Specialist - Microbiologist - UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORPORATION - Corporate Quality, Environment, Health, & Safety / Technical Services/ Central Laboratory / Integrated Supply Chain / Co
(2021-10)
- Lead Trainor for in-house Training program: Hands-on Training in microbiological testing.
- Lead Specialist for computation and evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty, Repeatability, and Interlab Reproducibility tests.
- Performs Microbiological Analysis on commodities of Food, Water, Environmental samples, In-process goods, and Beverages.
- Prepares culture media, reagents, assay kits, and materials needed for analysis.
- Maintains safe culture and laboratory environment suitable to its activities under guidelines of Laboratory Management System, Good Laboratory Practices, and biological safety management.
- Provides technical assistance to customers: Microbiological identification, Microscopy, Training, Physical contamination identification.
- Regulates supply management.
- Plans sample scheduling.
- Prepares, reviews, signs, and issues Microbiological Test Reports.
- Core person in microbiological testing and evaluation.
- In charge of Quality control in microbiological testing: Repeatability, Computation, Measurement Uncertainty computation and evaluation, Precision Criterion, Proficiency testing, and Reference culture acquisition and maintenance.
- Generates, reviews, and revises test methods, work instruction, procedures manual, and forms.
- Performs method verification and validation.
- Provides and facilitates training within the URC laboratory premises, thru virtual, classroom, and hands-on set ups.
- Team Leader for Equipment management.
- Part of Internal Audit team, in charge of internal audit and Laboratory Management System audit across URC Philippines and International: Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and others.
- Performs other tasks assigned by the management.
Scientist 2 - Microbiologist - UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORPORATION - Corporate Quality Assurance, Central Laboratory
(2020-12 - 2021-10)
- Performs Microbiological Analysis on commodities of Food, Water, Environmental samples, In-process goods, and Beverages.
- Prepares culture media, reagents, assay kits, and materials needed for analysis.
- Maintains safe culture and laboratory environment suitable to its activities under guidelines of Laboratory Management System, Good Laboratory Practices, and biological safety management.
- Provides technical assistance to customers: Microbiological identification, Microscopy, Training, Physical contamination identification.
- Regulates supply management.
- Plans sample scheduling.
- Prepares, reviews, signs, and issues Microbiological Test Reports.
- Core person in microbiological testing and evaluation.
- In charge of Quality control in microbiological testing: Repeatability, Computation, Measurement Uncertainty computation and evaluation, Precision Criterion, Proficiency testing, and Reference culture acquisition and maintenance.
- Generates, reviews, and revises test methods, work instruction, procedures manual, and forms.
- Performs method verification and validation.
- Provides and facilitates training within the URC laboratory premises, thru virtual, classroom, and hands-on set ups.
- Team Leader for Equipment management.
- Performs other tasks assigned by the management.
QC Technologist - Microbiologist - DOXO INGREDIENTS/ QUALIBLEND Inc.
(2020-06 - 2020-11)
- Analyses samples for Microbiological Testing to ensure products complies to the standards, analyses include: TPC, YM, Enterobacteriaceae, Coliforms, E. coli, S. aureus, and Salmonella detection.
- Knowledgeable of Rapid detection test of Salmonella: Neogen, Reveal Test Kit and 3M Salmonella Express.
- Conducts timely sampling and monitoring of cleaning procedure through rapid swab (Luminometer) and conventional method.
- Recommends disposition of test items.
- Performs routing on warehouses and different production line to observe non conformities and possible risks.
- Conducts Physico-Chemical Testing samples: Raw Materials, Premixes, Finished Goods and Shelf Life/Stability samples. Testing includes: %Brix, moisture content, water activity, sensory evaluation, pH, and bulk density testing.
- Performs pre-operational checkups on production line to ensure quality maintenance of the area prior to production run.
Microbiology Laboratory Analyst 2 - Sentro sa Pagsusuri, Pananaliksik, at Pangangasiwang pang Agham at Teknolohiya Corp. (SENTROTEK Corp.)
(2019-06 - 2020-02)
- Delegates and assigns workload and schedules to analysts.
- Creates, reviews, and revise procedures and manuals based on certified reference materials and updated method.
- Knowledgeable and has in depth understanding of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and 2005 editions.
- Checks and signifies worksheets, drafts, and final reports related to all microbiological analyses.
- Microbiological evaluation of different sample types such as Food, Fertilizers, Food Supplements, Water (Potable, Waste, Dialysis, and other water), Environmental samples, such as personnel, equipment, surface swabs, and air samples, as well as Cosmetic, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical products.
- Special analyses including Percent/Time Kill Test on cosmetic and chemical products, Cosmetic Preservative Efficacy Test, Filth analysis on various food samples, as well as microbial tests on packaging materials.
- Plans and performs Proficiency Testing (PT) on commodities such as food, water, cosmetic, pharmaceuticals, hygiene, and fertilizer samples, as mandated by local and international PT-providing bodies.
- Knowledgeable on local and international standards such as FDA, PNSDW, DENR, DOH, ISO/IEC 17025, 5S, GDP, GLP.
- Provides trainings and reorientations on analytical and operational procedures in the laboratory.
- Continuously seeks for possibilities of improvement in the laboratory.
Internal Quality Auditor - Sentro sa Pagsusuri, Pananaliksik, at Pangangasiwang Pang Agham at Teknolohiya Corp. (SENTROTEK Corp.)
(2018-04 - 2020-02)
- Member of the Internal Quality Audit (IQA) team which maintains and improves the laboratory's conformance to local and international standards.
- Specializes on clauses of Accommodation and Environmental Conditions, as well as Equipment, under technical requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Edition.
- Executes meeting and planning for the audit proper.
- Coordinates all concerns to auditees and audit head.
- Provides opportunities and possible improvement on auditees through audit findings and good interpretation of conformities and NCs.
Chairman - Equipment Service Team - Sentro sa Pagsusuri, Pananaliksik, at Pangangasiwang Pang Agham at Teknolohiya Corp. (SENTROTEK Corp.)
(2017-04 - 2020-02)
- Facilitates maintenance of equipment, together with their necessary documents in good and working condition in accordance with company standards.
- Verifies, qualifies and troubleshoots most equipment inside the company. These include Biosafety Cabinets, Laminar Flow and Fume Hoods, Incubators, Stability Chambers, Ovens, Hotplate with/without stirrer, Heating Mantles, Chillers, Refrigerators, Thermometers, Hygro-thermometers, Waterbaths, Toploading Balances, and Analytical Balances.
- Provides trainings on all equipment custodians on proper handling, maintenance, verification, troubleshooting, installation, and qualification of various laboratory equipment.
- Creates and Revises procedures and forms needed for Equipment maintenance, handling, verification, troubleshooting, installation, and qualification in parallel to standards and established references.
- Facilitates meetings to maintain quality on services related to Equipment Service Team.
Microbiology Laboratory Analyst 1 - Sentro sa Pagsusuri, Pananaliksik, at Pangangasiwang pang Agham at Teknolohiya Corp. (SENTROTEK Corp.)
(2016-04 - 2019-06)
Entry-level laboratory analyst position with responsibilities in microbiological testing and analysis.
