Intertek UK
Laboratory Technician - Softlines
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ABOUT YOU
As a Laboratory Technician, you will be a motivated and reliable individual with a keen eye for detail and an interest in laboratory work. You may be at the early stages of your career or looking to gain hands-on experience in a technical environment.
You will be working as part of the Softlines laboratory team, to support the preparation, wet, physical, footwear and PPE testing laboratories in ensuring testing is technically correct and test results are valid. To technically audit the preparation and testing laboratories. To technically train senior technicians in all preparation and testing laboratories. To act as a technical support for the areas.
We recognise potential and attitude, and this role offers the opportunity to learn, develop and build your experience within a supportive team.
Required skills and experience:
- Basic IT skills, including MS Word and Excel
- Good attention to detail and ability to follow instructions accurately
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage your workload
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to work as part of a team in a busy environment
- A proactive and positive approach to work
- A good general standard of education, including Science, English and Maths
- An interest in laboratory work or testing environments
- Previous laboratory or hands-on experience (beneficial but not essential)
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On a daily basis, you will support testing activities in line with customer requirements and company procedures within the Softlines laboratory.
You will work alongside experienced colleagues who will support your development, helping you build your skills and confidence in a practical laboratory setting.
Key activities:
- Assist in ensuring that work carried out complies with both customer requirements and company procedures.
- Assist in ensuring that work performed complies with accreditation requirements, and that work carried out and any advice given to clients is accurate.
- Provide feedback to the team leaders and management regarding technical issues, To provide general technical advice to clients and co-workers.
- To communicate to clients and co-workers in a clear, concise and unambiguous way, adopting a professional tone and style.
- Ensure that work carried out both personally and by the teams comply with both customer requirements and company procedures.
- Assist in developing and maintaining a culture of quality and professional customer service by all staff through the laboratories.
- To maintain current awareness and to develop a detailed technical knowledge of Specifications, regulations and standards relating to departmental requirements.
- To ensure management is informed of any perceived deficiency in terms of equipment and staff to ensure optimum efficiency of the teams.
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Join Intertek and become part of our global network of inspiring and entrepreneurial colleagues. We are a global family that values diversity and we thrive working together with precision, pace, and passion. We are working to make the world Ever Better, ensuring the quality, safety and sustainability of products and services used by millions of people around the world.
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- Working in a highly motivated team and dynamic working environment
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We do not discriminate against applicants, and all qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are proud to be a Real Living Wage employer, ensuring our colleagues are compensated in line with independently assessed living standards. We are also committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment to support candidates and employees with disabilities or special needs.
Intertek operates a preferred supplier arrangement, and we do not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies.
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