FSP Metrology Specialist

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll 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.

About the role

As a Metrologist in our Laboratory Services Team, you will lead the maintenance, calibration, and optimization of advanced laboratory instruments, ensure their precise functioning, troubleshoot complex technical issues, and enhance the overall efficiency and reliability of lab operations.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine and remedial maintenance on active instrumentation and equipment.
• Perform Calibrations/Qualifications on active instrumentation and equipment, including IQ (Installation Qualification), OQ (Operational Qualification), and PQ (Performance Qualification).
• Provide installation oversight of new laboratory instrumentation and equipment.
• Review vendor documentation relating to preventive maintenance, calibration/qualification, and repairs.
• Assist in preparing SOPs pertaining to operation, maintenance, and calibration of laboratory instrumentation and equipment.
• Address audits (internal or external client) on laboratory instruments and equipment.
• Evaluate lab support records for compliance with SOPs, review for completeness and accuracy, and report findings.
• Review and approve vendor-executed calibration, maintenance, repair, and performance verification documents.
• Prepare documentation for Quality Assurance approval prior to work execution.
• Monitor schedules to ensure timely completion of calibration, performance verification testing, and maintenance services.
• Ensure calibration testing on laboratory equipment follows established protocols.
• Oversee vendors during work execution, ensuring adherence to safety and compliance practices.
• Immediately report any deviations, discrepancies, or safety concerns and propose/implement corrective actions.
• Ensure instruments are ready for use after vendor work completion.
• Collaborate with the quality unit to ensure accuracy and completeness of documentation and address compliance concerns to meet GMP regulatory standards.
• Regularly review and prioritize customer equipment performance verification and support requests, responding promptly.
• Interact effectively with laboratory, Quality Assurance, and other departments as necessary.
• Interface with customers to ensure their expectations are met.

Requirements

• High/Secondary school diploma or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification.
• Bachelor's degree or technical certificate is a plus.
• Previous experience (comparable to at least 4 years) that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job. In some cases, an equivalency consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience will be considered sufficient.
• Familiarity with the use of balances, pipettes, and HPLCs in the laboratory.
• Demonstrated work experience in compliance with cGMP and FDA requirements, including Good Documentation Practices (GDP).
• Detail-oriented and well-organized with excellent communication skills in both verbal and written forms.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team, ensuring project completion with minimal supervision.
• Customer-focused attitude with a sense of urgency to meet assigned timelines.
• Experience in reviewing data for accuracy and compliance with specifications.
• Strong commitment to accuracy and truthfulness in all activities.
• Ability to effectively interact and communicate information with team members, co-workers, and customers.
• Self-motivated and driven to see projects through to completion.
• Routine user of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Working Conditions and Environment

• Work is performed in a laboratory and/or clinical environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Occasional drives to site locations, occasional domestic travel.
• Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms.
• Rare exposure to skin and lung irritants, radiation, toxic materials, and hazardous waste.
• Personal protective equipment required such as protective eyewear, garments, and gloves.
• Exposure to fluctuating and/or extreme temperatures on rare occasions.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently stands, twists waist, squats, and bends neck for 4–6 hours per day.
• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Ability to make precise coordinated movements of the fingers to grasp and manipulate objects.
• Frequent mobility required.
• Occasional crouching, stooping, bending, and twisting of upper body and neck.
• Moderate lifting (or otherwise movement, carrying, setting, and placement) of 15–30 lbs. with a maximum lift of 35 lbs.
• Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• May interact with others, relating and gathering sensitive information. Interaction includes diverse groups.
• Works with guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions from management.
• May require periods of intense concentration.
• Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence.
• Ability to perform under stress and multi-task.
• Regular and consistent attendance.

Pay

The hourly pay range estimated for this position based in New Jersey is $60,000.00–$65,000.00. 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.

Benefits

• 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.