Laboratory Technician

**Laboratory Technician**:

- **Newport**:

- **£9.50/hour whilst training**:

- **£11.80 - £14.16 once trained (approx 6 weeks)**:

- **Monday to Friday days whilst training then rotating weekly between days/nights.**:

- **Start in January 2023**

**The Recruitment Co. Newport has an amazing opportunity for a long term temporary assignment for a Laboratory Technician working with our prestigious Client in Newport Docks.
Job Specification**:
Basic hours
Mon-Fri
Day Shift 09:00 to 17:00
Night shift 22:00 to 06:00
1 week days followed by 1 week of nights.
Quality Control testing & reporting of bituminous materials based at Newport terminal laboratory.
Testing includes:

- Handling of hot materials (180C)
- Accurate timings
- Careful conditioning
- Precision testing
- Cleaning
- Accurate record keeping
- Reporting
- Sample logging storage.
- Checking and calibration of equipment.

**Person requirements**:
For Health & Safety reasons you will need to be 18 years of age at least, i.e. for Lone working at unsociable hours.
- Basic education: Maths, English and Science at GCSE level.
- Organised and self starter
- Can plan their own time.
- Analytical / logical mind
- Eye for detail
- Strong Health and Safety bias
- High standards of house keeping essential
- Good team working skills with the technical and Newport site staff.
- Neat / tidy written records
- Care/accuracy needed for intricate testing.
- Good, basic IT knowledge of Outlook, Word, Excel
- Flexible approach.
- No experience in bitumen needed as training will be provided.

You will be paid weekly.
CPNewport

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