Lab Administrator in Bridgwater

At Refresco, we're more than just the world's largest independent beverage solutions provider – we're a business that helps bring some of the world's favourite drinks to life. As a Laboratory Administrator in our Bridgwater Quality team, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our products consistently meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and compliance. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys organisation, accuracy, and being at the heart of a busy operational environment.

About the Role

To provide full administration support for the Laboratory Team and Laboratory Manager. Provide additional administrative support to other Technical Management members and the Factory Quality Managers. Here are your key tasks and responsibilities as Laboratory Administrator at Refresco:

• Manage laboratory administration, ensuring all records, files, reports, and archived documentation are accurate, up to date, and easily accessible to support operational and compliance requirements.
• Coordinate the collection, preparation, and shipment of customer, internal, and external laboratory samples, ensuring all samples are dispatched on schedule and courier activities are effectively managed.
• Oversee laboratory consumables and stock control, monitoring inventory levels, raising purchase orders, managing deliveries, and maintaining continuous supply to support laboratory operations.
• Liaise with suppliers, customers, laboratories, and internal departments including Purchasing, Finance, Planning, and Technical teams to ensure effective communication, issue resolution, and service excellence.
• Produce and maintain management reports, sample submission documentation, end-of-month reporting, and other laboratory data records, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and effective use of in-house systems and databases.
• Support a safe, compliant, and efficient working environment by adhering to Health & Safety, Environmental, Food Safety, Hygiene, and Company policies while demonstrating Refresco’s values of being Entrepreneurial, Agile, Responsible, Excellent, and Passionate.

About You

You are an organised and reliable individual with strong administrative skills and attention to detail. You can manage multiple tasks, work effectively with colleagues and external contacts, and maintain accurate records in a fast-paced environment. A proactive approach, good communication skills, and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team are essential for success in this role.

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.