Farm Animal Care Associate

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Farm Animal Care Associate

Thermo Fisher Scientific

icon Lenexa, KS, US, 66215

iconFull Time

icon10 July 2024

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Job Description

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.

Excellent Benefits Package

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Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1

Paid Time Off & Holidays

401K Company Match up to 6%

Tuition Reimbursement – eligible after 90 days!

Employee Referral Bonus

Employee Discount Program

Recognition Program

Charitable Gift Matching

Company Paid Parental Leave

Career Advancement Opportunities

Location/Division Specific Information

  • Please note that farm is located in Garnett, KS

  • 4x10 Day Shift | Monday - Thursday; 6am-4:30pm | Overtime available

The Microbiology Division provides solutions and workflow for food, clinical, and pharmaceutical environments. The markets we serve include food manufactures and labs, clinical and healthcare, pharma, and biotech. We manufacture culture media and other microbiological diagnostic products serving customers in the pharmaceutical, food, and clinical laboratories.

How will you make an impact?

As a Farm Animal Care Associate, you will provide care to on-site animals in support of accomplishing our goal of improving lives. Your work will support scientific discovery through diagnostic testing to help our customers make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

Essential Duties:

  • Feed animals daily and provide care as needed.
  • Perform routine blood collection from animals applying safe practices for diagnostic purposes
  • Administer routine immunizations and treatments when needed as directed by on-staff veterinarian or designee.
  • Provide basic feed and upkeep for animals on a rotational basis
  • Perform routine or basic maintenance on all animal care facilities and equipment to include:
  • Upkeep of fence lines, drainage ditches and lawn
  • Provide repairs of house and farms buildings
  • Assist electrical or plumbing repairs as assigned
  • Operate farm and construction equipment and machinery such as tractors, trucks and loaders; use hand-held machinery for routine farm upkeep
  • Report any actual or potential safety hazards to the Supervisor, Human Resources, Safety Specialist or Senior Management.

Education

  • Minimum Education: High School Diploma or GED

Experience

  • No experience necessary; related farm or mechanical experience strongly preferred
  • Certification/licensure in welding, plumbing or related field is a plus

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

  • Maintain mechanical proficiency
  • Possess basic skills operating hand tools and equipment in a farming environment.
  • Able to lift up to 25 pounds & walk approximately up to 2 hours a day.

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. 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.

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