1st Shift - Packaging Technician 2-Allentown PA
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Work Schedule
Second Shift (Afternoons)

Environmental Conditions
Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc... allowed, Cold Room/Freezers -22degrees, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

Packaging Technician 2

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:

CTD partners with pharmaceutical and biotech customers around the world to ensure the right patients get the right therapies in the right doses at the right time - A concept that we internally embrace as "There is a Patient Waiting."

Our unique blend of services includes project management, packaging, distribution, transportation management and specialty logistics, ancillary supply management, clinical supply optimization, bio-repository storage and much more. Our more than 3,000 employees in over 15 countries work hard every day knowing that what they do matters.

How Will You Make an Impact

As part of our team, what you do contributes directly to our mission; enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

A Day in the Life:

• Applies Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and customer requirements in all areas of responsibility.
• Follows all safety regulations and conduct all activities in a safe & efficient manner.
• Performs manual or automated assembly, manufacturing, filling, packaging, and labeling of pharmaceutical products while ensuring adherence to specifications and the highest quality standards.

Education:

High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

• Preferred: Minimum of 1 year of work experience in a manufacturing, operations, production, lab setting or related field

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Must be able to interpret 2D Diagrams and batch paperwork to ensure proper assembly of clinical supplies.
• Must be able to work independently, or as a part of a team, in the completion of assigned tasks.
• Must be able to take initiative, follow through on commitments, and adapt to changing circumstances.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

• Ability to work in Primary, Secondary, Refrigerated ( 2 to 8° C), and Frozen (-20° C) Packaging areas (80-100%)
• Ability to stand continuously (50-80%)
• Ability to walk frequently (50-80%)
• Ability be able to sit (50-80%)
• Ability to lift and/or carry 50 pounds (at maximum) frequently (25-50%)

What We Offer

Compensation

• Competitive Hourly Pay Rate
• Additional shift differential for 2nd shift and 3rd shift positions
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Annual merit performance-based increase

Excellent Benefits

• Benefits & Total Rewards | Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1
• Paid Time Off & Designated Paid Holidays
• 401K
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Career Advancement Opportunities

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 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.com

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.

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