Kieran Murphy TechIOSH

Experience

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  Co-op

  Nov 2015 - Nov 2019

  By the time I had finished up at University, I had became a Team Leader at my local Co-Op store I had been working at to support myself financially whilst studying. My time at the Co-Op taught me many important skills that continue to benefit me today, most notably - due to working in a customer facing role - I have developed the confidence and ability to talk and get on well with almost anyone I come across. Other skills include:- An introduction to team management. Whilst on shift as a Team Leader I was responsible for the management of Teams of around 3 people on the average shift, but could be up to a group of 5 on busier shifts. This means I was responsible for making sure all tasks required to be completed on each shift had the correct amount of staff/time to carry out the tasks at hand- Responsibility for store safety. When on shift as Team Leader, I had sole responsibility for the store and everyone in it. This means I had to make sure that all staff were able to perform their roles safely and that there was no risk to customers during this time. Other tasks included regular safety checks for fire safety as well as maintaining equipment as required.- Scheduling & Book keeping. As part of the management team for the store, I helped ensure that weekly & monthly tasks (promotion changeovers, stock checks etc) were completed in a timely manner. As well as this, I was involved in the cash counting at the end of each day as well as ensuring tills were balanced and the safe was emptied and balanced at the end of each week Show less

  • Team Leader

    Jul 2019 - Nov 2019

  • Customer Team Member

    Aug 2017 - Jul 2019

  • Customer Team Member

    Nov 2015 - Aug 2017
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  SASA

  Jan 2019 - Sept 2019

  Worked as a part of the Diagnostics, Wildlife & Molecular Biology team for 4 months to carry out lab work for my undergraduate dissertation whilst contributing to a BBSRC project studying vectors found in Britain of the disease Xylella fastidiosa.Tasks included:- Collecting plant & insect samples from field work (including speaking to members of the public to see if we could take samples from their land or speaking to locals, such as park rangers, who can direct us to areas of interest at public parks etc) as well as making use of a "citizen science" program encouraging members of the public to post us samples of plants or insects we are interested in- Various DNA extraction & processing techniques (both destructive & non-destructive)- PCR, RT-PCR & qPCR techniques to amplify extracted DNA before being quantified on the Nanodrop- DNA labelling and Sequencing followed by analysis of the sequence to identify the material (plant or insect) that was collected Show less

  • Research Assistant (Placement)

    Jun 2019 - Sept 2019

  • Undergraduate Dissertation Work

    Jan 2019 - May 2019
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  LumiraDx

  Dec 2019 - Dec 2024

  Working with the Verification & Validation Team for 1 year. Moved onto forming a new team, Product Optimisation, in January 2022 and began managing a small team of 6 people. As of the start of 2023, working directly within an Assay Development team.My role included:- Scheduling tasks for the team for the week to ensure work load was distributed evenly- Providing support to newer members of my team in getting them up to speed with our processes as well as our instrument and assays in general as well as carrying out training on more complex processes in the lab- Direct line management and support of individuals within my team, helping resolve personal issues at work etc- Co-Ordinating work with the assay teams to see how we would be best placed to work on the Optimisation of our assays- Reporting data back to the management teams as well as encouraging my team to work on their own data presentation skills both in the forms of written reports and powerpoint presentations- Ownership & maintenance of equipment within the lab space as well as other lab management jobs- Carrying out own research on how we could improve assay performance and meet new claims asked of us by customers to be implementedNow my primary focus within the lab is on the H&S and lab management side of the business, helping ensure our lab continues to meet the high standards of ISO 9001 & ISO 45001 Show less Working with the Verification & Validation Team helping to achieve EUA, 510k & CE marking for our assays currently on the market - both in the Infectious Diseases and Cardiometabolic departments. Common tasks included processing of clinical samples and testing on the "Gold Standard" lab analysers, carrying out experiments to show assays meet requirements for launch as well as carrying out equivalency testing for new softwares developed.Helped with the launch of Lumira's following assays: DDimer, CRP, NTpro-BNP, SARS-CoV-2 Ag, SARS-CoV-2 & Flu A/B, SARS-CoV-2 Ab Show less

  • Scientist 1 (Assay Development)

    Nov 2020 - Dec 2024

  • Research And Development Laboratory Technician

    Dec 2019 - Nov 2020
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  Johnston Fuels

  Jan 2025 - now

  Health And Safety Coordinator