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The position is based in the Labs at GSK Barnard Castle. The Laboratory Support Assistant's role is to provide support to the Laboratory Analysts and drive improvements.
Main Duties
The role will include, but is not limited to:
• Waste management
• Administration
• Stock Management and Eluent Preparation
• Replenishment of laboratory chemicals, solvents, and consumables
• Cleaning of specialist glassware
• Daily, weekly, monthly calibrations and functionality testing of assorted laboratory equipment
• Adherence to calibration schedules and completion of appropriate documentation to GxP standards
• Monitor fridge/freezer temperatures
• Archiving
• Preparing boxes of keeping samples
• Booking in samples
• Preparing samples for shipping
Other Duties
• Requirement to work flexibly, to encompass any urgent or unanticipated needs arising for increases or decreases
in plant production schedules
• An enthusiastic, flexible and hard-working individual who is a good team player but can also work well independently.
• Confidence and communication skills to challenge behaviours and drive continuous improvement
• Must be IT literate.
• Preferably Educated to A level/Higher upwards in a science subject (preferably chemistry)
• Can perform under pressure and independent of supervision
• Customer focused and works well as a team
• Attention to detail & capability to work methodically to strict processes and procedures
• Strong organisational skills and able to priortise tasks appropriately
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
Since 1987, Mitie’s 68,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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