
  • This role as a Production Biotechnologist has given me great insight into the requirements of working in a facility that produces a product under strict GMP, GLP, and OH&S guidelines
  • Responsibilities: Operating large-scale manufacturing machinery
  • Monitor and run the production of BSA through each fractionation step
  • Set running conditions for both centrifuges to run (depending on if primary or secondary clarification is occurring)
  • Monitor flow rate and make sure no loss of product occurs
  • Monitor clarity of product and adjust parameters accordingly
  • Diagnose any issues and rectify
  • Completing batch record documentation
  • Perform each Quality Control step along the production process and flag any non-conforming results
  • From using a Spectrophotometer at multiple stages, to pH, conductivity, and temperature measurements
  • Carefully monitor and direct the movement of product from different tanks using pumps, pipes, hoses and valves
  • Make additions of both Caustic (NaOH) and Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) to carefully adjust the pH to achieve the desired range
  • Clean and sanitize all equipment involved in the production process
  • Working in a sterile environment using the correct PPE to prevent microbial growth or contamination
  • Represent the production crew at team meetings and discuss where the manufacturing process is up to for a smooth hand-over for the afternoon shift to begin
  • Operating a forklift truck.

QUALITY CONTROL FACILITATOR

AKZO NOBEL - INTERPON
02.2015 - 11.2022
  • After years of experience under my belt as a Q.C Technician, the opportunity presented itself for me to move into the Facilitator role
  • This broadened my knowledge and skill-set within the Q.C Lab and Factory
  • Responsibilities: Undertook the roll of Team Leader/Supervisor on weekend shifts (12 factory operators, 2 Lab staff)
  • Needed to be responsible for the shift achieving all the required scheduling targets
  • This would include identifying any issues that may occur throughout the day and creating solutions/problem solving to allow the production process to run as effectively and efficiently as possible without issue
  • I have always been "Safety" focused, but the Facilitator role allowed me to become a BBS (Behavioural Based Safety) observer
  • This required me to undertake multiple observations per month in different areas of the site and observe a task being performed
  • The key focus was on making sure the tasks where being conducted safely from an "outside" set of eyes
  • Dialogue would then occur between the observer and team member carrying out the task to see if improvements could be implemented to help the task be performed more safely
  • SAP knowledge acquired
  • This includes release of stock, movement of stock, additions and reversals
  • Data Entry - This would include batch records, uploading visual copies of batch documentation and long term warranty testing data
  • Problem solving skills became more fine-tuned
  • This came from dealing with not only factory issues regarding quality, but also customer complaints
  • Represent the Quality Team at both the morning toolbox meeting (communicate to the factory operators) and the daily performance meeting (communicate to the lab staff and supervisors) around any problems that may have arisen or require attention, in the factory quality control process
  • Approve and sign off product for batch release
  • Able to calibrate lab equipment
  • Experience with using Colos Designer and Bartender Automation software for creating/printing box labels, extruder labels, warning labels etc.

QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIAN

AKZO NOBEL - INTERPON
02.2007 - 02.2015
  • I began at Akzo Nobel as a Q.C Technician
  • This introduced me to the entire powder coatings process, from production to Q.C testing to release
  • It also familiarized me with the needs of a Q.C lab to run efficiently
  • Responsibilities: Powder coat samples at the required film thickness and maintain the spray gun, sieve grinder and booth efficiently so no contamination occurs to ensure clean product
  • Data Entry of long term warranty test results into Microsoft Excel
  • This included preparing, keeping track of and testing the coated samples after long term exposure to salt, humidity and UV conditions
  • Fully conduct the complete lab process of weighing raw materials, mixing, lab extruding, grinding, sieving, spraying, baking, testing and adjusting when required to achieve the desired product
  • Extensive experience in using data colour software to adjust pigment quantities to achieve the desired colour specification
  • Accurately test and assess powder lab samples for quality issues that may prevent release
  • These can include problems with inclusions, flow, orange peel, depth of image, sparkles, oversize, cure, pin holes, spots and colour
  • Familiar with using SAP, Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
  • Proficient in following Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and updating when necessary.

Education

Certificate IV in Payroll Administration (11101NAT) -

Certificate IV in Laboratory Technology -

Victoria University: Footscray Nicholson Campus
Footscray, VIC

Completion of VCE -

Braybrook Secondary College
Braybrook, VIC

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Enter data correctly in SAP and other applications too
  • Ensure output is as per instruction
  • Identifying and resolve issues within the place of work and to clients
  • Ability to work in a team or autonomously
  • Safety Focused
  • Reliable
  • Goal Driven

Certification

TLILIC0003 licence to operate a forklift truck (LF), 01/02/2023, Start Training Group, 3/1825 Ferntree Gully Road, Ferntree Gully, VIC, 3156

Timeline

PRODUCTION BIOTECHNOLOGIST

BOVOGEN BIOLOGICALS
04.2023 - 11.2023

QUALITY CONTROL FACILITATOR

AKZO NOBEL - INTERPON
02.2015 - 11.2022

QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIAN

AKZO NOBEL - INTERPON
02.2007 - 02.2015

Certificate IV in Payroll Administration (11101NAT) -

Certificate IV in Laboratory Technology -

Victoria University: Footscray Nicholson Campus

Completion of VCE -

Braybrook Secondary College

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