Laboratory Technician

Refresco Group; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 25,000 - GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage manufacturing company in Bridgwater is looking for a Lab Technician to join their team. In this role, you will provide essential analytical and microbiological support to ensure product quality. Key responsibilities include sampling and testing materials, maintaining laboratory equipment, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. You should possess experience with GMP and knowledge in food safety. Competitive salary and great benefits included, alongside a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Good company pension

Annual bonus

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Option to buy additional holidays

Access to employee benefits platform

Qualifications

• Experience and understanding of GMP.
• Adequate background knowledge of micro and HPLC.
• Knowledge and experience of organoleptic techniques.
• Sound understanding of HACCP and Food Safety principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical and microbiological services for quality control.
• Sample raw materials and finished goods for analysis.
• Maintain equipment and laboratory standards.
• Ensure compliance with food safety regulations.

Skills

Experience and understanding of GMP

Adequate background knowledge of micro and HPLC

Knowledge and experience of organoleptic techniques

Sound understanding of HACCP and Food Safety principles

Job description

Kickstart your career with Refresco as a Lab Technician, where you'll gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, innovative environment. This role offers the perfect opportunity to learn the fundamentals of lab operations, from sample preparation and testing to equipment maintenance and stock management. You'll work closely with a supportive team, developing valuable technical skills while contributing to the creation of exciting new products.

Lab Technician – Refresco, Bridgwater

4 on 4 off, days only, 12 hour shifts

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• Good company pension
• Annual bonus
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Option to buy additional holidays
• Access to employees benefits platform – Cheers

About The Role

To provide the business with analytical and microbiological services to support the operations function in achieving right first-time quality.

• Sampling as scheduled at all specific points on raw materials, manufacturing process and finished goods in terms of chemical and microbiological analysis.
• Analysis of samples as per specified methods.
• Inform Technical/Production Managers of results outside specification for instigation of corrective actions.
• Maintain the working area in a clean, safe and tidy condition.
• Observe the requirements as laid down in the Food Safety Act 1990 and Food Hygiene Regulations amended 2005.
• Observe company health and safety procedures as laid down, and be proactive in ensuring the continuance of updating procedures
• Give technical support to the other company departments when required
• Assist Technical Management with the implementation of quality systems and project work.
• Ensure that all analytical equipment is maintained and calibrated to the required standards and schedules
• Carry out product sensory panels to meet requirements
• Ensure raw materials & chemicals used within the laboratory are within acceptable date criteria.
• Ensure the quality laboratory operation meets the requirements of external accredited bodies by following procedures carefully
• Support each other within the team to provide resources whenever required to resolve problems and prevent customer & consumer complaints
• Arrange service contracts and maintain equipment to high standards
• Order all materials and equipment as required
• Ensure that all quality and food safety checks are carried out satisfactorily

About You

• Experience and understanding of GMP.
• Adequate background knowledge of micro and HPLC
• Knowledge and experience of organoleptic techniques.
• Sound understanding of HACCP and Food Safety principles, ideally to at least intermediate level

Ultimately, we want you to live, drink, and breathe the Refresco Values as we believe these are what have made us, and will continue to make us, successful.

Becoming a Refresco Employee

• Be accurate in your daily tasks and duties, paying great attention to detail.
• Be open to learning new things as you can be involved in basic engineering and quality tasks.
• Be positive and energetic, and enjoy working in a team.
• Be confident enough to put forward new ideas and suggestions.
• Be comfortable working to targets.

If you believe you are a great match for this profile, we want to hear from you.

About Refresco

Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We’re a global business and currently produce 14 billion litres of soft drinks from 78 manufacturing plants in Europe, North America and we've just opened in Australia, and we’re only just getting started. We have grown from just 2 sites in 1999. Our Group Headquarters are based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. We’re the proud owners of six drinks manufacturing sites within the UK. Our UK business provides a great place to work for over 1,800 employees, who produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading UK supermarkets, plus some of the best-known UK drinks brands such as Monster Energy, Ocean Spray, and Innocent. From the purchasing of the raw materials such as fruit juices and CO2, through to the finished product delivered to your table, we cover the full manufacturing cycle for our customers. And, whether it’s packed in cartons, bottles, or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards.

Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.

Laboratory Technician