Quality Control Laboratory Technician

Quality Control Technician – Microbiology | Maidstone, Kent | £30,000 - £40,000

This role sits within a QC Microbiology lab supporting diagnostic enzyme manufacturing for medical device kits — the site is ISO 9001 regulated and working toward MHRA certification.

The position acts as lab deputy — running routines and rotas, keeping equipment and consumables ready, and providing light supervision to junior staff.

Day to day covers environmental monitoring , cleanroom sampling , SOP writing, and deputising in team meetings; a solid understanding of microbiology is expected.

This is the highest technician grade before supervisory level — the team is looking for someone who can act as a genuine back-up to the current post holder.

What's needed:

• Hands-on QC/microbiology experience — pharma background preferred , not food industry
• Comfortable with environmental monitoring and cleanroom work
• Confident writing SOPs and communicating across the team

Own transport essential — public transport links to the site are limited.

Private medical insurance for all employees, with option to add family

Pension scheme — company match up to 10%

Life assurance — 6x salary for pension members

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Income Replacement Insurance — covers absence after 26 weeks

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme — 6 free counselling sessions per issue, per year

5 days paid volunteering leave per year

Enhanced parental leave (maternity, paternity, shared parental)

Professional fees reimbursed at manager discretion

No visa sponsorship or relocation support as standard.