Coatings Laboratory Technician

SGS are the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world. We deliver services that touch every part of human activity and improve millions of lives - from ensuring the safety of food, clothing, transportation, and medicine to better testing in the nuclear industry. Whatever your role, you will make an important contribution to delivering safer products, better services and keeping society connected.

Job Type: Temporary (12 months)
Hours: Monday - Friday 7.30am - 4pm
Job Location: Manchester

As a Coatings Laboratory Technician, you’ll be responsible for performing sampling of protective coatings in accordance with appropriate approved test procedures, international standards and within customer requirements to ensure effective throughput for ongoing projects. You will also perform round robin analysis ensuring any failures are recorded and investigated with appropriate action taken.

Key Accountabilities:

• Undertake sample preparation and analysis of samples in accordance with appropriate analytical test procedures, to ensure that samples are tested in accordance with client requirements.
• Process samples within turnaround times agreed with both our internal and external customers to ensure customer satisfaction is maintained.
• Undertake daily logging activities of ongoing tests to ensure delivery of allocated daily tasks within defined timescales to maximise operational outputs and efficiencies.
• Report equipment/instrumentation failure to senior staff member to execute remedial action and thereby ensure continuity of service.
• Maintain organised and auditable systems of work.
• Uphold high levels of housekeeping.
• Develop an appreciation and understanding of laboratory techniques and equipment to assure minimum quality and health and safety requirements to ensure prompt turnaround on sample analysis.
• Escalate client enquiries to senior staff member for action/resolution to ensure timely response and client satisfaction.

Qualifications:

To be successful in this role, you’ll need a science background, ideally in polymer science, chemistry, mechanical engineering or corrosion engineering. You will have strong organisation skills with the ability to adopt a flexible approach to work and react effectively to a rapidly changing environment. In addition to the above you’ll also need to demonstrate the following:

• Previous experience of working in a testing laboratory, meeting exacting process and client demands.
• GCSE Science/Mathematics/English, or equivalent, grades A to C.

The following attributes would be desirable, but not essential:

• Experience of working within a UKAS laboratory.
• Experience in a service industry related to the petro-chemical industry.
• Experience with paints, coatings or polymers.
• Experience of practical chemistry or related science subject.

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