Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc... allowed, Office, Standing for full shift

Job Description

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.

How will you make an impact?

As part of the Manufacturing team; the Lead Operator oversee an autonomous department to deliver organizational and production results in line with the site strategy and specific objectives for the department(s) including: Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Engagement, Attendance, Training & Development.

What will you do?

• Assist supervisor and manager to create objectives for Manufacturing group.

• Take accountability for results and responsibility for the decisions made during the shift.

• Support investigation and close out any deviations and CAPAs assigned to dept.

• Set daily direction for your departments by optimally leading or assisting tiered meetings and daily operations. This will include, but is not limited to:

• Reviewing daily results to establish gaps and priorities.

• Lead troubleshooting of open barriers to the root-cause.

• Support the Team in resolution of barriers.

• Contribute to process gap assessment and creation of control strategy.

• Person-in-plant coverage and first-line technical support during day-to-day operations.

• Review and learn from daily activities to calibrate and develop the Team members.

• Ensure effective communication and relay collaboration within and between shifts.

• Most importantly, you must empower the individuals within the department, and develop them into a strong, autonomous and engaged team:

• Ensure training requirements for individual roles are appropriate and comprehensive of all job-related tasks.

• Author or collaborate to write and review batch records, protocols, and reports with minimum supervision.

• Ensure all mandatory training requirements are completed as required.

• Partner with supervisors and other leads to map out training plans for individual employees.

• Coordinate implementation of document updates, ensuring operator awareness and plan training where required.

• Build an environment that encourages individual and team growth.

• Set clear, comprehensive expectations, provide meaningful, timely feedback about performance.

• Train and mentor to continuously improve individual performance and business results.

• Learn by doing and teach by example and promote ‘Review and learn’ approach at individual, team and department levels.

• In the above effort, focus on mentoring, calibration and development of any operators.

How will you get here?

Education:

• Minimum required education: High School Diploma/ GED.

• Higher education (College degree) preferred.

Experience:

• 3 years of cGMP experience in cell therapy required.

• Experience in Aseptic cell culture processing in ISO 5 biosafety cabinets handling human derived materials.

• Experience with cell therapy automation technologies including cell separation technologies for autologous/allogenic product manipulation.

• Experience in leadership.

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

• High level of technical skills and the ability to train/mentor others.

• Attention to detail and a systematic approach to investigations.

• Hands on approach and flexible attitude to daily work/responsibilities, ability to lead by example.

• Effective in technical and organizational troubleshooting to root cause.

• Ability to communicate effectively within and between teams and is effective in giving and receiving/acting upon feedback.

• The ideal candidate for this position will need to be self-starting, focused on developing their personal and technical skills.

Compensation and Benefits:

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is 40-47$ USD per ho.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• 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

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

Compensation and Benefits

The hourly pay range estimated for this position based in California is $40.00–$47.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• 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

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.