Details:
- Salary: £33,000 - 49,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Maidstone Kent
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
Senior QC Technician – Microbiology | Maidstone | On-site
Salary: £27,700 – £41,500 + benefits
We're recruiting a Senior QC Technician for an established diagnostics and biopharma manufacturer based in Maidstone, Kent.
This is a hands-on QC Microbiology role acting as lab deputy — running routines and rotas, keeping equipment and consumables ready, and providing light supervision to junior staff. It's the highest technician grade before supervisory level.
What you'll be doing:
* Environmental monitoring and cleanroom sampling
* Keeping equipment readiness and consumables stock on track
* Light supervision of junior staff
* Deputising in team meetings
* Writing SOPs
What we're looking for:
* Solid, hands-on QC/microbiology experience — pharma background preferred, not food industry
* Good understanding of microbiology, not just basic knowledge
* Comfortable writing SOPs and communicating across the team
* Experience valued over qualifications — a PhD alone won't be the deciding factor
Benefits include: pension matched up to 10%, private medical insurance, 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, and enhanced parental leave.
This is a fully on-site role. Own transport is essential — public transport links are limited. No visa sponsorship; relocation support only considered for an exceptional candidate.
Apply now or get in touch to find out more