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Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a FTSE 100 global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence and critical care, and infusion care
Group revenues in 2023 were over $2 billion. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in over 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our products provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. To learn more about Convatec, please visit

Our search for better is changing the lives of our customers. It's changing the careers of our people too –creating new challenges and opportunities all the time. We're a business that never stands still. Join us on our journey to #ForeverCaring as Microbiology Technician, and you won't either.

About the Role:

The role is to be part of a small team of microbiologists ensuring compliance of controlled environments, controls of manufactured products through bioburden and VDmax. Ensure. Supporting site development projects by ensuring control standards are maintained Embrace and drive ConvaTec's core mission, values, and priorities.

You Key Responsibilities as a Microbiology Technician:

• Ensure facilities, processes, personnel and materials/products are microbiologically tested in line with cGMP and procedural requirements
• Provide microbiological support for Operations
• Manage out of specification results, facilitate laboratory investigations, and involve the site Quality Director where applicable.
• Collect and trend data, react to trends and report to laboratory manager
• Maintain laboratory metrics
• Ensure compliance is maintained as directed by Notified Bodies regulations
• Compliance with GMP requirements and uphold these standards
• Compliance with EHS requirements and uphold these standards
• Perform Environmental monitoring and routine product monitoring; bioburden, VDmax25
• Seek and deliver CI opportunities across the site
• Adhere to legal, corporate and site legislation
• Maintain validation of Microbiology test methods,
• Ensure maintenance of the operational equipment within the lab.
• Maintain operational equipment within a validated state

About you:

• Successful participation in a quality system in a complex and regulated manufacturing environment.
• Exposure to data management and interpretation of the data sets.
• Excellent written skills which have been used to author both technical reports and quality documents (specification and procedural based).
• Demonstrates working in a fast paced environment where changes are embraced and implemented. An enthusiastic individual who drives, initiates and implements new initiatives for the overall benefit of the working environment.
• Knowledge of ISO standards and FDA regulations
• Knowledge of continuous improvement / quality assurance methods and techniques.
• Coaching and mentoring of laboratory technicians

Languages

• Speaking: Yes (English)
• Writing/Reading: Yes (English)

Working Conditions: Working in a laboratory and clean room environment as well as an office

Our ambitions will bring the very best out in you. You'll be pushed to aim higher and really own your work. You'll be encouraged and supported to make things happen, too. It can be challenging. But, as the progress you make will help improve the lives of millions, it'll be worth it.

This is stepping up to a challenge.
This is work that'll move you.

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