Operations Scientist - Environmental Monitoring Group

Operations Scientist - Technical

Location: Witney, Oxfordshire

About Abbott Diabetes Care

Bring your passion, ideas, and purpose to life in a company that can truly help you achieve your full potential.

Known globally for the development of revolutionary technologies, Abbott Diabetes care designs, develops, and manufactures glucose monitoring systems for use in both home and hospital settings. Abbott has been around for 135+ years, developing solutions for the world’s health issues and creating a workplace that enables employees to live full lives.

We have a Centre of Excellence in Witney for the manufacture of electrodes and biosensors used by patients and healthcare professionals for the day-to-day management of diabetes. The site has been instrumental in the research, development, and manufacture of the FreeStyle Libre 2, Free Style Libre 3 and the Libre Sense system.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Environmental Monitoring Group as an Operations Scientist. In this role, you will be part of a small and friendly team, you will ensure that cleanroom monitoring activities are completed to maintain the sterility assurance level in our Witney manufacturing facility.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine environmental monitoring of cleanrooms, including air, surface, and compressed air sampling.
• Conduct particle counts, microbial sampling, and other tests.
• Maintain detailed records of all monitoring activities.
• Ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and other regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with production and quality assurance teams to address any issues.
• Calibrate and maintain monitoring equipment.
• Participate in internal and external audits.
• Develop and implement cleanroom protocols and procedures.
• Advise and mentor manufacturing personnel on cleanroom best practices.
• Liaise with service provider and check returned data for accuracy.
  
  

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with excellent attention to detail, a logical and methodical approach to problem-solving, and the ability to prioritize and adapt to changing circumstances or new demands. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential for building relationships with colleagues across various departments.

Hands-on practical skills, or the ability to develop them, are important as you will spend time in the manufacturing facility. Proficiency in IT skills, including Excel and PowerPoint, is also required.

Ideal candidates will have a degree level education in a science based subject. While industry experience in an ISO cleanroom environment is preferred, it is not essential as full training will be provided.

Why Abbott?:

Abbott offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including a pension scheme, share ownership, private healthcare, life assurance, and flexible benefits. Our Witney Centre of Excellence also offers various initiatives like couch to 5k campaigns, beekeeping, and yoga to help you live life to the fullest.

YOUR OWN RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK

We welcome applications from candidates already eligible to work in the UK or those that can apply for a visa granting permission to work in the UK (e.g. dependent visas, ancestry etc.) that do not require sponsorship from Abbott. You will be asked to share proof of this prior to receiving any offer of employment. We would like to make you aware that if you are made an offer of employment with Abbott you will need to remain on your current visa / permit. If for any reason your visa status changes, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship in the future. In addition, the Company would not fund any subsequent non sponsored visa applications - you will be solely responsible for paying and maintaining your own right to work in the UK. In some instances we may not be able to offer you a permanent contract.

Any employment offer made by Abbott is contingent upon you obtaining and maintaining the right to work and reside legally in the UK. You are required to notify us immediately if your immigration status changes after you have submitted your application.

GRADUATES BASED IN THE UK

If you are on a Graduate visa, we cannot guarantee you sponsorship from within the UK upon its expiry. Abbott only has a set number of Certificate of Sponsorship applications that can be made each year, which are utilized for highly skilled workers transferring internally. If this limit is reached and other Home Office requirements cannot be met, it will prevent us from being able to sponsor and therefore employ you, unless you are able to secure your own right to work in the UK following the expiry of a Graduate visa.

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