Job Description
When you're part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers to develop cures for cancer or coronavirus vaccines, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goal!
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $35 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing efficiency in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our distributed team of more than 90,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.
Location/Division Specific Information: Our Hillsboro site produces extraordinary electron microscopes used by scientists and engineers to drive innovation around the globe. This role works collaboratively to produce-high quality components used in the world’s finest microscopes used by scientists like Nobel prize winners and researchers who imaged the COVID-19 virus
Apply now to join a growing company with the opportunity to excel in your career as well as earn incentive bonuses and career development training. Thermo Fisher offers a $1,000 sign on bonus, competitive benefits like Medical, Dental, Vision, generous tuition assistance, Paid Time Off, 401K, plus employee Stock Ownership Program for all full-time employees!
Discover Impactful Work: With such an important global mission statement our Parts Cleaning Associate reinforces our Quality Culture through careful and meticulous assembly practices to ensure that Customers across the world receive the highest quality best performing products possible!
How will you make an impact? The Parts Cleaning Associate performs various tasks associated with cleaning machined parts in preparation for the manufacturing assembly process. This part cleaning process entails unpacking material, placing material into large washing/cleaning machines and then repackaging the cleaned final product. The Parts Cleaning Associate collaborates with colleagues towards common production goals via documented manufacturing procedures. This position also participates in continuous process improvement activities and maintains the highest standards for workplace safety and quality.
What will you do?
- Process machined parts thru different cleaning processes
- Using databases and other office programs to track completion of cleaning process
- Participate in resolving production challenges and making process decisions
- Assist in selection and/or set-up of specialized equipment
- Perform a wide variety of troubleshooting to identify and resolve issues
- Perform equipment set-up, calibration and preventative maintenance
- Follow audit and safety guidelines
- Train current and new employees
How will you get here?
Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent required
Experience:
- 1 year of manufacturing and/or Parts cleaning experience preferred
- Experience in lean manufacturing, 6S and continuous improvement a plus
- Previous assembly experience in a Clean Room environment is a plus
- Experience with Windows-based and MS Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook and Access) is a plus
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Demonstrated ability in successfully working in a Team of 2-6 colleagues
- Ability to work in a cleanroom environment using appropriate PPE
- Ability to analyze and solve problems independently as well as in a collaboration setting
- Ability to support projects, perform training and work efficiently as part of cohesive teams
- Self-motivated, self-starter with strong organizational skills
- Ability to lift up to 35lbs
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, comfortable in partnering with colleagues of differing cultural, language and educational backgrounds
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 90,000 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 at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.