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Automation Specialist II GoCo Health Innovation City Gothenburg Sweden
At Thermo Fisher Scientific youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research development and delivery of life-changing therapies.
Location/Division Specific Information
Our PPD Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists industry thought-leaders and therapeutic guides. As the world leader in serving science our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations.
This position will be based at our new bioanalytical laboratory in GoCo Health Innovation City which is due to open later this year. This lab will serve pharmaceutical and biotech customers with advanced laboratory services and leading-edge instrumentation across all phases of pharmaceutical development to help deliver life-changing medicines to patients worldwide and will provide comprehensive and full-service solutions encompassing both small and large molecules biomarkers and novel modalities.
Discover Impactful Work:
The Automation Specialist II performs a variety of moderately complex to complex acitivites in support of automated instrumentation. Conducts activities following company SOPs and policies while also adhering to automation best practices with increased independence
A day in the Life:
Maintains maintenance schedule as required for automated instrumentation with minimal supervision.
Performs routine to moderately complex hardware replacements
Performs liquid class testing and/or labware creation for automated liquid handling workstations with minimal supervision
Implements new scripts/methods through developmental testing with supervision
Responds to and aids lab personnel in error handling situations for automated instrumentation
Develops advanced troubleshooting skills (hardware and/or software)
May program new (or revise) scripts with moderate to high complexity in support of maintenance activities and/or assay methods on automated instrumentation
Posseses excellent documentation skills and adheres to relevant SOPs and laboratory automation best practices
Develops programming and/or process theory for fully automated workflows
Keys to Success:
Education/Experience
Bachelors degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
2 years previous experience that provides the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the job (
Knowledge Skills Abilities
Direct experience with Hamilton automation instrumentation strongly preferred
Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word; experience with programming (Hamilton Venus TECAN EVOware or Fluent Control Thermo Momentum VB Python etc.) strongly preferred
Proven time management skills; proven ability to self-manage assigned tasks
Proven ability to work in a collaborative work environment with a team
Ability to understand and independently apply GMPs and /or GLPs to everyday work with regard to documentation and instrument use
Proven troubelshooting skills
Developing critical thinking skills
Knowledge of automated platform software use and intermediate programming
Proficient in training of other laboratory staff for preventative maintenance activities and/or high throughput automated sample analysis
Proven ability to interpret data by performing trend analysis
Benefits
We offer competitive remuneration annual incentive plan bonus 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!
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 100000 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 with PPD part of Thermo Fisher Scientific where diverse experiences backgrounds and perspectives are valued.
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.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Full-Time