Chemical Laboratory & Sampling Engineer

Major Recruitment Sunderland; New Forest; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Laboratory Technician for a 4-week contract in Southampton. The role involves implementing and monitoring chemical injection systems, sampling crude oil, and troubleshooting production challenges in a refinery environment. Candidates must have a technical diploma or degree and strong communication skills. Pay is £30 per hour for a 40-hour week, starting as soon as possible.

Qualifications

• Technical diploma, Degree or equivalent related work experience required.
• Good technical knowledge of chemical injection systems and sampling.
• Experience in an analytical or industrial lab environment needed.

Responsibilities

• Implementing and monitoring chemical injection systems.
• Sampling of crude oil and process waters for optimization.
• Maintaining chemical and inventory monitoring.

Skills

Technical knowledge of chemical injection systems

Laboratory practice

Communication skills

Problem-solving

IT skills (MS Office)

Education

Technical diploma or Degree

Job description

Overview

An experienced Laboratory Technician eith experience of chemiocal 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).

Requirements / 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