Microbiology Qc Lab Leader

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**Supply**:
Want to raise standards? As a Microbiology QC Lab Leader you’ll have the freedom to find new ways to take a world-class manufacturing operation to the next level..

**About the role**:
The Microbiology laboratory supports all factory and technical teams to ensure high levels of microbiological quality assurance are achieved and consistently maintained. This role requires the technical knowledge to provide microbiological information for all factory processes, testing procedures, regulatory submissions, changes to existing products and new products introductions.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Manage a team of microbiologists.
- Ensure adequate resources to enable completion of required microbiological testing, factory environmental monitoring, delivery of microbiological training courses, support of engineering projects, completion of validation projects and progression of microbiological quality assurance improvement activities.
- Ensure all required procedures are in place, within review date and trained out to the Microbiology team.
- Ensure out of specification / out of trend results are thoroughly investigated and microbiological failures are escalated promptly.
- Initiate and document investigations using problem solving skills to enable effective root causing of quality issues and implementation of corrective and preventative measures.
- Manage systems to maintain laboratory equipment ensuring all equipment is successfully validated with relevant procedures, documentation and training in place.
- Continually review for improvements to laboratory best practices and improvements to optimise microbiological test methods.
- Conduct internal and external quality audits as required and ensuring audit readiness is maintained.
- Ensure the Microbiology laboratory operates within budget and seeking improved ways of working to increase the laboratory cost effectiveness.

**The experience we're looking for**:

- Proven experience in a similar role or a pharmaceutical/associated industry.
- Demonstrated people management skills.
- High level of microbiological knowledge and expertise for testing methods, laboratory management and factory facilities/equipment.
- Working knowledge of IT systems and their validation e.g. LIMS.
- Qualified Microbiologist or related science to Degree level.
- Achievement focussed and able to work in a pressurised environment
- Ability to work with and influence cross functional teams in particular the Operations Team and Engineering Teams

**What we offer**:
With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.
We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

**Equality**:
We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.