Environmental Laboratory Analyst

Cavendish Nuclear; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Employee discounts and wellbeing

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear is seeking an Environmental Laboratory Analyst to join the analytical team at our Westlakes Science Park site in Whitehaven. You will conduct chemistry analyses on samples to support client sites while upholding safety, quality and environmental standards.

This full-time role supports the delivery of analytical results on time, assists with testing protocols, and maintains accreditation standards under ISO17025.

Qualifications

• Experience in analytical chemistry and laboratory work.
• Awareness of conventional and radiological safety practices.
• Familiarity with ISO17025 accreditation standards.
• Science A Level (or equivalent) with practical lab experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering work programmes to provide analytical results on time and to quality.
• Comply with laboratory quality management systems to support accreditation.
• Follow processes to ensure safe working practices.
• Work as part of a team to provide consistent and efficient service.
• Identify and report issues to improve operations and service levels.
• Assist with validation of new and existing techniques and equipment.

Skills

Analytical chemistry

Safety awareness

Lab quality systems

Education

Science A Level or equivalent

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

• 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, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Westlakes Science Park, Whitehaven.

Requirements

• Experience in analytical chemistry
• Awareness of conventional and radiological safety
• Awareness of ISO17025 standard
• Science A Level at grade A to C or equivalent and/or significant practical laboratory experience

Security Clearance, The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Benefits

• 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 We're Cavendish Nuclear - a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group. Here, you'll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we're shaping a future that lasts - not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.