IMA Laboratory Technician in Witney

Job Title: IMA Laboratory Technician

Location: Witney, Oxfordshire

Job Description

Start your career in science with hands-on experience in a real lab environment.

About Us

At Abbott Diabetes Care in Witney, we help people manage diabetes through innovative technologies, including our FreeStyle Libre systems and blood glucose testing products. The Incoming Materials Analysis (IMA) team is growing and looking for enthusiastic individuals who are ready to start their career in a laboratory environment. No degree needed—just a passion for science and a willingness to learn.

What You’ll Do

• Support our Lab Teams: Learn how to use a variety of laboratory instruments to test incoming materials while working alongside experienced laboratory technicians.
• Attention to Detail: Ensure documentation is completed accurately and carefully as part of Quality Control, ensuring materials meet required standards before entering the manufacturing process.
• Keep Things Tidy and Ready: Clean, maintain, and prepare laboratory equipment and materials while following Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) standards.
• Work with other teams: Take part in cross‑functional projects and activities, working closely with different departments to support both new and existing materials.

What We’re Looking For

• You’ve finished your GCSEs (or equivalent), especially in Maths and English.
• You’re interested in science and how things work.
• You’re organised, have good attention to detail, reliable, and keen to learn.
• Any experience in a lab or practical setting is a bonus—but not essential.

What We Offer

• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Share ownership scheme
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Flexible benefits scheme
• Onsite allotments
• Bee keeping
• Yoga and more

We actively encourage continuous improvement and welcome new ideas from all team members.

At Abbott, you'll have the opportunity to work with incoming materials that contribute to both our sensor and blood glucose testing products.

The base pay for this position is N/A. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job Family: Manufacturing

Division: ADC Diabetes Care

Location: United Kingdom > Witney : Production Facility

Additional Locations: WORK SHIFT: Standard

TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time

Medical Surveillance: Not Applicable

Equal Opportunity Statement

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

Additional Information

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential - because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions - across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.

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