Team Leader – Manufacturing Operations
Thermo Fisher Scientific
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do work that truly matters. Every day, our teams around the world help customers make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer—from protecting the environment and ensuring food safety to advancing life-saving therapies.
Join us and be part of a mission-driven organization where your leadership, ideas, and passion for excellence can help take science a step beyond.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a Team Leader, Manufacturing Operations to lead and inspire a high-performing manufacturing team in a regulated environment. In this role, you will play a key part in delivering critical products by driving safety, quality, and operational excellence across multiple shifts.
You’ll combine people leadership with hands-on operational oversight, coordinating daily production activities while ensuring full compliance with cGMP and regulatory standards. Working closely with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and other support functions, you will champion continuous improvement and foster a strong culture of safety and quality.
What You’ll Do
1. Lead, coach, and develop a team of 5–15 manufacturing colleagues
2. Coordinate production activities across shifts to meet schedules and efficiency targets
3. Ensure strict adherence to cGMP, ISO, and quality management systems
4. Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean and Six Sigma principles
5. Monitor performance, conduct reviews, and support training and development
6. Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and optimize workflows
7. Maintain accurate manufacturing documentation and batch records
8. Balance quality, productivity, and cost-effectiveness in daily operations
Who We’re Looking For
9. Advanced Degree (no experience required) or Bachelor’s Degree with proven experience, ideally in pharma, biotech, or another regulated industry
10. Background in Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, or a related technical discipline
11. Proven leadership experience managing teams of 5–15 people
12. Strong knowledge of cGMP, ISO standards, and manufacturing quality systems
13. Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills
14. Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies
15. Comfortable working rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays
Desirable:
16. IOSH Managing Safely certification
17. Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt or higher
Working Environment
18. Cleanroom manufacturing environment with PPE and gowning requirements
19. Ability to stand for extended periods and lift up to 40 lbs
20. Use of manufacturing execution systems and Microsoft Office tools
Why Thermo Fisher Scientific?
We invest in our people. You’ll have access to the tools, training, and career development opportunities you need to grow—while contributing to work that has a real global impact.
Discover meaningful work. Make a difference. Join Thermo Fisher Scientific.
About Thermo Fisher:
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain. As one team of 100,000+ 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.