Qc Scientist I, Incoming Materials

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

How will you make an impact?

As a QC Scientist you will provide routine sampling for the chemical, visual and dimensional analysis on packaging components by following standard practices and ANSI/ASQC standard. You will manage the component sample storage area, assist with making chemical solutions for analytical methods as assigned for chemical testing on packaging components and support internal development and/or manufacturing operations. Additionally, you will make detailed observations and reviews, documents, and communicate sampling issues as well as some results. Typical hours for this role is 7:30a-4:00p, Monday-Friday with some overtime.

What will you do?

• Implements validated test methods for pharmaceutical packaging components by traditional quantitative analysis, using UV and IR spectroscopy, and/or traditional wet chemical testing.
• Drives organizational skills, attention to details, teamwork as well as independent work.
• Conducts routine sampling for chemical testing and visual/dimensional evaluations of packaging components.
• Performs daily instrument calibrations / verifications as required.
• Able to help to writing of SOPs if needed.
• Assists in preparing regulatory documents and other communications with outside agencies, clients, suppliers and/or colleagues from other corporate sites.
• Clearly and accurately communicates the results of work by crafting documentation of the testing/analysis and acquired results. Records and reports results of analysis in accordance with prescribed lab procedures and systems.
• Recognizes and reports out-of-specification or unexpected results and non-routine analytical and product problems.
• Assists with making solutions, routine chemical testing and visual/dimensional evaluations by internally developed and compendial test methods.
• Driving a forklift in a warehouse pulling pallets down for sampling from containers.
• Cleans and coordinates work area, instrumentation, and testing materials.

Keys to Success:

Education

• Equivalent combinations of education, training, and experience may be considered with an Associate degree.
• Bachelor’s degree in science or industrial science preferred.

Experience

• Typically requires no previous related experience, however chemical or biology procedure experience preferred.
• Experience driving a forklift preferred.
• Experience performing chemical tests with chromatographic, spectroscopic or other analytical technique preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Ability to read and interpret technical procedure and governmental regulations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as determination of test reliability, analysis of variance, and correlation techniques.
• Knowledge of computer systems such as SAP and TrackWise.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative chemical or microbiological analysis.
• Good problem-solving skills and logical approach to solving scientific problems.
• Able to communicate in English
• Good knowledge and understanding of basic instrumental technologies.
• Awareness of quality and regulatory requirements in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written).

Physical Requirements:

• Position requires ordinary ambulatory skills and physical coordination sufficient to move about office and warehouse locations.
• Ability to operate a forklift and a taylor dune truck
• Ability to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear for prolonged periods of time.
• Safety glasses, safety shoes, lab coat, latex or similar gloves.
• Manipulation (lift, carry, move) of light to medium weights of 10-40 pounds.
• Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch periodically for prolonged periods of time
• Visual acuity to use a keyboard, computer monitor, operate equipment, and read materials for prolonged periods of time.
• Arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp and type for prolonged periods of time.

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