LAB ASSISTANTS / TECHNICIANS

Kabstrading Co; Richards Bay; On-site; ZAR 201,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Kabstrading Co in Richards Bay, South Africa, is hiring a laboratory analyst to support our instrumentation suite. You will run routine and non-routine analyses on instruments you are trained on, perform first-line maintenance and troubleshoot, and prepare calibration standards for testing solutions.

Day-to-day work focuses on proper handling of samples, consumables and equipment, ensuring housekeeping standards, and maintaining instrument reliability for accurate results.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for appropriate housekeeping and proper handling of samples and related consumables and equipment.
• Must be able to run routine and non-routine analysis on the instruments on which the employee is trained
• Operate and perform first line, preventative and breakdown maintenance, basic trouble shooting on instruments and auto-sampler
• Must be able to prepare and test calibration standards for instrumentation using solution techniques.

Job description

Duties:

• Responsible for appropriate housekeeping and proper handling of samples and related consumables and equipment.
• Must be able to run routine and non-routine analysis on the instruments on which the employee is trained
• Operate and perform first line, preventative and breakdown maintenance, basic trouble shooting on instruments and auto-sampler
• Must be able to prepare and test calibration standards for instrumentation using solution techniques.