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About the Role
Join our manufacturing team as a Lead Operator at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll contribute to global health and scientific advancement. In this key role, you'll lead and mentor a team while ensuring consistent execution of production processes. You'll support operational excellence through continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining high standards of safety and quality. Working with advanced technology, you'll coordinate daily manufacturing activities, resolve complex issues, and foster an inclusive environment that values innovation and collaboration. This is an opportunity to grow professionally while contributing to our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team
- Ensure consistent execution of production processes
- Support operational excellence through continuous improvement initiatives
- Maintain high standards of safety and quality
- Coordinate daily manufacturing activities
- Resolve complex issues
- Foster an inclusive environment that values innovation and collaboration
- Strictly follow safety protocols
- Maintain clean room/controlled environment standards
- Coordinate cross-functional teams
- Manage multiple priorities
- Train and develop team members
Requirements
- 4 years of manufacturing experience, with demonstrated leadership capabilities
- Technical certifications in manufacturing or relevant field beneficial
- Strong knowledge of cGMP, ISO standards and regulatory requirements
- Expert ability to read and interpret manufacturing documentation, SOPs, and technical specifications
- Advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving skills for manufacturing equipment and processes
- Demonstrated success implementing continuous improvement initiatives and lean manufacturing practices
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively lead and mentor team members
- Proficiency with manufacturing software systems, ERP platforms, and Microsoft Office Suite
- Physical ability to stand for extended periods, lift up to 50 lbs, and work in PPE as required
- Flexibility to work various shifts and overtime as needed
- Experience with documentation and batch record review in regulated environments
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to quality standards
- Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities
Skills
- Leadership
- Manufacturing
- cGMP
- ISO standards
- Regulatory requirements
- Reading and interpreting manufacturing documentation, SOPs, and technical specifications
- Troubleshooting
- Problem-solving
- Continuous improvement
- Lean manufacturing
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Manufacturing software systems
- ERP platforms
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Safety protocols
- Clean room/controlled environment standards
- Documentation
- Batch record review
- Cross-functional team coordination
- Priority management
- Attention to detail
- Quality standards
- Analytical skills
- Decision-making
- Training
- Team development
Work Type
- Standard (Mon-Fri)
Experience Level
- 4 years of manufacturing experience
Education Level
- Engineering
- Chemistry
- Biology or related field
About the Company
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 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, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them.
- Our global team 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, Patheon and PPD.
Equal Opportunity
- Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.