MBP technician II

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATIONAL LEVEL

• Good knowledge of operating and working in cGMP environment.
• MBO level (e.g. Biotechnology, Process technology) a plus including good knowledge of relevant process unit operations (e.g. media preparation, filtration) a plus.

REQUIRED LEVEL OF EXPERIENCES

• 1 to 2 years of meaningful experience in the bio (pharmaceutical) field or combination of experience and education.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Media and Buffer Preparation (MBP) department is a support department. At MBP, we manufacture buffers and media that are required for process steps in both the Upstream and Downstream department.

Job Content Key Areas of accountability/responsibility

• Performs several unit operations, manual operations and measurements, conform the applicable production and standard operating instructions, in a clean room environment. Chips in to the overall departmental responsibility for the production of biopharmaceutical products and intermediates, including maintaining the production suites in accurate condition. As a Technician II you start with the basics of learning how to manufacture a buffer or media.
• Contributes to the departmental responsibility for equipment (related to technical skill of Tech II) to assure that maintenance, maintaining documentation and calibration are driven in an adequate and timely fashion, acts as trouble shooter and expert user.
• Supports of Implementing corrective or preventive actions on execution level and signals problems and communicates to the responsible person.
• Trains co-workers that are unfamiliar with certain unit operation or handling of specific equipment, including approval of on-the-job trainings.
• All activities should be performed within the department coherent with cGMP Quality System and the Thermo Fisher EH&S requirements.
• Due to involvement in the timely execution of manufacturing processes, flexibility in working hours are required. This results in working in a two shift model (morning and evening) and being on call during a scheduled weekend