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Laboratory Technician| SECONDMENT | £38,000 - £40,000
As Laboratory Technician, you will deliver, in a flexible and timely manner, a range of laboratory services and provision of technical support - providing the site with key information regarding the quality of the materials that’re supplied to site for packing, and the resultant finished goods products produced by the site.
You will be responsible for testing of the bulk liquids, as well as packaged product produced on the lines, to ensure expected analytical, microbiological, and organoleptic standards are achieved. Taking responsibility for ‘quality’ decision making and actioning the decisions and guidance already communicated - in the absence of the QC Dept. management team.
The Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree – or equivalent - in a scientific discipline is preferred
- Experience in a laboratory environment, preferably at a food/beverage production site and in a product quality control context
- Manual Handling and COSHH experience
- Fully competent to operate, calibrate and maintain laboratory equipment, along with a competency in performing ‘wet chemistry’, and microbiology (bioburden), analysis
- Comfort in the use of MS Excel – and other programs within the MS Office suite - is required
- Prior experience of ‘database’-type IT (e.g. ERP) systems is preferred.
Encirc, entered a deal with Accolade Wines, one of the world’s leading premium wine producers, and purchased the assets of ‘The Park’ in Bristol on 1 February 2023. ‘The Park’ is a multi-award-winning bottling facility, employing over four hundred people and producing twenty-five million 9L case equivalents of wine each year. Our state of the art and highly mechanised manufacturing and blending plant has six packaging lines and the capacity to produce 1,200 bottles of wine every minute. The Park is also home to the largest wine warehouse and distribution centre in Europe (80,000m²) with the largest fleet of reach truck Automated Guided Vehicles in the World!
Encirc produces up to three billion glass bottles and containers each year, many of which you will find in your homes. In 2021, we created the world's most sustainable bottles, using 100% recycled glass. Our collective purpose is to deliver and uphold world-leading sustainable innovation, with great people and a great workplace collaborating on a great future.
In Encirc, you will be joining a business with a bespoke, 360-approach to the beverage supply chain, spanning filling, warehousing, and logistics. Reducing the road miles and carbon footprint of our customers' products, we are conscious disruptors prioritising sustainability and modern technology.
We are proud to be market leaders in glass container design, manufacturing, bottling, and logistics solutions for the UK and Irish food and beverages industries. As a forward-thinking and sustainable business, we are committed to achieving zero emissions by 2030.
The Benefits and Perks
- Annual leave package, additional days holiday awarded for long service
- Free onsite gym for all employees
- Holiday buy and sell scheme
- MyBenefits Reward Platform with 100s of discounts at restaurants and retailers
- Employee Well-being benefits
- Pension scheme
- Health Insurance Options
- Critical illness insurance
- Life cover
- Professional Development Planning with onsite HR team
- International organisation with plenty of opportunities
- Bristol Zoo Project corporate membership
- Discounts on First Bus travel
- Discounts on Bristol Sport tickets
- Subsidised onsite staff restaurant
- Subsidised electric car charging
The Next Step
Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV tailored to this job opportunity. You can expect to receive an update on your application within two working days. We look forward to hearing from you.
Encirc is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Every applicant will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender, identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or religion.
PLEASE NOTE: We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Thank you for your interest.
