Job Details

Job Title: Laboratory Assistant

Location: Skelmersdale, Lancashire

Site-based (part-time)

Working Hours:

Monday - Friday, 9:30am - 2:30pm (25 hours per week, with a degree of flexibility to provide absence/holiday cover)

Role Overview:

My client is seeking an organised and detail-oriented assistant, ideally with lab experience in a similar industry. Assisting the Laboratory Manager with a range of technical and clerical day to day tasks to ensure the company maintains its high quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Testing for active ingredient content in herbicides and pesticides using HPLC technology.

• Sample preparation for testing of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium content in fertilisers.
• Carrying out testing for the above fertiliser nutrients using well-established testing methods and laboratory equipment.
• Working safely and effectively within the laboratory environment.
• Reporting and recording of test results.
• Maintaining an organised sample retention station.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Essential:

• A level or equivalent in Chemistry.
• Comfortable working in a laboratory environment.
• Ability to work and communicate with staff at all levels throughout the business.
• Maintain an organised sample retention station.
• Good attention to detail with the ability to keep accurate records.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 software.

Desirable:

• Experience in a similar industry or a desire to learn.

• Flexibility with tasks required e.g. laboratory work, fetching samples.
• Experience of ISO9001 QMS.

• Good level of written English.

Personal Attributes:

• Highly organised and proactive.
• Team player with a collaborative mindset.
• Willingness to 'get hands dirty' in a production environment (sample retrieval and resampling).

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