QA Microbiology Senior Technician-1

ENGINEERINGUK; Worthing; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

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Site Name: UK - West Sussex - Worthing
Posted Date: Apr 1 2025

QA Microbiology Senior Technician - 2 Years Fixed Term Contract

Closing Date for Applications - 15th April (COB)

This is a site-based role at Worthing.

Responsible for real time decision making and ownership of processes, equipment and procedures.

To provide support to the QA Microbiology Testing Team Manager and the microbiology team across the laboratory.

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued, and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

In this role you will:

• Assist the Testing Team to ensure that samples and results are tested and processed according to defined ways of working and timelines. Day to day co-ordination of testing and monitoring planning.
• Manage deviations (including immediate actions to be taken, raising of deviations, coordinating, investigating, CAPA development, task allocation and close out) as required. Attend CAPA panel.
• Coordinate Laboratory Investigations to ensure they are managed and processed in a compliant and timely way. Coordinate/lead RCA and CAPA from these Laboratory Investigations.
• Provide cover for the QA Microbiology Testing Team Manager, as required. Represent the Microbiology laboratory at tiered accountability and daily meetings as appropriate.
• Present topics of expertise to auditors internal (L2-3) and external (L4).
• Provide support for project based activities. Lead process improvement activities.

Why you?

Qualifications & Skills:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Significant experience (non managerial) in a Quality/Analytical organization.
• Significant experience of working in a team environment.
• Expert knowledge of microbiological techniques, including analysis of pharmaceutical products/raw materials, water and environmental monitoring processes.
• Experience of engagement in regulatory inspections.
• Experience with Quality/EHS investigations and CAPA implementation.
• Experience of driving performance improvement for quality and EHS.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• HNC/D or equivalent.
• Experience in validation in equipment and microbiological environmental monitoring.
• Experience in DMIAC problem solve.
• Awareness of pharmaceutical GMP requirements.

About Worthing Manufacturing Site:

Manufacturing at the Worthing site is for antibiotics. It is advised that you take this into consideration when deciding to apply for this position.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves - feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class (US only).

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.