Laboratory Technician - PG3961

Laboratory Technician role would be working within the Product Development Team at Reading. 

Responsibilities include: 

• Conform to site and lab Health, Safety and Environment requirements. 
  
• Comply with principles of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). 
  
• Provide high quality standardised methodology execution in accordance to our client and/or external authority requirements such as:- 
  - Batch production records.
  - Sample testing and qualification.
  - Equipment calibrations. 
  - Adherence to global/site methods and site SOP's. 
  - Ensure timely delivery of testing data and reports for testing. 
  - Sample submission logging into Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN). 
  - Provide communication to Supervisor and support timely investigation of all compliance findings, retests and test deviation investigations and actions. 
  - Collaborate with supervisor on Quality and Safety inspection findings and support execution of any resulting improvement programs. 
  - Highlight to the supervisor any problems associated with work which might pose a hazard or impact quality.
  - Highlight to the Laboratory Supervisor of any observed compliance outages within the laboratory. 
  - Have personal ownership for quality of work and working with supervisor to implement recommended improvements. 
  - Scheduling and tracking for all agreed activities.

• BSC in a scientific field and/or laboratory experience, preferably including broader industry experience. 
  
• Recent experience in chemical industry with good manufacturing and laboratory practice knowledge (e.g. quality control). 
  
• Good knowledge of analytical techniques used for product development and quality controls. 

• Experience in a Wet chemical/Analytical/QC laboratory including batch making techniques.
  
• Experience of pH, Viscosity, Rheology and colour measures.
  
• Strong Good Science aptitude and good practices focus. 
  
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written with a passion for accuracy and attention to detail. 
  
• A proactive thinker who can anticipate future issues and propose pragmatic solutions. 
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills – must be able to effectively interact with a team environment of different Nationalities and at different levels within the company.
  
• Strong analytical thinking and problem solving. 
  
• Good Computer literacy.

• BSC in a scientific field and or laboratory experience, preferably including broader industry experience.
  
• Recent experience in chemical industry with good manufacturing and laboratory practice knowledge (e.g. quality control).
  
• Understanding and experience of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).