Job Description

Are you a process driven individual, with experience in laboratories or a pharmaceutical environment?

We are looking for a Microbiology Laboratory Technician in our Laboratory department on a fixed-term contract until November 2027. As a Laboratory Technician, you would be responsible for monitoring the aseptic compounding centre in line with GMP.

This role will be 37.5 per hours a week Monday-Friday, 7am - 3pm alternating with 3pm - 11pm on a weekly basis and it will be based in Runcorn.

Fresenius Kabi is a global healthcare company that specializes in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition. The company's products and services are used to help care for critically and chronically ill patients.

Our product portfolio included a comprehensive range of IV generic drugs, infusion therapies and clinical nutrition products as well as the medical devices for administering these products.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out environmental monitoring (EM) program of the aseptic compounding centre including taking daily samples within production cleanroom areas, incubation, plate reading and identification of isolates
• Documenting and data-entry of all results, following good documentation practices
• Conducting investigations into EM excursions and non-reconciliations, generation and communication of KPIs, trending reports and state-of-control of compounding centre
• Providing ongoing product sterility assurance through sterility testing and media-fill programs, and processing samples for external testing
• Conducting investigations into out of specification results and liaising with internal customers and external suppliers
• Carrying out the environmental monitoring program and incubation of samples
• Reading of plates and liquid media and evaluation of results
• Investigating EM excursions and out of specification results
• Sterility testing of finished products and sample processing for external testing
• Identifying trends in results and writing reports accordingly
• Writing and review of procedures, protocols and records relating to the job role

Qualifications

• Good communication and report-writing skills
• Minimum Degree Microbiology/related Science or relevant experience
• Previous experience in working within a laboratory or pharmaceutical, microbiology or healthcare industries would be beneficial

Benefits

• No rota'd weekend working and no night shifts
• Contributory Pension Scheme (rises with service)
• Role specific tailored training and development plan
• Life Insurance (4 x salary, death in service)
• 25 days holiday (rises to 27 after 5 years service) and ability to buy/sell holidays
• Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
• Professional fees paid
• Bike to work scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free onsite parking and subsidised canteen
• Blue Light Card
• Charity Fundraising & Volunteer Days
• Company funded family days out

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.