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Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cold Room/Freezers -22degreesF/-6degrees C, Laboratory Setting, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Will work with hazardous/toxic materials

Job Description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cold Room/Freezers -22degreesF/-6degrees C, Laboratory Setting, Loud Noises (Equipment/Machinery), Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Will work with hazardous/toxic materials

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:

The Binding Site Group, a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, is a global leader in specialty diagnostics, provides diagnostic assays and instruments to improve the diagnosis and management of blood cancers and immune system disorders. The Binding Site’s Freelite® offering is widely recommended for multiple myeloma diagnosis and monitoring across all stages of the disease by major clinical guideline publications. In addition, The Binding Site is an active and influential contributor to the broader scientific community. To find out more visit www.bindingsite.com

Position Summary:

This role is based at our Protein Diagnostics Division in Birmingham, UK. As a Manufacturing Technician II within our ELISA & RID team, you will join a passionate team dedicated to ensuring the performance of world leading diagnostic products that drive global progress. Your contributions will be instrumental in upholding our reputation for impeccable performance and groundbreaking ideas.

Responsibilities:

A day in the Life:

• Independently manage own workload against a published plan
• Manage Inventory to ensure materials are available and transacted to complete assigned work
• Own and perform scheduled activities for designated equipment, area, or function.
• Routinely perform training of specific processes within the team
• Complete manufacture and testing of ELISA kit components
• Support in the manufacture of RID kit components

Keys to Success:

• Take responsibility for your own work to ensure it is completed 'right first time'
• Use knowledge and skills to carry out troubleshooting and suggest mitigation measures.
• Set and meet effective goals and create and keep deadlines
• Proactive in identifying and implementing improvement initiatives in all aspects of work.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

Education

• Educated to GCSE level with a minimum 1 years relevant experience or a relevant degree.

Experience

• Essential: Previous experience in a laboratory environment.
• Preferred: Experience in workload management and planning is desirable

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Proven documentation/communication/digital literacy
• Able to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Computer knowledge and use of applications such as MS Excel.
• Practical knowledge of units of measurement and basic mathematical skills.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

• Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and understand chemical hygiene.
• Able to handle solutions and chemicals.
• Essentials functions may require lifting objects up to 20 Kilograms.
• Willing to work overtime in the short-term notice, including weekends to support department as needed.