Laboratory Sample Receipt Assistant

SGS SA; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Private medical cover

Annual leave

Job summary

SGS Glasgow is seeking a Laboratory Sample Receipt Assistant to support the safe handling, tracking, storage, and shipment of samples for life sciences tests. This permanent role involves detailed documentation, data entry, and coordinating with clients and internal teams.

You will work in a highly organised environment, handling paperwork, data, and multiple priorities, while contributing to GMP/GLP compliant processes and quality assurance in a busy lab setting.

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.

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

Education

No lab experience required

Tools

Data handling

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
• Hours:35hours, Monday to Friday

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)
• Generous Annual Leave allowance (increasing with service) plus bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and adoption pay
• Length of Service Awards
• 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.