Job Description

Business Unit: Nestle Waters

Job Title: Laboratory Technician – Temporary

Location Buxton

Salary - Circa £25,000

Temporary Contract – 6 months

Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week (you will be paid via our agency partner)

We are looking for a Laboratory Technician to join the Nestle Waters team at our Buxton site. This position reports to the LAb Manager with overall responsibility for analytical, food safety and quality sampling, testing and compliance. The role supports the Quality function with priorities for Quality, Food Safety and Hygiene. This position is temporary and full time working.

Your Impact

Responsibilities include but are not limited to;

• Conduct and ensure completion of required microbiological, chemical, and sensory analysis according to documented standards.

• Ensure laboratory testing is subject to appropriate quality control to confirm what the results are accurate and reliable.

• Ensure compliance to Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) in all activities undertaken by the laboratory, including the requirements of hygiene control and safety.

• Support the Laboratory Manager with the maintenance of the compliance of the QA equipment service and calibration program (including all laboratory and critical process equipment).

Ingredients for Success

To be successful in this role it is advantageous to have demonstrable experience in an analytical lab environment, and;

• An understanding of a food manufacturing environment
• GCSE pass in mathematics or equivalent
• Intermediate level literacy in Excel, Microsoft Suite and SAP

What you need to know

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

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Right to work in the UK

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Nestlé sponsorship.

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