Laboratory Technician

Description:

Laboratory Technician required for L9

Purpose of the job:To carry out Quality Assurance checks on raw materials, work in progress and finished products.

Main duties/responsibilities of the job:

• To conduct raw material testing (aflatoxin in house testing and sampling for lab).

• To conduct quality testing of raw materials to specification.

• To review certificates of analysis received from suppliers.

• To conduct sampling and send samples for microbiological analysis.

• To release or reject raw materials as appropriate.

• To conduct process control testing (Peroxide value, moisture, salt analysis) – tests to be conducted every half hour on all products/lines.

• To conduct hourly pack checks (strip checks for counts, weights, quality attributes) tests conducted every hour on all products/lines.

• To ensure that all Health and Safety standards are maintained and that you show due diligence at all times.  You should report any bad practices to the Health and Safety Adviser.

• To comply with all company policies and procedures e.g. health \& safety, training \& development, quality, disciplinary \& grievance and sickness \& absence etc.

• To carry out any other reasonable requests to meet the needs of the business.

Please contact Katy Colton on / DL:  0151 934 2876  / MOBILE:  07815468616 E:  katy.colton@sefton.gov.uk

*Please note, you must be registered with Sefton@Work to apply for this role*

Contract Type: AnyContractType

Hours of Work: FullOrPartTime

Minimum Salary: £10.00

Maximum Salary: £11.00

Expiration Date: 29/05/2022