Quality Control Technician
Fantastic opportunity for an entry level Quality Control Technician to join a busy quality control and manufacturing team based at our Manchester HQ.
Job title: Quality Control Technician
Reports to: QC Team Leader / Manufacturing & QC Manager
Location: Manchester Science Park
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary & Benefits: Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
About Yourgene Health:
Yourgene Health is a leading integrated technologies and services business, enabling the delivery of genomic medicine. Yourgene work in partnership with global leaders in DNA technology to advance diagnostic science.
Yourgene primarily develops, manufactures, and commercialises simple and accurate molecular diagnostic solutions, for reproductive health and precision medicine. Yourgene's flagship in vitro diagnostic products include non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPT) for Down's Syndrome and other genetic disorders, Cystic Fibrosis screening tests, invasive rapid aneuploidy tests and DPYD genotyping.
Yourgene has a range of innovative DNA Size Selection instruments, powered by Ranger® Technology, ideal for cell-free DNA applications in NIPT, oncology including liquid biopsy, long fragment recovery and gene synthesis applications.
Yourgene also has a global laboratory service network equipped to be a full life-cycle partner for clinical, research and pharmaceutical organisations to support partners at the preclinical, clinical, and post market stage to develop, manufacture, obtain regulatory approval and commercialise new products and services. In addition, Yourgene offers an NIPT testing service in the Manchester laboratory.
Yourgene Health is headquartered in Manchester, UK with facilities in Taipei, Singapore, the US and Canada.
Our Culture:
Yourgene is a growing, vibrant and exciting place to work, we are looking for committed driven individuals to be part of our next growth journey. Our culture is described by our employee's as collegiate, friendly, professional, innovative, open and fast paced. We have plenty of social and well-being initiatives run by our Nova Social & Charity Huddle that keep our sense of community alive and allow us to be part of charity fundraisers. At Yourgene, we focus on putting values led programmes in place to ensure that we can attract, retain and develop our people. We want our people to have a career with Yourgene and we ensure that they are recognised and rewarded for their achievements and commitment, everyone plays a critical role in our growth journey.
About the role:
We are looking to recruit a permanent, full-time Quality Control Technician based in Manchester. The Quality Control Technician will support the quality control and manufacturing team and will be responsible for performing quality control testing on a variety of DNA based In Vitro diagnostic kits and components to demanding quality specifications.
Key areas of responsibility:
- Operate and maintain essential equipment to a high standard to ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with the relevant regulations and recommendations governing safety, health and environmental standards.
- Perform and document appropriate Stability Testing of released components
- Perform and document appropriate in-process testing and goods-in testing for items manufactured or procured by Yourgene Health
- Ensure supply of products on time, cost efficiently and to the required regulatory standards and product specifications to ensure business and customer needs are met.
- Carry out laboratory and administration maintenance activities such as reagent preparation, stock checks, stock ordering, filing and archiving in accordance with the relevant regulations and recommendations governing safety, health and environmental standards.
- Contribute to process improvement programs and troubleshooting through the performance of non-routine operations and reporting of data.
Qualifications, Skills and Abilities
- HND / Degree in an appropriate Biological Science
- Understanding of principles of GMP
- Stock Control experience
- PCR and fragment analysis experience
- DNA extraction and quantitation experience
- Strong pipetting skills
- Methodical and organised approach to work
- Computer literate with competence in MS Office
Closing Date:
Sunday 4th August, 2024
Yourgene Health is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
- Department
- Manufacturing & Supply Chain
- Role
- Backfill
- Locations
- Manchester (Yourgene)
- Employment type
- Full-time
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Manchester (Yourgene)
Some of the benefits we offer....
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Company Bonus Scheme
Based on performance against both Corporate and Personal objectives
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Group Pension Scheme
5% company contribution
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Holiday
25 days holiday (plus public holidays) with the option to Buy/Sell days each year
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Life Assurance
Giving you the peace of mind for your family should the worst happen
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Private Medical Insurance
Includes optical and dental cover
Supporting communities and wider society
At Novacyt, we believe in contributing to communities where we operate, and we have made donations to various charities and schools in the areas our offices are located.
Following the transformational financial performance of Novacyt in 2020, a charity steering committee was created made up from a number of key employees within the group tasked with identifying schools and charities in need of support particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021 a sum of £500,000 was dedicated to supporting a total of 25 schools and 50 charities throughout the year. We assisted projects looking to support critically ill children and adults, the homeless, old age pensioners and war veterans.
About Novacyt Group
At Novacyt Group, we pride ourselves on concentrating our expertise on specific market needs. Offering a comprehensive and developing portfolio of quality products, backed by proven supply and delivery services, to ensure the highest possible standards of customer service around the world. Our passion is for customer-centric solutions that advance the science behind diagnostics. This fuels our drive to deliver products that save lives and help in the fight against infectious disease.
We offer an increasing portfolio of in-vitro diagnostic tests, utilising molecular and protein detection technologies – supporting healthcare and disease prevention across the globe in the clinical and life science sectors. Deep strengths in product development, commercialisation, contract design, and manufacturing ensure quality products and robust supply.
Our Group has specialist experience and expertise throughout our business units: Primer Design, Novacyt UK, IT-IS International, and Yourgene Health UK – creating solutions for the diagnostics industry, supplying an extensive range of high-quality assays and reagents worldwide.
Quality Control Technician
Fantastic opportunity for an entry level Quality Control Technician to join a busy quality control and manufacturing team based at our Manchester HQ.
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