Thermo Fisher Scientific Hiring for Scientist II, Manufacturing Sciences at Plainville, Massachusetts Full Time

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

This position will be site based in Plainville, MA and will support our Viral Vector Services (VVS Plainville) business unit of Thermo Fisher Scientific. At VVS Plainville, we deliver process development through commercial supply and offer the expertise and resources vital to help clients deliver innovative gene therapies. Placed in the forefront of our leading and cutting edge Cell and Gene Therapy business enabling clients to cure genetic, rare, and otherwise untreatable diseases.

Discover Impactful Work:

The Scientist II is a leader of technical support and execution for late stage clinical and commercial gene therapy manufacturing. From new product introduction through process performance qualification, process engineers are responsible for keeping technical deliverables on track and driving process improvements. Success in this role means that patients will receive an entire new generation of lifesaving gene therapy medications.

A Day in the Life:

• Provide on-the-floor technical and scientific support for critical manufacturing operations.

• Designs and executes experimental plans and studies within discipline based on the defined deliverables.

• Expertise and ownership of complex process/product impacting investigations

• Oversee data management and analysis upstream process parameters.

• Act as technical lead for tech transfers and validation readiness.

• Own control strategies and other technical documentation including protocols and reports.

• Identify and drive large and complex continuous improvement projects.

• Drive projects to meet aggressive first-to-market clinical/commercialization timelines while defining standards and driving improvements.

Key to Success:

Education

• B.S. in chemical/biomedical/manufacturing engineering, molecular biology/virology or a related field required, or higher-level degree preferred.

Experience

• 2-5 years” experience working in a GMP environment, or highly regulated field required.

• Experience in FDA and EMA regulated oversight and/or MST being highly valued.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Expert in clear technical communication to diverse internal and external stakeholders.

• Highly developed project management skills including proven ability to deliver large technical projects on aggressive timelines.

• Expert in biologics manufacturing or virology including technical topics in upstream process.

• Ability to gown and perform cleanroom behaviors within GMP manufacturing space.

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and perform advanced data analysis in a cross-functional team.

• Team player with proven ability to build consensus and drive performance with diverse stakeholders.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us (https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/5-reasons-to-work-at-thermo-fisher-scientific) . As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values – Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement – working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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