Junior Lab Technician - Placement Student

WCS Group

Daventry

1 year ago

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Marlowe Environmental Services are recruiting for a sandwich student who is looking to undertake their placement in a busy chemistry based laboratory.

What will you be doing?

Quality control testing of chemical products
Chemical analysis and reporting
Troubleshooting and investigating issues in the field or in chemical products
Project work
Lab administration including report writing
Calibration of lab equipment
Prioritise and reprioritise a dynamic workload on a daily basis

Requirements

Undertaking a degree in Chemistry (or degree with high chemistry content)
Health and Safety awareness.
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
Good knowledge of Microsoft packages
Willing to relocate to Daventry for duration of the placement, or can commute to Daventry Monday-Friday for the duration of the placement.

Benefits

You will receive a wide knowledge and experience, working within a small team. This will therefore provide insight and guidance to the career you would like to pursue, after Graduation.

Salary dependant on experience.
23 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
Access to exclusive online discount website, which offers excellent savings across various retail outlets.
Free on site parking.
Monday - Friday shifts, all within core hours (37.5 hours per week).

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