Staff Scientist, Manufacturing Sciences

Job DescriptionAs 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.How will you make an impact?The Staff Scientist, Manufacturing Sciences is responsible for designing and managing projects for insourcing/outsourcing changes of processes, raw material and/or finished goods for the Chemical and Biological commodity. This includes the ability to work with multiple Thermo Fisher groups, along with senior management and our external vendors to affect change. Furthermore, the Staff Scientist, Manufacturing Sciences has the ability to develop technical relationships, and handle conflicts with confidence and integrity.What will you do?

Proven track record leading complex and/or virtual program teams.

Experienced leader or project manager of cross-functional teams- facilitating communication, decision making, and ensuring alignment with internal and external partners.

Identify, document and communicate project risks and contingency plans.

Develop project tasks, deliverables, dependencies and resource requirements.

Create, maintain and organize necessary documentation and records; responsible for the quality of project deliverables and documentation.

Exercise scope management with consideration for the customer, team, and company needs.

Track and communicate project status, plans, issues, timelines, action items, and budgets.

Study product requirements- design testing and manufacturing systems to meet requirements.

Perform statistical analysis to analyze trends, and work with team(s) to conduct root cause analysis and to recommend and implement corrective actions for processes.

Investigate, design, and implement control systems and methods to ensure product quality and equivalency.

Develop/implement strategies and sound recommendations based on both quantitative and qualitative inputs with intuitive understanding of quality, manufacturing, and financial drivers.

Deliver training mechanisms for new/modified processes.

Writing and performing validation plans and reports.

Supporting R&D on new sourcing initiatives (as needed)

Support Finished Good Outsourcing initiatives (OEM/Contract Manufacturing)

How will you get here?

Bachelor’s degree required, higher education preferred

Bachelor’s degree or higher education with 5+ years applicable experience

Ability to effectively shift priorities and work at a rapid pace is required.

Excellent communication skills, including writing, articulating, listening, and questioning skills required.

Ability to verbally communicate technical strategies and then translate those strategies into an accurate concise written document is critical for success.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

Demonstrated ability to lead, direct and manage cross-functional teams, influence business partners and get results through others.

High-level business acumen.

Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal) - ability to communicate across all levels internally and externally.

Excellent leadership, customer orientation, presentation and problem solving skills.

Superior organizational skills with the ability to multi-task.

Flexibility and understanding of business impact to address immediate priorities and still manage deadlines with longer-term projects and critical initiatives.

Ability to travel: Travel both domestically and internationally approximately 10-25% of the time.

Ability to work in a laboratory, warehouse or manufacturing environment.

Knowledge of established Quality Systems, ISO regulations and/or cGMP.

Knowledge of enterprise resource systems such as E1 or SAP.

Thrives in a dynamic work environment; has ‘can-do’ attitude.

Great teammate and team builder.

Attention to detail.

Customer focused.

Understanding of manufacturing processes, documentation, testing, quality requirements of the manufacturing of finished good materials

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. As one global 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.Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.comThermo 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.Accessibility/Disability AccessJob Seekers with a Disability: Thermo Fisher Scientific offers accessibility service for job seekers requiring accommodations in the job application process. For example, this may include individuals requiring assistance because of hearing, vision, mobility, or cognitive impairments. If you are a job seeker with a disability, or assisting a person with a disability, and require accessibility assistance or an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please submit a request by telephone at 1-855-471-2255. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.This telephone line is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes, such as not being able to get into the career website, following up on an application, or other non-disability related technical issues will not receive a response.Compensation and BenefitsThe salary range estimated for this position based in California is $103,100.00-$154,700.00.This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewardsThermo 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.