Environmental Laboratory Analyst

Cavendish Nuclear; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Environmental Laboratory Analyst, where you will play a crucial role in delivering analytical services that uphold safety and environmental standards. This position offers a unique opportunity to work with a dedicated team, ensuring compliance with quality management systems while conducting essential chemistry analyses. With generous benefits, including a matched pension scheme and excellent development opportunities, you will contribute to innovative nuclear solutions that make a significant impact on clean energy and safety. Embrace a rewarding career that allows you to thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Generous Holiday Allowance

Matched Contribution Pension Scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee Share Scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for Volunteering

Excellent Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in analytical chemistry is desirable.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing techniques is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Conduct chemistry analysis on samples to ensure safety and quality.
• Assist in delivering analytical results to time and quality standards.

Skills

Analytical Chemistry

Conventional Safety Awareness

Radiological Safety Awareness

Lean Manufacturing Techniques

ISO17025 Knowledge

IT Literacy

Teamwork

Organizational Skills

Education

Science A Level (Grade A-C) or Equivalent

Job description

Job Title: Environmental Laboratory Analyst

Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF63969

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Environmental Laboratory Analyst, at our Greeson Court, Westlakes Science Park site.

The role

As an Environmental Laboratory Analyst, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. As part of the analytical team, you will deliver efficient analytical services to customers in line with aspects of safety, quality and environmental standards.

Day-to-day, you’ll conduct chemistry analysis on sample types based at our lab in support of a range of client sites, such as Sellafield, ensuring safety, quality and environmental standards which allow for site license permits to be obtained.

• Assist in the delivery of assigned programmes of work to support the overall delivery of analytical results to time and quality
• Comply with the laboratory quality management systems to support accreditation
• Comply with processes and procedures to enable safe working practices
• Work as part of an effective team to support and coach each other to provide a consistent and efficient level of service
• Identify and report issues to maintain and improve operational capability and level of service
• Assist with the validation of new and existing techniques and equipment prior to use to comply with quality systems
  
  

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.

This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week and is based on site at Westlakes Science Park, Whitehaven.

Essential Experience Of The Environmental Laboratory Analyst

• Experience in analytical chemistry is desirable
• Awareness of conventional and radiological safety
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing techniques is advantageous
• Awareness of ISO17025 standard
• IT literate
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Organisational Skills
  
  

Qualifications For The Environmental Laboratory Analyst

• Science A Level at grade A to C or equivalent and/or significant practical laboratory experience
  
  

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
  
  

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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