Lab Technician (PT Night Shift)

Agri-Web Limited; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Westfield health plan

EV scheme

BUPA salary sacrifice

Denplan salary sacrifice

Job summary

National Milk Records (NMR) is recruiting a Lab Technician for the night shift to test milk samples for farmers and dairies, ensuring product quality and safety.

You'll work in a busy laboratory environment with a focus on accuracy and timely reporting. This part-time role suits those with a keen eye for detail and basic computer skills, with training provided.

We offer pension and health benefits, and opportunities to progress within AB Agri's network.

Qualifications

• Must be detail oriented.
• Good organisational skills.
• Basic computer knowledge.
• Lab experience welcome but training provided.
• Driving licence useful due to hours and location.

Responsibilities

• Test milk samples in a busy lab to ensure quality.
• Safeguard consumer and animal health through testing and reporting.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Basic computer knowledge

Lab experience

Driving licence

Job description

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title: Lab Technician (PT Night Shift)

Location: Four Ashes

Contract and shift pattern: 21:45 to 7:15 Mon to Sat

Package includes: Pension Plan, Westfield Health Plan, EV scheme, BUPA and Denplan salary sacrifice schemes.

What you’ll be doing

Working in a busy lab environment testing milk on behalf of farmers and dairies, ensuring quality and safeguarding the health of both consumers and animals.

What you’ll bring

• Attention to detail
• Good organisational Skills
• Basic Computer Knowledge
• Lab Experience ideal but training given
• Driving Licence useful due to hours and location

Where growth meets purpose

What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that's because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together, we're shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all.With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we're collaborative, purpose-driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.

We're thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we've made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last 5 years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves

As a Disability Confident employer, we're committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

About The Company

Decoding milk data, building robust insights.

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits - these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

About us

We're National Milk Records (NMR) a part of the AB Agri community committed to investing in an innovative range of milk quality, herd health and genomic testing services, generating data and building robust insights that empower farmers to make informed decisions on cow productivity.

We're part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we're passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry.