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About the Role
Join our market-leading laboratories providing water testing services. We utilize state-of-the-art equipment to ensure water quality meets the highest standards. This role is crucial for supporting analysts with laboratory preparations and performing analytical tasks within the Chemistry section.
Responsibilities
- Operate instrumentation in accordance with the Laboratory Management System.
- Assist with the maintenance and operation of preparatory equipment.
- Help to document information by maintaining daily logs and equipment record books.
- Ensure data is accurately entered into the Laboratory Information Management System within set timeframes.
- Report and communicate with senior staff on any quality issues.
- Assist with the preparation of reagents and AQC’s in accordance with company internal procedures.
- Maintain good laboratory practice and housekeeping.
- Participate in the auditing of internal practices to ensure compliance with the management system.
- Contribute to key tasks within the chemistry section.
- Achieve deadlines and service level agreements with consistent outputs.
- Demonstrate task prioritization and flexibility to meet demand.
- Plan and organize time systematically and demonstrate foresight to perform tasks successfully.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and practice of analytical quality control.
- Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of Health, Safety and Environmental issues and adhere to relevant requirements.
- Continue to develop chemistry knowledge and laboratory skills for career development.
Requirements
- A degree or equivalent qualification in Chemistry or another closely related subject.
- Excellent numeracy, literacy, and computer literacy skills.
- Skills to engage in robust laboratory practice.
- A desire to learn and apply learned knowledge.
- Keenness to take responsibility for personal and career development.
- Must have the legal right to work in the UK.
- Must pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.
Skills
- Chemistry
- Laboratory preparations
- Analytical tasks
- Instrumentation operation
- Equipment maintenance
- Data recording
- Attention to detail
- Precision
- Numeracy
- Literacy
- Computer literacy
- Laboratory practice
- Task prioritization
- Flexibility
- Time management
- Analytical quality control
- Health, Safety and Environmental awareness
- Good laboratory practice (bonus)
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Entry level
Education Level
- Degree in Chemistry or related subject
Salary/Compensations
- £25948.87
Benefits
- Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.
- Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
- Paid volunteering days.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Health cash plan.
- Life assurance.
- Wellbeing related benefits.
About the Company
- We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for.
- We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That’s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity.
Equal Opportunity
- You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.