Laboratory Technician

Thrive Group; Frome; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension 6% employer contrib

Childcare vouchers

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Company sick pay

Death in service

Job summary

Thrive Group in Frome is seeking a Laboratory Technician for a busy FMCG production environment. You will perform tests in Chemistry and Microbiology labs, support swabbing, media preparation and ensure timely reporting.

Role requires prior lab experience, familiarity with LIMS, and strong communication. The role operates on 3 rotating shifts (early, late, night) with a pension and holiday benefits package.

Qualifications

• Previous working experience in chemistry or microbiology lab.
• Competent with LIMS databases.
• Good communication with colleagues and management.
• Ability to manage workload and ensure testing is timely.

Responsibilities

• Carry out environmental and plant hygiene swabs and all media preparation.
• Determine non-conforming results and follow up with re-sampling and re-testing.
• Decide when and how samples need to be retested.
• Process requests for product release by email/telephone.
• Collate out-of-spec results on the daily exception report and circulate to the list.
• Rotate lab consumables stock, conduct weekly stock-takes and notify when to order more stock.

Skills

Laboratory experience

Communication skills

Work under pressure

Tools

LIMS

Job description

Thrive Group are delighted to be working with our highly successful manufacturing company in Frome, who are actively seeking to recruit a Laboratory Technician to join the team.

What you will be doing:

Reporting to the Laboratory Manager, and supporting a busy FMCG production You will carry out all tests within both labs (Chemistry and Microbiology).

• Carry out environmental and plant hygiene swabs and all all media preparation
• Able to determine and act on non-complying results by communicating information and following up with re-sampling and re-testing
• Be able to decide when & how samples need to be retested.
• Process requests for product release by email/telephone
• Collate all out of spec results on the daily exception report and circulate to the designated list
• Ensure that lab consumables stock is rotated correctly, conduct weekly stock-takes and notify the lab team leader when there is a need to order more stock

What you will need to succeed:

• Previous working experience in chemistry or micro laboratory, ideally in Food or Beverage industry.
• Competent with lab data bases LIMs
• Good communication skills with colleagues and all levels of management
• Demonstrate ability to work under pressure, assess workload and breaks to ensure all the testing required is carried in a timely manner

What you will receive in return:

• £35,500 per annum DOE
• 3 rotating shifts Earlies (Apply online only) / Lates (Apply online only) /Nights (Apply online only)- Full time - 37.30 hours
• Company pension 6% employer contribution (Salary exchange)
• Childcare vouchers (Salary exchange)
• 25 days holiday + Bank holidays
• Company sick pay
• 4 x Death in Service