Quality Control Lab Analyst

The Opportunity

Responsible for completing product quality checks following a set of varied procedures. Tasks include conducting technical testing and analysis of

We are looking for a Quality Control Analyst to be based at our Hichrom site in Theale, Reading, providing ongoing support to our laboratory teams. We are offering this role on a full time, permanent basis.

In your role as a Quality Control Analyst with Avantor, you will be responsible for completing routine product quality checks, ensuring that all finished products are checked for quality and consistency before being packaged and dispatched to our customers.

1 The Markham Centre, Station Road, Theale, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4PE

Late Shift: 13:45 - 22:30 Monday to Thursday, 13:45 - 18:15 Friday

• Work with the wider QC team to carry out a range of physical checks on finished products before they leave the lab
• Perform a range of tests to ensure the quality of a range of separation media (silica & polymer), and HPLC columns
• Develop and implement chromatography QC performance tests to ensure lot to lot reproducibility, including pore size, surface area, and particle sizing

• Experience in an analytical chemistry (specifically chromatography) environment is highly desirable
• An understanding of COSHH would be beneficial
• An understanding of ISO
  9001/14001
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and keen attention to detail

We offer you a full-time permanent contract, a competitive salary package, bonus and other benefits such as a day off for your birthday, paid. You’ll also receive 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and the opportunity to enroll into our private healthcare & dental scheme.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world.

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