Associate Laboratory Production Specialist

Associate Laboratory Production Specialist
Southampton, Hampshire

Do you have laboratory production experience and an understanding of PCR? Want to join a ground-breaking organisation that’s pushing boundaries to support the fight against COVID-19? If so, read on. 

The Company

Our client is a leading provider of RT PCR solutions. They have thousands of happy customers based across the globe and have a real ambition to drive their business forward and achieve even more.

They are now looking for an Associate Laboratory Production Specialist to join their Technical Manufacturing Team in Southampton.

The Benefits 

- Salary of £23,000 - £25,000 per annum
- Healthcare
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- 25 days’ holiday

Operating at the cutting-edge of the medical device sector, our client is an innovator in every sense of the word. From the products that they make to the people they employ, innovation runs through the heart of the business.

Currently, they are supporting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic with their high-performing detection kits. These kits can provide accurate test results within just one hour, which will have a real impact on how COVID-19 is tracked and managed.

In this exciting role, you will have the chance to contribute to the success of our client’s manufacturing function, which will enable them to create more products while maintaining the quality they are renowned for. 

The Role 

As an Associate Laboratory Production Specialist, you will help to ensure that our client’s diagnostic products are manufactured to a high standard.

You’ll assist with a range of activities, including completing product failure and quality control investigations, validation tasks and identifying and testing product components. 

Additionally, you will: 

- Support the resolution of manufacturing issues  
- Help to develop new manufacturing methods, approaches and processes 
- Establish and advise on product performance measurements
- Help to design experimental studies 
- Write reports 

About You

To be considered as an Associate Laboratory Production Specialist, you will need: 

- Experience of working in a laboratory production environment 
- Scientific knowledge of PCR and the ability to apply this knowledge to problem solving 
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 
- A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a related scientific field 

Other organisations may call this role Laboratory Production Technician, Manufacturing Technician, Production Technician, Manufacturing Co-ordinator, Laboratory Technician, or Lab Technician.

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Working hours: 37.5 hours per week