Lab Technician

Cawood; Swaffham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Cawood, within the NRM division, is seeking a lab operations support role to help run day-to-day laboratory activities in a high-volume setting. The role requires initiative, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently while performing hands-on analysis of samples.

You will follow SOPs, transcribe results into the LIM system, and maintain safety standards. The position emphasizes teamwork to sustain productivity and accuracy across the lab.

Qualifications

• Must follow SOPs to prepare/analyze samples accurately.
• Ability to transcribe data correctly into the LIM’s system.
• Strong attention to safety and accuracy in high-volume workloads.

Responsibilities

• Sort/prepare/analyze client samples accurately per SOP.
• Transcribe data into the LIM’s system.
• Maintain safety and report incidents per policy.
• Perform weekly stock control of consumables.
• Keep equipment and PPE clean and properly used.

Skills

Attention to detail

Initiative

Independent work

Hands-on

Teamwork

Tools

SOPs

LIM system

Job description

This role is located in NRM, within the Cawood Scientific Agriculture Division. NRM, part of the Cawood Scientific Group, are the UK’s largest independent provider of agronomic and environmental waste analysis for land-based industries. We offer water, soil, manures, fertilisers and plant tissue analysis to farmers, growers and agronomists for improved farm productivity, as well as land-based environmental services including composted waste, anaerobic digestate, effluents and industrial renewables. Learn more about NRM by clicking here.

Job Description

Job Statement

The jobholder will be supporting the day-to-day laboratory operations to run smoothly, ensuring the clients expectations are met in a timely manner. Attention to detail is essential due to high volume workload. Must take initiative, work independently and can conduct hands-on work.

Job Accountabilities

• Sort/ prepare/ analyse client samples accurately as per the relevant SOP, and in a timely manner.
• Transcribe correctly data into the LIM’s system.
• Where required, prepare chemical standards and reagents in line with the relevant SOP and following the Health and Safety procedures.
• Keeping safety at the forefront of laboratory work and being proactive ensuring accidents and near misses are always reported straightaway to managers in line with our company accreditation and policy.
• Maintain Cawood credibility by always portraying a positive image, keeping equipment and PPE clean.
• Respect company equipment and use as per guidelines, undertaking maintenance where required and report any damage to management as soon as possible.
• High attention to detail is required to ensure no errors while working with high-volume workload.
• Monitor, highlight and where confident problem solve unlocated, absent, insufficient samples.
• Weekly stock control of consumables.
• Fill in the visual management boards with up-to-date information in relation to delivery and performance.
• Where appropriate, daily checking of KPI to ensure samples are not late.
• Ensure all balances used are cleaned, maintained and record books are kept up to date; highlighting to compliance any anomalies.
• Work as a team and maintain morale and actively offer help and assistance wherever possible.
• Using a kaizen mindset, work must be completed efficiently and effectively to minimise waste and time used, therefore maximising the productivity and profitability of the laboratory.