Laboratory Analyst

Northumbrian Water Group plc; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Northumbrian Water Group as a Laboratory Analyst at our Hanningfield Laboratory, ensuring safe, great-tasting drinking water for communities. This role involves hands-on laboratory analysis with a focus on microbiology and offers full training. Apply your skills in a collaborative environment to contribute to public health and environmental protection.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Company pension scheme

Free access to local attractions

Discount scheme for shopping and travel

Living Well wellbeing support

Support for sustainable travel

Development opportunities and qualification support

Qualifications

• Experience reading and understanding health and safety instructions.
• Background in analytical methods and procedures.
• Proven ability to follow complex instructions accurately.

Responsibilities

• Carry out routine analyses focusing on microbiology.
• Utilize the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for sample processing.
• Manage the flow of sample containers efficiently.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

Experience in a quality-controlled environment (GMP/GLP)

Job description

Scientific Services Hanningfield Laboratory at Hanningfield Water Treatment Works, Essex

We’re open to discussing flexible working

About the role

Join us at our Hanningfield Laboratory as a Laboratory Analyst and play a key role in ensuring the delivery of safe, great-tasting drinking water to our communities. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dedicated team providing essential analytical services that protect public health and the environment.

In this role, you'll be hands-on in the laboratory, carrying out routine analysis with a strong focus on Microbiology. You'll also support our operations by working in sample reception, using our integrated Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to receive and log incoming samples.

You’ll help manage the flow of sample containers, ensuring their timely receipt and dispatch to clients.

Whether you're starting out or looking to grow your skills, we’ll provide full training across all areas of work. If you’re detail-oriented, motivated by purpose, and ready to make a difference through science, we’d love to hear from you.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test.

Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked

About you

We’re looking for someone who can confidently read, understand, and follow health and safety instructions, as well as detailed analytical methods and procedures. You’ll bring experience from working in a quality-controlled environment, such as GMP or GLP, where precision and compliance are key.

Your ability to follow complex written instructions with accuracy, combined with a sharp eye for detail and a methodical approach, will be essential to your success in this role. As a true team player, you’ll be flexible and supportive, always ready to step in and collaborate with colleagues to ensure smooth, efficient operations.

Interviews will take place, either in person or online, week commencing 07 July 2025.

Here at Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 23 days plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 11%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

About us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Our values

Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.

Our values are:

Results Driven

Results Driven

We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical

Ethical

We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused

Customer Focused

We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Innovative

We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team

One Team

We work together consistently, promoting co-operation, to achieve our corporate objectives.

We’re the great company we are because of you – our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits bookletattached to this advert.