Lab Technician - Method Validation

Lonza; Slough; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile culture

Inclusive workplace

Recognition programs

Role-based benefits

Job summary

Lonza in Slough is seeking a Laboratory Technician to support scientists by keeping laboratory support services running efficiently. You will ensure reagent and consumable stocks are adequate and that safety, organisation, and compliance standards are met.

Responsibilities include stock control, preparing buffers, coordinating stock locations, ordering supplies via WMS or external vendors, handling deliveries, planning tasks, supporting 6S and IMS initiatives, and maintaining cgmp training and

Qualifications

• College qualification or quality-related discipline
• Willingness to learn from experience
• Open to new challenges and change

Responsibilities

• Perform laboratory housekeeping activities, routine instrument maintenance, and regular checks of reagent and consumable stock levels to ensure uninterrupted laboratory operations.
• Prepare analytical buffers in accordance with laboratory methods and operational processes.
• Manage analytical method consumables inventory, including monitoring stock locations and points of use based on method lifecycle requirements and consumption rates.
• Order reagents and consumables through the Warehouse Management System (WMS) or external suppliers to maintain appropriate stock levels.
• Process departmental deliveries, ensuring timely receipt, correct storage, and notification to relevant stakeholders.
• Plan, prioritise, and complete assigned tasks within agreed timelines and quality standards.
• Support departmental 6S and Integrated Management System (IMS) initiatives to maintain an organised, efficient, and compliant working environment.
• Maintain all required GMP training in line with defined training plans and departmental requirements.
• Consistently adhere to current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) standards, quality requirements, and laboratory procedures.

Skills

Learn from experience

Adaptable to change

Problem solving

Education

College qualification or quality-related discipline

Job description

Location: Slough - This is a lab based role

Laboratory Technician responsible for supporting laboratory scientists by ensuring the efficient operation of laboratory support services. Key duties include maintaining adequate stocks of reagents, consumables, and buffer solutions, while upholding high laboratory standards to ensure a safe, organised, and compliant working environment.

What you will get

• An agile career and dynamic working culture
• An inclusive and ethical workplace
• Compensation programs that recognize high performance
• A variety of benefits dependent on role and location

Perform laboratory housekeeping activities, routine instrument maintenance, and regular checks of reagent and consumable stock levels to ensure uninterrupted laboratory operations.

Prepare analytical buffers in accordance with laboratory methods and operational processes.

Manage analytical method consumables inventory, including monitoring stock locations and points of use based on method lifecycle requirements and consumption rates.

Order reagents and consumables through the Warehouse Management System (WMS) or external suppliers to maintain appropriate stock levels.

Process departmental deliveries, ensuring timely receipt, correct storage, and notification to relevant stakeholders.

Plan, prioritise, and complete assigned tasks within agreed timelines and quality standards.

Support departmental 6S and Integrated Management System (IMS) initiatives to maintain an organised, efficient, and compliant working environment.

Maintain all required GMP training in line with defined training plans and departmental requirements.

Consistently adhere to current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) standards, quality requirements, and laboratory procedures.

What we are looking for

• College Qualified or quality-related discipline
• Demonstrates an ability and desire to learn from experience.
• Treats errors as a learning opportunity.
• Is willing to take on new challenges.
• Takes steps to adapt thinking and behavior to support change.
• Supports a culture of process improvement and problem solving.

About Lonza

At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of.

Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you’re ready to help turn our customers’ breakthrough ideas into viable therapies, we look forward to welcoming you on board.