Sample Preparation Technician

Working hours are Monday Friday 4:30am 12:30pm

• Prepare samples for the analytical department adhering to SOP standards.
• Ensure the sample receipt process is followed in line with customer expectations.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Ensure business compliance with QMS IEC/ISO 17025 MCERTS and associated documentation.
• To comply with all the Health and Safety and ISO14001 requirements of your role and perform any other reasonable duties as required by the Eurofins Chemtest Business.
• Preparation of samples as identified from work schedules
• Drying and Grinding samples
• Assistance in maintenance programmes for the Departments specific analytical instrumentation and any other analytical equipment used by the Department.  Maintenance procedures shall ensure that instruments are kept in a clean and serviceable condition and that routine in house maintenance procedures are kept up to date.
• Maintenance storage and labeling of samples
• Consultation with the Laboratory Manager or Team Leader when turnaround deadlines cannot be met
• Unpacking of client sample containers (laying out)
• Classification of soil samples (traying up)
• Daily calibration checks of the balances.
• Raise anomalies of results from daily calibration checks to Divisional Manager
• Adherence to company SOP/QMS and work instructions
• To work in a professional and safe manner 
• To ensure that the laboratory areas and work surfaces are free from clutter and any spillages on the bench floor and especially the instruments are immediately cleaned up.
• To assist others in the performance of their duties if trained in that area of operation and if time allows.
• To ensure that samples are returned to the appropriate storage area after testing
• Maintenance of confidentiality

Qualifications :

• Previous experience within a laboratory is not required full training will be provided.
• Organisational skills
• Chemical awareness
• Numerical & verbal reasoning
• Attention to Detail
• Manual Handling Experience
• Working in a previous Production Environment
• Teamwork

Additional Information :

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do so its incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit youll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and its requirements this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths. 

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Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
 
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. 

We support your development! Do you feel you dont match 100% of the requirements Dont hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression race nationality age religion sexual orientation disability and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025 through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

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