Lab Technician
3 months ago
Kickstart your career with Refresco as a Lab Technician, where you'll gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, innovative environment. This role offers the perfect opportunity to learn the fundamentals of lab operations, from sample preparation and testing to equipment maintenance and stock management. You'll work closely with a supportive team, developing valuable technical skills while contributing to the creation of exciting new products.
NPD Technician
Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 5pm, Fridays 8:30am – 4pm
Competitive salary, annual bonus, a good company pension scheme, life assurance, 27 days + bank holidays, plus the option to buy additional days.
About the role of NPD Technician:
Oversee housekeeping and organisation of the NPD Laboratory, ensuring readiness for work at all times.Support with sample/benchmark shopping if required.Stock consumables, follow cleaning schedules, and comply with audit standards.Perform equipment calibrations, cleaning, troubleshooting, and maintain paperwork.Manage ingredient stocks, packaging, equipment, and request samples as needed.Support the NPD team with sample preparation, production sample retrieval, and testing.Handle daily dispatches, raw material receipt, and assist with sensory testing.Manage production material assessments and act as a Health and Safety advocate.Lead internal and external audits, ensuring adherence to processes and managing audit actions.About you:
Ultimately, we encourage everyone to role model our core values of agility, responsibility, passion, excellence, and entrepreneurship as we believe these are what has made Refresco successful so far. For this role we are seeking the ideal candidate to match the following:
The ideal candidate will have previous experience within a laboratory format, however it’s not essential as training will be providedThe ideal candidate will have previous experience within a food/drink manufacturing environmentAbout Refresco:
Refresco is the global independent beverage solutions provider for Global, National and Emerging brands, and retailers with production in Europe, North America, and Australia. Refresco offers an extensive range of product and packaging combinations from juices to carbonated soft drinks and mineral waters in carton, PET, Aseptic PET, cans, and glass. Refresco continuously searches for new and alternative ways to improve the quality of its products and packaging combinations in line with consumer and customer demand, environmental responsibilities, and market demand.
Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We’re a global business and currently produce 12 billion litres of soft drinks from 64 manufacturing plants in 12 countries and we’re only just getting started.
We’re the proud owners of six drinks manufacturing sites within the UK. Our UK business provides a great place to work for over 1,800 employees, who produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading retailers.
Whether it’s packed in cartons, bottles or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards. Our products get where they need to be when they need to get there to meet the needs of our high-profile customers.
What’s in it for you?
Competitive payAnnual bonusLife assurance27 days plus bank holidays holiday allowancePurchase extra holiday schemeAccess to employee benefits platform – Cheers which includes flexible benefitsState-of-the-art facility with lots of variety and good peopleRefresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.
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