Supervisor, Manufacturing Operations at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Mebane, North Carolina

Job Description:

Work Schedule

Second Shift (Afternoons)



Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)



Job Description



As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you will 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.



Excellent Benefits Package



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Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1


Paid Time Off & Holidays


401K Company Match up to 6%


Tuition Reimbursement - eligible after 90 days!


Employee Referral Bonus


Employee Discount Program


Recognition Program


Charitable Gift Matching


Company Paid Parental Leave


Career Advancement Opportunities



Location/Division Specific Information



Mebane, NC


Hours: 2:00pm - 10:30pm



Summary of the position:



The Supervisor, Manufacturing Opeators is responsible for leading a team of hourly employees within a production environment. The primary responsibilities include day-to-day oversight of departmental goals for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, & Productivity goals.



Responsibilities:

• Lead team to meet or exceed operational goals in safety, quality, availability, cost, efficiency, and inventory


• Implement process improvements within scope of responsibilities, applying PPI, 5S, Lean, and Six Sigma methodologies.


• Build work center performance goals and leads team towards achieving those goals using employee participation.


• Lead and promote process improvement initiatives to drive strong performance in safety, product quality, and finance and process efficiency.


• Promote a working environment that encourages employee involvement to achieve operational excellence.


• Ensures effective performance evaluations are prepared and delivered for all employees.


• Develops talent within the organization including regularly meeting with employees and assisting in the creation of individual development plans.


• Coach and mentor staff to elevate overall performance and achieve departmental goals and objectives.


• Makes technical and business risk decisions under real-time pressure


• Has accountability for department operations when Senior Manager is not on site.


• Ensures company policies and procedures are being adhered to


• Acts as subject matter expert during customer and regulatory agency audits.


• Drives implementation of corrective and preventive actions to address internal and external audit observations.


• Interacts with diverse internal functional groups to tackle moderately sophisticated problems


• Initiates investigation into process failures, product failures, and safety incidents.

• Bachelor's degree in science or engineering field preferred. Comination of education and experience considered.

• 5 years' experience in manufacturing environment with at least 3 years in a supervisory position


• Practical application experience in Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing or other process improvement methodologies.


• Experience with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), ISO standards, Lean manufacturing concepts and familiarization with FDA regulations desired.