Title: Laboratory Technician

We are currently looking to recruit a Lab Technician to join our Severnside Dairy within our Müller Milk & Ingredients business. The successful person will enable the Dairy with assuring quality performance through analysis, subject knowledge and testing performance whilst striving to continuously improve in line with the Müller values. Laboratory Technician key tasks:

• Provide expertise through quality based testing and data evaluation
• Demonstrate active involvement in solving problems / trouble shooting through data analysis and evaluation
• Play an active part in building QMS capability across site
• Responsible for laboratory tasks and management systems (5S etc)
• Support and process confirms operations quality control responsibilities
• Have a good understanding and play an active part within the performance management system (PMS)
• Provide governance and ownership of Quality Index and other monthly reports
• Responsible for internal and external audit processes
  
  HACCP Awareness (Level 2-3)
• Basic Food Hygiene
• Microbiology and aseptic techniques
• Internal Audit
• Yellow and Green belt problem solving
• A3 problem solving
• Electronic Data Capture
• Dairy Science
  
  Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer's Top 100 list of Britain's Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:
Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain's private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country. Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK's leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

4 on 4 off shift pattern: 2 day shifts (7am-7pm), 2 night shifts (7pm - 7am), 4 off and repeat. £31,407.35 base salary (£15 per hour, plus varying overtime rates),
• Competitive salary
• Paid overtime
• Career development and progression routes
• Access to Muller rewards - saving money across numerous retailers
• Supportive team and working environment
• Onsite parking