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Lab Support Steward
Salary: £24, per annum
Position Type: Permanent
Type of Employment: Full Time
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: GSK, Harmire Road, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, DL12 8DT
We are looking for a Lab Support Steward to join a well-established team and support our client in an integrated service.
Your key responsibilities will include
1. Glassware Management - washing and restocking areas
2. Lab Fume cupboard checks - ensuring airflows are compliant with procedures
3. Waste Management - removal of contaminated and hazardous waste
4. Disinfecting areas - rotating disinfectants in line with procedures
5. General Media preparation support.
To be successful in this role, you should be educated to GCSE/NAT level in English, Maths and a Science (preferably in biology), excellent attention to detail, and the ability to work methodically to strict processes and procedures including the ALCOA principles (attributable, legible, contemporaneous, original & accurate) You should also be able to communicate effectively and foster good working relationships with a wide range of client, internal and external roles.
This is a mobile role that requires some physical lifting, so being physically fit is essential.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .