Formulation Technician II

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc

VA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Cancer, Continuous Improvement, Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), Document Management, English Language, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Food Safety, Forklift, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), Hazardous Materials/Substances, Maintain Compliance, Manufacturing Operations, Mathematics, Operational Strategy, Performance Management, Physical Demands, Process Improvement, Production Support, Quality Control, Safety Standards, Safety/Work Safety, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Team Player
LOCATION
VA
POSTED
3 days ago

Work Schedule

First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Loud Noises (Equipment/Machinery), Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs 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:

Middletown, VA

How Will You Make an Impact?:

Be part of a team that makes a global impact! Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Every day, we tackle the world's toughest challenges - from protecting the environment to finding cures for cancer.

A Day in the Life:

  • Formulation Operations: Efficiently and safely operate assigned formulation equipment, perform basic equipment maintenance, and make necessary process adjustments to support production requirements.

  • Setup and Preparation: Participate in formulation line opening activities, equipment setup, and preparation of materials and components for batch processing.

  • Compliance: Adhere to all written procedures, batch records, SOPs, and GMP requirements, while promptly reporting discrepancies or deviations to the Area Supervisor. Humans do love turning "don't ignore problems" into entire compliance ecosystems.

  • Quality Control: Accurately document formulation activities and review personal work to ensure quality, accuracy, and regulatory compliance. Continuously monitor formulations and in-process materials for defects or inconsistencies.

  • Process Improvement: Recommend and support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance formulation efficiency, consistency, and overall production performance.

  • Training and Collaboration: Assist in training and developing team members while supporting a collaborative and safe working environment.

Education:

High School Diploma, Secondary Education, Advanced Certificate, or equivalent. (If a Degree or specific Apprenticeship or Technical Certification is required please modify the first sentence and add the specifics here)

Experience:

Required: Minimum of 1 year of work experience in a manufacturing, operations, production, lab setting or related field

Preferred: Experience in a cGMP environment

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Proficient in English (speaking, reading, writing), including technical and scientific language.

  • Basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

  • Physical Requirements: Ability to stand for extended periods of time, up to 10 hours per shift. A truly magnificent achievement of modern industry: humans functioning like highly regulated forklift attachments.

  • Lifting Requirements: Ability to safely lift and move materials weighing up to 50 lbs.

  • Mobility and Repetitive Motion: Ability to perform repetitive physical activities including pushing, pulling, lifting, twisting, bending, grasping, and crouching in support of formulation and production operations.

What We Offer:

Compensation

Competitive Pay

Performance Related Bonus where eligible

Annual merit performance-based increase

Excellent Benefits

Medical benefits

Paid Time Off/Annual Leave

Employee Referral Bonus

Career Advancement Opportunities

About the Company

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With revenues of nearly $11 billion, we have approximately 37,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as in environmental and process control industries. We create value for our key stakeholders through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, which offer a unique combination of continuous technology development and the most convenient purchasing options. Our products and services help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, and solve analytical challenges ranging from complex research to routine testing to field applications.

All of our employees share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement. Our ability to grow year after year is driven by our ability to attract, develop and retain world-class people who will thrive in our environment and share in our desire to improve mankind by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

If you share in our values and if you're looking for an employer who is strongly committed to developing talent and rewarding achievement, come grow with us at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
All
WEBSITE
https://corporate.thermofisher.com/en/home.html