Sample Handling Technician

£22,606

+ Employee benefits

Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Analytical Services

We offer commercial analytical lab chemistry testing for food and drink, including: nutritional and health, microscopy, biochemistry, allergens, chromatography, packaging, cereals and ingredients, and wines and spirits

Sample Handling Team

Campden BRI offer analytical chemistry testing to our members and clients, which allows them to ensure their food & drink products are safe for consumers. We offer a range of testing; shelf life, allergens, foreign body identification, packaging, contaminants, vitamins, sugars and many more.

Our Sample Handling Team ensure that samples are received, checked in, processed and passed onto our scientists to perform testing/ analysis.

If you're looking to move into a Monday-Friday office based role then click apply now! We will consider applications who don't have previous experience.

Position

Sample reception-receiving deliveries and unpacking samples, shipping of parcels/post. Liaising with couriers.
Logging samples into LIMS (lab software) and storage.
Other duties as agreed, depending on experience (lab based or administrative).
Assisting the Sample Administrator in maintaining an efficient workflow through the laboratory.
Supporting sample preparation- mixing and blending samples. Preparing food & drink samples for chemistry testing.

Requirements

Experience of physical task- experience in hospitality, retail etc.
Computer literate.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Practically minded and able to work in a team.
Good organisational skills in managing own workload.
Ability to adapt and change between different tasks/activities as time permits.

Benefits

Reward platform with employee discounts and rewards
25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
Buy and sell holiday scheme
A generous work save pension scheme, with employee contributions matched by the company up to 10%
Culture focus around work/life balance (early finish Fridays)
Subsidised onsite restaurant

Additional information:

Please note due to our rural location, you must be able to drive and have your own transport.

The successful candidate must, by the start of their employment, have permission to work in the UK.

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