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Job title: Lab Support Technician

Location: Ware, Hertfordshire

Contract: Permanent

Pay: £25,000 - 27,000 per annum

Synergy are currently looking for a Lab Support Technician to join our team who are working with a leading Pharmaceutical company based in Ware, Hertfordshire.

The Synergy Lab Support Technician will be a lab-based individual who will be part of a team responsible for ensuring the smooth daily running of the QC Labs at the Ware site, adhering to strict GMP regulations. Reporting into the Synergy Team Leader, the role holder will liaise daily with all members of the Synergy team and Client scientific teams across various departments, undertaking a wide range of lab support activities including Continuous Improvement (CI).

Synergy, part of SRG, offer a range of scientific solutions to different Clients in the Life Sciences sector. We can offer a competitive salary, a range of excellent benefits and access to training & development opportunities within the role.

Key Responsibilities will include:

Receipt and booking in of samples and materials
Ordering and tracking of general consumables, spares, and equipment, ensuring delivery to correct location, and receipting of goods
Consumable stock control within labs using Kanban systems and lean practises
Maintaining equipment spares and effective equipment storage
Performing and recording daily lab checks
Liaison with other service partners for engineering, waste management, cleaning, maintenance, and infrastructure issues
Coordination of waste disposal including but not limited to, solvents, sharps, discarded samples, solid waste bins
Vial labelling and aliquoting as necessary
Archiving of validation and other documentation
Takes active role in CI and sustainability activities, e.g., Kanban stock levels, 5S, recycling
Takes active role in general lab housekeeping
Involved with general housekeeping shutdowns

Candidate Requirements:

A Levels in science, HND in a scientific discipline, or equivalent experience
Familiarity with working in a laboratory environment
Experience of working to work instructions and SOPs/Risk Assessments
Customer service focus, ability to work as a cohesive team
Good planning and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
Ability to use Microsoft office - e.g., Outlook, Excel, Word
Excellent communication skills
Experience of improvement activities
Experience of working within a regulated environment
Experience of working within a manufacturing/quality environment
Understanding of COSHH and/or lab safety

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy