Engineer/Scientist I, QC

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Laboratory Setting, Office

Job Description

Our site in Groningen is part of the world class Pharma Services of Thermo Fisher Scientific, and we are looking for a Scientist II for our QC department.

In 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.

This type of facility has to follow rules and regulations of cGMP set by countries health and welfare ministries and with internationally harmonized guidelines that give guidance with implementing these rules and regulations.

The job holder should be practically and theoretically good in the field of expertise (Analytical methods). Knowledge of analytical methods and processes according to cGMP and EH&S guidelines and quality systems is achieved by keeping training status up to date and growing own knowledge related to own activities. The job holder delivers reliable results and reports and communicates this in an accurate way.

Location/Division Specific Information

This position is within the Quality control of Thermo Fisher Scientific in Groningen.

Discover Impactful Work:

The QC Scientist I will be an integral member of the group ensuring operational readiness of the QC scientists’ team. The key focuses will be to assist in the timely completion of qualification/validation of analytical methods and the transfer and qualification/ validation of methods from clients. The Scientist I will act as an analyst in the lab by assisting in methods qualification/ validation activities, documentation, analytical method transfer, training, and keeping up cGMP compliance practice to support group needs

A day in the Life:

• Ensures both the execution and constant supervision of analytical laboratory activities for projects assigned
• supporting analysts in problems solving for analytical activities
• Responsible for introduction of new analytical techniques and assays
• Knowledge of testing and associated equipment protocols and requirements and analytical testing instrumentation.
• Actively keep training performance up to date.
• Support improvement projects in QC
• Operates within company and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Good interpersonal, analytical/problem solving and communication skills.
• Able to work alone as well as in a team.

Education / Experience

•            Education level Academic Master of Science with > 1 years’ (experience in the Quality Control team) or Bachelor of Science with >3 years (experience in the Quality Control team), or Post Graduate qualifications beneficial.

•            Specific knowledge of bio-pharmaceutical processes, pharmaceutical guidelines and QC applications

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Flexible when priority changes
• General english verbal and writing required (all documentation is in english).
• Great teammate
• Planning and organization of own work
• Dedication
• Result orientated
• Outstanding comprehension of cGMP and international quality standards
• Scientific judgment
• Laboratory experience

What we offer:

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, 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!

We encourage candidates that enjoy working in a diverse, multi-disciplinary, groundbreaking technology environment where personal development and team collaboration are key to success, to make the impossible possible for our customers..

Diversity in our teams is an important element to build an effective and challenging working environment. Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement are key values that we expect of all that are part of our community.