Senior Manufacturing Technician - Night Shift - Rotating Weekend

Thermo Fisher Scientific•Bedford, MA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manufacturing Technician, POROS Manufacturing is responsible for performing advanced hands-on manufacturing activities in support of the production of POROS chromatography resin. This role executes production activities safely, compliantly, and efficiently while providing technical support to the manufacturing team and assisting with maintenance, material handling, and other operational activities as needed. The Senior Manufacturing Technician independently performs a broad range of manufacturing tasks, operates and monitors production equipment, completes required production documentation, and troubleshoots routine process and equipment issues. This role serves as an experienced resource on the manufacturing floor, supporting less experienced technicians, sharing technical knowledge, and helping the team maintain safe, reliable, and consistent production operations. This position routinely manages work of moderate complexity with occasional variations from standard conditions and is expected to exercise sound judgment within established procedures. The Senior Manufacturing Technician works with greater independence than a Manufacturing Technician II and is expected to proactively identify issues, support problem resolution, and contribute to continuous improvement and achievement of daily production objectives.

Requirements

Minimum of 2 years of chemical or biotech manufacturing experience and knowledge of computer applications is required.
Proficient oral and written communication skills are required to be effective in this role.
Ability to interpret data, perform basic calculations, and troubleshooting skills.
Highly organized and excellent at multi-tasking, proactive, hardworking, and self motivated.
Ability to stand for 80% of the shift, move ~40 lbs up one flight of stairs, push 55 gallon drums on wheeled dollies and wear all required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including work uniform, steel toe shoes, hair net, safety glasses, bump cap, and nitrile gloves.
PPE may also include face shield, respirator, and smock.

Nice To Haves

Experience in cGMP Environment, use of Delta V, and/or SAP is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform duties within the corporate EH&S Standards and place proper emphasis on safety and quality.
Operate various process equipment including reactors, pressure filters, pumps, filling, labeling and packaging equipment according to written SOP’s and UOP’s in a large scale, chemical batch manufacturing process.
Performs and trains new employees on various activities in accordance with SOP and UOP’s to carry out unit operations such as the following: equipment changeovers with Lock Out Tag Out and Confined space protocols, Elutriation processes and finished product discharges, R-Bead polymerization processes, Bead Coating processes, and various smaller scale processes.
Maintain batch and equipment records per department’s ISO13485 standards and Good Documentation practices with a high focus on quality.
Work with the team on 5S and continuous improvement activities within the work center including cleaning activities in areas as needed.
May receive training and perform required in process testing to continue manufacturing processes.

Benefits

Competitive Pay
Performance Related Bonus where eligible
Annual merit performance-based increase
Medical benefits
Paid Time Off/Annual Leave
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