Role Purpose: To support & lead the new micro technician & lab and provide expertise to develop microbiological methods, implementation/verification of the cleaning and sanitisation processes and procedures which ensure that kdc/one / Barony Universal comply with all relevant global kdc/one, customer & regulatory requirement.
Key Accountabilities:
Analytical services
- Analysis of products, componentry and environmental samples using microbiological, wet chemical & instrumental techniques to approved procedures and within requisite timescales.
- Liaison with other Departmental members to determine work schedules and priorities. Maintain good working relationships with the site team.
- Maintain knowledge of all applicable customer and regulatory microbiological requirements. Where required, develop new analytical methods, systems and procedures.
- Identify, implement, perform and document microbiological validations.
- Investigate and resolve microbiological quality incidents, complaints and OOS results. Including arranging/leading cross function team.
- Audit processes and support resolution of any non conformities raised.
- Be the focal point for external microbiological audits (customer, regulatory, accreditations etc).
- Provide microbiological quality / technical / scientific advice (internal and external)
- Ensure company policies and procedures are understood and adhered to.
Calibration of equipment
- Calibration of all equipment (including when external agents are required) within the required timescales in accordance with approved calibration procedures
- Standardisation of reagents
- Development of calibration methods
Leadership, people and Training
- Lead meeting of cross functional teams to improve site cleaning and microbiological related processes.
- Ensure operational compliance with procedures manuals
- Develop, support, train and motivate the QA/microbiological team.
- Carry out annual performance development reviews.
- Lead/participate in the training of personnel;
- Lead/participate in the training on engineering micro standards;
- Lead the micro lab team, allocate and maintain work load.
Control of Cleaning, sanitisation and contamination control
- Verify cleaning, sanitisation and work practices in the manufacturing and packaging departments.
- Verify the design and maintenance of equipment, storage and handling of raw materials as well as the cleanliness of the work environment with respect to micro contamination.
- Verify good personnel work practices to reduce the risk of micro contamination.
- Conduct regular audits of the manufacturing and production areas vs the standards at conception;
- Verify and maintain a good work environment;
Continuous Improvement and Maintenance of systems
- Continuously improve and develop site based cleaning and micro procedures.
- Release or rejection of stock based on microbiological results.
- Maintaining reagent & equipment stocks
- External & internal proficiency testing
- Define and adhere to site KPI’s.
- Ensure appropriate risk assessments are completed for lab and site, using data to create improvement programmes.
- Contribute to the Global Hygiene Forum for shared learnings & CI.I
Customer services
- Preparation of Certificates of Analysis
- Preparation of Customer samples
- Sending Analytical results as required
Additional duties
- Investigation & reply to customer complaints
- Preparation of statistical data & KPI’s
- Sample collection
- Ensure safe working practices. Monitor compliance
Competencies
Necessary role related knowledge, skills and experience at selection
- Experienced / qualified Micro lab practitioner.
- Working knowledge of ISO cosmetics microbiological requirements e.g. ISO21149, ISO16212, ISO18415, ISO17416
- Working knowledge of CLAS requirements
- Working knowledge of customer microbiological requirements
- Quality systems experience – ISO17025, GMP, ISO9001, BRC, HACCP
- Good level of education particularly in science related subjects.
- Good computer skills (word, access, excel, e-mail, internet, SWAS, Fourth shift, Pro builder, PLQA).
- Good knowledge of the companies products, components and services
- Good practical/analytical skills
- Good personal organisational skills.
- Good communication skills.
- Numerate & logical
- Methodical and accurate.
- Ability to work independently and within a team.
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
- Ability to maintain neat and accurate records.
Pay: £32,000.00-£35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
