DASHAWN HINTON
Raleigh
Summary
Resourceful Operations Technician known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in process optimization, equipment maintenance, and safety protocols. Excel in problem-solving, teamwork, and adaptability to ensure seamless operations and project success.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Sterile Supply Technician
Merck Sharp & Dohme
Durham
06.2024 - 06.2026
- Work in sterile supply supplying purification with sterile assemblies and components.
- Operates various computer-controlled process support/process equipment (i.e., washers and autoclaves).
- Executes all documentation and clerical functions necessary for proper accountability and traceability of the product.
- Maintains, inventories, and transports all required processing equipment, materials, supplies, and products needed to support manufacturing.
- Assists in the troubleshooting of equipment when necessary.
- Performs housekeeping in all work areas.
- Executes facility sanitization and decontamination according to approved procedures.
- Identifies and addresses compliance, environmental, safety, and process deviations as appropriate, and escalates to appropriate personnel.
- Attends and actively participates in safety and housekeeping, walkthroughs, 5S, kaizen events, or any other operations, lean six sigma, quality, safety, or environmental training initiatives as required.
Packaging Set Up Operator
Guerbet
Raleigh
01.2023 - 06.2024
- Set-up and operate various types of equipment, including labeler, cartoner, and Case Packer.
- Performe daily preventative maintenance on equipment to maintain peak performance levels.
- Monitor production runs and identify any issues with quality or operation of the machines.
- Troubleshoot machine problems and make repairs as needed or report them to maintenance personnel for resolution.
- Follow all safety procedures while operating machinery.
- Maintain detailed records of production activities in logbooks and computer systems.
- Conduct periodic tests on completed work pieces to verify accuracy of output against standards.
- Stock tools, supplies and other materials required for setup.
- Disassemble components when needed for repair or replacement purposes.
- Clean up work area after completion of machining operations according to safety regulations.
- Train new employees on setup operations techniques.
- Monitored production line, watching for pile-ups or jams.
- Perform line clearances when switching batches.
Filling Operator
Guerbet Inc
Raleigh
05.2020 - 01.2023
- Assemble, disassemble, maintain, and sanitize the production operating equipment as necessary
- Monitor production equipment while in operation to ensure quality of product
- Ensure that production equipment is safe and that while in operation it is run safely
- Complete all necessary documentation regarding the equipment and its operational performance to meet regulatory and cGMP requirements
- Run Autoclave to sterilize tips and pistons for filling lines
- Operate Vial and syringe washer
- Process components (wash, extract, rinse, and siliconize
- Prepare the equipment prior to each batch operation according to SOPs and quality controls, adjusting for size and/or product as necessary
- Checking in and cutting down stage components.
- Loaded bottles onto conveyor belts for filling.
- Inspected finished products for defects prior to packing.
- Assisted in loading raw materials into hoppers of the filling machines.
- Changed equipment over to new product.
- Cleared machine jams to reset malfunctions for production line.
Product Assembler
Caterpillar Inc
Clayton
10.2013 - 05.2020
- Follow documented procedures to perform safe and defect free assembly and adjustment of parts and components
- Review work orders and blueprints to ensure work is performed according to specifications
- Complete production reports to communicate team production level to management
- Rotate through all the tasks required in a particular production process
- Determine work assignments and procedures
- Maintain production equipment and machinery
- Provide assistance in the production of wiring assemblies
- Operated hoists, cranes and other heavy machinery to transport materials and parts.
Purification Operator
Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc
11.2018 - 06.2019
- Operates and monitors chemical processing equipment through manual operations, panel boards, indicators, PLC displays, and DCS screens following applicable batch records, procedures and good documentation practices
- Controls process operations and monitors process conditions
- Performs real time documentation during production run and maintains accurate records/logs
- Performs general housekeeping in compliance with the high standards required of the production
- Work in clean room operating centrifuges
- Delivers samples to laboratory and retrieves operating supplies from storeroom
- Operates forklifts, hoists, and other material handling devices to physically move bulk raw materials, WIP, and packaged goods to and from pick-up points.
Packaging Technician
bioMerieux Inc
02.2013 - 08.2013
- Prepares, processes, inspects, and packages finished product
- Monitor and responds to basic functioning needs of area equipment, i.e
- Line speed, feeding product, line clearances, loading or unloading materials
- Adhere to all SOPs, cGMPs and Plant Quality, and Safety.
Production Associate Inspector
Spectraforce Technologies Inc
04.2012 - 11.2012
- Inspected glass vials for defects before vials go into packing
- Documented defects and notified appropriate departments such as Q&A, VMF team leaders and Coach
- Work with Cap and Inspect Production Associates doing tray-off, palletizing, and tray flipping assignments.
Product Assembler
BelFlex Staffing Network
10.2011 - 04.2012
- Position or align components for assembly, manually or using crane
- Rework, repair, or replace damaged parts or assemblies
- Maintain and lubricate parts or components
- Set and verify parts clearances
- Read and interpret assembly blueprints or specifications manuals and plan assembly or building operations
- Remove rough spots and smooth surfaces to fit, trim, or clean parts, using hand tools or power tools
- Lay out and drill, ream, tap, or cut parts for assembly
- Fasten or install piping, fixtures, or wiring and electrical components to form assemblies or subassemblies, using hand tools
Production Technician
Hospira
05.2006 - 05.2010
- Operate, tend, monitor, service, make minor adjustments, assemble, disassemble, clean and sterilize one or more of a variety of production related equipment in compliance with equipment, product and process GMP's and safety regulations
- Complete a variety of accountability reports pulls samples for testing and performs routine product functional tests online
- Adhere to all SOPs, cGMPs and Plant Quality, Safety, and Documentation systems requirements.
Education
High School Diploma -
Northeastern High School
Elizabeth City, NCSkills
- Equipment operation
- Process monitoring
- Preventive maintenance
- Machine operation
- Electronic Batch Records
- SAP Operations
- Troubleshooting equipment
- Assembly procedures
- Lean manufacturing techniques
- Product inspection
Timeline
Sterile Supply Technician
Merck Sharp & Dohme
06.2024 - 06.2026
Packaging Set Up Operator
Guerbet
01.2023 - 06.2024
Filling Operator
Guerbet Inc
05.2020 - 01.2023
Purification Operator
Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc
11.2018 - 06.2019
Product Assembler
Caterpillar Inc
10.2013 - 05.2020
Packaging Technician
bioMerieux Inc
02.2013 - 08.2013
Production Associate Inspector
Spectraforce Technologies Inc
04.2012 - 11.2012
Product Assembler
BelFlex Staffing Network
10.2011 - 04.2012
Production Technician
Hospira
05.2006 - 05.2010
High School Diploma -
Northeastern High School