Lab Analyst Professional - Wakefield

Permanent

3on 3off continental shift pattern (12 hours shifts days and nights)

Structured career development + Annual performance related pay bonus and pay reviews + Share scheme + Competitive pension contributions + Range of flexible benefits and Corporate discounts including childcare vouchers, holiday buy/sell scheme, optional health care and life assurance + Free parking + Free hot and cold drinks and subsidised canteen + Excellent parental benefits + Flexible working

What you become part of:

Wakefield Operations is the largest plant in CCEP and the biggest soft drink plant in Europe which produces about a third of GB’s volume across their 8 manufacturing, and 2 preform lines.  The site can produce 540,000 cans per hour and 132,000 bottles per hour. With over 550 employees across Manufacturing, QESH and Engineering, experience here can lead to excellent career opportunities both in Wakefield and further afield across other GB sites and Pan-European locations.

What you will be doing:

Reporting to the Quality Manager, onsite your key responsibilities will include:

• Managing a small team of lab analysts responsible for all microbiological and chemical finished product testing on site.
• Involvement and support as required in new initiatives programmes
• Drive Quality & product integrity
  • Quality support to the operation
    • To Supply quality and technical support to all areas to ensure the quality of our products is maintained to the required level
• Quality Execution
  • Ensure the completion of all asset care tasks in line with site requirements
  • Give technical support and supervision when required to complete maintenance & quality activities
  • Advise and support site on issues concerning micro and product related matters
  • Perform calculations when syrup corrections are required and investigate failures
  • Perform lab and sampling tasks in a timely and effective manner
  • Perform and set up sensory sessions
  • Specialists in equipment calibration and Microbiology
  • Perform plate prepping and reading
  • Understand and assist in the process technical operator activities as and when required
  • Ensure effective use of and the ability to problem solve on the quality & performance systems
  • Take the lead in problem solving quality, micro & syrup make up issues
  • Understand the operation of the process equipment
  • Area expert for water treatment 
• Responsibility and Sustainability
  •  Quality
    • Conduct QESH checks to ensure that product and equipment remains within specification and escalate any non-conformance immediately
    • Involvement in Environmental and Health and Safety risk assessments as requested
• Site Health and Safety
  • Follow Site Safety best practices to ensure safe-working for self and to protect the safety of colleagues to demonstrate zero accident behaviour
  • Carry out dynamic risk assessments of planned work
  • Ensure own personal hygiene meets requirements of food industry
  • Carry out all pre-use inspections on machinery to ensure they are safe to operate
• Environment
  • Highlight any leaks and spillages
  • Complete water treatment audits as required
  • Escalate and reduce possible pest ingress
  • Ensure waste is segregated in line with site policy
  • Control energy usage in area and highlight potential saving
• Operational Excellence /Functional Excellence Technical Expertise
  • Provide on-the-job technical training to maintain and increase understanding of micro, quality and GMP practises.
• Operational Excellence
  • Share and replicate best practice with other team members and colleagues to improve yield, quality, safety and environment
  • Actively use quality monitoring systems in order to drive performance and rectify issues/non conformances
  • Active involvement in OE programmes
  • Drive and support improvement activities
  • Support development of asset life plans
• Team Flexibility
  • Provide training and coaching to your team to improve their knowledge of micro, quality and GMP practises.
  • As and when required operate machines to agreed level of expertise in process work area to assist in the making of syrups
  • As and when required support all areas of site for quality issues
  • Perform other tasks as required by the department to ensure team performance and manufacturing output are achieved
  • Accountable for an effective handover, agreed locally as to content and format.
  • Attend and support the delivery of shift team briefing sessions to ensure communication and feedback of key operational and site information
• Site Standards
  • Take pride in upholding the company ways of working at the site to ensure the site is a great place to work
  • Take personal ownership and responsibility for the quality of own work delivered, and identify and action ways of improving it
  • Embrace team working and flexibility in tasks allocated to support the achievement of team/department/site objectives and own career development
  • Engage in regular discussions about own performance

Skills & Essentials:

• University graduate with a degree in Chemistry or Scientific discipline is essential.
• An understanding of laboratory processes and associated risks
• Strong practical skills and common sense
• Ability to work hands-on and apply learned knowledge effectively
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is a major fast-moving consumer goods business and the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. We’re a dedicated team of 33,200 people, serving 2 million customers in 29 countries. We make, sell and distribute the world’s most loved drinks brands - including Coca-Cola®, Fanta®, Sprite®, Costa Coffee® and Monster®. We’ve also expanded into alcohol with ready to drink Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola. We want a workforce that is as diverse as our products – with a culture that fosters belonging and inclusivity. 

From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider.

We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.