Laboratory Technician & Research Engineer – Hands-On R&D

Paebbl; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Paebbl, an industrial resilience company turning captured CO₂ into carbon-storing building materials, seeks a practical, safety-minded Laboratory Technician with a chemical engineering background. You will ensure analytical and characterisation work runs reliably daily, prepare samples, operate instruments, and maintain traceable data.

Reactor operation cover is a secondary duty. You will work with scientists and engineers to design and test new lab setups, improve equipment availability,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in chemical engineering, process engineering, analytical chemistry or closely related discipline.
• Minimum 2 years of practical experience operating, calibrating and maintaining laboratory analytical or characterisation equipment.
• Clear written and spoken English.
• Willingness to carry out routine maintenance, cleaning and basic troubleshooting on instruments and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Operate analytical and characterisation instruments reliably, including sample preparation, calibration, quality checks and data collection.
• Maintain a safe, clean, organised laboratory and manage chemical consumables and labelling.
• Carry out routine cleaning, preventive maintenance and basic troubleshooting on instruments and equipment; escalate faults as needed.
• Prepare and manage samples for analytical and mineralisation experiments with traceability of settings and deviations.
• Support experimental planning by ensuring equipment readiness and materials availability.
• Manage experimental data and metadata; use spreadsheets and Python for data cleaning and simple analysis.
• Operate defined lab- reactor workflows after training and provide cover for reactor operator when needed.
• Assist design, assembly and testing of new lab setups for research projects.
• Improve SOPs, data templates and workflows; collaborate across teams to transfer learning.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Hands-on problem solving

Communication in English

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in chemical engineering or analytical chemistry

Tools

Excel

Python

Job description

Paebbl, an industrial resilience company turning captured CO₂ into carbon-storing building materials, seeks a practical, safety-minded Laboratory Technician with a chemical engineering background. You will ensure analytical and characterisation work runs reliably daily, prepare samples, operate instruments, and maintain traceable data.

Reactor operation cover is a secondary duty. You will work with scientists and engineers to design and test new lab setups, improve equipment availability,