Experience

Port Hawkesbury Paper LP

• Canada
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality and Environmental Technician

  • Sep 2012 - Present

  Port Hawkesbury, NS • Environmental Testing: BOD, COD, TSS, flow calculations, and analysis of water and wastewater samples using Atomic Absorption and Ion Chromatography. • Water Testing: Chlorine, turbidity, aluminum, hardness, alkalinity, pH, and conductivity. • Chemical Testing: Caustic strength, SO2, sulfuric acid strength, hydrogen peroxide strength, and residual peroxide in pulp. • Pulp Testing: Consistency, Canadian Standard Freeness (CSF), fiber length, pH, ash, residual peroxide, brightness, and… Show more • Environmental Testing: BOD, COD, TSS, flow calculations, and analysis of water and wastewater samples using Atomic Absorption and Ion Chromatography. • Water Testing: Chlorine, turbidity, aluminum, hardness, alkalinity, pH, and conductivity. • Chemical Testing: Caustic strength, SO2, sulfuric acid strength, hydrogen peroxide strength, and residual peroxide in pulp. • Pulp Testing: Consistency, Canadian Standard Freeness (CSF), fiber length, pH, ash, residual peroxide, brightness, and hand-sheets for physical testing. • Paper Testing: Paper moisture, caliper, basis weight, tear, tensile, friction, internal bond, gloss, burst, ash, brightness, color, roll tightness, roll hardness, and paper sampling. • Other: ISO 9001 procedure writing, escorting ISO auditors during inspections, Certificate of Analysis (COA) for paper customers, and working with Instrumentation personnel to calibrate meters and scanners. Show less



Verso Corporation

• United States
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Relief Laboratory Coordinator

  • Oct 2009 - Sep 2011

  The Lab Coordinator reports to the Environmental and Technical Services Manager and looks after all responsibilities in four separate labs at NewPage Port Hawkesbury. This includes employee scheduling, lab financial budgeting, ordering supplies, and the maintenance and calibration of equipment. Duties: • Provided vacation relief for the Laboratory Coordinator. This included the supervision and scheduling of nine employees in a laboratory setting. • Calibrated Laboratory Equipment… Show more The Lab Coordinator reports to the Environmental and Technical Services Manager and looks after all responsibilities in four separate labs at NewPage Port Hawkesbury. This includes employee scheduling, lab financial budgeting, ordering supplies, and the maintenance and calibration of equipment. Duties: • Provided vacation relief for the Laboratory Coordinator. This included the supervision and scheduling of nine employees in a laboratory setting. • Calibrated Laboratory Equipment in four separate labs. • Ordered supplies and chemicals for lab and water/wastewater treatment • Monitored and scheduled water/wastewater treatment sampling and testing as per Provincial and Federal regulations • Monitored Quality Control and Environmental test data for accuracy and integrity • Compiled product specification data sheets to provide to customers • Compiled Certificates of Analysis for customer paper shipments • Updated ISO Procedures • Provided paper samples to potential customers

• Laboratory Technician

  • Feb 1998 - Sep 2011

  The Lab Technician reports to the Environmental and Technical Services Manager and works in conjunction with mill management, engineers and instrumentation personnel to solve various environmental and run ability issues. This includes site investigation, troubleshooting and verification of instrument calibration. Duties: • Environmental Testing: BOD, COD, solids, flow calculations, and analysis of water and wastewater samples using Atomic Absorption and Ion… Show more The Lab Technician reports to the Environmental and Technical Services Manager and works in conjunction with mill management, engineers and instrumentation personnel to solve various environmental and run ability issues. This includes site investigation, troubleshooting and verification of instrument calibration. Duties: • Environmental Testing: BOD, COD, solids, flow calculations, and analysis of water and wastewater samples using Atomic Absorption and Ion Chromatography • Water Testing: Chlorine, hardness, alkalinity, pH, conductivity • Chemical Testing: Caustic strength, SO2 , Sulfuric acid strength, hydrogen peroxide strength, and residual peroxide in pulp • Pulp Testing: consistency, canadian standard freeness (CSF), fiber length, pH, ash, residual peroxide, brightness, and hand-sheets for physical testing • Paper Testing: paper moisture, caliper, basis weight, tear, tensile, friction, internal bond, gloss, burst, ash, brightness, color, roll tightness, roll hardness, and paper sampling • Other: ISO procedure writing, Certificate of Analysis (COA) for NewPage paper customers, working with Instrumentation to calibrate meters and scanners