Team Leader, Manufacturing
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. DESCRIPTION: As a Team Leader in Manufacturing Operations at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will guide and develop a high-performing team while ensuring excellence in safety, quality, and production efficiency. You will coordinate department activities across shifts to meet production schedules and equipment efficiency requirements while maintaining strict adherence to cGMP standards. This role combines leadership with strategic operational oversight to deliver important products that help our customers make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Working closely with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance and other support functions, you will lead continuous improvement initiatives, optimize workflows, and cultivate a culture of safety and quality excellence. You will manage daily production activities, conduct performance reviews, provide coaching and training, and ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements while maintaining optimal cost-benefit ratios. Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.
Requirements
- Advanced Degree, no prior experience required, or Bachelor's Degree plus 2 years of experience, preferably in pharmaceutical, biotech or regulated industry
- Leadership experience managing teams of 5-15 people
- Strong knowledge of cGMP, ISO standards and quality management systems
- Excellent troubleshooting and root cause analysis capabilities
- Advanced knowledge of manufacturing documentation and batch record requirements
- Proficiency with manufacturing execution systems and Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills for leading teams and interfacing with stakeholders
- Experience with continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma)
- Ability to work rotating shifts including nights, weekends and holidays as needed
- Physical ability to stand for extended periods and lift up to 40 lbs
- Capable of working in cleanroom environments with required PPE and gowning procedures
Nice To Haves
- Preferred Fields of Study: Engineering, Chemistry, Biology or related technical field
- IOSH Managing Safely certification advantageous
- Lean Six Sigma certification (Yellow Belt or higher) beneficial
Responsibilities
- Guide and develop a high-performing team
- Ensure excellence in safety, quality, and production efficiency
- Coordinate department activities across shifts to meet production schedules and equipment efficiency requirements
- Maintain strict adherence to cGMP standards
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives
- Optimize workflows
- Cultivate a culture of safety and quality excellence
- Manage daily production activities
- Conduct performance reviews
- Provide coaching and training
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements
- Maintain optimal cost-benefit ratios
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
