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Our client is a highly successful UKAS-accredited testing laboratory and currently seeking an experienced Microbiologist to join their customer-focused laboratory based in the south of Yorkshire.
Key Responsibilities:
The Senior Microbiologist will play a vital role in maintaining high laboratory standards, ensuring compliance with UKAS-accredited procedures, and continuously improving service quality.
Responsibilities include:
- Supporting the Technical Manager in the operational management of the laboratory, including training and mentoring junior staff.
- Planning and organising workloads for both themselves and other team members.
- Conducting internal audits and audits at client sites.
- Developing, writing, and validating new test procedures.
- Generating technical reports for clients.
- Performing laboratory-based testing and ensuring proficiency in all test methods.
- Managing projects and testing schedules, coordinating tasks for themselves and the team.
- Liaising with clients in a professional and positive manner.
- Maintaining laboratory equipment in line with service plans and quality system requirements.
- Sourcing and reviewing scientific literature to develop laboratory test methods.
- Knowledge and Experience:
- BSc, MSc in Microbiology or related discipline
- Several years’ experience working in a microbiology, virology laboratory ·
- Experience of supervising staff.
- Good standard of verbal and written communication.
- Able to work accurately under pressure.
- Able to cope with rapid changes in priorities in order to satisfy clients’
- requirements.
- Able to work under minimal supervision, and to make day to day decisions within
- working guidelines.
To apply for this position, candidates must be living in the UK and eligible to and work
