Analytical Lab Technician

JobAdder Operations Pty; Bay of Plenty; On-site; NZD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

JobAdder Operations Pty in Te Puke is recruiting an Analytical Laboratory Technician to join their analytical team and advance your career in analytical chemistry. You will work hands-on with GC and LC, preparing samples and performing both routine and non-routine analyses, while contributing to method verification and validation.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or a closely related field and have around one year of commercial lab experience, with practical exposure to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry or a closely related discipline.
• Around one year or more of experience within a commercial analytical laboratory.
• Some practical exposure to chromatography, ideally GC and/or LC.
• A genuine interest in developing your career as an Analytical Chemist.
• A collaborative attitude and willingness to learn from experienced colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Process and prepare samples and reagents for analytical testing.
• Carry out routine and non-routine chemical and physical analyses.
• Operate analytical instrumentation, including GC and LC.
• Interpret test results and escape unusual findings where required.
• Support verification and validation of analytical test methods.
• Assist with laboratory maintenance, consumables and general laboratory activities.

Skills

Analytical chemistry

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or related

Tools

GC

LC

Job description

Build your analytical chemistry career with hands-on GC and LC testing in a commercial lab

24th September, 2026

Are you early in your analytical chemistry career and looking for an opportunity where you can continue building your technical skills? We are working with an established laboratory in Te Puke to recruit an Analytical Laboratory Technician to join their analytical team. This is a great opportunity for someone with around a year or more of commercial chemistry laboratory experience who wants to develop further as an Analytical Chemist. You’ll be involved in the full analytical testing process, working with chromatography techniques including GC and LC, while gaining broader exposure to laboratory quality systems, method verification and validation.

What you will do

• Process and prepare samples and reagents for analytical testing.
• Carry out routine and non-routine chemical and physical analyses.
• Operate analytical instrumentation, including GC and LC.
• Interpret test results and escape unusual findings where required.
• Support verification and validation of analytical test methods.
• Assist with laboratory maintenance, consumables and general laboratory activities.

What we are looking for

• A Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry or a closely related discipline.
• Around one year or more of experience within a commercial analytical laboratory.
• Some practical exposure to chromatography, ideally GC and/or LC.
• A genuine interest in developing your career as an Analytical Chemist.
• A collaborative attitude and willingness to learn from experienced colleagues.

What's in it for you

• An excellent opportunity to build your analytical chemistry career.
• Hands-on experience with GC, LC and a range of analytical laboratory techniques.
• Opportunities to develop your knowledge of method verification and validation.
• Work alongside experienced analytical laboratory professionals.
• A role where you can grow your technical capability and take on more responsibility.

This role would suit a Chemistry graduate who already has some commercial laboratory experience but is still relatively early in their career. If you enjoy analytical chemistry and want to deepen your practical GC and LC experience, this could be an excellent next step.