Work Schedule

12 hr shift/days

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc... allowed, Cold Room/Freezers -22degreesF/-6degrees C, Loud Noises (Equipment/Machinery), Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Standing for full shift, Strong Odors (chemical, lubricants, biological products etc.), Will work with hazardous/toxic materials

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information:

Drug Product Division (DPD), at the Greenville, North Carolina site is a multi-purpose pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, and packaging campus. The operation specializes in taking both sterile injectable and oral solid dose drug products from development phase through to commercialization. Day shift hours are 6am-6pm on a 2-2-3 rotating schedule.

How Will You Make an Impact?

This role will produce sterile injectables and work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors. This Lead Formulation Technician will work with other Lead Formulation Technicians and colleagues in the department and will be responsible for coordinating the team into accurate work stations daily, ensuring that process execution is efficient and effective, and delivered on schedule, and ensuring that cGMP records are handled according to process and regulatory requirements.

A Day in the Life:

Ensure pharmaceutical products are manufactured in accordance with area SOPs and current cGMP.

Verify and document production activities in batch records, logbooks and controlled forms contemporaneously and accurately.

Complete tasks vital to manufacturing drug products in an aseptic filling area, including:

Proficient use of production equipment.Cleaning cGMP areas.Filter integrity testing and troubleshooting equipment alarms.Parts preparations.Operating parts washers, autoclaves, and filling isolator.Performing tray loading, unloading and line changeovers.General material handling.

Education:High School diploma or equivalent minimally required.Associate or Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Experience:3+ years of manufacturing experience. Pharmaceutical or similar experience preferred.

Equivalency:Equivalent combinations of education, training and meaningful work experience may be considered.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:Excels in a collaborative work environment.Basic math skills.Good verbal/written communication.Attention to detail while maintaining a quality product.Ability to perform repetitive work duties and follow SOPs.Ability to work in a fast-paced, priority-changing environment.Ability to drive functional, technical and operational excellence. Ability to inspire and champion innovation, collaboration, visibility, and team effectiveness.Proficient knowledge of SAPSpecific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Physical Requirements / Work EnvironmentOperate in a clean-room which is a controlled environment for temperature and humidity, having low ambient noise.Wear gowning which includes gloves, hair & beard net and face cover, safety glasses with no makeup / jewelry.Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and understand chemical hygiene.Infrequently lift and manipulate up to 25 pounds max unassisted.Ability to stand and move about including reaching, bending, stooping, grasping, for the majority of a 12-hour shift.Use hand tools and equipment including forceful gripping, grasping, pushing and pulling.

What We Offer

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. We offer employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Compensation:

Competitive Hourly Pay RateAdditional shift differential for 2nd shift and 3rd shift positionsAnnual performance-based bonusAnnual merit performance-based increase!

Excellent Benefits

Benefits & Total Rewards | Thermo Fisher ScientificMedical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1Paid Time Off & Designated Paid HolidaysRetirement Savings PlanTuition ReimbursementEmployee Referral Bonus!Career Advancement Opportunities

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.