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Optical Lab Technician

Employer
OutsideClinic
Location
Glasgow
Closing date
30 Jun 2023

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Job Role
Optical Technician
Sector
Domiciliary
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Job Title: Optical Lab Technician

Reporting to: Laboratory Operations Manager

Salary: 22,734 p/a

Hours: 40 hours per week, Full time

Location: Cambuslang, Glasgow

Job Summary

OutsideClinic is part of the Optimism Group, a leading provider of domiciliary eyecare throughout the United Kingdom.

Our Lab team work together to produce glasses for our practices across the UK. We base our service on our patient's needs of the highest quality. You'll be part of a team responsible for manufacturing lenses for spectacles working as part of a production line to support our UK operation.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

  • To be multi-skilled in all aspects of the production line.
  • Importing orders.
  • Engraving glasses.
  • Sending orders to 3rd party suppliers
  • Booking in orders from 3rd party suppliers
  • Dealing with queries from branch partners.
  • Safely operating glazing and surfacing machinery.
  • To surface and glaze glasses to comply with British Standards.
  • Picking Lenses
  • Picking Frames
  • Fitting Glasses
  • Surfacing Bifocals, Varifocal and Special Single Vision Lenses.
  • Focimetry of lenses.
  • Final quality checking.
  • Understand and interpret prescriptions to ensure customers receive the best lens choice.
  • Understanding our partner's business and supporting them to meet goals.
  • Dealing with customer queries regarding prescriptions, and resolving any complaints in an efficient and professional manner.

Qualifications and Skills

  • Good working knowledge of computer software and operation.
  • Glazing experience essential.
  • Prior production and surfacing experience preferred
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and clients.
  • Good knowledge and understanding of health and safety in a production environment.

What we offer

  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance
  • A friendly environment with regular team days
  • Relaxed dress code
  • Comprehensive training
  • Career progression opportunities
  • Additional holidays with length of service
  • Contributory pension scheme matched up to 5%
  • Free sight and hearing tests and discounted eyewear and hearing products

Company

Company info
Website
Mini-site
OutsideClinic
Telephone
01793 648607
Location
10-14 High Street
Old Town
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN1 3EP
GB

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