Supervisor, Sample Management - 3rd Shift

Thermo Fisher Scientific•Covington, KY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisor in Sample Management oversees the quality and productivity of daily operations at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Global Central Laboratory in Covington, Kentucky. The role interacts with internal departments, identifies process and efficiency improvements, trains and schedules operations personnel, prepares process documents, and serves as a backup to management when needed. The supervisor performs or delegates activities needed to meet sample management deliverables. This is a fully onsite third-shift role, scheduled Tuesday through Saturday from 12:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. ET. Applicants from anywhere in the United States may apply, but relocation assistance is not provided. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship and pass a comprehensive background check, including drug screening. Work may take place in an office, laboratory, or clinical environment, with exposure to electrical equipment and biological fluids that may contain infectious organisms. The role may occasionally involve driving to site or client locations and travel within the United States. Personal protective equipment is required, and temperatures may fluctuate or be extreme on rare occasions.

Requirements

Previous experience providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job, comparable to 0 to 5 years.
High school diploma or equivalent and a relevant formal academic or vocational qualification.
At least 1 year of leadership responsibility.
Good organizational skills and ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple assignments with challenging or conflicting deadlines.
Strong written, oral, and presentation skills.
Competence with computers and enterprise applications.
Critical-thinking skills to support quality decision-making.
Demonstrated compliance with procedures and policies.
Demonstrated leadership abilities.
Ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, including drug screening.

Responsibilities

Create work schedules and assignments; ensure policies and procedures are accurate; train staff and assess competence; and participate in hiring, corrective action, evaluation, and career progression.
Oversee sample accessioning, routing, storage, shipment, de-identification, relabeling, discard, destruction, and aliquoting.
Review and recommend process improvements and efficiency gains.
Recommend IT enhancements; author, review, and implement procedural documents; and define and monitor quality and productivity performance metrics.
Serve as a backup for management when needed and perform additional activities to support business needs.
Ensure contracted maintenance and qualification of environmentally controlled units (ECUs) and equipment used to prepare or store specimens.
Monitor ECU trending reports to help prevent equipment failure and ensure appropriate after-hours call response processes and teams are in place.
Investigate and resolve problems with samples, shipments, and in-process deviation reports/CAPA.
Participate in audits and general capabilities department tours.
Respond to environmental unit alarms and participate in on-call responsibilities.