Technician L1

SOCOTEC UK & Ireland; Burton-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is looking for a Technician to join their Environmental Chemistry Team in Burton-on-Trent. This role requires someone with a strong commitment to quality and an ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. As a Technician, you'll perform vital tests and analyses that aid in environmental assessment and monitoring, while enjoying benefits like 25 days of holiday and career development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy more

Electric car scheme

Employee benefits and discounts app

Employee assistance programmes

Enhanced company pension

Qualifications

• Reliable, motivated, and committed.
• Experience in a high pressure, production-driven environment.
• Ability to work efficiently and independently.

Responsibilities

• Weigh, split, prepare and extract samples in line with SOPs.
• Maintain good laboratory practice and safety procedures.
• Conform to Laboratory Quality system and UKAS standards.

Skills

Good communication

Organisational skills

Client focus

Drive for quality

Job description

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Technician

Are you interested in Environmental Chemistry? This could be your opportunity to excel as a Technician, as well as playing a vital role in helping our business succeed.

Technician

Are you interested in Environmental Chemistry? This could be your opportunity to excel as a Technician, as well as playing a vital role in helping our business succeed.

As our company grows and develops, we are ever expanding our teams. We have a great opportunity for a dedicated Technician to join our Environmental Science Division and wear the SOCOTEC badge with pride.

We are looking for a reliable, motivated and committed Technician to join our Environmental Chemistry Team. As a member of our team, it is key that you are able to work efficiently and independently, as well as working well as part of a wider team. While you may be performing the same array of tests day to day, the projects you will support will constantly change.

You will be required to (but are not limited to):

• Weigh, split, prepare and extract samples in line with Standard Operating Procedures
• Maintain good laboratory practice at all times, following methods, standard operating procedures, local rules and regulations, maintaining equipment and safe working procedures
• Be aware of and conform to the Laboratory Quality system, specifically UKAS (ISO17025) and MCERTS requirements
• Project a professional, courteous image and support the business culture and codes of practice at all times
  
  

To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• Good communication at all levels with good organisational skills
• A motivation to learn team based systems and take ownership of objectives
• Experience of working in a high pressure, production driven environment
• Client focus and a drive for quality
  
  

About Environmental Chemistry

Our Environmental Chemistry department specialises in the testing and analysis of soils, waters, leachates, effluents, industrial wastes, and marine sediments from our accredited laboratories in Burton-on-Trent. Operating from state of the art laboratories holding fully comprehensive ISO27025 and MCERTS accreditations, we are able to meet the standards that our clients require. We are passionate about providing a high quality, reliable, and flexible service.

What’s in it for you?

As well as a competitive salary (not needed if salary is listed), we can offer you a wide range of benefits including 25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy more, an electric car scheme (where applicable), employee recognition schemes, family friendly support, employee benefits and discounts app, employee assistance programmes, and enhanced company pension. SOCOTEC UK are proud to be Disability Confident accredited.

Why SOCOTEC?

Here at SOCOTEC UK, we have over 2,000 colleagues across our divisions delivering world-class services to our customers. We provide an unrivalled range of testing, inspection, and consultancy services throughout the UK, and we deliver excellence to our customers by recruiting and retaining the very best industry talent. As a Technician, you will play a vital role in providing these services.

We offer transversal career pathways as well as linear pathways, and we will support you in attaining a portfolio career in one place. Not to mention the possibility of working locally, nationally, or globally, in the office or remotely. We are committed to your personal and professional development, and you will be supported in every step of your journey with us. #YouGrowWeGrow

Think you’ve got what it takes to add value to our success? We would love to hear from you and look forward to receiving your application.

Building a safer and more sustainable world is the core mission we set out to achieve at SOCOTEC, it is at the heart of everything that we do. We are committed to acting as a key player in society, investing in innovative solutions to ensure social and environmental concerns are at the forefront of all of our business operations.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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