Formulation Technician II

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

COMPANY INFORMATION

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $30 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, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or growing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our distributed team of more than 80,000 colleagues 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 and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.

GROUP/DIVISION SUMMARY

The Drug Product Division - North America (DPD-NA) is one of the five divisions that make up the Pharma Services Group. We are made up of approximately 4400 colleagues across six sites who specialize in taking sterile injectable and oral solid dose drug products from development to commercialization.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Formulation Technician II will be responsible to produce sterile injectables and work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors. This colleague follows written and verbal instructions when performing the following duties.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required with 2 years of manufacturing experience. Pharmaceutical, mechanical and/or similar experience preferred.
• Associate’s with 1 year manufacturing experience
• Bachelor’s preferred with no manufacturing experience
• Excels in a team environment.
• Basic math skills.
• Good verbal/written communication.
• Attention to detail while maintaining a quality product.
• Ability to perform repetitive work duties.
• Ability to follow SOPs.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Work in a clean-room which is a controlled environment for temperature and humidity having low ambient noise.
• Wear gowning which includes: gloves, hair & beard net and face cover, safety glasses with no makeup / jewelry, and the like.
• Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and understand chemical hygiene.
• Infrequently lift and manipulate up to 25 pounds max unassisted.
• Stand and move about including reaching, bending, stooping, grasping.
• Use hand tools and equipment including forceful gripping, grasping, pushing and pulling.
• Position requires ordinary ambulatory skills and physical coordination sufficient to move about office locations; ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch periodically for prolonged periods of time; manipulation (lift, carry, move) of light to medium weights of 10-35 pounds.

• Ensure pharmaceutical products are manufactured in accordance with area SOPs and current cGMP
• Verify and document production activities in batch records, logbooks and controlled forms
• Complete tasks vital to manufacture drug products in an aseptic filling area, including:
• Cleaning cGMP Areas
• Perform line changeovers
• Parts Preparation
• Filter Integrity Testing
• Operating Parts Washers and Autoclaves
• Performing Tray Loading and Unloading
• Operating the Filling Isolator
• General Material Handling
• Troubleshooting Equipment Alarms