Formulation Technician II (12hr days, 2-2-3 rotation)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Work Schedule

12 hr shift/nights

Environmental Conditions

Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc... allowed, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), 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.

Location/Division Specific Information:
Greenville, NC/DPD

How Will You Make an Impact?:

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. Shift hours are 6am-6pm on a 2-2-3 rotating schedule.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

• Required: Minimum of 1 year of work experience in a manufacturing, operations, production, lab setting or related field

• Pharmaceutical, mechanical and/or similar experience preferred.

• Preferred: Experience in a cGMP environment

• Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered. 

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Ability to excel in a team environment, follow standard operating procedures, and perform repetitive work duties

• 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.