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Job Title: Cleanroom Technician
Rate of Pay: £13.45 per hour
Position Type: Permanent
Type of Employment: Full Time
Hours: 40 hours per week
Location: Dark Matters, John Borton Building, Dark Matter Research, Boulby Mine, Loftus, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, England, TS13 4UZ
We are recruiting a full-time Cleanroom Technician to support operations at the Boulby Underground Laboratory, one of the UK's most unique and scientifically advanced research environments. This is not a standard cleaning role; it is a specialist position that plays a vital part in enabling world-class scientific research.
The role involves working across both surface and underground facilities, maintaining exceptional standards of cleanliness and contamination control. You will be part of a wider operational team, working closely with Mitie colleagues, scientists, and contractors in a safety-critical, highly controlled environment.
Responsibilities
As a Cleanroom Technician, you will be responsible for:
- Maintaining cleanroom environments to strict contamination control standards.
- Carrying out both scheduled and reactive cleaning activities across laboratory spaces.
- Supporting surface and underground operations.
- Following structured cleanroom procedures and protocols.
- Identifying and responding to cleaning, maintenance, and operational risks.
- Ensuring full compliance with health, safety, and site regulations at all times.
Requirements
We are looking for someone who brings more than just cleaning experience. The ideal candidate will:
- Take a proactive approach, showing initiative by identifying issues early, anticipating upcoming requirements, and preparing effectively for planned activities.
- Be a strong team player who works collaboratively with colleagues, scientists, and contractors.
- Communicate clearly and professionally.
- Contribute to a positive working environment.
- Have high attention to detail.
- Consistently maintain high standards and understand the importance of precision within cleanroom and scientific settings.
- Demonstrate pride in their work with a strong sense of ownership, professionalism, and personal standards.
- Be willing to learn and develop, showing openness to training in cleanroom procedures and a genuine interest in working within a scientific environment.
- Have a strong safety mindset, operating with a safety-first approach.
- Follow risk assessments and site rules.
- Feel confident to challenge unsafe behaviours in a regulated underground setting.
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Additional Desirable Attributes
- Ability to follow structured processes and procedures.
- Reliability and consistency.
- Flexibility to meet operational demands.
Benefits
Joining Mitie offers a unique opportunity to work in an underground scientific facility as part of a professional and supportive operational team. You will benefit from:
- Specialist training and development.
- Clear expectations.
- The chance to contribute directly to the standards required for cutting-edge research.
- Opportunities to build positive and productive working relationships with all customers, delivering excellent customer service and seeking ways to continuously improve and exceed expectations.
In return, we offer:
- Holiday entitlement.
- Pension contributions.
- Discount through MiDeals to over 850 high street retailers.
- Cycle to work options.
- Options to buy extra holiday.
- Save as you earn scheme.
- Share incentive plan.
- Recognition and wellbeing incentives such as Mitie Stars.
- Many other benefits.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- The ability to communicate and read basic English.
- Previous cleaning experience is desirable but not essential.
- A flexible approach to the role.
- Openness, honesty, self-drive, and determination.
- Reliability and a hardworking attitude with a professional approach.
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Flexible Benefits
Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
- Virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household.
- Financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme.
- Access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms, and more through our MiDeals platform.
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
- Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000.
- Save-as-you-earn scheme.
- Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
- Recognition for hard work with Mitie Stars and cash prizes.
Training and Development
We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
Inclusive Recruitment Process
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes, or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at.
About Mitie
Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites, as well as hospitals and schools.
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