Scientist I - Animal Free Lab - Recombinant Proteins

Company information

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.

Position summary

Our Recombinant Proteins (REP) Business Unit in Cranbury, NJ is part of our Biosciences Division. REP unites deep scientific expertise with a collaborative culture to build a product portfolio that includes cytokines, growth factors, antibodies and ELISA kits used to support the research of our academic, government, biotech, and pharmaceutical customers.

The Scientist I role is responsible for helping to develop and produce recombinant cytokine products for the life-science market. As part of our growing Animal Free lab, this role will be an important part of meeting our customer demands for high quality products.

What will you do?

• Follow ISO and GMP guidelines when assigned to a relevant project
• Assist in creating kits when assigned to a kit production project
• Proactively communicate with supervisor and peers as needed to ensure optimal work environment
• Participate in the planning and execution of production
• Prepare and present experimental data summaries and protocol writing
• Plan and conduct experiments, analyze, and interpret the results.
• Assist in the interpretation of experiment results
• Align with all company safety regulations and procedures
• Monitor and proactively address back orders and ability to forecast project completions
• Maintain accurate lab notebooks and training files in accordance with relevant Thermo Fisher required standards to support patent application and other international standards (e.g., ISO compliance, GLP/GMP requirements, etc.).
• Keep up to date with other research being carried out in, or related to, their field of study
• Advise supervisor of factors that may affect quality, accuracy, timeliness, and usefulness of data
• Discuss and share the results of research with colleagues through presentations or discussions at team meetings
• Demonstrate and drive the Thermo Fisher values - Integrity, Intensity, Involvement, and Innovation (The Four I’s)

Required Education:

• Minimum Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in chemistry or related field

Experience

• 1 - 2 years of relevant work experience protein purification or in a Research Scientist position preferred.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communications skills; ability to interpret, summarize, and present scientific results in a clear, concise, accurate manner
• Self-starter to work efficiently and independently and to troubleshoot and tackle problems
• Effective organizational skills, including the ability to handle multiple and changing projects and priorities.
• Ability to multitask, shift priorities and work at a rapid pace.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 standards and certification requirements, preferred
• Ability to formulate and solve problems efficiently
• Strong computer skills as well as ability to collect, organize, and interpret data.
• Proficient in Microsoft computer applications
• Must be a self-starter, have excellent time management and organization skills

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 100,000 extraordinary minds have a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

We offer competitive pay, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, company pension, and a range of employee benefits!

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.