Formulation Technician

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

Cincinnati, OH

Discover Impactful Work:

In the Formulation Technician I position, you will be responsible for performing operations related to the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products through equipment set-up, operation, clean up and maintenance in compliance with all regulatory cGMP requirements and company policies and procedures.

A day in the Life:

• Responsible for learning the manufacturing and/or packaging process as assigned by following approved batch records (BR), work instructions (WI), standard operating procedures (SOP), etc.
• Set up, changeover, program and operate various equipment manufacturing and/or packaging equipment including, mixers, extruders, welders, dryers, pouch sealers.
• Cleaning facilities, equipment and utensils as required following SOP's and WI's.
• Complete documentation as required in the manufacturing and/or packaging of product.
• Maintain work areas and performing job functions in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with policies and procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP's), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and Batch Record instructions.
• Prepare manufacturing areas and equipment for the production of pharmaceutical products
• Safely operates various types of computer-controlled equipment used in dispensing, granulation, compression or coating
• Disassembles, cleans, and re-assembles equipment using basic hand tools
• Assists with troubleshooting of equipment and process issues
• Maintains accurate, neat, error free records such as batch records and logbooks
• Accurately follows production documents, standard operating procedures (SOP's) and current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs)

Keys to Success:

Education

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.

Experience

• 1 year of previous experience in a manufacturing environment within pharmaceutical.
• 1 year of previous cGMP and other regulatory requirements.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Must communicate effectively with written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to follow cGMP and other regulatory requirements.
• Ability to maintain compliance in all SOP, cGMP, EHS and other training curriculum as assigned.
• Operate and troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.
• Work on assignments that are routine to semi-routine in nature where the ability to recognize
• Mechanical proficiency and ability to disassemble and reassemble various types of equipment (GMP facility preferred)
• Basic reading comprehension and math skills vital to follow sophisticated technical instructions and complete BPR calculations.
• Have interpersonal skills and ability to work both individually and as part of a team.
• Prior computer operation and experience in APACS, is desirable.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

• Ability to manipulate/handle drums weighing up to 110 kg and lift containers weighing up to 40 kg.
• Ability to hand-scoop 5 lbs. intermittently throughout the workday.
• Job requires wearing personal protective equipment to include white zone gowning requirements and various styles of respirators (1/2 face, 3-M hood, full face, and dust mask).
• Ability to operate a stand up fork lift and walkie stacker

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