Manufacturing Technician

Novacyt Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

Reports to: Manufacturing Supervisor

Location: Manchester Science Park

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary & Benefits: Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

About Yourgene Health:

Yourgene Health is a leading integrated technologies and services business, enabling the delivery of genomic medicine. Yourgene works in partnership with global leaders in DNA technology to advance diagnostic science.

Yourgene primarily develops, manufactures, and commercialises simple and accurate molecular diagnostic solutions for reproductive health and precision medicine. Yourgene's flagship in vitro diagnostic products include non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPT) for Down's Syndrome and other genetic disorders, Cystic Fibrosis screening tests, invasive rapid aneuploidy tests, and DPYD genotyping.

Yourgene has a range of innovative DNA Size Selection instruments, powered by Ranger Technology, ideal for cell-free DNA applications in NIPT, oncology including liquid biopsy, long fragment recovery, and gene synthesis applications.

Yourgene also has a global laboratory service network equipped to be a full life-cycle partner for clinical, research, and pharmaceutical organisations to support partners at the preclinical, clinical, and post-market stage to develop, manufacture, obtain regulatory approval, and commercialise new products and services. In addition, Yourgene offers an NIPT testing service in the Manchester laboratory.

Yourgene Health is headquartered in Manchester, UK with facilities in Taipei, Singapore, the US, and Canada.

Our Culture:

Yourgene is a growing, vibrant, and exciting place to work. We are looking for committed, driven individuals to be part of our next growth journey. Our culture is described by our employees as collegiate, friendly, professional, innovative, open, and fast-paced. We have plenty of social and well-being initiatives run by our Nova Social & Charity Huddle that keep our sense of community alive and allow us to be part of charity fundraisers. At Yourgene, we focus on putting values-led programmes in place to ensure that we can attract, retain, and develop our people. We want our people to have a career with Yourgene and we ensure that they are recognised and rewarded for their achievements and commitment; everyone plays a critical role in our growth journey.

Description of role:

Yourgene Health is seeking an enthusiastic and organised Manufacturing Technician with the skills and experience to assemble and manufacture the company’s product consumables. Our assembly lines consist of several pieces of automation equipment, which the successful candidate will learn to operate independently.

Overall responsibility:

To manufacture a variety of kit components to demanding quality specifications.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Develop skill and dexterity on the manufacture and QC of our consumable kit offerings.
• Show ability to deliver great quality work with good efficiency.
• Operate and maintain essential equipment to a high standard to ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with the relevant regulations and recommendations governing safety, health, and environmental standards.
• Dispensing of liquids using semi-automated equipment.
• Packing and labelling of reagents into kit form.

Qualifications, Skills and Abilities:

• At least 3 years’ experience in a manual/semi-automated assembly environment or a first degree in a bio-sciences subject.
• Familiarity with good practices for working in a clean and air-conditioned setting.
• Excellent ability to manipulate and assemble fine or delicate mechanical assemblies.
• Demonstrated ability to learn to work with new equipment.
• Commitment to producing outstanding quality while working independently.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills with an attention to detail.
• Experience with ISO 13485 Quality Management Systems (beneficial but not required).

Closing Date: Sunday 26th January, 2025

Yourgene Health is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.