Lab Automation Technician

  • Salary: Competitive
  • REF Number: v-136352
  • Consultant: Georgia Barnes
  • Contact: 01246 457722
  • Date Published: 28.05.2025
  • Industry: Ancillary
  • Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  • Functional Expertise: Laboratory, Operations & Maintenance

CK Group are recruiting for a Lab Automation Technician, on behalf of an industry leading scientific instrument manufacturer, to be based at one of their client sites in Cambridge, on a permanent basis. The hours of work are 16:00 - 00:00 Monday to Friday.

About the Role:

The Lab Automation Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and enhancing automated systems, with a view to provide minimal downtime and increased time for science.

This role offers an enhanced benefits package.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Ensure prompt, flexible, customer focused engineering support whilst maintaining compliance with statutory, regulatory and engineering standards.
  • Support Automation Engineers to diagnose faults on complex equipment and systems.
  • Carry out engineering maintenance and commissioning work associated with scientific equipment and systems.
  • Participate in training activities in order to gain a better understanding of Automation, via Vendor or in house cross training.
  • Develop knowledge of equipment assets and science, to enable understanding of current and new technologies utilized by customer.

Your Background:

  • Technical Engineering Qualification or Apprenticeship.
  • HNC/HND in relevant engineering discipline.
  • Demonstrated experience within the Laboratory Instrument Support sector across a wide range of scientific and/or automated systems.

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It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 136 352 in all correspondence.

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