Job Description

Chemistry Senior Laboratory Technician

Full Time - 6 weeks

£21.65 per hour - Inside IR35 - Umbrella Rate

Based in Coventry

• Role involves preparing samples such as instrument calibration samples and test samples from battery cell components, through the use of fume hoods, glovebox, calibrated pipettes, balances, microwave digester.
• You will also be operating the GC-MS, so previous experience in this is essential.
• You will be supporting the Chemist to maintain a safe and productive worklow of analytical samples through the laboratory, and therefore be familiar with safety documentation such as COSHH and risk assessments, ensuring you follow all procedures, as well as other safety instructions.
• You will use workflow and instrument software, be able to create and maintain accurate records of analysis and write some basic reports if needed, using Powerpoint and Excel.
• This is a very interesting field and training could be provided to the right candidate to use other equipment such as ICP-OES, TGA, DSC, XRD or XPS.

Skills Required:

• Use of practical chemistry techniques such as analytical balances, pipettes, sample preparation. Operation of Gas-chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) instrument Computer literate - Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint.Skills
• Experience Required
• HND or Degree in Chemistry, related science, OR laboratory experience.
• High level qualifications not essential for the right candidate - practical experience is more necessary.
• Must be able to prepare liquid samples for analysis safely.
• Ideally able to interrogate, analyse the chromatograms and identify issues.
• Operation of ICP-OES, TGA or DSC instruments would be useful.

Excellent opportunity - Immediate starts available