Sr QC Technician

Job Description

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 located within the Clinical Trials Division a segment of Pharma Services Group. The Clinical Trials Division is a world leader in global supply chain and biosample management.

Bohemia, NYThird Shift

How will you make an impact?

A quality control inspector responsible for operating various pieces of inspection and finishing equipment to ensure clinical labels meet established quality standards. Requires demonstrated knowledge and expertise in verifying the physical attributes of manufactured labels including their construction, print quality and quantity. Responsibilities include inspection of labels produced by cold fusion and/or digital printers, label application machines and booklet presses. Ability to operate vision inspection and finishing machines, such as slitters, is a major function of this position. This position also calls for completion of finishing operations including but not limited to the pack out of inspected material, slitting of labels to their finished dimensions, and blinding panel application.

What will you do?

• Applies Good Manufacturing Principles in all areas of responsibility.
• Demonstrates and drives the Thermo Fisher Values – Integrity, Intensity, Involvement and Innovation (The Four I’s).
• Ensures all In Process Inspection SOPs and Work Instructions are current and followed, as well as adheres to Clintrak Quality Assurance standards.

• Ability to efficiently use the finishing machines to aid in the finishing operations associated with roll labels. Specifically this includes the table top rewind machine for roll label reprint integration and the Rotoflex System for roll label reprint integration, roll slitting and roll rewinding.
• Full working knowledge of the label Vision System including, but not limited to: proper machine set-up, run monitoring, roll slitting (as applicable), and run close-out.
• Ability to work press side as an In-Process Inspector to accurately perform all applicable job functions from approving job start-up to releasing the job to Inventory Control.
• Performs Start-Up & Re-Start Verifications of Computerized Runs as applicable.

• Performs 100% inspection of all computerized material via visual inspection. Understands what constitutes a defective label that must be rejected prior to passing on to the client.
• Ability to accurately count out labels to verify the quantity shipping is what is being requested by the client.

• Performs all required activities associated with labels which must be reprinted; included but not limited to: identification of defective labels, reprint file generation, and label integration.
• Releases inspected materials which have met required inspection standards for further processing or shipping.
• Assists with the packaging of released finished or computerized materials; including, but not limited to shrink wrapping, generating material ID tags and boxing of labels.
• Assists with the mentoring of new In Process Inspectors to familiarize them with department practices and policies.
• Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner.
• Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs as they arise.

How will you get here?

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Experience

• Designated position for mandatory vision testing every two years
• · 3-5 years expertise in quality control, product inspection, and/or pharmaceutical industry and manufacturing

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Demonstrates expertise and knowledge of how to operate and manipulate basic printer and non-automated equipment technologies.
• Proficient in personal computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Demonstrated solid ability to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel.
• Demonstrates expertise to work as a team, collaborate with colleagues and share workload as needed to provide quality customer support.
• Knowledge and experience with cGMP compliance
• Ability to lift 25-75 pounds
• Prior mechanical experience is a plus

Compensation and Benefits

The hourly pay range estimated for this position based in New York is $24.00–$28.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards