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Job Description

Job title: Laboratory Technician (Product Maintenance)

Reports to: Product Maintenance Team Leader

Location: Manchester Science Park

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary & Benefits: Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

About Yourgene Health:

Yourgene Health is a leading integrated technologies and services business, enabling the delivery of genomic medicine. The group works in partnership with global leaders in DNA technology to advance diagnostic science.

Yourgene primarily develops, manufactures, and commercialises simple and accurate molecular diagnostic solutions, for reproductive health, precision medicine and infectious diseases. The Group's flagship in vitro diagnostic products include non -invasive prenatal tests (NIPT) for Down's Syndrome and other genetic disorders, Cystic Fibrosis screening tests, invasive rapid aneuploidy tests and DPYD genotyping.

Yourgene has a range of innovative DNA sample preparation platforms, powered by Ranger® Technology, the Yourgene LightBench® and Yourgene QS250, ideal for cell free DNA applications in NIPT and oncology including liquid biopsy.

Yourgene also has a global laboratory service network equipped to be a full life-cycle partner for clinical, research and pharmaceutical organisations to support partners at the preclinical, clinical, and post market stage to develop, manufacture, obtain regulatory approval and commercialise new products and services. In addition, Yourgene offers and NIPT and high throughput Covid testing service.

Yourgene Health is headquartered in Manchester, UK with facilities in Taipei, Singapore, the US, and Canada.

Our Culture:

Yourgene is a growing, vibrant, and exciting place to work, we are looking for committed driven individuals to be part of our next growth journey. Our culture is described by our employee's as collegiate, friendly, professional, innovative, open, and fast paced. We have nay social and well-being initiatives run by our Social Huddle that keep our sense of community alive during challenging times that the pandemic has thrown our way. At Yourgene we focus on putting values led programmes in place to ensure that we can attract, retain and develop our people. We want our people to have a career with Yourgene and we ensure that they are recognised and rewarded for their achievements and commitment, everyone plays a critical role in our growth journey.

Description of role:

Yourgene Health, part of Novacyt Group are recruiting for a Laboratory Technician within our Product Maintenance team based at Manchester Science Park. The Laboratory Technician will support the delivery of the product maintenance team’s objectives through the execution of high quality and efficient experimental work and general laboratory maintenance activities.

Overall responsibility:

The Laboratory Technician will be skilled in the laboratory testing of molecular diagnostics, specifically of Yourgene products. The Laboratory Technician will collaborate closely with the Scientist, Senior Scientist and Team Leader to execute work packages, taking an active role in experimentation and documentation and working collaboratively with the wider R&D teams.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Support the design of effective and efficient work packages and studies involving;
  
• Performance of laboratory work to a high standard with exceptionally good diligence following relevant protocols
  
• The generation and organization of high volumes of data, ensuring that data integrity and traceability is maintained.
  
• Accurate, efficient, and timely reporting of results.
  
• Support troubleshooting activities when technical issues arise.
  
• Support the authoring of QMS documentation.
  
• Ensure own work meets regulatory & quality requirements, including compliance to SOPs, documentation using lab books, study plans, study reports and integrity of data.
  
• Conduct regular equipment maintenance tasks as required.
  
• Participate in tasks required for the maintenance of the laboratory areas e.g. stock check, ordering of reagents and consumables, laboratory cleaning.
  
  Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities:
  
  
• BSc degree in a life science such as molecular biology, biochemistry, or genetics.
  
• Preferably firsthand experience and competence with molecular biology techniques, such as PCR, qPCR, DNA Sequencing, DNA/RNA Extraction.
  
• Experience of and competent in data analysis, interpretation and report writing.
  
• Enthusiasm, drive, thoroughness, diligence, and a willingness to take personal responsibility to ensure that projects are successful.
  
• Can summarize own work and effectively communicate results to colleagues.
  
• Knowledge of ISO 13485 would be advantageous.
  
  Closing Date:
  
  Sunday 20th July 2025
  
  Equal opportunities:
  
  Yourgene Health and the Novacyt Group of companies provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law.
  
  Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives:
  
  Yourgene Health and the Novacyt Group of companies is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Yourgene Health and Novacyt Group employee by a third-party agency and/or search firm without a valid written and signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Yourgene Health and the Novacyt Group of companies. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position because of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.