Laboratory Technician

The Laboratory Technician position at Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller in Market Drayton involves quality assurance through testing and data analysis in the butter department. Responsibilities include managing laboratory tasks, supporting quality control, and driving continuous improvement. Required qualifications include HACCP awareness and basic food hygiene. The role offers benefits such as career progression, a pension scheme, and extensive holiday. This is a permanent, full-time position with a 4 on 4 off schedule.
Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller 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. Müller UK & Ireland includes:

Müller 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.

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

Market Drayton

Permanent contract

4 on 4 off (days) 7AM – 7PM

We are looking for a Laboratory Technician to join our Market Drayton butter department within our Müller Milk & Ingredients business.

The main purpose of the Laboratory Technician is assuring quality performance through analysis, subject knowledge and testing performance whilst striving to continuously improve in line with the Müller values.

Lab Technician Key tasks:

·Provide expertise through quality based testing and data evaluation

·Demonstrate active involvement in solving problems / trouble shooting 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

·Provide governance and ownership of Quality Index and other monthly reports

·Responsible for internal and external audit processes

·Looks for “waste” in everything that we do

·Actively seeks out improvement opportunities within the workplace and converts to own continuous improvement projects

·Collaboratively works with other team members to improve our business

We’re looking for the following from our Lab Technicians:

·HACCP Awareness (Level 2-3)

· Basic Food Hygiene

· Microbiology and aseptic techniques

·Internal Audit

·Yellow and Green belt problem solving

·A3 problem solving

·Word and Excel

· Electronic Data Capture

·Eden Technologist

· Dairy Science

Benefits:

· Career progression and development

· Salary sacrifice pension scheme with Muller matching up to 4%

· Life Assurance at 2 x your annual salary

· 264 hours holiday

· Access the Müller Rewards discount scheme offering over 800 discounts online and in-store and the potential to make savings across grocery and clothes shopping, holidays, insurance, gifts and more

Contact Details:

F.A.O. UK Recruitment, Müller UK & Ireland, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3SQ