Technical Assistant

Recruiter
Proactive Technical Recruitment
Location
Luton
Salary
16000.00 - 18000.00 GBP Annual
Posted
28 Mar 2017
Closes
07 Apr 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Technical Assistant

Salary: GBP16,000 - GBP18,000

Location: Luton

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Technical Assistant who is keen on pursuing a career in FMCG.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Purpose

- To provide a supporting role for within the QA department for Production, analysing product to ensure compliance with specifications.
- To provide a supporting role for Purchasing and NPD analysing product received or during development.
- To report analysis manually and electronically and to create certificates of analysis when required.
- To carry out calibration of laboratory and associated equipment
- To work within the scope of the Company Quality Management System.

Main Duties

- Analysis of production blends and repacks, raw materials, incoming supplier's samples and NPD samples within agreed or requested timescales and to complete and report relevant documentation.
- Ensure that products that are not within specification are reported to QA Managers and/or Production.
- Ensure that relevant documentation is completed and reported appropriately, accurately and within agreed timescales.
- Carry out and report shelf life sample analysis to the specified schedule.
- Carry out calibration of all laboratory and associated equipment to the specified schedule.
- Carry out the despatch of customer's analytical samples and DBL samples for external analysis within agreed timescales.
- Carry out and report results of analysis of production detergent samples.
- Record test data in written format and electronically where relevant and/or specified.
- Ensure that stock levels of laboratory consumables are kept at an appropriate level.

General

- To work within the Health and Safety guidelines when carrying out laboratory duties.
- Maintain lab related samples storage areas in tidy, hygienic and safe condition.
- Ensure that the laboratory is kept in a tidy, hygienic and safe condition.

Support Duties

- Provide a secondary support in the absence of the Laboratory Administrator
- Provide a secondary support to the Samples Administrator.
- Assist with the laboratory training when required.

Proactive Technical Recruitment is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Technical Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.