Laboratory Technician

CK Group are recruiting for a Laboratory Technician to join a global chemical manufacturing company at their facilities located near Durham on a 6 month contract basis.

The Company:

Our client is a leading chemical manufacture, specialising in developing and producing personal care and laundry care products and exports them globally.

Location:

This position is located near Durham and is site based.

Pay rate

£14.00/hr PAYE

Role:

• Conduct and report upon programmes of analytical testing so that the required results are produced within defined timescales and in an appropriate format.
• Participate in improvement opportunities through effective process monitoring.
• Support the day-to-day running and resource requirements of the laboratory including the ordering of consumables as required.
• Provide content for internal and external customer communications relating to both services received and delivered by the laboratory.
• To participate in COSHH assessments and the safety-assurance of equipment and processes
• To contribute to the development and updating of test procedures. .
• Participate in the effective management of the Laboratory waste.
• Participate in instrument training programmes to ensure lab and production teams are properly trained to deliver accurate analytical results.
• Support the maintenance and calibration of all laboratory equipment to maintain a high reliability of the service.

Your Background:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in Chemistry or a Scientific discipline.
• An understanding of appropriate test methods together with an understanding of the associated equipment with respect to maintenance and calibration.
• Hands on experience with ICP and of numerous chemicals/materials in wet chemistry, analytical processes.
• Excellent IT (specifically, word processing and spreadsheet) and communication skills (report writing).
• Understanding of risk assessment relating to the ChemiLab activities including COSHH.
• Ability to report results in written and oral form to internal and external customers.

Apply:

For more information, or to apply for this Laboratory Technician position please contact Mary Bolt on 01246 457729 or email mbolt@ckgroup.co.uk. Please quote job reference 113 776 in all correspondence.

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK