Laboratory Quality Assistant

£23,000-£27,000

+ Employee benefits

Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Support Services

Our support services cover all non-scientific business needs, including: IT, finance, HR, compliance, governance, legal and risk, facilities and engineering, catering, sales, marketing, and scientific affairs

Quality Team

Campden BRI supports the food & drink industry with scientific testing, technology, consultancy and innovation. Quality is at the heart of everything we do.

You will administer and coordinate the Quality Management Systems and their implementation to achieve a culture of ‘Audit ready, always’ across all aspects of the business.

Position

Monitor PT scheme performance (Microbiology area) and produce regular summary and trending reports.
Investigate and closure of actions for Microbiology.
Administer the document review and audit processes to ensure compliance with schedules.
Liaise with clients to collect feedback on service levels and to collate information from non-conforming work (NCW) reports and summarise these into a management report.
Instigate investigations and corrective action planning in respect of NCW and complaints.
Undertake local procedure audits and produce associated audit reports.
Consider and propose opportunities for improvement/ consolidation of local business management documentation.
Support TABS Management process for Microbiology.

Requirements

Good standard of education with ability to interact with staff and clients at all levels.
Proven experience of administration of business management processes and their implementation with awareness of their link to formal standards
Laboratory (ideally microbiology) experience is advantageous.
Technical knowledge and training in lab methods, SOPs etc is essential.
Use of IT systems and software including Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and survey management software
Good team player who is friendly, enthusiastic, innovative and enterprising: with good interpersonal skills and able to gain the trust and cooperation of staff across the Directorate.
Diplomatic and objective with a can-do attitude.
An excellent eye for detail
Organise and methodical, staying calm under pressure, able to balance assigned tasks and scheduled activities and adapt to changing priorities.
Organisation/ planning/ coordination experience

Benefits

Reward platform with employee discounts and rewards
25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
Buy and sell holiday scheme
A generous work save pension scheme, with employee contributions matched by the company up to 10%
Culture focus around work/life balance (early finish Fridays)
Subsidised onsite restaurant

Additional information:

Please note due to our rural location you must be able to drive and have your own transport.

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