Nicola Smith Email Address

LIMS Project Technician

glanbia.com

CAREER HISTORY EMPLOYERS: Glanbia Group POSITION HELD: Lab technician/ Quality Technician DATES: March 2013 – Present date DUTIES INCLUDED: • I have been based in the Chemistry/Quality Lab in Glanbia Group Ireland since March 2013. • Duties include testing raw material, in process and finished goods e.g. raw milk, dried powder and fresh cream • Daily checks to ensure samples were collected correctly in a hygiene manner • Designing new laboratory manual, SOPs, Checksheets etc. • Auditing • Training employees e.g. sampling procedures, new SOP’s, allergen training etc • Updating the Quality Manual for ISO audit • Monitoring QC records and Production Trends • Generating reports EMPLOYERS: Silvercrest Food, Ireland. POSITION HELD: Microbiologist DATES: April 2010 – December 2011 DUTIES INCLUDED: • Liaising with the quality assurance department to ensure all samples were received by the relevant laboratories for testing • Daily running of the microbiology laboratory • Environmental Mmonitoring - conducted weekly and daily water testing and environmental swabbing • Updated the Laboratory Manual • Trained up new junior microbiologists • Conducted the Annual Lab Accreditation Audit • Updated the Micro trends every day • Reported Out Of Specification results results to management EMPLOYERS: Dawn Farm Foods, Naas, Co Kildare. POSITION HELD: Lab Aide/Junior Technician DATES: May 2008 – April 2010 DUTIES INCLUDED: • General Micro Testing. • Dispatching of samples to External Laboratory • Updated certain areas in the Laboratory Manual • General assistance to the Laboratory manager dealing with external stakeholders