FSP Senior Metrologist

ThermoFisher Scientific; New Brunswick (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental plan

Vision plan

401(k) plan

ESPP

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific in New Jersey is seeking a Senior Metrologist to lead calibration, maintenance, and optimization of laboratory instruments. You will ensure precise functioning, troubleshoot issues, and improve lab efficiency while adhering to GMP and FDA documentation practices.

The role requires strong analytical skills, extensive knowledge of metrology, and the ability to coordinate with Quality Assurance and lab teams.

Qualifications

• High/Secondary diploma or equivalent; relevant formal qualification.
• Bachelor's degree or technical certificate is a plus.
• 4–6 years of related experience preferred.
• Familiarity with balances, pipettes, and HPLCs.
• Experience with cGMP and FDA documentation practices.
• Detail-oriented with strong communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Customer-focused with urgency to meet timelines.
• Experience reviewing data for accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve vendor-executed calibration, maintenance, repair, and performance verification documents.
• Prepare documentation for Quality Assurance approval prior to work execution.
• Monitor schedules to ensure timely completion of calibration, performance verification testing, and maintenance services.
• Ensure calibration testing on laboratory equipment follows established protocols.
• Oversee vendors during work execution, ensuring adherence to safety and compliance practices.
• Immediately report deviations, discrepancies, or safety concerns and propose/implement corrective actions.
• Ensure instruments are ready for use after vendor work completion.
• Collaborate with the quality unit to ensure accuracy and completeness of documentation and address compliance concerns to meet GMP standards.
• Regularly review and prioritize customer equipment performance verification and support requests, responding promptly.
• Interact effectively with laboratory, Quality Assurance, and other departments as necessary.
• Interface with customers to ensure their expectations are met.

Skills

Calibration

Maintenance

Analytical skills

Laboratory instruments

cGMP knowledge

Communication skills

Education

High/Secondary diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree or technical certificate

Tools

MS Office

Laboratory equipment

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards

Job Description

Join us as a Senior Metrologist in our Laboratory Services Team!

At 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 through our PPD clinical research portfolio, 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.

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

As a Metrologist, your role will be to lead the maintenance, calibration, and optimization of advanced laboratory instruments, ensure their precise functioning, troubleshoot complex technical issues, and enhance the overall efficiency and reliability of lab operations.

What You’ll Do

• Perform routine and remedial maintenance on active instrumentation and equipment.
• Perform Calibrations/Qualifications on active instrumentation and equipment to include IQ (Installation Qualification), OQ (Operational Qualification) and PQ (Performance Qualification).
• Provide installation oversight of new laboratory instrumentation and equipment.
• Review vendor documentation relating to pm, calibration/qualification and repairs.
• Assist and prepare SOPs pertaining to operation, maintenance and calibration of laboratory instrumentation and equipment.
• Address audits (internal or external client) on laboratory instruments and equipment.
• Evaluate lab support records for compliance with SOPs, review for completeness and accuracy and reports findings.

Education and Experience

• High / Secondary school diploma or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Bachelor's degree or technical certificate is a plus.
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 4-6 years).
• In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
• Familiarity with the use of balances, pipettes, and HPLCs in the laboratory.
• Demonstrated work experience in compliance with cGMP and FDA requirements, including Good Documentation Practices (GDP).
• Detail-oriented and well-organized with excellent communication skills in both verbal and written forms.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team, ensuring project completion with minimal supervision.
• Customer-focused attitude with a sense of urgency to meet assigned timelines.
• Experience in reviewing data for accuracy and compliance with specifications.
• Strong commitment to accuracy and truthfulness in all activities.
• Ability to effectively interact and communicate information with team members, co-workers, and customers.
• Self-motivated and driven to see projects through to completion.
• Routine user of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve vendor-executed calibration, maintenance, repair, and performance verification documents.
• Prepare documentation for Quality Assurance approval prior to work execution.
• Monitor schedules to ensure timely completion of calibration, performance verification testing, and maintenance services.
• Ensure calibration testing on laboratory equipment follows established protocols.
• Oversee vendors during work execution, ensuring adherence to safety and compliance practices.
• Immediately report any deviations, discrepancies, or safety concerns and propose/implement corrective actions.
• Ensure instruments are ready for use after vendor work completion.
• Collaborate with the quality unit to ensure accuracy and completeness of documentation and address compliance concerns to meet GMP regulatory standards.
• Regularly review and prioritize customer equipment performance verification and support requests, responding promptly.
• Interact effectively with laboratory, Quality Assurance, and other departments as necessary.
• Interface with customers to ensure their expectations are met.

Working Conditions and Environment

• Work is performed in a laboratory and/or a clinical environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Occasional drives to site locations, occasional domestic travel.
• Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms.
• Rare exposure to skin and lung irritants, radiation, toxic materials and hazardous waste.
• Personal protective equipment required such as protective eyewear, garments and gloves.
• Exposure to fluctuating and/or extreme temperatures on rare occasions.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently stands, twists waists, squats, and bends neck for 4--6 hours per day.
• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. Ability to make precise coordinated movements, of the fingers to grasp and manipulate objects.
• Frequent mobility required.
• Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
• Moderate lifting (or otherwise movement, carrying, setting, and placement)of 15-30 lbs. with a maximum lift of 35 lbs.
• Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• May interact with others, relating and gathering sensitive information. Interaction includes diverse groups.
• Works with guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions from management. May require periods of intense concentration.
• Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-task.
• Regular and consistent attendance.

Why Join Us

When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific, you become part of a global team that values passion, innovation, and a commitment to scientific excellence. You’ll work in an environment where collaboration and development are part of the everyday experience – and where your contributions truly make a difference.

Compensation and Benefits

The hourly pay range estimated for this position based in New Jersey is $60,000.00–$65,000.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.