Team Leader

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards

Job Description

Team Leader - Lab Support Services

At PPD, part of 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. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services.

Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Location/Division Specific Information

Our PPD® Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought-leaders and therapeutic guides. As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations.

The Team Leader - Lab Support Services will be based in our GMP Labs in Athlone in the Sample Management team and will work in a team managing all samples coming to the site for analysis and distribution of same.

You will be responsible for leading a dedicated team in sample management at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., an outstanding chance for impactful leadership.

Responsibilities

• Build work schedules and assignments.
• Ensure policies and procedures are accurate.
• Train staff and assess competence.
• Participate in staff hiring, corrective action, evaluation, and career progression.
• Coordinate sample accessioning, routing, storage, shipment, deidentification, relabelling, discard, destruction, and aliquoting.
• Review and recommend process improvements and efficiency gains.
• Define and monitor performance metrics for quality and efficiency.
• Serve as a back-up for management when needed.
• Investigate and resolve problems with samples or shipments.
• Address Process Deviation Reports/CAPA.
• Participate in audits and general capabilities department tours.
• Respond to environmental unit alarms
• Direct daily operations of work.

Requirements

• Secondary level education and ideally some 3rd level/formal qualification
• 2 years experience in GMP environment is desirable
• 1+ years experience demonstrating leadership qualities
• Strong leadership and team-building skills.
• Excellent communication and organizational abilities.
• Ability to successfully implement process improvements and efficiency gains.
• Competence in monitoring performance metrics for quality and efficiency.

Be part of an ambitious team that aims to compete at the highest level and achieve outstanding results. Let's make a difference together!

Hours: (applicants must be able to work these shifts) 

Morning shift - 6.30am - 3.15pm M-T, 6.30am - 2.15pm F. 

Core Shift - 8.30am - 5.15 M-T, 8.30am - 4.15pm F. 

Evening Shift – 12.30pm – 9.00pm M-T, 11.30am-7pm F. 

Rotational shift, evening shift every 4 weeks.