Laboratory Assistant

  • Salary: £0 - £12.18 per hour
  • REF Number: v-111075
  • Consultant: Key Accounts Team
  • Contact: 01438 870011
  • Date Published: 18.12.2024
  • Industry: Food, Drink & FMCG
  • Location: Reading, Berkshire, England
  • Functional Expertise: Laboratory

CK Group are recruiting for a Laboratory Assistant, to join a global leading food brand company, at their site based in Reading, on a contract basis for 6 months.

Salary:

£12.18 per hour PAYE.

 

Laboratory Assistant Role:

  • Perform dishwasher duties on glassware from all laboratories linked with admin team’s site, ensuring adherence to all SOP’s to minimise the risk of glassware contamination and avoidance of chips / breakage of glassware. Re-stock glassware storage locations to keep stocks at a level suitable for scientist work. 
  • Maintain stocks of consumables within the laboratories, including but not exclusively: various pipette tips, tissues and paper rolls, laboratory gloves of various sizes, cleaning wipes, vials of various sizes (glass and plastic), glass Pasteur pipettes, printing paper.
  • Ensure the waste solvent fume hood contains all required correctly labelled containers, including a non-halogenated and halogenated solvent container.
  • Complete EHS training including the reading & acknowledgment of all required safety SOP, COSHH documents and risk assessments.
  • Ensure general laboratory cleanliness.
 

Your Background:

  • Experience in a GMP/ GLP environment preferred.
  • Educated to A-level / HNC level (or equivalent) and / or have appropriate industry experience to be able to fulfil role requirements.
  • Good understanding of basic lab equipment.
  • Computer literate in standard MS office applications.
 

Company:

Our client is a world leader in food, confectionery and beverages.

 

Location:

This role is based at our clients site in Reading.

 

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 111 075.

 

Please note: 

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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