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Junior Lab Technician - Placement Student

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8 months 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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