Lab Technician

About Our Opportunity:

The purpose of this role is to work as a member of the laboratory quality team to generate accurate measurements of infeed and finished goods performance.

• Report any issues with regard to health and safety to management
• Have a sound and knowledgeable understanding of data management, being able to collate data and produce clear and concise reports.
• Have a good understanding of materials properties, specifically plastics, metals and minerals.
• Working as part of a team of Laboratory Technicians, carrying out routine analytical testing to support plant operations this includes both products produced by the separation process and also analysis of incoming feed material
• Analysing daily samples of infeed and outputs from the process to determine composition of materials by hand sorting.
• Using Sieves to determine sizing of materials.
• Determine target plastic concentrations by density measurement.
• Analytical testing will also coverXRF to determine metal concentrations, FTIR, to determine plastic types.
• Carrying out in –process sampling to measure process performance and develop improvements to the process.
• Sampling water treatment process to ensure safety controls are working correctly.
• Supporting other departments within the scope of the business e.g. Process management, engineering and production.
• Producing daily sample reports and maintain records of all samples analysed.

• Basic excel skills required
• Experience of analysing material within a lab environment would be an advantage