Laboratory Technician
Listed on 2026-10-24
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Quality Control - QC Analysts/Managers, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Food Quality & Safety
Laboratory Technician (17783)
Requisition
17783
-Posted
21/10/2026
- United Kingdom
- Bridgwater
Are you someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and has a keen eye for detail? This is an exciting opportunity to join Refresco on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract as a Laboratory Technician. In this role, you will provide analytical and microbiological support to the business, ensuring products meet the highest quality and food safety standards. Working closely with the Operations and Technical teams, you will conduct product testing, maintain accurate laboratory records, support compliance activities, and help drive a right-first-time quality culture across the site.
H11
FTC 12 Months
Refresco – Bridgwater
4 on 4 off 6 - 6
- Annual bonus and regular pay reviews
- Early Friday finish to kick‑start your weekend
- 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to purchase additional leave, increasing your allowance to 31 days plus bank holidays
- Life assurance coverage
- 24/7 virtual GP access for you and your family
- Free eye‑care vouchers and discounted glasses
- Employee referral scheme with bonuses for successful referrals
- Grocery Aid support services offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical guidance
- Cheers benefits platform providing discounts, free perks, and wellbeing tools
- Free onsite parking and discounted products
Key responsibilities of the role:
- Carry out analytical and microbiological testing on raw materials, in-process samples and finished products to ensure quality standards are met.
- Monitor, record and report test results, escalating any out-of-specification findings and supporting corrective actions.
- Maintain accurate laboratory documentation and complete administrative tasks, including data entry, record keeping, certificate management and reporting.
- Maintain laboratory equipment, ensuring all instruments are calibrated, serviced and operating to required standards.
- Support quality, food safety and compliance activities, following company procedures and external accreditation requirements.
- Work closely with production and technical teams to provide technical support, manage laboratory stock and orders, and help deliver right-first-time quality
The ideal candidate would have:
The ideal candidate will have a laboratory, quality or food manufacturing background, ideally within a fast-paced FMCG environment. They will have a good understanding of GMP, microbiological testing and food safety principles, alongside strong administrative and organisational skills. With excellent attention to detail, they will be confident maintaining accurate records, managing documentation and supporting quality and compliance activities. However, direct laboratory experience is not essential.
Ultimately, we encourage everyone to role model our core values of agility, responsibility, passion, excellence, and entrepreneurship as we believe these are what has made Refresco successful so far.
About Refresco:
Refresco is the global independent beverage solutions provider for Global, National and Emerging brands, and retailers with production in Europe, North America, and Australia.
Refresco offers an extensive range of product and packaging combinations from juices to carbonated soft drinks and mineral waters in carton, PET, Aseptic PET, cans, and glass.
Refresco continuously searches for new and alternative ways to improve the quality of its products and packaging combinations in line with consumer and customer demand, environmental responsibilities, and market demand
Refresco is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and has more than 13,500 employees. .
Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We’re a global business and currently produce 12 billion litres of soft drinks from 64 manufacturing plants in 12 countries and we’re only just getting started.
We’re the proud owners of six drinks manufacturing sites within the UK. Our UK business provides a great place to work for over 1,800 employees, who produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading retailers.
Whether it’s packed in cartons, bottles or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards. Our products get where they need to be when they need to get there to meet the needs of our high-profile customers.
Refresco believes that equal opportunity for allis fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process
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