Lab Technician

Job Summary

Do you enjoy problem-solving and achieving targets? Are you someone who can influence people and change attitudes towards Quality Culture? We’re looking for a Lab Technician to join our friendly team based in Crediton. You will be integral in driving Quality Culture and ensuring a high level of technical integrity is maintained in relation to product safety, legality, and quality.

This role follows a 4-on-4-off shift pattern of rotating days and nights (12 hours). Some flexibility to cover night shifts will be required.

Lab Technician Responsibilities

• Provide a testing, QC service within the production function, ensuring all standards are adhered to, and escalated to the appropriate person if issues arise
• Carry out daily sampling and testing routines alongside Production and record appropriately
• Review retained reference samples, reporting on quality before confirming release of finished products
• Monitor operations carried out by production staff in compliance with site standards
• Ensure calibration, hygiene and workplace organisation standards are met and sustained throughout the business
• Review of retained reference samples, reporting on quality before confirming release of finished products
• Carry out product positive release duties to ensure timely release of products on completion of satisfactory testing

Lab Technician Requirements

• Previous experience in a product testing environment with knowledge of working within a Quality Management System
• Trained in Laboratory testing duties
• Experienced with pack integrity procedures
• Food Technology or Technical qualifications (desirable)
• IT skills to include Microsoft Office packages
• Strong numeracy skills – GCSE (or equivalent) Maths
• Strong co-ordination, planning & organisational skills and ability to work within time constraints
• Problem solving and analytical skills

Crediton Dairy Benefits

• 8 % employer pension contribution
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Medicash
• Life Assurance
• Free flu jabs
• Employee Benefits Platform
• Discretionary Bonus scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Subsidised canteen

About Us

Crediton Dairy is one of the UK’s leading dairy drinks businesses producing an extensive range of branded and own label fresh flavoured and functional chilled milk drinks, iced coffee and long life milks and creams. We supply nearly all of the UK’s major supermarkets as well as leading foodservice, convenience and wholesale businesses.

Pay: £37,672.44 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Crediton EX17 2AH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person