Manufacturing Support Tech I - 1st Shift

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

Shift: 1st Monday to Friday 6:30AM to 3:15PM

Pay Rate: $18.00

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

Florence, SC - 6173 East Old Marion Highway

Summary:

Under direct supervision, the Manufacturing Support Technician performs duties related to cleaning, swapping, sampling and staging of portable equipment in manufacturing. They are responsible for pre-weighing of raw materials in support of manufacturing. The Support Technician performs daily housekeeping and monthly safety inspections.

Essential Functions: 

Cleans portable equipment in the Small Parts Cleaning Facility by setting-up, cleaning, operating, and maintaining equipment; following procedures and documenting actions. Performs pre-weigh of raw materials to support manufacturing. Performs monthly safety inspections of the manufacturing building. To include operating safety showers and eyewash stations. Maintains safe and clean work environment by following current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), and standard operating procedures; complying with legal regulations; monitoring environment. Responsible for general maintenance  that includes area cleaning, painting and moving materials as needed Ensures equipment remains in operating condition by following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; calling for repairs. Carry out responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Ensure appropriate housekeeping and equipment maintenance. Coordinate the receipt, safe storage, transfer and off-site disposal of recycled material, trash and hazardous waste. Perform other duties as required.

Required Education:

• High school diploma or GED required.

Required Experience:

• No experience is required

Preferred Experience:

• 1 year of work experience preferred in manufacturing support operations, preferably in a GMP environment.

Equivalency:

 Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; sit and to talk, hear or smell. The employee is occasionally required to walk and stoop, or kneel, crouch. The employee must also occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made for persons with  disabilities -employee evaluation to determine fitness will be made by company physician(s). While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:

• Occasionally exposed to various types of chemical substances. (MSDS information for review on an on-going basis). 

Employee must comply with all applicable safety and security procedures:

• Determine appropriate action beyond guidelines
• Report potentially unsafe conditions

Incredible Benefits!

Medical, Dental, and Vision – effective day 1

Paid time off and holidays

401k company match up to 5%

Tuition Reimbursement – available after 90 days

Employee referral bonus

Employee discount program

Employee recognition program

Charitable gift matching

Company paid parental leave

Career advancement opportunities