Laboratory Technician

What you’ll be responsible for

As a credible member of the Quality Policy and Compliance team, you will:
 

Provide a trusted, high quality service to customers, regulators and other external stakeholders, supporting the organisations vision to ‘earn the trust of our customers every day’.
Ensure that sampling and analysis are carried out independently to meet the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 and that the company’s statutory and regulatory responsibilities with regard to drinking water and wastewater are met and the regulatory risk to the business is managed effectively.

Your key responsibilities will include: 
 

• Prepare and extract water quality samples using a variety of extraction techniques.
• Routine housekeeping, surface disinfection, equipment maintenance and waste disposal. 
• Calibrate basic laboratory equipment including, but not limited to, balances, pipettes and syringes.
• Assist in ensuring that laboratory is ready and stock up for carrying out analysis.
• Adhere to all relevant regulations, legislation and certifications
• Understand and adhere to the Laboratory Quality System and the instructions there in.
• Understand the importance of the role in effective monitoring of water quality for protection of public health.
• Effectively monitor water quality for the purpose of protecting public health.
• Work within the framework of the Quality Policy following strict guidelines covering technique, process and reporting including accurate record keeping, to ensure compliance with ISO IEC 17025 standards.
• Follow health and safety procedures to maintain a safe working environment and comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act.
• Provide logistical support to the laboratory, logging-in samples into the company LIMS system and ensuring sample bottles are stored in the correct location and under the correct conditions.
• Assist in the disposal of water samples following completion of analysis, in line with agreed procedures.
   

Who you’ll work with

Internal

•    Laboratory Technicians and Senior Technicians
•    Analysts, Team Leaders and Department Heads
•    Samplers and couriers
•    Wider water quality, catchment and process science team
•    Operational managers

External

•    Suppliers and Contractors
•    External customers

About you

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills & Experience
 

• Minimum qualification such as NVQ level 3 or A’ level in an appropriate scientific subject. (equivalent relevant experience may be considered as an alternative to formal qualifications)
• Good computing skills
• Good communication skills
• Previous experience in working within a UKAS  accredited laboratory
• Awareness  of COSHH and  Health and Safety

Good to know

Role is lab based on an 8-week fixed shift rota

8am - 4pm over 5 weeks 
2pm - 10pm over 3 weeks. 
Weekend and Bank Holiday working 
2 weekends over 10 weeks, 2 – 10pm (rest days are given following the working weekend (Monday and Tuesday, or Monday and Friday)
1 in 10 Bank Holidays, 2-10pm
15% Shift Allowance

For more information on the role please contact Vicky.Zieba@dwrcymru.com
 

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

 
•             Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
•             Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
•             Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
•             Free Mortgage Brokering Services 
•             Enhanced family friendly policies
•             Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
•             Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
•             Cycle to work scheme
•             Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
•             Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
•             Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
•             An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
•             Many more can be found here!  

 
 
Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment
 
 
Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.
 
Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision.  This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them.  The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work. 

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.