Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Convatec’s revenues in 2024 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please visit
At Convatec, we’re transforming our business for the better. Better products. Better ways of working. And better ways of delivering for our customers and each other. We’re aiming for nothing short of excellence. Join us on our journey to #ForeverCaring as a Microbiology Technician and you’ll do the same.
Position Overview:
The role is to be part of a small team of microbiologists ensuring the compliance of controlled environments, ensure controls of manufactured products through bioburden and VD Max. Supporting site development projects by ensuring control standards are maintained. Embrace and drive convatec’s core mission, values and priorities.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Ensure facilities, processes, personnel and materials/products are microbiologically tested in line with cGMP and procedural requirements
2. Provide microbiological support for Operations
3. Manage out of specification results, facilitate laboratory investigations and involve the site Quality Director where applicable.
4. Collect and trend data, react to trends and report to laboratory manager
5. Maintain laboratory metrics
6. Ensure compliance is maintained as directed by Notified Bodies regulations
7. Compliance with GMP requirements and uphold these standards
8. Compliance with EHS requirements and uphold these standards
9. Perform Environmental monitoring and routine product monitoring; bioburden, VDmax25
10. Seek and deliver CI opportunities across the site
11. Adhere to legal, corporate and site legislation
12. Maintain validation of Microbiology test methods,
13. Ensure maintenance of the operational equipment within the lab.
14. Maintain operational equipment within a validated state
15. To meet the safety, health and environment policy.
16. To keep information with respect to Convatec EHS policy and the regulations that support it.
17. To be aware of the risk on the workstation, reacting to them in proper way and communicating them to the responsible manager.
18. To support on the constant improvement on the EHS areas, doing recommendations on improvements to the responsible manager
Skills & Experience:
19. Experience of ISO11737, 11137,11135, 17665, Pharmacopeia's references
20. Understanding of GMP and Quality Systems in a regulated environment.
Qualifications/Education:
21. Educated to degree level, or equivalent, within a Microbiological discipline
22. Demonstrated experience within a microbiology laboratory
Dimensions:
Principal Contacts & Purpose of Contact
Internal – Quality management, Engineering and Manufacturing departments, Global Quality and Quality operations from different sites.
Working Conditions
Working in a Laboratory and clean room Environment as well as an Office. 9:00 to 16:30 Monday to Friday. Each shift should include one 30-minute break starting between 12:00 and 12:30, which can be shifted slightly depending on laboratory/office practicality.
Special Factors
No obligation to work overtime but opportunities of overtime may arise.
Our transformation will change your career. For good. You’ll be pushed to think bigger and aim for excellence. Your ideas will be heard, and you’ll be supported to bring them to life. There’ll be challenges. But, stretch yourself and embrace the opportunities, and you could make your biggest impact yet.
This is stepping outside of your comfort zone.
This is work that’ll move you.
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