Laboratory Administrator

5 days ago


UK, UK, United Kingdom Bakkavor Full time

Laboratory Administrator - Bakkavor Holbeach Labs

We rise to challenges together.

Monday to Friday

09.00am-17.00pm

Salary: £23,401

Why join us?

We’re ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it’s exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals, and succeed together.

What we do.


We're the biggest name you've never heard of. You've probably eaten our food - you just didn't realise it. We make innovative fresh products, with around 18,500 colleagues working across the UK, US and China. We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers (including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose). We’re ambitious. We’re full of ideas. And we’re ready for more people who share our values and passion for quality to join us.



About the role.


We are extremely proud to have our very own Bakkavor CLAS/RSA accredited laboratory and would love for you to come and join us as a ‘Laboratory Administrator’ where you will be required to;


  • Support the management of document control within our quality systems.
  • Offer administrative support throughout the department to include, but not limited to:
  1. raising P/O numbers, ordering, receipting of goods, collaborating with the finance teams, raising invoices, scanning, filing, photocopying and answering emails, collating data, organising laboratory tours, arranging engineer visits
  • Dealing with goods inwards and outwards
  • Assist with the Administration of the Contractor control system, arrange service and repair visits and ensure compliance documents are kept up to date.
  • Supporting the laboratory team by providing cover at the bench during busy periods
  • Participate in training and development to self to enhance personal performance.



We’re proud to offer you a career with real scope for development. To reward your hard work and ambition as a talented Laboratory Administrator with plenty of support and opportunity. And empower you to drive your own success and create a career you can be proud of too. This is a great platform to progress to future internal opportunities in the Labs such as ‘Senior Laboratory Technician’ and across the wider Bakkavor Group whether that be in future Technical / Process or Manufacturing roles with the knowledge and skills you have gained in our Labs.


The role will be based at our Holbeach St Marks Microbiology laboratory but occasionally may be required to work from our Spalding Chemistry laboratory.


About you.

The key skills and experience to be successful in this role include;

  • Excellent time management
  • Fully IT literate and competent user of MS Office
  • Interest in learning science based skills.
  • High degree of accuracy, methodical, logical, using a common-sense approach to changing workloads
  • Comfortable multi-tasking and prioritising tasks without guidance
  • Have the ability to own the job from start to finish.
  • Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships both internally and externally.


What you’ll receive.


As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.


You’ll enjoy:


  • Life Assurance (1 x salary)
  • 33 days holiday
  • Staff Shop
  • Stakeholder Pension Scheme
  • MyBargains Discount Platform
  • Personal Accident Insurance
  • Free Independent Mortgage Advice
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
  • Discounted tutoring for children
  • Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
  • Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years service)
  • Free Carparking

Proud to be Bakkavor.


We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team


Find out more and apply.



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