JOB DESCRIPTION

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.
Thermo Fisher’s clinical research business is a leading global contract research organization and world leader in serving science. We are passionate, deliberate, and driven by our mission – to enable our customers to make the world healthier, safer, and cleaner.
Within our QC Sample Management team, we have a functional service provider solution, which is a unique partnership that allows our customers to leverage the experience of our staff, while allowing you, the employee, to gain direct experience working onsite at a pharmaceutical/ biopharmaceutical company, all while maintaining full-time benefits.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in lab sciences such as Chemistry, Biochemistry, Material Science, Immunology, Biology, Molecular Biology or similar
• Assoc Scientist: Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0-2 years’)
  In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements
• Ability to understand and independently apply GMPs to everyday work
• Ability to utilize Microsoft Excel and Word to perform tasks
• Ability to use Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Time management and project management skills
• Problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Ability to work in a collaborative work environment with a team
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and ability to follow internal processes thoroughly

• Works with multiple functional groups to meet business needs.
• Performs work assignments accurately, and in a timely and safe manner.
• Plans and organizes work with periodic supervision.
• Log shipments and receive samples, in accordance with priority and in accordance with SOPs and regulations.
• Document and maintain shipment, sample receipt and condition records per SOP.
• Maintaining sample and storage locations.
• Assist with Reference Standard Fills as needed.
• Notify manager of any abnormal receipt conditions.
• Performs self and peer review of the data for accuracy and compliance.
• Maintain sample integrity and chain of custody and report any concerns or failures on time.
• Ensure compliance with current SOPs and training.
  Support QA audits and ensures QA findings are addressed appropriately