Laboratory Sample Receipt Assistant

SGS; Clydebank; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance related bonus

Private medical cover (from day 1)

Pension scheme

Annual leave + holidays

Birthday day off

Discounts

Job summary

SGS Glasgow is seeking a Laboratory Sample Receipt Assistant to join the Life Sciences team. This permanent, full-time role (35 hours per week) is based in Glasgow/Clydebank and offers a structured environment handling samples, documentation, and client communications.

No prior laboratory experience is required, but a regulated environment background is advantageous. The position includes a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for progression within SGS.

Qualifications

• This role suits someone from a laboratory support, sample management, administration, logistics, scientific support, healthcare, quality, or customer service background.

Responsibilities

• Receiving, logging, storing, and issuing samples and test items.
• Preparing shipments and coordinating sample deliveries.
• Supporting laboratory housekeeping, cleaning, and waste management.
• Maintaining accurate documentation and databases.
• Communicating with clients and internal teams regarding samples and paperwork.
• Providing general administrative support, including filing, scanning, and archiving.

Skills

Highly organized

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Team player

Administrative support

Job description

We are SGS – the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world. Our brand promise – when you need to be sure – underscores our commitment to trust, integrity and reliability.

SGS’s Life Sciences services support the pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare sectors with expert testing, clinical research, auditing, and certification—ensuring product safety, quality, and regulatory compliance from development to market.

• Role: Laboratory Sample Receipt Assistant
• Job Type: Permanent
• Location: Glasgow, Clydebank
• Hours: 35 hours, Monday to Friday
• Salary: £25,350
• Industry: Life Science

Job Description

Looking for a role where attention to detail really matters?

Join SGS Glasgow, the Global Centre of Excellence for Biosafety Testing, and play a vital role in supporting the safe handling, tracking, storage, and shipment of samples that help bring life-saving medicines to market.

What You'll Be Doing

• Receiving, logging, storing, and issuing samples and test items.
• Preparing shipments and coordinating sample deliveries.
• Supporting laboratory housekeeping, cleaning, and waste management.
• Maintaining accurate documentation and databases.
• Communicating with clients and internal teams regarding samples and paperwork.
• Providing general administrative support, including filing, scanning, and archiving.

Qualifications

This role would suit someone from a laboratory support, sample management, administration, logistics, scientific support, healthcare, quality, or customer service background who enjoys working in a highly organised environment.

You’ll be:

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Comfortable managing paperwork, data, and multiple priorities.
• Confident communicating with clients and colleagues.
• Proactive, reliable, and able to work as part of a team.
• Interested in supporting scientific work, without necessarily being a scientist.

No previous laboratory experience is required, although experience within life sciences, healthcare, GMP/GLP, or regulated environments would be an advantage.

Additional Information

At SGS, we believe in rewarding our employees for their hard work and commitment. As part of our team, you would be eligible for:

• Performance related bonus (discretionary and subject to eligibility criteria)
• Private medical cover from day 1 (BUPA)
• Competitive pension scheme + Life Assurance
• Generous Annual Leave allowance (increasing with service) plus bank holidays
• Retailer Discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and adoption pay
• Length of Service Awards
• Christmas Vouchers
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives
• An additional day off for your birthday
• Discounted Gym Membership

SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.