Sr Site Specialist

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

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.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Works primarily at customer sites.
• Regularly required to lift 30 lbs, and up to 35lbs occasionally.
• Regularly required to stand, walk and conduct manual material handling (twisting, bending, reaching, lifting, etc.) for prolonged periods.
• Ability to work in environments with varied temperatures (cold rooms, freezers, liquid nitrogen, etc.)

EDUCATION

• 2 years College Degree is required
• BA/BS degree or four-year college degree in a Science related field is preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Must be responsible, accountable, and take ownership of one’s work
• Must possess the interpersonal skills to be able to interact with various levels of personnel & customers
• Skilled in efficient time management to prioritize own work and meet business efficiency metrics
• Diligent, creative thinker, well-organized, fosters a collaborative work environment

• Perform lab equipment verifications and pH meter calibrations following company protocols, maintaining flawless records as needed
• Biological Material Management: Access cryo- and ultra-low freezers to organize, transfer, or remove materials in an accurate and timely manner and track records in an internal spreadsheet. Using PIMS/Mosaic systems to enter biological materials upon arrival, assess and update current inventory.
• Media Sciences: prepare media, buffer, ethanol dilutions, and reagents according to customer requirements.
• Lab Support: standard protein conjugations, aliquot materials and register biological samples in customer database.
• Molecular Biology Service: perform routine DNA scale-ups with transformation, Maxi and Mini Preps
• Tissue Culture Service: maintain typical cell lines and perform established cell line passaging, seeding, harvesting, bulk up, mycoplasma testing, and gel electrophoresis
• Report job specific metrics to Site Supervisor and maintain world-class record-keeping.