Asbestos Lab Analyst

Future Select Ltd; Watford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Asbestos Consultancy in Watford is seeking a qualified Asbestos Lab Analyst to join their accredited lab. Candidates should hold the BOHS P401 certification and have hands-on experience in UKAS accredited laboratories. Responsibilities include analysing samples, maintaining lab accreditation, and ensuring accurate logging of results. This role offers an opportunity to work in a rapidly expanding environment with a focus on quality and detail.

Qualifications

• Holding the BOHS P401 is essential to the role.
• Extensive hands-on experience as a Lab Analyst in a UKAS accredited lab is required.
• Good IT skills for maintaining systems and completing job sheets.

Responsibilities

• Working within a UKAS accredited Asbestos Laboratory.
• Preparing and analysing samples using PLM and stereo microscopy.
• Maintaining UKAS accreditation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

IT skills

Knowledge of HSG 248

Education

BOHS P401 certification

Experience in a UKAS accredited Laboratory

Job description

A continuously growing Asbestos Consultancy based in the South East of England are now seeking to take on a qualified and hard working Asbestos Lab Analyst. You will be joining a rapidly expanding and UKAS accredited asbestos lab. The successful candidate will have experience in assisting with maintaining the companies UKAS accreditation, carrying out sample analysis using stereo microscopy and PLM, alongside calibrating equipment and completing job sheets.

Consideration will be given to candidates from: Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford, Standon, Hoddesdon, Welwyn Garden City, Cheshunt, Epping, Hitchin, Enfield, Borehamwood, Watford, St Albans.

Experience & Qualifications

• Holding the BOHS P401 is essential to the role.
• Will have extensive hands‑on experience working as a Lab Analyst within a UKAS accredited Asbestos Laboratory.
• Keen eye for detail and excellent organisational skills.
• Well versed in HSG 248 guidelines.
• Good IT skills, able to keep systems up to date and filling out job sheets.

The Role

• Working within a UKAS accredited Asbestos Laboratory.
• Labelling and safely storing asbestos samples upon arrival to the laboratory.
• Logging all samples onto internal systems accurately.
• Assisting in maintaining the companies UKAS accreditation.
• Preparing samples for analysis.
• Carrying out bulk asbestos analysis using PLM and stereo microscopy.
• Completing job sheets upon completion of analysis.
• Calibrating equipment to ensure accurate results.
• Ensuring the laboratory is always kept tidy.
• Undertaking sample analysis in line with HSG 248 guidelines.
• Providing technical support and advice to clients when required.

Future Select are the leading market supplier for recruitment in the Asbestos industry, we work with the best clients & candidates and supply most permanent jobs in the asbestos market.

We have a large, dedicated team, with over 25 years combined industry experience within Asbestos recruitment specifically geared to dealing with Asbestos Surveyors/Analysts/Lab Technicians, Administrators, Project/Regional /Technical/Quality/Training/Sales Managers through to Director level for both Consultancy & Removal. We have intrinsic knowledge of the marketplace, as well as respecting candidates/clients’ confidentiality in this close-knit market sector.

We are also interested in anyone with p401/p402/p403/p404/p404 or s301 CCP.

We are inundated with applications, we will endeavour to get back in touch, however if you have applied to Future Select and you have not heard from us after a week, on this occasion, you will not have been successful. Your details will be saved on our system, and you will be contacted in the future if a vacancy matches your skills.