JOB DESCRIPTION:
Senior Laboratory Technician
Location: Witney, Oxfordshire
Bring your passion, ideas and purpose to life in a company that can truly help you achieve your full potential.
ABOUT OUR DIABETES CARE DIVISION:
At Abbott Diabetes Care Witney, we develop and manufacture a number of technologies used in the management of diabetes, including the next generation sensor technology used in the revolutionary new FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring system. We are expanding and have exciting opportunities for those keen to kick-start a laboratory-based career in Product Development.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Laboratory Technician to join our R&D team to provide product R&D and operations support activities through scientific experimentation.
This role will be at the heart of the UK R&D team and your input will be instrumental in the achievement of key product and process innovations. You should be excited about working in a fast-paced environment within a hard-working and welcoming team.
Your main responsibilities will include conducting tests upon existing and future glucose monitoring products. Acting as a coordinator, you will communicate details of Laboratory activities and results with Project Leads across the department/business. Working as part of the R&D Laboratory team you will ensure that instruments are available for use when required and that all test materials are in place to maintain the progress of business-critical studies.
The ideal candidate will be a proactive individual who takes initiative and is able to work within a team. You will need to have good communication and time management skills, and be comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing environment.
To be successful, you should have completed secondary education in English, Mathematics and Science. Preference will be given to candidates with previous laboratory experience, regulated environments, quality orientated industries, and exposure of GLP and GMP
In addition to a competitive salary, Abbott offers a highly attractive benefits package which includes a defined-contribution pension scheme, a share ownership scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, and a flexible benefits scheme which you can tailor to your own requirements. Here at Witney, we also like to help our employees live life to the fullest, and therefore we offer a range of optional initiatives for you to get involved in, including onsite allotments, couch to 5k campaigns, bee keeping, yoga and more!
The base pay for this position is
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In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY: Operations Quality DIVISION: ADC Diabetes Care LOCATION: United Kingdom > Witney : Production Facility ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Not Applicable #J-18808-Ljbffr