AR585 - Laboratory Technician
Location: Ledbury
Salary: £30,000
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Laboratory Technician on behalf of one of our clients.
The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that all Ciders, Perries and Wines are tested in a manner that gives accurate and repeatable results. To make liquid NPD samples as requested To monitor results and have a clear understanding of what the data is saying and report the findings.
Shift Pattern: 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm and 10pm-6am rotating on a weekly basis (including some weekends).
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure that there are zero RIDDOR Accidents
- Being actively involved in a Health and Safety culture to create a safe and risk free working environment.
- Following all Health and Safety requirements and that your work does not put others at risk ensuring that safest procedures are in place
- Attending Health and Safety meetings to report findings.
- With the team, thoroughly investigating any H&S accidents / incidents identifying actions that can be put in place to prevent reoccurrence
- Reporting a minimum of 1 Near Miss/Opportunity for Improvement per month
- Promoting and maintaining right first time (RFT) to include making sure that all Blend recipes and specifications are accurate to the best of your knowledge
- Maintaining accurate records and updating onto NAV on a timely basis
- Maintaining deployment of the the company quality management system (QMS) and other quality / food safety systems within the Process areas
- Ensuring that all analytical testing undertaken by yourself complies with the company requirements and that proficiency testing is in place to ensure that testing is repeatable and reproducible.
- Production of Blend recipe sheets and carrying out analysis of blends and base ciders and wines as required.
- Carrying out calibration of relevant lab equipment as instructed.
- Carrying out packaging quality checks, microbiological sampling and testing.
- Assessment of Wetlands and water, to include sampling, analysis and reporting.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Experience of working in an FMCG process environment
- Good computer skills and use of Microsoft Office package
- Organisation and time management skills
- Experience of the cider making process or similar industry
- Experience working with in a analytical laboratory
- Good level of education (Chemistry A level minimum) with continued professional development
Desirable:
- HACCP and Food Safety knowledge
- Degree in Chemistry, Science or qualification recognised by the IBD
Location: Ledbury
Salary: £30,000