Director Quality Management

As the Laboratory Technician, you will perform all lab duties required to support production on site in Plymouth.,

• Comply with safety standards and good laboratory practice standards (COSHH). Comply with all PPE requirements and manual handling regulations and training.
• Prepare and sterilise (autoclaving) microbiological growth media to carry out routine test functions.
• Conduct routine environmental monitoring of production facilities (active air sampling, passive sampling plates, finger dabs, gown contacts and contact plates where applicable).
• Perform GMP checklist audit of production areas at the time of monitoring.
• Carry out pre-sterilisation contamination level measurements of product, components and liquids and product sterility dose audits.
• Maintain the microbiology laboratory and sterility suite room and apparatus therein, wash and prepare glassware, discard waste and cultures following appropriate practices.
• Perform H&S and 5s' audits of the microbiology areas.
• Conduct tasks associated with dose mapping.
• Ensure that calibration and temperature monitoring is conducted at specified frequencies.
• Carry out quality control growth promotion tests on test media.
• Document all test results following all documentation / GMP requirements.
• Prepare and supply sterile stopper lubricants to production.
• Sanitisation of equipment / components for production.
• Carry out plate reading and perform organism identification.
• Prepare protocols, perform equipment/technique validations and write the final report.
• Perform B/F and BET testing on all relevant products.
• Perform dose establishment testing as required.
• Write and amend procedures as required.
• Carry out stock check, stock rotation, delivery receipt and ordering as required.
• Service, calibration activity and contract maintenance to support Senior lab technician.
• Collect routine product samples.
• Irradiation of test products and sterilisation of items for internal and external sources.
• Communicate all relevant information to the Senior Laboratory Technician to ensure smooth running of the laboratory.
• Assist in process/product investigations as required, complete OOS check sheets.
• Update SAP document for the microbiology department as required.
  
  BTech or equivalent in relevant science subjects with experience in a laboratory which follows good laboratory practice standards (GLP) and COSHH.
• Excellent communication skills, working with cross functional teams.
• Demonstrated analytical and structured approach to problem solving.
• Experience with GMP practice.
• Experience working in a scientific laboratory.
• Experience within a manufacturing site/setting.
• Strong PC skills, including full Microsoft suite., Ambitious
• Collaborative
• Goal-oriented
• Persuasive
• Results-driven
• Self-starter
  
  Be part of something bigger at BD. Here, you'll help us continually improve how we do things every day; to be more efficient, more effective and better serve our customers. You'll do this within an exceptional team all striving to make sure that everything we do complies with regulations and standards, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because our products impact people's quality of life. Here, you'll put your compliance experience, high expectations and attention to detail to the very best use: advancing the world of health . At BD, you can make a true difference of one., BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health is our Purpose, and it's no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us-from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year-to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.
Why join us? A career at BD means learning and working alongside inspirational leaders and colleagues who are equally passionate and committed to fostering an inclusive, growth-centered, and rewarding culture. You will have the opportunity to help shape the trajectory of BD while leaving a legacy at the same time. To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of health. At BD, you'll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive. And find satisfaction in doing your part to make the world a better place., Advancing the world of health BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world and is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the delivery of care. BD helps customers enhance outcomes, lower costs, increase efficiencies, improve safety and expand access to health care.BD is unique in how fully dedicated it is to a specific disease state. It makes it clear how the work we do directly impacts the daily lives of the patients we serve. Eric Rainis, To know that our products touch 30 million people with diabetes around the globe is powerful and fuels our teams to deliver best in class products to them each and every day.