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 and making sure the pharmaceutical products we produce are safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.

***This will be 7a-4p day shift position in 2020. Starting in 2021, this will become a night position for 6 months out of the year.***

How will you make an impact?

Set-up, operate, and maintain the classified environments and manufacturing equipment for pharmaceutical products. This will require proficiency in: cleaning and sterilizing equipment, gowning and aseptic techniques, preparing equipment and components for operations, operating and troubleshooting mechanical equipment, following approved procedures and proper documentation. Function as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for areas of expertise.

What will you do?

• Ensure operations are performed in a safe and responsible manner striving to create an injury-free and incident-free workplace.
• Ensure pharmaceutical products in manufacturing are in accordance to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) and other batch related activities. Verify and document production activities in batch records, logbooks, etc.
• Set-up and troubleshoot complex and critical mechanical equipment, operational and production problems in order to identify appropriate corrective actions.
• Perform the disassembly, assembly, cleaning, and operation of area manufacturing equipment. Prepare equipment and components for operations.
• Assist in the commissioning of new equipment and production areas. Assist in initial and subsequent validation of equipment and processes.
• Communicate and work to resolve any production, quality or safety issues.
• Assist Supervisor and Production Lead in coordinating and motivating department employees to ensure finished product is in accordance to cGMP requirements, gather information to accurately identify the root cause of problems in equipment or work processes, foster crew teamwork in such a way that promotes increasing employee knowledge, and assist with data entry into SAP system.
• Comply with all job-related safety, cGMP, and other department procedural requirements.
• Train new employees. Support the on the job training (OJT) program, area safety initiatives, and area lean manufacturing initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

How will you get here?

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalency is minimally required. Higher education preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of two years of manufacturing experience in the pharmaceutical industry or cGMP environment required.

Equivalency:

• Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Possess general mechanical, electrical/electronic, pneumatic, and hydraulic knowledge of pharmaceutical industry equipment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Flexibility with departmental work schedules, including overtime and all shift operations.
• Ability to achieve and maintain qualifications to work in a cleanroom environment.
• Ability to drive a fork lift and other mobile equipment to locate product and equipment as needed.

Physical Requirements:

Position requires ordinary ambulatory skills and physical coordination sufficient to move about office locations; ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch periodically for prolonged periods of time; manipulation (lift, carry, move) of medium weights of 25-50 pounds; occasionally pushing and pulling 50-100+ pounds; arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp and type for prolonged periods of time; visual acuity to use a keyboard, computer monitor, operate equipment, and read materials for prolonged periods of time; ability to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear for prolonged periods of time. Ability to climb stairs and ladders. Full range of motion in upper and lower extermities.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $25 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 75,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.