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Assistant Scientist- Chemical Safety

7 months ago

York, United Kingdom FERA SCIENCE LTD Full time

**Join us as an Assistant Scientist (Chemical Safety) and make an invaluable contribution to our Food Safety & Biosecurity**

At Fera, we’re making the world a better, healthier and safer place. We’re a joint venture partnership between Bridgepoint and Defra and we’re working proactively to protect the world we live in and the food we eat. Our teams are investigating plant and bee health, crop protection and sustainable agriculture. Join us and discover better as you deliver world-class science for the future.

The Chemical Safety department is a diverse scientific service department, which conducts highly technical assessments. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality, regulatory projects which adhere to and comply with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). We engage within scientific research and development, which ensures we remain at the forefront of scientific and regulatory development within chemistry, environmental fate, metabolism, and ecotoxicology.

**Role**: Assistant Scientist

**Salary**: From £23,920

**Location**: BioTech Campus YO411LZ

**Working pattern**: 37.5 Monday - Friday (flexi between 7am & 7pm)

**Start date**: ASAP depending on recruitment and onboarding timelines.

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Performing daily equipment checks, instrument maintenance and general laboratory housekeeping.
- Conduct work to Good Laboratory Practice quality system in compliance with standard operating procedures.
- Perform laboratory procedures using standard laboratory equipment.
- Assist others in all aspects of laboratory and field studies in compliance with the relevant study plans / methods.
- Undertake field and semi-field-based procedures.
- Conduct sample extraction and clean-up of samples using a variety of wet chemistry techniques on both radio labelled and non-radiolabelled compounds.
- Operate analytical instrumentation such as HPLC.
- Maintain written and computer records.
- Data entry and calculation and reporting of results.

**What we’re looking for**:

- Preferably you’ll have a chemistry related qualification or equivalent experience.
- Experience in a laboratory setting and understanding of techniques.
- Experience of operating within a quality system (e.g. GLP, UKAS, ISO etc) would be highly beneficial.
- Experience of environmental fate and/or analytical chemistry projects would be highly desirable.
- Ability to keep clear and accurate written records of experimental work to a high standard.
- Ability to work within a team as well as independently.
- Practical IT skills in software packages such as Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Experienced in organising, prioritising and completing work to required standards and to tight deadlines.

**What’s in it for you?**
- Competitive salary form £23,920
- 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave.
- Flexible working hours, on-site gym, restaurant, and free parking
- The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
- Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more.
- Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
- Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

**What we hope you’ll do next**:
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent, Graduate

Pay: From £23,920.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Flexitime
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Transport links

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

- York: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status?

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person