Senior Scientist

CK Group are recruiting for a Senior Operations Scientist, to join a specialist company providing inspection, calibration and testing services, based in Staffordshire, on a permanent basis.

You will be leading operations, for a dedicated team of scientists, making measurements on gas mixtures, using a range of bespoke gas chromatographs.

Salary:

£32,000 – £34,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Your main duties will be (but not limited) to:

• Prioritisation and scheduling of all calibration and testing work to all laboratory-based scientists.
• Liaising with the Laboratory Manager on scheduling priorities and specific customer requirements.
• Operation of the calibration and/or testing laboratories on a day-to-day basis.
• Assisting and leading the laboratory team to access the suitability of calibration data to maintain the highest level of quality.
• Deal with customer queries by telephone, fax, website and email in a professional and timely manner.
• Liasing with relevant laboratory staff to ensure instrument maintenance is up to date. 
• Familiarisation with all ISO 17025 / ISO 17043 / ISO 17034 accredited technical methods and processes within the quality system.
• Generate safety data sheets and CLP labels using the approved software.

Essential Competencies:

• Previous experience in operations leadership supervision.
• Excellent Communications skills, including to customers and stakeholders.
• May be required to move cylinders weighing up to 56 kg, appropriate training will be required.

Your Background:

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Have a degree in Chemical or Physical science.
• Knowledge and experience of gas chromatography is highly desirable.
• Ability to follow an approved and documented procedure.
• Knowledge and experience of relevant ISO accreditations.
• Knowledge and experience of people management would be advantageous.

Benefits:

• Contributory company pension scheme.
• Performance-based bonus scheme
• Company bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays.
• Company sick pay scheme.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 123 371 in all correspondence.

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