M ller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo M ller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, M ller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.M ller 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. M ller UK & Ireland includes:

M ller 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.

M ller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK's leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more M ller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like M ller Corner, M llerlight, M ller Bliss, M ller Rice, FRijj and M ller 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.

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 M ller 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 M ller 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/troubleshooting 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 M ller Rewards discount scheme saving money off numerous retails
• Free onsite secure carpark
• Friendly and professional working environment