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
Quality
Administrative Tasks
Communication
Other
Qualifications, Skills and Abilities
Closing Date:
Sunday 21st 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.