Earl J. Blackhorse

86 East Danta Drive, Draper, Utah 84020

Cell: (801) 949-3711

Work: (801) 565-5325

Email: earl.blackhorse@gmail.com

 

 

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position in the Medical Manufacturing and Health Administration field.

 

PROFILE

Experience in the following areas:

 

Environmental Technician    Calibration Technician    Quality Assurance Inspector

Document Control   Labeling Technician        Production (Assembler I, II & III)      Production Lead                   Head Custodian

 

Proven leadership skills developing and motivating department and team.

Determined to reach goals and implement new idea’s.

Overseeing of departments while coordinating meetings with vendors.

Creating schedules, graphs and training while supervising departments.

Well organized and dedicated to maintaining the highest quality standards.

Able to work on my own initiative as well as part of a team.

Self-motivated and self-managing.

Very detail oriented and eager to learn new processes.

 

EDUCATION

 

Hillcrest High School, Midvale, UT- High School Diploma- 1995

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

2011-2014    Edwards Lifesciences, Draper, UT

THV Manufacturing for BAV line and currently Quality Department for THV-

Responsibilities: Building the BAV line and maintaining knowledge of all manufacturing stations. Moved to QA department and am currently maintaining knowledge of all lines in THV.  Cross-trained into boxing department and PV lab and assisted with testing of functionality of all products. Assisted with DHR inside manufacturing, daily audits and multipack audits.

 

2010-2011    ICU Medical Inc., Salt Lake City, Ut

Quality Assurance Inspector (A1 Shift)-

Responsibilities: Duties included being a floater for day shift QA's when they were absent, not available or in need of additional help in their respective departments. This included coverage and knowledge of five different departments.

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2009-2010    Bluff Elementary School, Bluff, UT (San Juan School District)

Head Custodian-

Responsibilities: Maintain school grounds and keep facilities clean. Maintain

inventory of supplies and chemicals, knowledge of MSDS, conduct maintenance upon request and follow through with management and staff.  Worked with students and staff, volunteered for school functions and implemented school safety policies including conducting all drills with logging of proper paperwork.

 

2007-2008    Edwards Lifesciences, Midvale, UT

Calibration Technician-

Responsibilities: Multitask with Environmental Technician. Conducted check out and

co-ordination of all tools used to test or build products for calibration and repairs with the correct procedures and approved source vendors. Maintained in-house calibration

for simple tools, co-ordinated and reviewed all documents, data entry, excel trending

graphs and reviewed them with the appropriate supervisor. Filed documents, coordinated company audits, assisted with calibration software validations, resolved problems and made routine recommendations. Maintained good rapport with internal and external customers while remaining very detail oriented. Helped with training and education of tools for management and production procedures for calibration.

 

2005-2008    Edwards Lifesciences, Midvale, UT

Environmental Technician-

Responsibilities: Multitask with QA, Document Control and Calibration

Technician. conducted environmental monitoring and testing per procedures weekly,

monthly, quarterly, semiannually and annually. Tested Surface, Finger, Airborne Microbial, Airborne Particulates, RODI Water system with Hardness test, Compressed Air with Dew Point Test, Bioburden of products, cleaning logs, vermin control and chemicals inventory. Coordinated tests, working with vendors, completed all data entry, insured accuracy of paperwork, and graphs and shipped samples to labs. Creating and insured understanding of graphs and trending, participated in reviews with appropriate supervisor, filed all documents, helped with product knowledge, worked directly with contractors and conducted company trainings for others to receive general instruction. Worked with EWO, (Exception Work Order), system validation of clean rooms, emergency testing and audits in-house and from KEMA and the FDA and acquired knowledge of MSDS (Material Standard Data Sheet).

 

2007    Edwards Lifesciences, Midvale, UT

Document Control Department-

Responsibilities: Multitask with Environmental Technician and QA. Helped conduct reviews of work orders for GMP, insured entries were completed in the computer, that all NCR’s were completed, that all ECR’s were followed, all counts were accounted for and insured that all tests were completed. Also helped fill out completed work orders and finishing of final release of products.

 

 

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2003-2007    Edwards Lifesciences, Midvale, UT

Quality Assurances Inspector (QA)-

Responsibilities: Multitask with Environmental Technician and Document

Control Department. Inspect and test products according to sample sizes, conduct daily audit reviews, reporting areas for GMP and made sure products were built according to SOP. Coordinated daily, weekly, and monthly audits, verified training records and inspected incoming parts in the material warehouse. Also inspected and pull tested outgoing products for final release after sterilization and performed follow-up on NCR’s (Non Conformance Reports) and ECR (Emergency Change Reports).

 

2000-2003    Edwards Lifesciences, Midvale, UT

Boxing Assembler III and Labeling Technician-

Responsibilities: Printing unit and carton labels and DFU’s (Direction For Use)

for boxing department. Dealing with inspecting labels and DFU’s for each product shipment. Work Orders, following SOP (Standard Operation Procedures), and GMP (Good Manufacturing Process).

 

1995-2000    Research Medical, Midvale, UT

Oven Technician, Assembler I, II and III and Production Lead-

Responsibilities: Building, dipping, tacking, final inspection, hole punching, and

lathe cutting on catheter's. Taking care of production as a lead, managing workers on lines, paperwork and using skill and experience to solve problems.

 

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

 

Classes in Microsoft Office including Power Point, Excel I and II, Microsoft Word. Also received training on No Sweat Statistics. Attended workshops for Root Cause Investigation for CAPA, completed classes at Salt Lake Community College Corporate Training Department for Customer Services and received Certification in First Aid and CPR while at Bluff Elementary School.

 

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

 

Assisted with the first OnLine Labeling System in Boxing Department for Edwards

Life Sciences. Received Employee of the Year in 2001 with the Quality Champion Award for outstanding commitment to detail and quality. Reorganized and implemented a better flow system for the Calibration and Environmental Department through the 5-S system. Implemented the first in-house Compressed Air Microbial Test for the Environmental Department which resulted in a company savings of $400.00 per year.

Received Employee of the Year in 2010 at Bluff Elementary School. Helped

administer Community Activities in Bluff, UT, for parents, kids and families. Currently serving on the Utah Area Board of Directors for ChildHelp, a National Charity which raises funds for the education and prevention of child abuse nationwide.

 

Letters of Recommendation available upon request-

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