Lab Technician
Location: Brixworth, Northampton
Salary: £24000 -£25200
12 month fixed term contract
Hours:Standard hours are 8:30am-5pm, with an option of 6am-2pm shifts if preferred (this option includes a 5% shift premium)
Benefits: Non-contractual Bonus Scheme based on performance
Life Assurance Cover up to 4x annual salary
Pension
25 day's holiday and bank holidays plus birthday
Own Transport Required
The job:
Supporting Production, the lab technician will be responsible for ensuring all incoming and outgoing raw materials and fragrance batches which will undergo the relevant quality control tests, in order to determine differences in quality, and where necessary, investigate and record non-conformances, as well as to rework raw materials according to specification as and when required.
What you will be doing:
Smell and release raw materials, fragrance batches and laboratory batches after testing to specifications
Assist production with any queries relating to raw material or production batches
Proactive retesting of all batches and materials due
Problem solving and issue of clear rework instructions
Accurately reading and entering all data onto QC SYSTEM with due regard for specification
Record all non-conformances
Obtain specifications from suppliers for raw materials and enter onto database
Keep QC SYSTEM updated and clean
Liaise with Customer services in the event of delays to batches.
Keep workspace clean and tidy
Ideal Skills required:
Excellent sense of smell and pass the Company smelling assessment test
Previous experience of testing industry
Excellent eye for detail
The ability to work efficiently and effectively under pressure, in a team and as an individual.
Good problem solving skills
The ability to accurately record all data
Good time Management, flexibility required to cover shifts
Good communication ability at all levels
This job is not a Skills Shortage Occupation in the UK and does not qualify for a Visa Sponsorship.
All Applicants must therefore already hold a document that allows the Right to Work in the UK