Laboratory Admin

If you are seeking a career within laboratory or quality control, we would love to speak with you. As Lab Technician at Refresco,** **you will be a key member of the quality team ensuring the quality standards are met, whilst demonstrating the Refresco values.

**What’s in it for you as a Laboratory Technician at Refresco?**
- A genuinely great place to work where you are well looked after and a part of a supportive team
- Competitive pay
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Option to buy an additional 3 days holiday
- Life assurance
- Annual bonus
- Access to employee benefits platform
- Career development planning

We are fast-paced, hugely customer-driven, and always looking to innovate, develop, and improve what we do, and this creates the opportunity for you to develop and grow your career with us. Our people are friendly, open, and approachable, hugely supportive, and we have undergone high growth and high change over the past 5 years and expect to again double in size over the next 5 years.

To be successful in the Laboratory Technician role, Ideally, you will have experience in FMCG Manufacturing Plant as a Quality team member and understanding of GMP.

Laboratory Technician** **Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Sampling as scheduled at all specific points on raw materials, manufacturing process and finished goods in terms of chemical and microbiological analysis.
- Micro analysis of samples as per specified methods.
- Inform Technical/Production Managers of results outside specification for instigation of corrective actions.
- Observe company health and safety procedures as laid down, and be proactive in ensuring continuance of updating procedures
- Give technical support to the other company departments when required
- Assist Quality Management with implementation of quality systems and project work.
- Ensure that all analytical equipment is maintained and calibrated to the required standards and schedules
- Carry out product sensory panels to meet requirements
- Ensure raw materials & chemicals used within laboratory are within acceptable date criteria.
- Ensure the quality laboratory operation meets the requirements of external accredited bodies by following procedures carefully
- Support each other within team to provide resource whenever required to resolve problems and prevent customer & consumer complaints
- Arrange service contracts and maintain equipment to high standards
- Order all materials and equipment as required
- Ensure that all quality and food safety checks are carried out satisfactorily
- Ensure that GMP and internal audits are completed on time

The salary for this role is competitive and dependent upon experience.

We also offer an annual bonus incentive and a company pension scheme, 2 x basic salary life assurance plus 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays (with the option to purchase additional holidays).

Our current UK Business unit has six manufacturing plants (soon to be seven) providing a great place to work for 1600 employees producing private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading retailers including Tesco, ASDA, Morrison's, Sainsburys, ALDI and Lidl. We also manufacture for branded customers such as Innocent, Ocean Spray, Weetabix, Del Monte and Um Bongo. Whether it's packed in Cartons, PET, Aseptic PET or Cans, we ensure that our products are not only manufactured to the highest quality standards but they get where they need to be when they need to get there to meet the needs of our high profile customers.- #LI-GK1 - _Laboratory Technician

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- Refresco believes that the principle of equal opportunities is fundamental to our company's values. Our long-held aim is to provide just and fair treatment for all employees. We will not discriminate on the grounds of sex, age, disability, marital status, colour, race, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation or gender reassignment._