Formulation Technician II –1st Shift
About The Position
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: The position is available at our Pleasanton site in California supporting the Genetic Sciences Division. How Will You Make an Impact?: The Pleasanton site is seeking a Formulation Technician II with interest in life sciences and biotechnology. The candidate will part of a manufacturing team for oligonucleotides and related products such as assays, arrays, and kits. A Day in the Life: Manufacture products as delegated by the Production Team Supervisor or Team Leader: Complete lab operations e.g. with automated systems like DNA/RNA synthesizers, liquid handlers, and with analytical instrumentation like HPLC and LCMS. Report metrics to the team leader during daily Tier Meetings and address and report any problems in and propose effective countermeasures.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Minimum of 1 year of work experience in a manufacturing, operations, production, lab setting or related field
- Follow written SOPs and batch records and revise as needed.
- Perform manufacturing/ production tasks as scheduled.
- Handle and work with biological and chemical reagents.
- Maintains quality service by established organization standards.
- Ability to coordinate and prioritize work to ensure timely delivery.
- Communicate effectively with other production staff.
- Achieve high efficiency by reliable and punctual attendance.
- Specific gowning is required including gloves, safety glasses with no makeup / jewelry, and hair, beard net and face cover for some operations.
- Ability to infrequently lift and manipulate up to 40 pounds unassisted.
- Ability to stand and move about including reaching, bending, stooping, grasping.
- Ability to use hand tools and equipment including forceful gripping, grasping, pushing, pulling and repetitive motion.
- Ability to use PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and understand chemical hygiene including labels and SDS (Safety Data Sheets), common chemicals are disinfectant, solvents and IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol 70% and 99%)
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a cGMP environment
Responsibilities
- Manufacture products as delegated by the Production Team Supervisor or Team Leader
- Complete lab operations e.g. with automated systems like DNA/RNA synthesizers, liquid handlers, and with analytical instrumentation like HPLC and LCMS.
- Report metrics to the team leader during daily Tier Meetings and address and report any problems in and propose effective countermeasures.
Benefits
- Competitive Hourly Pay Rate
- Additional shift differential for 2nd shift and 3rd shift positions
- Annual performance-based bonus
- Annual merit performance-based increase
- Excellent Benefits
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- Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1
- Paid Time Off & Designated Paid Holidays
- 401K
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Career Advancement Opportunities
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
