Experience

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  Caps pharmaceuticals

  Jan 2006 - Jul 2007

  Research and development analyst

  . Performing analytical and biological tests according to international pharmacopoeia, regulatory and corporate standards.. Quality assurance and quality control checks in accordance with the MCAZ, GLP and GMP guidelines.. Verification of compendia procedures for product analysis.. Stability testing of pharmaceutical products.. Monitored the wastewater from manufacturing processes to ensure compliance to environmental law.. Drug formulation for pilot batch development.. Instrument techniques : GC,HPLC,Karl Fischer,Dissolution apparatus,ph meter.. Internal GMP auditing.. Air sampling for viable and non-viable particle count tests.. Writing and reviewing manufacturing and laboratory SOPs.. Inventory management Show less

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  Zimbabwe glass industries ltd

  Feb 2010 - Aug 2010

  Graduate trainee production chemist

  • Raw material reception: Ensuring the raw materials delivered meet the required specifications.. Recording the tonnage received in an effort to calculate the consumption rate and percentage yield.• Batch formulation-creating a recipe, advising the ingredients to be used for the product to be manufactured.• Monitoring the melting process by manipulating furnace conditions and relative parameters.• Monitoring the forming process to ensure no irregularities are observed during gob formation.• Cold end inspection: Quality control checks on the final product before dispatch.• Research and development into ways of improving production and energy efficiency as well as waste management, a vital unit in overall environmental protection. Show less

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  Zesa holdings

  Aug 2010 - now

  Laboratory technologist

  . Transformer oil sampling in accordance with the preventative maintenance schedule.. Comprehensive transformer oil analysis to assess the real-time condition of the equipment and diagnose/troubleshoot equipment failure.. Generating analytical reports, outlining any functional irregularities in the equipment tested and suggesting remediation procedures.. Customer relations – generating quotations, and expanding the customer base by marketing the services provided.. Ensures all testing methodology and quality control procedures are performed according to ISO17025, ASTM and IEC standards.. Polychlorinated biphenyl analysis and data capture.. Laboratory inventory management.. Reducing equipment downtime through predictive maintenance techniques.. Monitoring the effectiveness of corrective actions suggested and/or continuous improvement of the oil testing laboratory. Show less

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  Zimbabwe power company

  Jan 2011 - Nov 2011

  Power plant chemist

  . Monitoring and trending the steam, feed, boiler and stator chemistry.. Proximate and Ultimate analysis of coal.. Management of ambient air quality and stack flue gas monitoring.. Boiler water analysis and treatment.. Contributions to controlling the departmental budget, planning and purchasing.. Member of the boiler tube failure emergency response and failure reduction team.. Scheduling and maintaining calibration and qualification programs for laboratory equipment.. Responsible for operating various analytical instruments including but not limited to (HPLC, GC, FTIR, NMR, UV/VIS).. Participating in design reviews of Thermal power plant Process Chemistry Systems.. Overview and tracking of plant deviations, Occurrence Management.. Interpreting and reporting quality and laboratory data, analysing experimental data and compiling plant reports for the engineering department.. Commissioning of the plant on return to service.. Collaboration in the demineralisation plant configuration change. Show less