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Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Strong Odors (chemical, lubricants, biological products etc.), Will work with hazardous/toxic materials

Job Description

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

Based in Fair Lawn, NJ, and will support our Laboratory Chemicals Division (LCD).

Discover Impactful Work:

You will lead the smooth running of our manufacturing facility while achieving delivery of targets through the effective management, development and coaching of your team, identifying, and implementing continuous process improvements, team engagement and staff involvement.

You will be focused on all manufacturing operations at the Fair Lawn site such that optimum customer service and quality standards are achieved efficiently whilst maintaining and developing a safe working environment and culture.

A Day in the Life:

+ Provides leadership to assigned manufacturing team by leading organizational change and building as well as developing effective teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals; driving engagement and creating a climate where staff are motivated to do their best.

+ Enhance service levels and drive continuous improvement activities while maintaining an efficient and safe manufacturing environment.

+ Management of daily operations including ownership of safety, process control, training, problem solving, planning, communications, employee development and continuous improvement while delivering production output versus agreed plan.

+ Lead the delivery of operational budget goals by driving the reduction of costs through effective use of resources (labor, energy, raw materials) and effective forward planning for down days, projects, PPI etc.

+ Conduct training sessions for staff on new processes, procedures, or technologies.

+ Update and revise manufacturing documents, such as work instructions, SOPs, and process flowcharts, to reflect current practices and ensure compliance.

+ Process analysis and improvement:

+ Gather and analyze data related to production performance, process capabilities, and quality metrics.

+ Identify areas for improvement and brainstorm potential solutions based on data analysis and industry standard processes.

+ Continuously analyze manufacturing data to track progress, measure the impact of implemented changes, and identify further improvement opportunities.

+ Active involvement in Tier meetings and Practical Process Improvement (PPI) activities

+ Liaison with Supply Chain to ensure full availability of material to meet customer orders.

+ Identify capital project opportunities & participate in project meetings.

+ Ensure that all Value Stream activities adhere to the Site Quality Management System by promoting and incorporating good manufacturing practices which are implemented consistently.

Keys to Success:

Education

+ Bachelor’s Degree required. Preferably in Engineering.

Experience

+ 5+ years manufacturing supervisory experience required.

+ Experience leading a large team, within a manufacturing environment highly preferred.

+ Experience working within cross functional teams and providing governance on project teams highly preferred.

+ Experience using PPI or similar CI methodology highly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

+ Ability to engage, coach, develop and performance management employees.

+ Ability to influence people at all levels from the Management Teams to Leadership level.

+ Ability to lead a team effectively through significant change.

+ Safety, quality, and environment management through ISO standards.

+ Strong numerical and analytical skills with the ability to capture, interpret, and analyze complex data sets.

+ Knowledge of chemical distillation process and chemical processing desired.

+ Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to prepare reports and presentations to communicate findings, recommendations, and progress updates to senior management and partners.

+ Ability to make timely decisions and knows when to delegate.

+ Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.

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.