QC Senior Laboratory Technician
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Job Description
QC Senior Laboratory Technician
Permanent full-time rolewith competitive remuneration and benefits
Location:New Zealand - Wellington - Upper Hutt on-site with a supportive collaborative team
Career growth:Expand your expertise in a growing successful industry
Professional development:Gain valuable experience in a dynamic evolving role
The primary responsibility of the Senior QC Laboratory Technician is to perform and document tests within the assigned QC Laboratory monitor assay performance plan and co-ordinate own workload and contribute to ensuring the smooth running of their area to meet schedules for release of final and intermediate products.
The QC Senior Laboratory Technician sits within the Global Animal Health Manufacturing organisation and reports to QC Manager.
What You Will Do
Responsibilities include however not limited to:
Test antigen and/or vaccine to required standards following set schedules/timelines by:
Planning conducting reporting and interpreting routine laboratory assays per SOPs
Ensuring sufficient stocks of reagents test materials and equipment for timely testing
Accurately record all test data and observations by:
Documenting tasks in test records worksheets or logbooks per Good Documentation Practice
Peer reviewing work of fully trained team members
Maintain housekeeping standards by:
Performing housekeeping tasks per SOPs and GLP
Completing regular housekeeping inspections
Keeping lab equipment calibrated validated and operational including routine calibrations
Following applicable Global Quality Policies
Minimise events/invalid assays by:
Monitoring assays for anomalies and preparing/reviewing assay result trends
Investigating and reporting events (deviations)
Notifying supervisors of potential failures recording faults and independently resolving common faults
Identifying technical problem resolutions
Contribute to continuous improvement and new method introduction by:
Implementing CAPAs from investigations
Performing routine test method and equipment validations
Authoring and executing qualification protocols and reports
Authoring or technically reviewing SOPs
What You Must have
Science degree in Chemistry
Extensive laboratory experience essential for routine vaccine product and raw material testing (GMP GLP OECD and/or ISO17025)
Proficiency with AAS UV-Vis and titrator methods
Understanding of cGMP/GLP and equipment/method validation
Experience leading laboratory investigations and system improvements (e.g. deviations CAPA change management)
Chromatography experience will be advantageous (e.g. HPLC ICP-OES etc.)
Skilled in writing technical procedures and troubleshooting
Experience with laboratory software systems (e.g. LabX Labware etc.)
What You Can Expect
Autonomy with strong support within a trusted global Animal Health organisation
Opportunities to upskill and develop your role
Pathways to broaden your skills and career
Joining a collaborative team of like-minded professionals
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse talented and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one anothers thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.
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Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
VISA Sponsorship:
Travel Requirements:
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Not ApplicableShift:
Valid Driving License:
Hazardous Material(s):
Required Skills:
Chemistry Chemistry Compound Management GMP Compliance GMP Laboratory Keen Observation Laboratory Analytical Techniques Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Laboratory Investigations Laboratory Operations Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) Method Validation OOS Investigations Pharmaceutical Microbiology Process Verification Quality Control Management Quality Standards Raw Material Preparation Raw Materials Recordkeeping Reporting Management Spectrophotometer Spectrophotometry Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Writing Sterility Testing 4 morePreferred Skills:
Job Posting End Date:
09/16/2025*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
