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About the Role

We're launching an exciting new consumer product testing lab designed to independently test and evaluate products across multiple categories. As our Lab Technician, you'll be at the heart of the operation, responsible for running a professional, reliable, and innovative testing facility. You'll work closely with journalists, editors, photographers, and videographers to develop meaningful tests that generate compelling stories while delivering accurate, repeatable results that consumers can trust.

Responsibilities

Take ownership of the day-to-day operation of the testing lab.
Work with journalists and editors to design objective, engaging, and repeatable product tests.
Set up, manage, and execute testing programs across a busy daily schedule.
Ensure all testing methodologies are accurate, consistent, and scientifically robust.
Record, analyze, and present test results in a clear and meaningful way.
Develop innovative testing methods that help tell compelling consumer stories.
Operate and maintain specialist testing equipment, ensuring it is calibrated and used correctly.
Design, build, or modify test rigs, fixtures, and bespoke testing setups where required.
Troubleshoot products and testing equipment to ensure smooth operation.
Collaborate closely with journalists, testers, photographers, and video teams during testing.
Act as the Health & Safety lead for the laboratory and all testing environments.
Maintain an organized, efficient, and safe laboratory.

Requirements

Experience operating within a product testing, laboratory, engineering, or technical environment.
Comfortable testing equipment.
Comfortable working with a wide variety of electrical and consumer products.
Excellent practical and mechanical skills.
Ability to build, modify, and improve test fixtures and rigs.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving ability.
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple testing projects simultaneously.
Comfortable working under tight editorial deadlines while maintaining accuracy.
Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with editorial and production teams.
Previous experience in consumer product testing organizations such as Which?, Good Housekeeping Institute, or similar independent testing facilities.
Engineering, manufacturing, or production testing background.
Experience with sensors, wiring, data logging, or simple electronics.
Experience with CAD, prototyping, or fabrication.

Skills

Sound level meters
Thermal cameras
Lux meters
Force gauges
Moisture meters
Environmental sensors
Other laboratory instrumentation
CAD
Prototyping
Fabrication

Location

London

Work Type

Full Time
Permanent

Experience Level

No previous experience in a journalistic setting required.

Benefits

25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
Pension Plan with 5% employee contribution and 3% Company contribution
Life cover under the Pension Plan of up to 3x basic salary
DMGT Discounts
Subsidised canteen
Onsite gym
Onsite nurse and GP clinics
Employee Assistance Programme
Discounted dining cards

About the Company

dmg media’s brands deliver highly engaging, trusted content to millions of loyal customers around the globe, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Together, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro and The i Paper, reach more than 24million people daily.
In the UK alone, its brands reach over 10million people daily.
Its newsbrands are expert at getting to the bottom of the stories most relevant to our readers.
To find out more about dmg media and its brands visit www.dmgmedia.co.uk

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.
We are Disability Confident Committed.
Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process.
Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.