Laboratory Product Technician

Hexagon Recruitment are pleased to be recruiting on behalf of our client located in the Ellesmere Port area for the permanent position of; Laboratory Product Technician.

Working Monday to Thursday 8am to 5pm and Friday 8am to 2.00pm (Early Finish on a Friday)

As a member of the Quality and Technical department, you will be report to the Quality and Technical Officer and will be responsible for undertaking a range of quality checks, sampling, assessing, verifying and auditing of food based ingredients & products to the required company standards.

Salary £24,000pa - Plus Pension - Plus Holidays - Plus yearly paid Bonus.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To operate within good manufacturing practice (GMP) standards and follow all GMP and Safety policies, procedures and guidelines.
• To encourage, support and assist in the company’s quality management system in line with the BRC Global Standards for Food Safety.
• Carry out assessment of products, ensuring that the product meets Customer, Quality, and Authenticity & Legal requirements.
• Responsible for the site calibration & temperature control checks & ensuring service schedules are maintained.
• Carry out GHP, GMP and foreign body audits to schedule.
• Carry out daily quality checks across all production lines/areas and report any issues and manage any subsequent investigations.
• Responsible for the completion, collation & filing of production & laboratory paperwork where applicable, assessing for completion and identification of errors. Ensuring correct archiving of completed folders.
• Stock control, ordering and receiving of consumables & chemicals.
• Responsible for the retained sample process including collection, recording, sorting and storage in addition to retrieval of retained samples & returns as required for investigation.
• Sampling, preparing & shipping of products, materials and swabs for external analysis and receipt of data and reporting.

Skills and Experience

Although not essential, the successful candidate would ideally have knowledge and/or qualifications in the following areas:

• General knowledge of Health & Safety and Manual Handling
• Food Safety in Manufacturing Level 2
• Proven knowledge within a food manufacturing background is essential.
• HACCP level 2
• Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
• Chemical Awareness
• COSHH
• Knowledge of BRC Food Safety Standards desirable

Our client is offering immediate interviews for the right candidate. Please forward you’re CV via the job board Link and we will contact you directly to discuss your CV and the job role in more detail.