Site Specialist - Biologics Cloning

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

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

Unity Lab Services provides a single source for integrated lab services, support, and supply management. Our customized service offerings and elite service experts have the flexibility and experience to uniquely address our customer’s laboratory's business needs.

Discover Impactful Work:

Play a key role in a team of laboratory staff performing Molecular Biology/Cloning activities for Research and Development. Drive excellence in the Scientific Services program through right-the-first-time. Champion innovation and practical process improvement in the laboratory

A day in the Life:

• Perform Qiacube DNA Preps and Plasmid DNA Preps, including 96 well, midi, maxi, mega, and gigaprep
• DNA quantification using instrumentation (Nanodrop and Dropsense)
• Perform transformations, colony picking, bacterial culture
• Set up and run PCR reactions, separate products on agarose gels
• Perform gel extractions using commercial kits
• Reagent maintenance and ordering
• Daily start up and shutdown of lab equipment
• Place work orders for equipment repairs when needed and coordinate with internal service providers.
• Inventory management of items such as lab consumables, reagents, DNA preps, and standard primers
• Assist with shipping procedures
• Technical writing of lab procedures
• Provides general guidance and technical expertise to peers and clients

Keys to Success:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree, in a science related field.

Experience

• Familiarity with basic laboratory equipment.
• Ability to follow written procedures
• Ability to perform dilutions and liquid measurements.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Detail oriented and analytical; Decision making and problem-solving skills
• Basic Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook, Teams)
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills; including experience writing laboratory procedures

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

Working conditions include extensive walking/standing, ability to lift, push and pull up to 35 pounds consistently, and ability to work with carcinogenic, mutagenic, and irritant classified chemicals

Compensation and Benefits

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-rewards