Phumeza Modi
Analytical Chemist
Despatch
Summary
To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education
Work History
LAB TEAM LEADER
Aspen Pharmacre, Korsten Port Elizabeth
04.2015 - 06.2020
- Stability lab
- Supervision of a team of analysts and senior analysts responsible for new and existing product stability testing according to current international and local requirements, SHE standards and company policies
- Key Performance Areas :
- Ensuring that Analysts are trained and assessed for competency, to perform stability testing
- Facilitate and track efficient execution of daily/weekly/monthly test plans with team, ensuring team goals, objectives and targets are communicated, understood and obtained
- Ensure availability of required resources (standards, reagents, glassware and equipment)
- Review and approve all raw data generated for stability testing, thereby ensuring that accurate results are obtained and submitted for management review
- Discussion, investigation and evaluation of out-of–specification and out-of-trend results
- Ensuring adherence of stability laboratory staff to the Quality System and procedures
- Ensuring adherence of stability laboratory staff to the Health and Safety regulations, as well as GLP and good housekeeping practices
- Daily/Weekly/Monthly feedback on the status and action plan for the testing schedule and any arising staff issues.
Senior Stability Laboratory Analyst
Aspen Pharmacare
Port Elizabeth
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Responsible for the rapid and accurate analysis of stability samples to ensure that
- Manufacturing and Packing departments have sufficient laboratory approved work,
- First aider and Health and safety representative
- Responsible for testing of all Stability samples according to SOP
- Tests include preparing and running of HPLC, UV-VIS and Dissolution samples; Viscosity, pH, density, Karl Fischer and Potentiometer
- Conduct weekly and daily plans in line with monthly test schedule
- Adhere to quality systems and procedures
- Contribute to monthly reports
- Review and approve raw data to ensure compliance to GLP and ISO quality systems
- Ensure availability of required resources (standards & equipment)
- Prepare Samples
- To discuss analysis and results obtained and corrections made after audit
- Process and report on results
- Analyze and report on samples submitted for investigation
- Customize chromatography and summary reports to required standards
- Review and approve raw data to ensure compliance to GLP and ISO quality systems, ICH guidelines for testing and MCC stability guidelines
- Adhere to lab and facilities health and safety procedures
- Training of New Analysts
Stability Laboratory Analyst
Aspen Pharmacare
Korsten, Port Elizabeth
01.2009 - 01.2012
- Perform analysis on samples using appropriate equipment and related techniques
- That would be for UV-Vis, HPLC, TLC and dissolution analysis
- Physicals, density, viscosity, particle size, IR, Rheometer and centrifuge and
- Coulometer
- Analyse non-routine/special request
- Investigations
- Communicate deviations
- Provide detail observations from the analysis of data and interpretation of results
- Check the availability of all consumables before analysis
- Initiate requests for reagents and standards
- Prepare and perform QC assessment of reagents and check expiry date at time of use
- Ensure that all system suitability requirements are met
- Perform quality control review of data
- Enter and control data according to GMP/GLP
- Perform analytical investigations according to SOP, on out of specification (OOS) results
- Compare results to specifications
- Maintain standard forms, analyst notebooks logbooks and electronic laboratory records.
Inservice Trainee Lab Technician
City of Cape, Water and Sanitation
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Responsible for performing numerous tests on water samples which are taken from the water treatment plants, service reservoirs, various points within the distribution system, and from swimming baths
- Various chemical analyses are also performed on ‘ad hoc’ water samples which include see pages and complaint samples from the consumer
- The numerous tests are:
- Doing wet analysis also include pH, conductivity, alkalinity, chloride, residual chlorine, ammonia and water treatment chemicals i.e
- Analysis of lime, ferric sulphate, aluminium sulphate, other tests using IC, FIA, preparing samples for GC –
- MS and preparing buffers and reagents for water treatment plants.
Laboratory Technician
BASF Straundale
Port Elizabeth
01.2005 - 01.2009
- Responsible for sample preparation of slurry sample and conducting LOD, viscosity and particle size analysis for automotive catalytic convertors samples
- To provide adequate support to the Production Department by analyzing slurries and final product
- Calibrate laboratory and production test equipment
- Capturing and documenting all analysis
- Equipment used: XRF, ICP, Particle size analyser and viscometer, LECO, Smart analyser
Education
National Diploma - Analytical Chemistry
CPUT
Cape Town 02.2002 - 07.2005
Bcom - Accounting
NMU
Gqeberha 02.2014 - Current
Skills
Strong knowledge of General and State Fund accounting principles andundefined
Timeline
LAB TEAM LEADER
Aspen Pharmacre, Korsten Port Elizabeth
04.2015 - 06.2020
Bcom - Accounting
NMU
02.2014 - Current
Senior Stability Laboratory Analyst
Aspen Pharmacare
01.2012 - 01.2015
Stability Laboratory Analyst
Aspen Pharmacare
01.2009 - 01.2012
Laboratory Technician
BASF Straundale
01.2005 - 01.2009
Inservice Trainee Lab Technician
City of Cape, Water and Sanitation
01.2004 - 01.2005
National Diploma - Analytical Chemistry
CPUT
02.2002 - 07.2005
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