Trainee Lab Assistant

**SCIENCE AND RESEARCH**
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**PERMANENT**
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Trainee Lab Assistant

Permanent
- Witham, Essex
- Posted on February 17, 2023
**Salary: Negotiable**

**Trainee Lab Assistant (Hot Area)**

**Witham, Essex**

**c£23/24k including shift allowance**

**Plus generous benefits**

**Permanent**

**MUST DRIVE OR BE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE**

**_ Outstanding multinational, leading Company in the testing and sampling field offering great prospects and full training for anyone looking to start and develop a career within a Laboratory._**

**Purpose of Role**:
**Tasks**:
All duties to be carried out in accordance with the Company’s policies, Health and Safety and Environmental policies and the Company’s accreditation and quality systems.
- Initial weighing of samples into cups
- Mixing samples with litharge using an extracted cupboard
- Accurate weighing of metals
- Ensuring the Furnace area is kept clean whilst maintaining safety standards
- Using hand held pump truck to move material
- Placing samples into crucibles and melting within a furnace
- Pouring small amounts of molten material into moulds

Required Skills and Experience:

- Physically fit
- Excellent attention to detail
- Good communication skills as it will be a team based role
- Good level of flexibility in both time and work
- No previous furnace experience required as full training will be supplied

**Please be aware that this position works on a rotating shift pattern basis of Early and Late shifts.