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Environmental Laboratory Analyst
Working hours Full time 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements including part time are available)
Secondment – 24 Months
Salary from £26,789 to £33,486, depending on experience
Location Howdon, Newcastle Upon Tyne
About the role
Are you passionate about caring for the environment? We have an exciting opportunity to join our Howdon Laboratory as an Environmental Laboratory Analyst, working with your colleagues to deliver safe, quality water for our customers, communities and the environment.
You will carry out analysis of samples for validation and method development projects, processing and documentation within agreed timescales. You will maintain health and safety standards and provide excellent customer service both internally and externally.
You will be supported with full training provided for all areas within the laboratory.
Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment.
About you
If you are a great team player with good organisational skills, attention to detail, enthusiasm and self-motivation, we want to hear from you.
You can understand and follow health and safety instructions, written analytical methods and technical instructions and procedures. You’ll have experience of working in a quality controlled environment e.g. GMP/GLP and can demonstrate competency in all basic laboratory techniques.
It would be great if you have experience using complex instrumentation, (eg chromatographic techniques) and experience of validation and method development . If you have an understanding of ISO 17025, ISO9001, ISO14001, MCERTs and DWTS this is great, but not essential.
This has been defined as a Safety or Security Critical Role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test, prior to or within four weeks of their start date.
Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.
Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity which means bringing your full self to work. We encourage and welcome all applications, as we believe and strive to be an equal opportunity employer committed in having a diverse community represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation. We have our colleague network groups, including Rainbow Support Network (LGBT+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks too.
Interviews will take place in person in the week commencing Monday 2nd September 2024.
About us
Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.
We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, and that female candidates are less likely to apply if they don’t have the full range of skills, however if you have some of the skills listed, we 'd encourage you to apply.
NWG at a glance:
Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.
We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.
We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.
Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.
Our benefits
We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues.
Benefits to include, here’s just a few of them:
About us
NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.
We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
Our values
Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.
Our values are:
Results Driven
Ethical
Customer Focused
Innovative
One Team
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Colleague benefits
We’re the great company we are because of you – our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.
To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.
Eyecare
Discounted Medicals
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle2work
Buying & selling annual leave
Long service awards
Salary sacrifice car scheme
Computer
Loans
Award winning wellbeing site
NWG savings scheme
Company pension scheme
Pre-retirement workshops
Life assurance
Christmas savings club
Discounts & cashback offers
Qualification loan
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