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Job Description

Job Title: Operations Manager

Job Location: East Grinstead

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of more than $30 billion and approximately 130,000 employees globally.. We help our customers accelerate life sciences analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, deliver medicines to market and increase laboratory efficiency. Through our elite brands - Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific and Unity Lab Services - we offer an unmatched combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and comprehensive services.

• Promote a safety-first culture ensuring:
  • All accidents and incidents are reported in timely manner, thoroughly investigated and actions implemented to prevent re-occurrence.
  • Staff actively participate in hazard observation scheme.
  • Completion of workplace inspections working closely with departmental EHS representative
  • Trained staff support key EHS responsibilities including EHS representative, Fire Warden, First Aiders, Spill Responder & Incident Controller
• Safe systems of work are in place for all planned and unplanned tasks through the use of risk assessments, with control measures built in through engineering controls, PPE requirements, or procedural controls.

• Ensure the site operates within the Quality Management System
• Site is maintained audit ready for both regulatory, internal and customer audits
• Ensure everyone is adequately trained.

• Site Capacity is known & understood and always able to support commercial ambition MBD has for Sensititre
• Accountable for ensuring a flexible, trained and agile team is fully in place and in use by ensuring that all staff are both trained and proficient along with sufficient level of cross training to support business demands and training status is maintained / refreshed where required.
• Drive outstanding performance through a robust & repeatable tiered accountability process and use of problem solving tools.
• Elevate performance each and every day through their personal actions & dedication, effective collaboration with their wider peer group and mentor of their teams!

• Oversees and leads spend within the site to meet budgetary and financial objectives with a budgetary spend of approximately £2M
• Ensure a robust improvement program is in place to drive important metric improvement in safety, quality, customer & cost
• Develop & gain business approval for capital investment to drive improvements in both compliance, business and productivity.

• Leading approximately 65 colleagues both directly (4 immediate reports) and through others:
  • Production Team 50FTEs
  • Technical Support Team - 1 direct report for10 scientists
  • Engineering Team - 1direct report who leads a team of 2 muti-skilled engineers
  • Instrument Services Team - 3FTEs
• Mentoring for outstanding performance
• Continuous Improvement Culture embedded and supportive.
• Covers all aspects of their role in a safe manner in line with the TFS consistent with the Code of Conduct and the 4i Values.

• Confirmed experience in a manufacturing environment
• Understanding of health and safety legislation and its practical application in the workplace backed up by IOSH qualification.
• Detailed understanding of GMP & Quality Management Systems.

• Confirmed experience working within medical device or pharmaceutical organization