Lab Technician

Start Your Career in Fire Safety – Join BRE as a Lab Technician

Looking for a hands-on role that makes a real impact? At BRE, we're offering an exciting opportunity to kick-start your career as a Lab Technician within our industry-leading Fire Protection team. You'll be working in our world-class laboratories, supporting vital testing and research that helps shape safer buildings and infrastructure across the UK and beyond. If you're practical, curious, and eager to learn, this is your chance to build a career with purpose.

Help BRE make buildings safer and more sustainable

BRE aims to be the world's leading innovation, science and data hub for the built environment. For more than a century, we have provided government and industry with cutting-edge research and testing. Join us to help deliver products, advice, services, standards and qualifications used around the globe to make buildings better for people and the environment. Through science-led solutions to urgent challenges, we will build a thriving and sustainable world.

Your role at BRE

The Lab Technician supports the Fire Protection team by preparing and assisting in the execution of fire testing activities in compliance with relevant standards. This role plays a key part in ensuring safe, efficient, and accurate laboratory operations.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

Assist in the preparation of test specimens in line with required testing standards and procedures

Support the setup, maintenance, and operation of testing equipment and tools

Carry out manual handling and physical tasks in a safe and controlled environment

Follow instructions to ensure accurate and timely completion of test-related activities

Contribute to safe laboratory practices and housekeeping standards

Collaborate closely with colleagues to meet daily operational goals

Maintain accurate records of materials, setups, and test progress as required

Engage in on-the-job training to develop technical skills relevant to the role

What we are looking for

Essential Criteria

Willingness to perform manual and physically demanding tasks in a laboratory environment

Ability to follow instructions and work safely in accordance with health and safety procedures

Good communication and teamwork skills to collaborate effectively with colleagues

A positive attitude toward learning and developing practical skills through on-the-job training

Basic numeracy and literacy to follow procedures and complete documentation

Reliability and punctuality to support consistent day-to-day operations

Desirable Criteria

Experience using hand tools and power tools in a work or practical setting

Previous experience in a technical, construction, manufacturing, or warehouse environment

Forklift truck (FLT), overhead crane, or similar equipment training/certification

Awareness of basic health and safety practices in a lab or industrial environment

Familiarity with working to procedures or technical standards

GCSEs or equivalent qualifications in subjects such as science, maths, or technology

BRE Benefits

At BRE, we offer a competitive salary, reviewed annually, along with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your financial security, well-being, and career development.

Financial & Security Benefits

Pension scheme – 5% employer-matched contribution

Life assurance – 4x your basic salary

Enhanced maternity package

Health & Wellbeing

HealthPartners cashback scheme – Reclaim costs on prescriptions, physiotherapy, dental care, and more

Onsite facilities – Restaurant, nursery, and free parking, including at-cost EV charging points

Career Development

Learning & development – Free access to BRE Academy and our online learning platform

Professional membership reimbursement

For full details on our benefits, visit: BRE Employee Benefits

Work Location Options

On-Site – This role requires full-time presence at our Watford office. You must live within a commutable distance.

Note to Employment Agencies

At BRE, we value the relationships we have built with our preferred recruitment partners. We do not accept unsolicited CVs from employment agencies. Any CVs submitted directly to a BRE employee or hiring manager without a signed BRE Employment Agency Agreement and an active engagement for the specific role will be considered unsolicited. In such cases, no fees will be payable should the candidate be hired through this or any other means.

Equal Opportunities Statement

BRE is an equal opportunities employer. We assess all qualified applicants based on merit and do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Department

Assurance

Locations

Watford

Yearly salary

£25,000

CONTACT

Sian Rouse

Resourcing Partner – People

About BRE

BRE contributes to a thriving and sustainable world by developing science-led solutions to built environment challenges. Our vision is to be the world-leading innovation, science, and data hub for the built environment. We're ambitious in terms of quality and global scope. We want governments and commercial markets to recognise us and demand our services, products and solutions. We want to be world-class, innovative, science-led and provide solutions.

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