About this role
We are Reckitt
Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.
Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
## Research & Development
In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.
We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.
The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.
## About the role
We're in search of a proactive Quality Associate to join the Reckitt team, where innovation and science converge to make a real-world impact. You'll contribute to the growth of our trusted product portfolio, ensuring the highest standards of quality. Your expertise will drive activities from concept to execution, fostering an environment of continuous improvement. If you thrive in a dynamic atmosphere and are looking for a role where your actions directly contribute to the company's success, we would love to see your application.
## Your responsibilities
- Collects routine and non-routine Environmental Monitoring Samples (EMP) onsite at manufacturing area including swab, air samples and water samples.
- Carry out the microbiological testing activities for the EMP samples including media preparation, testing, waste disposal and cleaning. If needed, to support the product testing
- Make sure the plant EMP is followed to the agreed sampling schedule and escalate any abnormal results and observations during sample collection to lab manager and plant hygienist timely. Proficient to use GLIMS to manage the laboratory data recording and retrieve data to support the data trending and investigation purpose.
- Maintain the EMP results record in good documentation manner so that they are easy to retrieve. Trend the EMP results for all the testing parameters routinely.
- Be able to support the urgent business need by doing sampling or testing over the time or at weekend where is required.
- Ability to stay organized and multitask in a high volume, fast passed work environment
- Work independently to ensure the assigned task for samples are tested in a timely manner to meet TAT, according to established test methods, technology and quality requirements to provide accurate results.
- Good understanding of GLP, GDP and GMP for working in laboratory and production plant.
- Ensure the current, complete, legible notebooks and laboratory records are maintained in compliance with good laboratory practices.
- Good knowledge in lean lab concept and actively involve or lead the continuous improvement project to improve the laboratory test efficiency and productivity. Understand the root cause analysis tool and apply to the problem solving and investigation.
- Look after the good inventory of laboratory materials such as media, reagents, chemicals and consumables to support testing.
- Proactively lead and maintain the housekeeping standard of laboratory, work area and equipment (e.g. practice 5S), observe safety requirements and Good Laboratory Practice in the laboratory which is compliant with company and regulatory standards.
The experience we're looking for
- At least degree holder at microbiology, food science or related
- At least 2 year of experience, preferably in milk powder or similar manufacturing plant
- Hands on experience on microbiology laboratory testing technology and instruments such as MDS, autoclave, Vitek, Vidas etc.
- Excellent laboratory skills
The skills for success
Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Laboratory Practices, Laboratory Testing Technology, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Collaborator,
What we offer
With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.
We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
## Equality
We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.