Microbiologist

**About The Role**:
Bespak are looking for a Microbiologist for the Holmes Chapel site, CW4 8BE. The salary range for this role is between £25k and £30k plus a discretionary annual bonus. Other benefits you will receive are 25 days leave plus bank holidays, a generous 10% pension contribution, onsite free parking, and medical / dental / health / life insurance.

**Shift Pattern - **Monday to Friday (8.30am to 9am start / 4.30pm - 5pm finish. 4pm finish on Friday possible) There is some flexibility on start and finish times.

As a Microbiologist, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and safety of our non-sterile products and manufacturing environments. You will be responsible for maintaining our cleanroom facilities and utilities, to meet GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) standards. In this role you will routinely monitor cleanrooms, facilities and utilities and report on data (e.g., environmental monitoring, compressed air testing, purified water sampling / analysis, and particle monitoring)

**As a Microbiologist your duties will include**:

- Cleanroom facility qualification, classification, and routine monitoring.
- Monitoring of site purified water generation and distribution systems.
- Support activities, such as, microbial media preparation and identification.
- Assist Senior/Specialist Microbiologists with improvement activities.
- Support members of the team with internal projects.

**Microbiologist, beneficial key skills, and experience**:

- Computer-literate to use LIMS and Microsoft Excel.
- Competence and clarity in both written and oral English communication.
- A science degree / HND/ NVQ 4 or equivalent experience.
- An understanding of compliance management in regulated areas.

**Benefits**:
25 days holiday + bank holiday + Buy/Sell Scheme | A generous employer pension contribution | Private medical insurance | Private dental Insurance | Permanent Health Insurance | Group life insurance | Free will service | Active well-being programme | Recognition awards | Free Parking

Bespak Holmes Chapel is an Investors in People silver award winner who employs over 300 people and are a pharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that offers development and manufacturing solutions for a variety of medical products. Our products include medical devices such as pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDI), soft mist inhalers (SMI), dry powder inhalers (DPI), nasal sprays and medical check valves.

**Holmes Chapel is a beautiful village in Cheshire with excellent transport links via its railway station on the Crewe-Manchester Line. The village has a population of nearly 7,000 and offers various amenities, including supermarkets, shops, restaurants, schools, and a GP practice.**

As an ethical employer we align our BZero sustainability initiative to the SBTI certification which means we are on a road to carbon reduction targeting net zero and are proud to be ISO certified in 14001, 45001 and 13485.

Our core values are, Customer Focussed, Respectful, Collaborative, and Agile, these are woven into the fabric of our business and the values we measure ourselves by.

We are flexible. We understand that there is a life outside of work, so we aim to support you in attaining a happy work/life balance. To cater for employees’ individual circumstances, and where possible, we agree flexible working arrangements.

We value our inclusivity as we believe diversity should be embraced and celebrated. We live and work by these values and that’s what makes our company a great place to work.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any adjustments you require therefore please contact the Recruitment Team if you require support.