Being part of Thermo Fisher Scientific means doing exciting and meaningful work together with a team that values performance, quality and innovation!

In this role as a Bioprocess Scientist (III) we will welcome you into our Manufacturing Sciences & Technology (MSAT) department within the Pharma Services Group, in Groningen, Netherlands. In this exciting role, we will ask you to lead process improvement & validation activities, technology transfer, implementation of new production processes, technology & equipment as well as mentoring & coaching junior scientists and technicians.

At the Groningen site we are a multi-product and multi-client biopharmaceutical site with development and manufacturing facilities for pharmaceutical products for clinical trials (phase 1, 2 and 3) and commercial production.

How will you make an impact?

• Ensure new processes and process improvements are transferred successfully into Operations

• Represent the MSAT department in Technology Transfer & commercial projects

• Technology transfer and implementation of new production processes, with the objective to produce new clinical trial products

• Provide guidance during process development phase for new products

• Perform troubleshooting for the production processes

• Optimize production processes to improve costs, speed and quality

• Initiate & implement new technology and equipment within the production facility

• Mentor & coaching junior scientists and technicians

• Supporting Management in the prospecting process, to ensure excellent proposals are made to potential clients, to acquire new business.

• Provide technical and technological advice to Commercial Project Teams

• Perform and support validation activities for the filing of the products at FDA or EMEA

• Conduct all activities in accordance with cGMP and EH&S

• Perform all other duties and tasks as assigned

How will you get here?

• Master or bachelor’s degree in engineering, Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry or other similar area

• Previous experience in a similar role

• Experience within the biotech or biopharmaceutical industry is important

• Excellent knowledge of scale-up and cGMP manufacturing

• Good knowledge of tech transfer and process validation

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $30 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 productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 80,000 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.