Manufacturing Technician in Manchester

Job title: Manufacturing Technician (biotech/medical devices)

Reports to : Manufacturing & QC Manager

Location : Manchester Science Park

Contract Type : Full-time, Permanent

Salary & Benefits : Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

About Yourgene Health:

Yourgene Health is a leading integrated technologies and services business, enabling the delivery of genomic medicine. Yourgene work in partnership with global leaders in DNA technology to advance diagnostic science.

Yourgene primarily develops, manufactures, and commercialises simple and accurate molecular diagnostic solutions, for reproductive health and precision medicine. Yourgene's flagship in vitro diagnostic products include non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPT) for Down's Syndrome and other genetic disorders, Cystic Fibrosis screening tests, invasive rapid aneuploidy tests and DPYD genotyping.

Yourgene has a range of innovative DNA Size Selection instruments, powered by Ranger® Technology, ideal for cell-free DNA applications in NIPT, oncology including liquid biopsy, long fragment recovery and gene synthesis applications.

Yourgene also has a global laboratory service network equipped to be a full life-cycle partner for clinical, research and pharmaceutical organisations to support partners at the preclinical, clinical, and post market stage to develop, manufacture, obtain regulatory approval and commercialise new products and services. In addition, Yourgene offers an NIPT testing service in the Manchester laboratory.

Yourgene Health is headquartered in Manchester, UK with facilities in Taipei, Singapore, the US and Canada.

Our Culture:

Yourgene is a growing, vibrant and exciting place to work, we are looking for committed driven individuals to be part of our next growth journey. Our culture is described by our employee's as collegiate, friendly, professional, innovative, open and fast paced. We have plenty of social and well-being initiatives run by our Nova Social & Charity Huddle that keep our sense of community alive and allow us to be part of charity fundraisers. At Yourgene, we focus on putting values led programmes in place to ensure that we can attract, retain and develop our people. We want our people to have a career with Yourgene and we ensure that they are recognised and rewarded for their achievements and commitment, everyone plays a critical role in our growth journey.

Description of role:

Yourgene Health is seeking an enthusiastic and organised Manufacturing Technicians. The role of the Manufacturing Technician/Scientist is to contribute to the high-quality and regulatory compliant manufacture of a variety of DNA based IVD kits and components to demanding quality specifications, and to ensure that the laboratory environment is operating effectively and safely in accordance with instruction provided by the Manufacturing and QC Manager.

Key areas of responsibility:

Manufacturing

• Contribute to the supply of products on time, cost efficiently and to the required regulatory standards and product specifications to ensure business and customer needs are met
• Execute the manufacturing plan according to scheduled works orders and following standard operating procedures
• Dispensing of liquids using manual and semi-automated equipment
• Monitorstock levels of essential raw materials to ensure there is sufficient stock to fulfil the manufacturing plan and dispose of expired materials to maintain well organised stockage areas
• Operate and maintain essential equipment to a high standard to ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with the relevant regulations and recommendations governing safety, health and environmental standards
• Contribute to process improvement programs and troubleshooting through the performance of non-routine operations and reporting of data

Quality

• To carry out all activities in accordance with the relevant quality standard (ISO13485:2016)
• To liaise with the Quality Department to ensure correct documentation and SOPs are in place, and to report non-conformances to ensure continual improvement
• To comply with all health and safety and COSHH systems
• Document department non-conformances, planned non-conformances, change controls, corrective and/or preventative actions on the Quality Management System as well as completing relevant stage and/or actions to resolve non-conformances, complete necessary changes, put corrective and/or preventative actions in place maintain and improve department operations.

Administrative Tasks

• Goods receipt and stock maintenance
• Filing, archiving, and other documentation organisation tasks
• Inputting Works Orders and other required processes (such as purchasing/ordering) into the ERP system
• Label printing and kit packing
• Perform second checks and approve manufacturing documents, label printing activities, and barcode configuration, as well as review completed manufacturing work orders to ensure product compliance with the Quality Management System.

Communication

• To communicate effectively, professionally, and promptly so that all relevant information is forwarded to the appropriate personnel on a regular basis
• To participate in internal meetings, visits, and audits as and when appropriate and communicate any information back to the appropriate personnel

Other

• To undertake any other task that may be reasonably asked by the management which is consistent with the skill base or previous employment history of the employee

Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

• At least 3 years’ experience in a manual /semi-automated assembly environment or a first degree in a bio-sciences subject
• Understanding of principles of GMP
• Stock Control experience
• Lab experience
• Strong pipetting skills
• Methodical and organised approach to work
• Computer literate with competence in MS Office

Closing Date:

Sunday 28th April, 2024

Yourgene Health is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.