Manufacturing Media/Buffer Prep Specialist

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 role is passionate about service delivery excellence for UnityTM Lab Services. A division of Thermo Fisher responsible for providing onsite services at customers locations. We provide services at over 400 customer sites globally.

This position is located in Thousand Oaks, CA!

How will you make an impact?

• Prepare high quality specialized media/buffer solutions in different quantities and specifications
• Share technical expertise with peers and provide training and guidance to others
• Ensure laboratory compliance and customer satisfaction
• Champion innovation and practical process improvement in the laboratory

What will you do?

• Follows well defined procedures as outlined by Best Practices, SOP’s & work instructions
• Makes decisions and applies available resources to meet customer requirements
• Verification, calibration, and use of common and niche lab equipment including, but not limited to floor mixer, pressurized vessels, peristaltic pump, floor scales, fume hoods, pH and conductivity meters
• Promote a safe work environment through various safety initiatives within the functional area
• Provide technical expertise and training to ULS staff
• Works optimally with a diverse cross-functional team
• Positively represent Thermo Fisher Scientific throughout customer locations
• Prepare high quality specialized buffers/media in variety of different qualities and specifications. Perform tasks such as pH measurements, conductivity measurements, and sterile filtration techniques
• Assemble / disassemble and operate media manufacturing equipment
• Media tote and bag installations
• Prepare media on a multi-kilo scale
• Verify peer calculations, technical documentation, equipment logbooks, and approval of completed documents
• Some autonomous work during times of high-volume throughput

How will you get here?

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Associate Degree in scientific field or 2+ years of relevant lab experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to read, write and speak English
• Have demonstrated initiative in previous work experience
• Displays a high level of confidentiality for both customer and Thermo Fisher
• Experience in laboratory setting or services preferred; experience in GLP/GMP environment preferred
• Confirmed excellence in customer service skills
• Detail oriented, problem solver, promotes team environment
• Computer/software skills. (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Must possess the operating skills to use handheld scanners and learn to enter data in various systems as necessary

Working Conditions:

• Works primarily at customer locations, in laboratory environments, office environment, around shipping/receiving docks, stock rooms, and other storage locations
• May be required to work independently at customer location
• May pass through areas where chemical based allergens may be in use (such as penicillin, tetracycline, etc)
• Ability to lift, push and pull 30-40 pounds consistently; ability to lift 50 lbs
• Ability to use material handling equipment such as push carts, hand trucks, and pallet jacks
• Depending on area of building, personal protective equipment is required to be worn including lab coats, steel toe shoes, safety glasses, coveralls, hood, facemask, hairnets and/or safety gloves
• Must be able to work a flexible shift to meet client and production needs which may include evenings, days, weekends, rotating shifts, etc

Each one of our 75,000 outstanding minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers 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!

Accessibility/Disability Access

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Compensation and Benefits

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