E&O Laboratories Ltd is a high growth, privately owned Microbiology Culture Media manufacturer, based in Central Scotland with two GMP facilities and a donor animal farm.
We are seeking a Quality Improvement Supervisor/Manager to join our busy dynamic operations team.
This is an excellent opportunity for a person who enjoys “hands-on route cause analysis involvement” within quality management in a busy modern manufacturing environment.
About you
The ideal candidate must enjoy being “hands on”, be an accomplished communicator, who can lead improvements within the factory processes and deliver a real culture of quality across all facilities.
- Be a visible presence on the shop floor and a first point of contact for all quality matters.
- Work closely with all managers/supervisors and staff to ensure products are compliant and manufactured right first time.
- Manage Non-conformances and lead continuous improvement projects across the business.
- Motivate and manage a QA team of 4, ensuring compliance and continual improvement.
- Plan and support initiatives to assist the team meet KPIs.
- Manage and deliver training programs to ensure a consistent level of knowledge across the team.
- Work closely with engineers on validation projects.
- Assist with the QMS management and ensure timely completion of events.
- Prepare internal and external reports and collate data.
The ideal candidate must have excellent social, communication and organisational skills, ennjoy working as part of a larger team in a non-corporate environment and be flexible about traveling between all three sites.
For more information, please see our website www.eolabs.com
To apply please email your CV and your salary expectations.
E&O Laboratories Ltd. are recruiting Cleanroom Production Operators for their facility at Burnhouse Farm, Bonnybridge.
Job Opportunity:
Successful candidates will work in our fast moving, high energy environment learning how to operate automated and semi-automated production lines, where good hygiene and attention to detail are essential.
Due to the working environment this role does require the wearing of full PPE including bodysuits, hairnets, facemasks and foot coverings, to protect the product and prevent potential contamination.
Qualifications/Skills
About you
To be successful in this role you must be a highly motivated individual that can demonstrate flexibility with a can-do attitude. You should be positive, productive, and proactive with a passion for teamwork and problem solving.
The ideal candidates will enjoy working as part of a small team, as well as having good literacy & numeracy skills, previous experience of working within a clean room environment and practicing aseptic techniques may be an advantage.
Shift Patterns/Hours of work:
Backshift Mon to Thu 16.00 to 22.00 (24 hours per week)
- Own transport will be essential due to the remote location
Salary: £10.42 to £11.07 per hour
If you are looking for a permanent position, take a pride in your job, have your own reliable transport, and would like to be part of a high growth company, please submit your CV and cover letter to hr@eolabs.com
Medlab Middle East: 5th to 8th February 2024
E&O Laboratories’ Exports Team will be attending Medlab Middle East in Dubai from the 5th to the 8th February 2024.
If you would like to arrange an appointment or for more information then please email Campbell.Young@eolabs.com or Douglas.Cameron@eolabs.com or enquire via our contact form.
NEW Quality Standard – BSI Accreditation to ISO 9001:2015
Following a two day audit in August 2016, E&O’s quality assurance department is very proud to announce to be the first media manufacturer in the UK to meet this new standard.
Eddie Scott (Quality Director) said, “E&O’s Quality Management System has been completely re-written to bring quality and continuous improvement into the heart of the business and allow all the management systems to be centered on the core business strategies. We are the first culture media manufacturer to have re-designed our management system to ensure the leadership team are continually focused on the organization’s goals and customer satisfaction while embracing the process based approach to reduce risks and improve quality throughout.”
UKAS Accreditation Success
NEWS – Continually improving quality standards…………….ISO 17025
UKAS extension of scope – four new methods to add to E&O Diagnostic’s current scope of Accreditation:
ED/SOP/70 – Performance of X&V Testing for QC Testing of Media
ED/SOP/64 –The Dnase reaction in Prepared Culture Media
ED/SOP/66 – Performance of the Nitrate Reduction Test in Media QC
ED/SOP/71 – Examination of Inoculated Media for Colonial Fluorescence
Our accredited test methods demonstrate that the specificity of E&O’s ready-to-use culture media are all tested and analysed under defined conditions, providing a greater level of assurance for the ability to differentiate target organisms from non-target organisms.
Evaluation of mSuperCARBA™ chromogenic media
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A recent PHE study was conducted by the Department of Microbiology in Leeds General Infirmary in order to identify the most sensitive chromogenic media for detection of CPE. An evaluation of the three following medias was performed: ColorexTM mSuperCARBATM (E&O Laboratories Ltd., UK); ChromID® CARBA SMART (bioMerieux, UK); and ChromID® ESBL (bioMerieux, UK) plus ERT disc (Mast Group Ltd., UK). The results of this evaluation showed that E&O Laboratories COLOREXTM mSuperCARBATM media had the “highest sensitivity at both high and low innocula” which was 99% and 93%.
MEDIA for MYCOBACTERIA
E&O collaborates with Stirling University
E&O promote working closely with customers, suppliers and academia to improve product quality and manufacturing processes as well as designing innovative service enhancements. This spring we are delighted to announce a new collaboration with Stirling University for a 5 week industrial work placement with their applied biological science program. Dominic Quinn, a third year undergraduate student will be looking into the performance of Mueller Hinton Agar under the watchful eye of our experienced R&D team.