Company Description
Are you ready to make a difference? At LGC Group Biosearch Technologies, we're at the cutting edge of nucleic acid chemistry, producing high-quality, life-changing products that push the boundaries of innovation in life sciences. Our Bellshill and Dexter sites form a global centre of excellence in oligonucleotide production, with a focus on reliability, expertise, and collaboration.
Now, we're looking for a dedicated Quality Assurance Engineer to join our dynamic team and help ensure the highest quality standards across our operations. This is an onsite role based at our Bellshill facility, with flexible and remote working options to support your lifestyle.
Job Description
As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you will have a central role in driving compliance and continuous improvement within our Quality Management System (QMS), aligned to ISO 9001:2015 standards. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, tackling challenges and fostering a culture of continuous improvement across our sites. Your mission will include:
- Maintaining critical quality processes – from equipment control to deviation management and handling non-conforming materials.
- Leading corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) – delving into root cause analyses, implementing solutions, and tracking their success.
- Auditing with purpose – performing internal audits, collaborating on improvements, and ensuring standards are upheld.
- Reviewing batch records and supporting quality training initiatives – helping our people and systems grow stronger together.
Your work will be crucial to maintaining our reputation as leaders in quality and collaboration across our Bellshill and Dexter sites.
Qualifications
To excel in this role, you will need:
- Proven experience in quality assurance within a regulated industry (e.g., biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices).
- Expert knowledge of ISO 9001 or ISO 13485 standards and hands-on experience with root cause analysis tools such as 5-Why or 8D.
- Outstanding communication skills and a collaborative mindset to engage with different teams effectively.
- Educational background – A Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related discipline. Certifications such as CQE, CQA, or ISO Lead Auditor would be advantageous.
Additional Information
What We Offer
At LGC Group Biosearch Technologies, you’ll work alongside passionate people who are driven by purpose. You'll have the opportunity to leave a lasting impact, work in a flexible environment, and grow your career with us.
Ready to Apply?
If you’re looking for an exciting challenge and want to be part of a collaborative, innovative team, we’d love to hear from you! Apply today and join our mission to shape the future of life sciences.
Join us in Bellshill, where quality and innovation meet to create something extraordinary.
What We Do
LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality and range.
LGC’s tools play a key role in customer workflows from discovery applications through to commercial manufacture and enable its customers to: bring new diagnostics and therapies to market; progress research and development; optimise food production; and continuously monitor and enhance the quality of food, the environment and consumer products.
LGC’s 175+ years of scientific heritage, combined with a track record of innovation and value-enhancing acquisitions, has enabled the company to build its product portfolio and expertise, and develop deep relationships with customers, industry partners and the global scientific community.
LGC’s core purpose of Science for a safer world and its core values of passion, curiosity, integrity, brilliance and respect, drive its culture. As of 30 June 2021, it employs 4,350 employees, of which over 1,175 employees hold PhD and/or master’s degrees. Its products and services are delivered by highly qualified and experienced teams, operating from a global network of accredited sites that showcase its scientific and manufacturing capabilities.
