Job Description

Work Schedule

• 10 hr shift/days

Environmental Conditions

• Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance
• Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards
• Cold Room/Freezers -22degreesF/-6degrees C
• Fluctuating Temps hot/cold
• Laboratory Setting
• Loud Noises (Equipment/Machinery)
• Rapid flashing lights
• Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)
• Standing for full shift
• Strong Odors (chemical, lubricants, biological products etc.)
• Various outside weather conditions
• Will work with hazardous/toxic materials
• Working at heights

About the Role

Farm Location: Garnett, KS

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

You are a dependable, hard-working colleague that will make a difference for our customers and fellow colleagues every day. Your impact will range from maintaining farm property, equipment, and facilities to caring for farm animals, particularly sheep.

A Day in the Life

As part of the Microbiology Division team, you will help our customers find solutions and workflows for food, clinical and pharmaceutical environments. You will be responsible for:

• Feeding animals daily and provide care as needed
• Setting up equipment for bleeding, maneuver animals into shoots, bleed animals as needed, and clean area thoroughly
• Assisting with general farm upkeep of fence lines, drainage ditches, lawn, house/farm repairs including minor electrical and plumbing repairs
• Providing basic feed and upkeep for animals on a weekend rotation basis
• Operating company vehicles and machinery such as tractors, truck and loader
• Checking farm for safety and security as needed
• Using hand-held machinery, such as grinder, drill and weed eater for routine farm upkeep
• Reporting any actual or potential safety hazards to the Supervisor, Human Resources, Safety Specialist or Senior Management

Keys to Success

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required

Experience

• Basic exposure to hand tools and equipment from a farming environment
• 2 years of related farm experience or equivalent experience

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Possess basic knowledge of English, math and the ability to read
• Possess good mechanical proficiency
• Ability walk up to 2 hours a day
• Ability to stand up to 8 hours a day
• Lift up to 25 pounds

Benefits

We offer competitive salary, an annual incentive bonus plan, and a range of other employee benefits!

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell?

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.