Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 3 days ago

Senior QC Technician (Analytical)

Workable (global search)108,016 open roles

Where
Livingston, Scotland, United Kingdom
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowSenior QC Technician (Analytical)Workable (global search) · Livingston, Scotland, United Kingdom

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Workable (global search)'s own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

7.9% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Workable (global search) postings stay open a median of 7 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.6%1 day
  2. 3.6%3 days
  3. 7.9%7 days
  4. 14.9%14 days
  5. 34.0%30 days
This job: posted 3 days ago

Workable (global search) median: 7 days open

The posting

We are a specialty vaccine company that develops, manufactures, and commercializes prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases addressing unmet medical needs.

We have leveraged our expertise and capabilities both to commercialize three vaccines, including the world’s first and only chikungunya vaccine, and to rapidly advance a broad range of vaccine candidates into and through the clinic, including candidates against Lyme disease and Zika.

With operations in Austria, Canada, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the U.S., we are committed to making a positive impact on global public health.

Together, we are a global Company which is open to people of all backgrounds. Our diverse and inclusive workforce makes Valneva a great place to work.

Our QC team are currently hiring for a Senior QC Technician (Analytical) who will supervise and perform Analytical tests for the release of raw materials and intermediate products according to defined procedures and protocols. Provide technical expertise in analytical assays and drive analytical projects to completion to agreed timelines. Oversee the daily running of the laboratories and support the Analytical Manager.

Due to the nature and training requirements of this role, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK, We are unable to provide Visa Sponsorship for this role.

Requirements

  • To co-ordinate, schedule and execute raw material, stability and in process real-time analytical laboratory testing.
  • Provide technical expertise in analytical procedures that may include Haemagglutination Assay, Protein Assays, ELISA, Cell Culture, Plaque Testing, pH testing, Osmolality testing, TVC testing.
  • Apply cGMP work-practices and techniques to test and release raw materials and intermediate products.
  • Ensure that all QC analysts are appropriately trained and competent in the procedures they are conducting and are following cGMP working practices at all times.
  • Be responsible for the development, collating and reporting of key quality and business metrics, and use such metrics to drive a culture of continuous process improvement within the area of responsibility.
  • Conduct on-time reporting according to the defined and trained document management standards including review and verification of analytical data provided by the QC Technicians.
  • Immediately escalate and report any deviations to materials, facilities, processes or procedures to the Manager.
  • Be accountable for the analytical laboratories being clean, tidy and well organised and in a state of continuous inspection readiness.
  • Manage the daily maintenance of laboratories and equipment required to adequately support routine laboratory activities.
  • Write QMS documentation including SOP’s, OOS/OOT, Change Control, Deviations, CAPA’s.
  • Represent QC in cross-functional planning, batch release and project meetings.
  • Provide support as an Analytical Subject Matter Expert (SME) as required.
  • Identify areas for continuous improvement and escalate those to the QC Manager.
  • Actively contribute to the development and maintenance of an enthusiastic, supportive and collaborative environment within the team-setting.
  • To undertake any other duties as requested by the line manager in accordance with company requirements.
  • Contribute, encourage and support staff development activities.
  • Support out of hours real-time testing, adapting to the production schedule.
  • Evenings/weekend work as required to support production schedule (Additional shift allowance).

Experience

  • Working within a QC laboratory environment, working to GMP within a recognised quality system
  • Ability to prioritise, organise and schedule work within a busy laboratory
  • Experience of writing and working to SOP documentation
  • Extensive QMS experience, OOS, Change Control, Deviations.
  • Experience in biological assays.
  • Experience in reference standard management.
  • Experience driving a team to achieve individual, team and organisational objectives.
  • Experienced in relationship handling with external bodies, such as suppliers, regulatory and audit authorities.

Preferred

  • Virology expertise.
  • Use of Minitab Statistical Software.
  • Experience conducting lab tours and technical discussions with regulatory inspectors.
  • Validation and qualification of assays knowledge would be advantageous.

Benefits

  • Stock Options
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Gym membership OR fitness allowance
  • EV Salary Sacrifice
  • Many others included
From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Workable (global search)'s own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Workable (global search)'s form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Workable (global search)'s answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.