STARS Senior Technician

Abbott; Witney; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined-contribution pension

Share ownership

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Abbott in Witney is seeking a STARS Senior Technician to lead our Product Test team, ensuring quality, yield and on-time delivery of sensor testing for our glucose monitoring systems. You will guide, mentor and coordinate across quality and engineering functions within a fast-paced environment.

You will conduct sensor testing, oversee batch reviews, and manage test scheduling while maintaining awareness of GLP/GMP standards and daily laboratory activities.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams and delivering results.
• Experience in a laboratory environment with GLP and GMP.
• Able to work night shift (7:00pm–7:00am) and 4-on/4-off pattern.
• Proactive communicator with strong time management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Product Test team to ensure quality, yield and output deliverables.
• Own area, report metrics, escalate issues, coordinate between teams.
• Support daily walk-around activities with quality and engineering functions.
• Perform sensor testing and batch review to support product release.
• Monitor daily lab activities and stay aware of new products and processes.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Time management

Lab testing

Education

Secondary education (English and Mathematics)

Tools

Laboratory equipment

GLP/GMP knowledge

Job description

Location : Witney

Abbott's Diabetes Care business designs, develops and manufactures leading-edge glucose monitoring systems and test strips for use in both home and hospital settings, and we have recently launched a new system that will revolutionise how people with diabetes around the world monitor their glucose levels. We are passionate about doing work that improves the quality of people's lives.

STARS Senior Technician

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a STARS Senior Technician to lead our Product Test team in providing quality and compliant Sensor testing.

Developing, leading and motivating your team, you will ensure quality, yield and output deliverables, maintain and champion EHS initiatives, and drive 6s and process improvements. On a day to day basis, you will take ownership for your area, acting as a representative at daily meetings, reporting on metrics, escalating issues effectively, and coordinating between teams.

You will support the daily walk-around activities, interacting with quality, engineering, and other relevant support functions as required.

Through visual inspection of sensors and undertaking a series of physical testing procedures, you will utilise laboratory equipment, machinery and instruments to perform sensor testing and batch record review and approval to support product release, on-market stability, complaints, and product development trials. In addition to this, you will support the control and scheduling of tests, and monitor and assist with daily laboratory activities, and maintain awareness of new/changed products and processes within the area.

To be successful, you will bring experience of and be passionate about leading teams and delivering results. You should be excited about working in a fast-paced environment within a hard-working and welcoming team.

The ideal candidate will be a proactive leader who can effectively multi-task whilst working within the scope of procedures and protocols, and offer good communication and time management skills.

This is a night shift position, working a 4-on / 4-off shift pattern (7:00pm - 7:00am).

You should have completed, as a minimum, secondary education in English and Mathematics.

Previous experience of working in a laboratory (including experience of GLP and GMP) and use of a variety of analytical/testing instruments to provide a general knowledge of laboratory science is preferred.

In addition to a competitive salary, Abbott offers a highly attractive benefits package which includes a defined-contribution pension scheme, a share ownership scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, and a flexible benefits scheme which you can tailor to your own requirements.

• defined-contribution pension scheme
• share ownership scheme
• private healthcare
• life assurance
• flexible benefits scheme which you can tailor to your own requirements