Laboratory Technician

☞ Nestlé Waters

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Update day: 28-05-2024

Location: Buxton North West

Category: Pharmaceutical / Chemical / Biotech

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Salary: £28,000 a year

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Laboratory Technician
Nestlé Waters
Buxton, Derbyshire
Salary : £28,000 plus potential bonus and additional benefits
  • Please note you will be required to work one weekend every 3 weeks.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity at our Waters site in Buxton; we are looking for a Laboratory Technician to join our team. This is a great opportunity to start a career within the quality function for the right candidate who possess an inquisitive mindset and able to manage multiple tasks.

Nestlé Waters is the world leader in the bottled water market and we’re committed to bottling the very best water from the source and straight to our customers via the most advanced and sustainable techniques currently employed.

We have a genuine passion for healthy hydration, a fabulous portfolio of brands, a clear strategy and a determination to win in the marketplace of both consumers and customers. During 2012, we’ve developed a state-of-the-art production facility in Buxton and we have centred there our ensuring supply operations.


Manufacturing in Nestlé is all about ensuring the consumer receives a perfect quality product, at the right time and place whilst driving losses from our business in order to maximise efficiency & productivity.
A day in the life of Laboratory Technician

Reporting into the Hygiene Manager. you will be an integral member of the Quality team, you will be responsible for providing professional support by performing and timely communicating the necessary quality tests and analyses required for product safety and quality (i.e. chemical, microbiological and sensory for products, intermediate products, raw materials and packaging).


Key responsibility will include:


  • Undertaking routine testing of products including chemical, microbial and sensory analysis.
  • Chemical analysis will include pH, conductivity and spectrophotometry, micro analysis will involve TVC, pathogen identification and plating using filtration method
  • Calibration and maintenance of equipment
  • Working to appropriate COSHH, hygiene, food safety and H&S standards, in a GLP environment
  • Recording and reporting of results, highlighting deviations and out of spec samples as necessary
  • General lab housekeeping

What will make you successful

To be successful in this role it is key that you will be able to build relationships and multi task a variety of tasks at the same time. You will need a strong service orientation and be able to demonstrate a genuine passion to develop yourself further. You may be a recent graduate with some experience or an established laboratory technician.


Other key attributes will be:


  • Educated to a degree or similar standard in a chemistry or biology science-based course or equivalent
  • Previous practical experience within a laboratory environment – this could be food, pharma, chemicals, environmental or life sciences industry.
  • Ability to plan and deliver against tight deadlines and manage multiple initiatives at the same time.
  • Proactive and enthusiastic mindset.
  • Good Computer skills.
  • Analytical mind set

What you need to know

This opportunity will provide you with real ownership and accountability, offering you development both individually and as part of a highly skilled team.


What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday (pro rata) plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.


The closing date for this role is the 23rd Sept 2021.


We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.


At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect – for our employees, our customers and our consumers. That’s why championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken!


Right to work in the UK
In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. The successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their right to work status for the UK during the recruitment process. We have assessed this role and it could be applicable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and you are unable to gain this independently, we may be able to provide sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route in line with the Home office guidelines. We encourage you to review the UK Home Office guidelines ahead of submitting a job application to review whether you meet the eligibility criteria under the Skilled Worker route and understand the immigration fees that you would be responsible for when making a visa application. If you require sponsorship, please discuss this with us as part of the recruitment process.
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Deadline: 12-07-2024

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