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.

The Operator II, Manufacturing assists with all aspects of production for our Transplant Diagnostics business.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure quality assay manufacturing by following standard procedures for:
• Dispensing of biological reagents
• Reagent and buffer preparation
• Printing labels and labeling bottles, vials, and boxes
• Packaging, sealing, and scanning of assays
• Perform production tasks on different product lines as needed
• Responsible for the safe and secure storage and monitoring of inventories, products as well as in-house supplies
• Set up and operate equipment of moderate complexity
• Update raw material inventories
• Assist in processing of final product
• Prepare buffer solutions
• Assist in keeping a safe environment
• Assist in developing, writing and instituting necessary protocols
• Ability to solve problems that may come up in the department
• Able to efficiently handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
• Assist supervisor in all aspects of manufacturing processes
• Maintain confidentiality of laboratory data and process
• Expected to maintain work schedules as assigned
• All laboratory personnel are expected to notify their supervisor or manager of any unsafe conditions and/or practices and to take appropriate corrective actions

• Performs other tasks as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma required 
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited higher learning institution in the Biological Sciences, Chemistry or related field desired.
• Two (2) years of laboratory experience
• Knowledge of laboratory procedures, practices, GDP and GMP.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Organize self and maintain assigned work schedules
• Read, understand and implement written laboratory procedures
• Able to handle and work with biological and chemical reagents

Preferred Qualifications:
 

• Practical Process Improvement (PPI) experience preferred
• Experience operating automation machines preferred

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Frequently work at laboratory workstation, low temperature freezers, and computer workstations
• Some lifting of objects including laboratory instrumentation of 35 pounds

This position has not been budgeted for relocation.

This position may require travel (10%).

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