Bekki Ford

Experience

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  Shell

  Sept 1991 - Mar 1995

  On commencing this position, I was required to rotate duties through several manufacturing plants and departments. In each facility, I completed a project on a certain operation section. One task involved analysis of storage facilities within Shell. Whilst completing these projects, I also had to learn sections of the plant in-depth and take responsibility for that area. After the first six months I was allocated the High Vacuum plant, within which I was given a specific area and under took al operator requirements. Sampling and monitoring conditions. Show less

  • Multi-Skilled Shift Production Operator

    Mar 1993 - Mar 1995

  • Maintence and Electrical Fitter

    Sept 1991 - Mar 1993
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  NEDI

  Mar 1995 - Jun 1995

  Shift Production Operator and Engineer

  Manufacture of chemical insecticide packages including quality control checks for product strength and packaging.

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  P & I Castings

  Jun 1995 - Sept 1995

  Production Operator

  Answerable to the floor supervisor, main duties included the production of wax templates to be used in a further manufacturing process to produce component parts for customers. This included producing small gears or levers out of specialised wax.

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  Cytec Solvay Group

  Sept 1995 - Jul 1996

  Laboratory Technician, Research and development Dep

  Working on the liquid resin transfer project, which included all test work and several meetings involving the Research Company PERA, who headed an overall development project. Other duties included the production and test of research materials for major customers, involving the development of new material sand resins required for customers.

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  Baker Hughes

  Jul 1996 - now

  Manage a busy 24/7 lab team operating on DuPont and continental shift patterns. Support the QC Eastern Hemisphere Lead through managing, planning, organising, implementing and controlling the daily activities of the QC laboratory to ascertain that both raw materials and array of finished goods meet internal and external specification. This includes management for lab workflow, sample analysis, sample retention, standards management, raw material qualification, outsourced testing, inventory management and document management. Ensure execution of data integrity checks / verifications per procedures. Review SOPs and work instructions. Data Review and Release responsibilities. Review of routine supporting test data and results, including sample preparation records, chromatograms, logbooks, calculations, and data sheets. Enter results in SAP/LIMS.Manage QC lab equipment budget, equipment purchases, installation and initiate change control as needed. Development of lab equipment qualification, protocols and reports. Manage specific area’s equipment administration, including calibration, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting as needed. Compliance / Continuous Improvement within Lab Function Area. Ensure all lab processes are adhering to relevant regulatory and global company policies & procedures.Participate in internal audits. Work collaboratively with Planning, QA, Manufacturing, technical service and Operations to drive continuous improvement. Monitor lab KPIs and drive improvements. Ensure all customer complaints are investigated, improvements implemented and response made in a timely manner. Lead in manufacturing fault investigations, including root cause actions and product remediation. Show less • Responsible for day to day supervision of the QC laboratory during manager absence. Proven ability to manage daily requirements and demands on a busy lab.• Liaising with manufacturing department via morning production meetings.• Involved with implementing and contributing to process improvements.• Assessor for the competency management programme including delivering training when required. • In-depth knowledge of all the QC test requirements and the instruments required to perform tests. This includes co-ordinating services & calibrations and when required performing minor repairs. • Responsible for and developed Non-conforming material system, including performing investigations into the root causes, obtaining remediation recommendations, reporting findings and organising meeting to discuss corrective actions.• Experienced in writing and maintaining QC methods. Show less • Worked in a team of two people per 12-hour shift, with help during heavy day periods. The team receives outputs samples from reactors from various plants. These samples must then be analysed to determine quality and accumulate data for certificates of analysis and historical data. This is using a variety of test methods both instrumental and physical. Products must then be adjusted if required using raw materials available on our site. • Other aspects of this work involve the issuing of batch cards, also non-routine testing for customers. A further requirement is to analyse and problem solve on non-conforming batches. A lot of the work unsupervised. • Fully trained member of the audit team for HSE procedures regularly completing audits. • Headed a $10M project to refurbish the QC lab, this included lab design, safety requirements and coordinating the movement into a temporary lab for 6 month and the return once work was complete. Show less • Responsible for completing technical service requests assigned via production manager. • Carry out specialised corrosion test procedures for routine samples and for customers.• Completing the purchase of modified or specially designed equipment and in some cases designing equipment required.• A trained member of the auditing team for ISO 9001, which includes the responsibility for auditing specific procedures, selected for me.• Responsible for the Lubricity Project, which included carrying out, specialised test work Liaising with customers and sales personnel. Ensuring suitable chemical selection has been made within time limits set by customers. I carried out minor maintenance of equipment required to complete test work. I also aided in the organisation of specially arranged training courses held for our sales personnel and selected customers. Being responsible for producing the manual to accompany these courses. This work included re-writing of sections within the manual to update it. Show less

  • Lead Quality Engineer - Eastern Hemisphere

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Product Quality Manager

    Sept 2022 - Jan 2024

  • Manufacturing Manager - Production Quality

    Feb 2020 - Sept 2022

  • Production Quality Control Specialist & Quality Control Lab Supervisor

    Sept 2018 - Feb 2020

  • QC Day Chemist

    Mar 2015 - Sept 2018

  • Shift Quality Control Chemist

    Sept 1998 - Mar 2015

  • Senior Laboratory Technician, Corrosion Dept

    Jul 1996 - Sept 1998