Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 24,000 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 more than 1,700 British farmers. The Müller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands, and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK.

Laboratory Technician

Bridgwater

Permanent contract

4 on 4 off shift pattern: 2 day shifts (7am-7pm), 2 night shifts (7pm – 7am), 4 off and repeat.

£32,475.46 / £15.51 per hour

We are currently recruiting a Laboratory Technician to join our Bridgwater 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.

Key tasks as Laboratory Technician:

Provide expertise through quality based testing and data evaluation
Display drive and motivation to continually improve quality based performance
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
Display good team work ability

What are we looking for in a Laboratory Technician:

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

What’s in it for you?

Career progression and development
Paid overtime
Salary sacrifice pension scheme with Muller matching up to 4%
Life Assurance at 2 x your annual salary
264.5 hours holiday
Access the Müller Rewards discount scheme saving money off numerous retails
Free onsite secure carpark
Friendly and professional working environment