Laboratory Technician

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Monday to Thursday – 07:45am – 4:30pm & Friday 7:45am-13:30pm

Salary circa £26,000 - £30,000 per annum

Job ID: 32661

Worcester

Our client is a leading manufacturing business based in Worcester and due to internal promotions, they are seeking Laboratory Technician to join the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has current lab experience and would like to build on a new skill set focussing on ceramic and metals OR someone who would like to build a career within a Lab environment as it’s something they have studied previously at college or University.

The Laboratory Technician will work closely with cross-functional teams—including Technical Engineering, Process Engineering, Quality Assurance (QA), New Product Introduction (NPI), Supply Chain, and Operations—to deliver a comprehensive and collaborative approach to provide testing results and analysis and driving continuous improvement.

Your key responsibilities

  • Maintain testing and reporting to relevant work instruction documents.

  • Responsibility for carrying out tensile testing of routine, cut up and appended bars when required and

  • producing certifications for conformity.

  • Mechanical Tensile testing

  • Test bar sample control and preparation.

  • Chemical analysis using Optical Emission Spectroscopy and its calibration for the chemical analysis function for daily production processes.

  • Control Checks and parameters.

  • Modulus Of Rupture (MOR) Testing

  • Permeability Testing

  • Viscosity Testing

  • Calibration of Zahn Cups

  • Refractive Index and prewet testing.

  • Liaising with the different departments regarding technical issues and delivering certifications.

  • Raising any issues or non-conformances.

  • Prepare micro samples for metallographic analysis as and when required.

  • Implement 5S laboratory cleaning and organization of designated areas in lab for documentation, equipment,

  • and desk/ floor space.

  • Etchline tank control titration tests on chemical pH levels and maintain documentation of results.

    Benefits / Other

  • Training provided in the role and further career development

  • Holidays - 25 days holiday plus banks (The company elects to be closed for normal business over the Christmas period a total of 6 days of which 3 are from normal holiday entitlement and 3 are from statutory entitlement)

  • Pension - 5%-3%

  • Life Assurance - You will be covered by Company’s Life Assurance benefits. The scheme provides for a lumpsum benefit payable on death in service equivalent to 2x pensionable salary.

    Embracing diversity in all its forms, our client is an equal opportunity employer. They welcome individuals from all walks of life, irrespective of race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or belief.

    By applying through Green Folk Recruitment, you consent to share your information with our client for recruitment purposes. We handle your data with care, aligning with our privacy policy for recruitment-related activities. Please be informed that all final hiring decisions rests solely with our client. Should you have any inquiries, kindly direct them to Green Folk Recruitment for a transparent and streamlined recruitment experience. Green Folk Ltd is acting as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy

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