When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.

Location/Division Specific Information
This position is focused on service delivery excellence for UnityTM Lab Services. A division of Thermo Fisher responsible for providing onsite services at customers locations. We provide services at over 400 customer sites globally.
This position is located in Juncos, Puerto Rico.

How will you make an impact?
As a Senior Site Specialist, you’ll be a part of the important work being done in the lab by supporting and servicing our customers onsite.

What will you do?

• Play a key role in a team of laboratory staff performing media and buffer operations for Research, Quality and Process Development
• Drive excellence in the Media Sciences program through right-the-first-time preparation of custom media formulations, compliance adherence, safe lab techniques, workload scheduling, and client satisfaction
• Champion innovation and practical process improvement in the laboratory
• Maintain areas in high state of inspection preparedness.
• Maintains records to comply with regulatory requirements utilizing current Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Execute tasks associated with media and buffer preparation operations (e.g. complex calculations, aseptic technique, chemical inventory, troubleshooting, cell culture media prep, dilutions, microbial agar plates, pH titration, conductivity, osmolality adjustment, and GMP/GLP operations)
• Performs the weighing dispensing of raw materials for media and buffer prep, filtration, labeling and transfer of product.
• Perform verification/approval of peer calculations, technical documentation, and equipment log books
• Verification, calibration and use of common and specialized lab equipment
• Draft and revise more complex documents (e.g. media request procedures (MRPs), work instructions, GLP documents), May use specialized electronic systems
• Provides general guidance and technical expertise to peers and clients
• Identify and support implementation of continuous improvement projects.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by Supervisor
• Follows established safety and environmental guidelines and procedures for all work performed.

How will you get here?
Education

• Bachelor’s Degree (BS/BA) from an accredited college or university with an emphasis in a scientific discipline (Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Molecular biology or related field)

Experience

• 0-1 years of lab experience
• Experience in a laboratory setting; experience in GLP/GMP environment preferred
• Proven excellence in customer service
• Experience writing laboratory procedures and work instructions
• GMP/GLP compliance, audit critical records preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong interpersonal and communications skills; written and oral
• Detail oriented and analytical; Decision making and problem-solving skills
• Recognize & accurately report problems
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint)
• Organization and time management
• Skill in prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely manner with deadlines, fluctuating workload, or lastminute changes.
• High level of attention to detail in both operations and documentation is required.
• Communicates effectively and ability to work in a team environment.
• Familiarity with Starlims (Laboratory Information management system) is a plus

Working Conditions

• Works primarily at customer locations, in office environment to include cubicles and/or in and around shipping/receiving docks, stock rooms, storage locations and laboratory environments. May be required to work independently at customer location.
• Extensive walking may be required.
• May pass through areas where chemical based allergens may be in use (such as penicillin, tetracycline, etc)
• Must be able to lift, push and pull 30-40 pounds consistently; may be required to lift 50 lbs.
• May be able to use material handling equipment such as push carts and pallet jacks.
• Depending on area of building, personal protective equipment may be worn to include lab coats, coveralls, hood, facemask, hairnets, safety gloves, and safety glasses.
• Some areas require steel toe shoes, bump hats and/or safety glasses
• Must be able to work overtime as required

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