Laboratory Scientist
1 week ago
An established chemical testing and consultancy company have an exciting new opportunity for a laboratory scientist to join its chemical reaction hazard laboratory team. You will be responsible for carrying out a variety of advanced laboratory tests on clientoil, gas, and chemical samples, using your problem-solving skills to identify solutions for challenges customers are facing, ensuring the testing and laboratory equipment is maintained and support in the training and development of junior staff.
To be successful you should hold a degree, ideally in chemistry or chemical engineering and possess commercial experience in a relevant field.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensuring the laboratories, at any given time, are maintained in a clean and safe condition.
- Ordering consumable items and chemicals for use in study experiments.
- Assist in the purchase of new laboratory equipment.
- Conduct & assist other team members with testing in the Laboratories (as specified in the individual training records).
- Liaise with customers to co-ordinate projects and relay results and interpretation.
- Modification of standard equipment as required for specific tests.
- Ensure that you and your team are aware of your responsibilities to uphold and enforce good health and safety practices as defined for the roles under the Responsibilities section of document HS002 to meet the objectives of the company policy in HS001
- Conducting test system checks and calibrations on equipment in the CPE Laboratory and performing maintenance to ensure that it is fit for purpose.
- Conducting tests and analysing results (see Laboratory Staff Training Record for specific test training records).
- Movement/disposal of chemical samples using Globex database
- Backing-up and archiving of raw experimental study data.
Experience & Requirements
- Hold a degree, ideally in chemistry or chemical engineering
- Possess commercial experience in a relevant field.
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills
- Understanding engineering science and technology, strong mathematical skills, analytical thinking, and problem solving, developmental and design skills
- Strong understanding of chemistry, laboratory methodologies and practices, quantities and reactions of mixing chemicals and hazardous materials
- Ability to identify work priorities and efficiently manage own and peer workloads
- Understanding of COSHH Health and Safety legislation, policies, and procedures
**Salary**: £26,000 - £32,000
**Benefits**: 25 days holiday + Banks, bonus scheme, contributory company pension scheme, Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, Life assurance cover, Free parking, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, freeeye tests
**Role**: Permanent, Full Time
**Hours**: 36.5 hrs p/w
**Location**: Southampton
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