Supervisor, Operations - 12 Hour Day Shift (2/2/3)

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Greenville, NC

2d • Onsite

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. 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. Position summary: The B52 Supervisor (Vial Line 9) supervises work teams and provides leadership to production colleagues in the manufacturing and filling of high-quality pharmaceutical products according to schedule, cost, and quality standards. As the supervisor, you will play a crucial role in maintaining human relations, safety performance, and ensuring adherence to all regulatory control and documentation procedures. Additionally, you will handle Production/Engineering related projects to increase production efficiencies and add flexibility to support our customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Physical, Biological, Chemical, or Production related science strongly preferred. Equivalent experience in these fields will also be considered.
• 5+ years of manufacturing experience with 2 years of prior leadership experience required.
• Technical and operational knowledge of aseptic processing operations, ability to handle multiple ongoing activities, and prioritize tasks.
• Outstanding attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Self-starter, mature, independent, and dependable.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment under pressure, multitask, and drive for results.
• Demonstrates ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
• Effective time management and prioritization skills.
• Requires discretion and independent judgment.
• Very high degree of interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and the public.
• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and lead professional staff to achieve goals, evaluate and resolve complex technical problems.
• Ability to motivate, energize, and retain key staff.
• Position requires ordinary ambulatory skills and physical coordination sufficient to move about office locations.
• You should have the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, and crouch periodically for prolonged periods of time.
• The role also requires arm, hand, and finger dexterity, including the ability to grasp and type for prolonged periods of time.
• Good visual acuity is necessary to use a keyboard, computer monitor, operate equipment, and read materials for prolonged periods of time.
• Additionally, you should have the ability to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear for prolonged periods of time.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a Steriles pharmaceutical manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Equivalent education and experience can be considered.
• There may be occasional manipulation (lift, carry, move) of light to medium weights of 25-50 pounds, and occasionally pushing or pulling more than 100 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional leadership to assigned staff by leading organizational change and empowering them to succeed.
• Cultivate strong relationships and build effective teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Ensure that established standards, including production, quantity, and quality, are met.
• Take direct action to correct deviations and report variances and exceptions to the assigned position supervisor.
• Ensure that all production operations are validated and fully follow all Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs).
• Maintain compliance for the FDA, QAT, and OSHA inspections.
• Use available resources effectively to plan, monitor, and revise daily production schedules as necessary. Your goal is to produce a quality product in an efficient manner.
• Administer department safety programs to promote a culture of safety and ensure that operative personnel understand and follow safety rules and procedures.
• Evaluate performance and skills of personnel and provide constructive feedback for continuous improvement. Take corrective action when required and perform annual employee evaluations.
• Assist technical staff and customers in resolving technical issues to ensure new transferred processes are robust and validated.
• Develop and validate the technical requirements for production documentation, such as equipment and systems specifications, manufacturing formulas, procedures, work orders, and other relevant information.
• Implement cost reduction programs to stay competitive in the present economy.
• Track employees' attendance, approve time cards, and ensure completion of required trainings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• At Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., we offer competitive remuneration, an annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits.
• Join our world-class organization and unlock exceptional career and development prospects.
• We have an exciting company culture that values integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees