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Quality Control Lab Assistant (34447)

TR/076657
  • £20.36 per hour
  • Liverpool
  • Temporary
Orion Group Life Sciences are looking for a Quality Control Lab Assistant for our Multinational Pharmaceutical client based in Liverpool. Initial 9-month contract (until 30/01/26), with a stand down in February and return and extension from 1st March if everything goes well. This is an on-site position. This is a position where you work 5 days and then 3 days off.

Job Summary:

  • To Support the QC Labs bij effectively coordinating the QC sample management of receipt and delivery of 3rd party samples and sample retains in compliance with ICH, WHO, the company quality guidelines and SOP’s and other regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities:
  • To track the receipt of third party samples against the shipping schedule and routine/stability sample requests escalating any delays in receipt of samples to the stability management team. Sample third party routine samples and distribute to the laboratories in a timely manner to prevent delays to batch release. Receive stability samples, reserve samples and retain samples from third party suppliers and store/distribute following site procedures.
  • To coordinate sample shipments from Liverpool site to third party reciprocates following site procedures, ensuring efficient delivery. Submission of sample requests, collection of requested samples from formulation and fill finish departments and management of sample storage in support of site stability studies.
  • To sample stability material at the respective time point using both aseptic and non-aseptic techniques, label the samples and distribute to the QC and Microbiology laboratories, adhering to the stability time point sampling windows. Perform aseptic sampling on raw materials as required.
  • Manage the storage, annual inspection and disposal of the final product retain samples on behalf of the site Qualified Person(s).
  • To own and support sample management and QC logistics based deviations, and support continuous improvement activities relating to job role/function.
Requirements:
  • Fluency in English.
  • cGMP background in the Pharmaceutical industry.
  • Experience of Quality Control testing techniques and industry practices.
  • Proven time management skills for planning and schedule of work.
  • Proven Communication skills both written and verbal.


Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.

Tim Browaeys Recruitment Consultant

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