Formulation Technician II (12hr days, 2-2-3 rotation)

Work Schedule

12 hr shift/days

Environmental Conditions

Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance, 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, Fluctuating Temps hot/cold, Laboratory Setting, Loud Noises (Equipment/Machinery), Office, 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.), Warehouse, 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:
Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

How Will You Make an Impact?:
As a Formulation Technician II, you will play a vital role in producing sterile injectables and working on moderate-scale problems that require analysis and critical thinking. You will follow written and verbal instructions to ensure that pharmaceutical products are manufactured in accordance with industry guidelines and regulations. This position will start off as an 8-hour-Day shift position, but will ultimately transition into a 12-hour Day shift position. The candidate will also need to be flexible to support Days when needed.

A Day in the Life:

• Ensure pharmaceutical products are manufactured in strict accordance with area SOPs and current cGMP.
• Verify and document production activities in batch records, logbooks, and controlled forms.
• Complete tasks vital to manufacturing drug products in an aseptic filling area, including cleaning cGMP areas, performing line changeovers, parts preparation, filter integrity testing, operating parts washers and autoclaves, performing tray loading and unloading, operating the filling isolator, and general material handling.
• Troubleshoot equipment alarms.

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

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:

• Ability to excel in a team environment, follow standard operating procedures, and perform repetitive work duties
• Basic math skills.
• Good verbal/written communication.
• Attention to detail while maintaining a quality product.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

• Work in a clean-room environment with controlled temperature, humidity, and low ambient noise.
• Wear appropriate gowning and personal protective equipment.
• Infrequently lift and manipulate up to 50 pounds unassisted.
• Stand and move about, including reaching, bending, stooping, grasping.
• Use hand tools and equipment.