Laboratory Technician

job advert

a laboratory technician vacancy has arisen in our fast-growing company. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our team.

assured micro, west of scotland science park, 1 kelvin walkway, glasgow g20 0sp

laboratory technician

full time

monday to friday – 9.00am to 5.00pm (with half an hour unpaid lunch break)

£26,500 per annum

• to share responsibility for activities in the assured micro laboratory including routine testing and laboratory administration.
• to provide laboratory testing to customers.

• undertake microbiological laboratory testing.
• ensure compliance with departmental procedures and eu gmp regulations.
• undertake some quality investigations in support of the lab lead.
• report routine test results and support investigation and resolution activities, where appropriate.
• maintain full, accurate and retrievable laboratory records of all testing.
• maintain the laboratory and laboratory equipment in a clean, safe, operational condition, including arranging and carrying out calibration tests where applicable.
• provide training and support to members of staff carrying out routine testing and sampling.
• maintain all lab systems and records as specified in assured micro sops.
• maintain stock levels and process receipt of media and testing consumables.
• compile/review sops and conduct laboratory validations, as required.
• undertake training as required to enable the necessary testing activities to be carried out.
• support the update of sops and change forms.
• contribute to tasks and assist with closure of change controls, quality reports and capa’s.
• contribute to client/regulatory audits as required.
• any other tasks or duties reasonably assigned to you.
• sampling at client sites where required, working under gmp conditions.

• background in scientific training and/or experience in microbiology.
• knowledge of eu gmp license facilities.
• good it skills.
• knowledge of data integrity principles.
• aptitude for learning and professional development.

• personal drive and self-motivation.
• good time management skills.
• ability to work independently, as well as part of a team.
• good planning and recording skills.
• fluent spoken and written english.

friday 13th february 2026

provisionally week commencing monday, 16th february 2026

we reserve the right to close this vacancy early, or change the closing date, if we receive enough applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

there are many reasons to join us, but here are just a few more:

• a generous yearly bonus paid every january, to all staff.
• 30 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing to 33 days for loyalty service.
• company sick pay scheme.
• company pension contributions of 5% of salary.
• employee assistance programme (eap), private counselling and other schemes to support employees with their mental health and wellbeing.
• annual family fun days, fully paid for by the business.
• a growing, family owned, highly successful business, with a history spanning back to the 1920s.
• highly committed to investing in people and training, with a proven history of opportunities and promotions from within for employees who wish to progress.
• a great culture, represented in our company values known as the skies.
• the knowledge that you are making a difference, playing a role in key supply chains such as the covid-19 vaccine.

assured micro has recently joined the micronclean group, and was founded in glasgow in 2009 to support customers who don’t have an in‑house microbiology department. Today, assured micro provides a range of integrated services to companies throughout scotland and the north of england.

micronclean is a family‑owned business based in lincolnshire employing over 400 people. The company provides products and services to various industries.

our current focus areas include rental of specialist work wear to cleanroom industries (pharmaceutical, medical devices, aerospace), and of protective workwear to manufacturing industries (engineering, automotive). The company also manufactures and distributes a range of cleanroom products, which it sells in the uk and exports throughout europe and further afield, including india, australia, and canada.

the company has an ambitious vision for growth both in the uk where we are investing in all our plants and abroad where our plant in bangalore, india has recently been commissioned and is supporting the production of covid-19 vaccines in india.

more information about micronclean and assured micro can be found on our websites, please   and here

if you wish to speak to someone about the role of laboratory technician in more detail, please email   with your name and telephone number, or apply here.