When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, 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 goals.

Location/Division Specific Information

This position will be based at the Thermo Fisher Scientific site located in Millersburg, PA.

How will you make an impact?

Be part of a fast-growing manufacturing site that is committed to operational excellence in manufacturing and across the supply chain. This position will be essential to enabling year over year double-digit growth by leading site-critical projects and developing standard project management processes across the team. The Operations Project Manager is accountable for driving the optimal return on Operations investment for the TFS Millersburg Site by utilizing best in class project, financial and resource information, enabling optimal decision making.

What will you do?

• Develop project plans containing complete scope of work identifying all project requirements, tasks, resource assignments and an accurate estimate for task completion
• Manage expense and capital spending associated with projects
• Lead, motivate and inspire project cross-functional team members
• Provide meeting minutes and action items to team
• Communicate status and updates for projects – keep stake holders informed of project progress and potential roadblocks
• Coordinate projects from initiation through delivery; planning and directing completion of all required product development activities or project deliverables
• Assist with process improvements (PPI) on customer focused projects.
• Special projects, as assigned by Manager.
• Act as a change agent and constantly challenge the status quo.
• Utilize lean & six sigma principles to improve results across the site….waste reduction, efficiency improvements, productivity, equipment utilization and defect reduction

How will you get here?

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain or Business discipline

Experience

• 2 years of Project Management experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience leading teams
• Experience in successfully creating top quality work under aggressive timelines

Preferred Experience

• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
• 6 Sigma training
• 3-5 years of Supply Chain practical experience
• ISO 13485 and Clean Room experience
• Experience in validation of manufacturing equipment, facility and utility systems, and production processes for pharmaceutical applications
• Proven track record for developing, training and coaching employee teams in continuous improvement environment

  Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Positive attitude and solid communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to influence without authority
• Ability to develop high levels of credibility and forge solid and positive professional relationships with subordinates, peers and upper management
• Solid knowledge of Project Management Principles – project plans: scope, budgets, schedule, risk / stakeholder identification and management, root cause analysis, resource allocation
• Solid knowledge of Project Management Tools – project charters, Gantt charts, 4-blockers, RACI, Pareto charts, MS Project, etc
• Proficient in Microsoft Applications; Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint
• Ability to work with many different types of personalities
• Ability to travel (25%)
• With the right experience and skill we would consider a remote work option for the role