QC Technician II

Work Schedule

Second Shift (Afternoons)

Environmental Conditions

Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance, Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cold Room/Freezers -22degreesF/-6degrees C, Laboratory Setting, Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Strong Odors (chemical, lubricants, biological products etc.), Warehouse, Will work with hazardous/toxic materials

Job Description

Second Shift: Monday - Friday 230pm - 11pm (position will need flexibility to train mostly on 1st shift)

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:

The Thermo Fisher Scientific Grand Island, NY BioProduction division supports developers and manufacturers of biological-based therapeutics and vaccines with a portfolio of premium cell culture media and buffers as well as on site custom services dedicated to upstream cell culture, downstream purification, analytics for detection and quantitation of process/product impurities, and a catalog of single-use solutions spanning the biologics workflow.

How Will You Make an Impact:

Incoming Quality Control Technician II performs wet chemical analyses and inspections on production commodities and raw materials (i.e. salts, sugars, amino acids, vitamins, etc) following established methods and SOPs in accordance to cGMPs.

We need a motivated individual with excellent communication and laboratory skills to coordinate and complete planned and detailed activities within a quality system to ensure product, process, system, or equipment quality requirements are met.

A Day in the Life:

Perform wet chemical analyses based on both internal and Compendia (USP, EP, ACS, etc) based methodologies.

Physical inspection and documentation review of incoming manufacturing components.

Work with instruments such as FTIR, UV vis spectrophotometer, Polarimeter, pH meter, Auto titrator.

Assess and prioritize workload daily.

Demonstrate judgment, tact and diplomacy; in taking care of internal and external customers.

Work with various computer based software such as Sample Manager (LIMS system), SmartSheet, Microsoft Office (Outlook/Excel/Word).

Other laboratory functions as assigned.

Education:

• Required: High School Diploma required
• Preferred: AAS degree in Chemistry, Biology, or other Sciences

Band 2 minimum qualifications (Quality Assurance and Quality Control):

• Required: Minimum of 1 year of work experience in QA or QC or related field
• Required: Proficient oral and written communication skills are required to be effective in this role.
• Preferred: Experience in a cGMP environment

Preferred Qualifications/Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (nice to have):

• Bachelors’ degree in Science related studies
• 1-2 years of Chemistry lab experience (wet Chemistry lab work and safety protocols).
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to work independently.
• Ability to work in a high paced team environment, prioritize work accordingly.
• General digital literacy, specifically in Microsoft office programs.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment:

• Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance
• Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards
• Occasionally required to enter Cold Room/Freezers -22degreesF/-6degrees C
• Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)
• Will work with hazardous/toxic materials

What We Offer

Compensation

• Competitive Hourly Pay Rate
• Additional shift differential for 2nd shift and 3rd shift positions
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Annual merit performance-based increase

Excellent Benefits

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