Chemical Laboratory & Sampling Engineer

Major Recruitment Sunderland; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Laboratory Technician for a 4-week contract in Southampton. You will be responsible for implementing and monitoring chemical injection systems and ensuring safety and compliance in a crude oil refinery environment. The ideal candidate will possess a technical diploma or degree and have practical knowledge of chemical systems and laboratory practices. This role offers a pay rate of £30 per hour for a 40-hour week.

Qualifications

• Have a technical diploma, Degree or equivalent related work experience.
• Show good, general technical knowledge of chemical injection systems.
• Demonstrate a customer-focused mindset with a structured approach.

Responsibilities

• Implement and monitor chemical injection systems for reliability.
• Sample crude oil and process waters to optimize performance.
• Provide technical guidance for chemical system mobilization.

Skills

Technical knowledge of chemical injection systems

Laboratory practice experience

Customer-focused mindset

Excellent communication skills

Self-starter with problem-solving skills

Education

Technical diploma or Degree in a relevant field

Tools

MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

Job description

Overview

An experienced Laboratory Technician with experience of chemical injection systems, sampling and analysis is needed for a 4 week contract in Southampton.

As a Chemical Laboratory & Sampling Engineer you will provide a vital service by implementing, monitoring, and evaluating chemical delivery systems. Taking ownership of teams/sites, you will ensure the client have the service needed to operate in a safe and compliant manner while supporting our customer's needs.

Responsibilities

• Implementing, monitoring, and assessing chemical injection systems to ensure system reliability and performance
• Sampling of crude oil and process waters regularly with the intended purpose of optimising the system performance through analysis, interpretation, corrective action ownership and customer recommendations.
• Maintaining chemical and inventory monitoring to ensure correct rates of operation
• Troubleshooting and correcting customer systems to resolve production related challenges and to ensure optimization of contract KPIs
• Overseeing product dosage rates and application changes for customer specifications to meet defined objectives
• Providing technical guidance for mobilization and demobilization of chemical injection system to ensure safety and performance
• This is working in a crude oil refinery environment around crude receiving and processing units (tank farms, desalters, distillation units and overhead condensing systems).

Qualifications

• Have a technical diploma, Degree or equivalent related work experience
• Show good, general technical knowledge of chemical injection systems and chemical sampling
• Have good laboratory practice experience in an analytical or industrial environment
• Be a self-starter, proactively taking the initiative to identify and solve problems
• Demonstrate a customer-focused mindset and have a structured efficient approach to responding to customer needs
• Have excellent all-round communication skills
• Show a good understanding of IT such as MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

Contract details

This is a temporary position with a duration of 4 weeks. Pay rate is 30 p/h PAYE working a 40 hour week Monday to Friday to start as soon as possible.

Please call Adam Jones at Major Recruitment for more information or click Apply Now to send your CV