Senior Analyst/Senior Shift Analyst

Blargoans Ltd have a 12-month contract opportunity for a Senior Analyst/Senior Shift Analyst to work within our client’s facility in Caithness.

 

CSS provide analytical support to site delivering a wide range of statutory analysis and analysis to support waste characterisation and decommissioning. Trainees at analyst level will be considered. The job holder will carry out day-to-day analytical operations within the laboratories.

 

Main Responsibilities

  • Undertake and deliver sample preparation, routine analysis and reporting to the lab or team leader, including testing and internal calibrations, ensuring that CSS reporting deadlines are met
  • Maintain a daily log and report progress and/or problems to laboratory leader/shift chemist
  • Assist the laboratory leader/shift chemist in ensuring operational delays are minimised by identifying constraints leading to unplanned downtime
  • Report possible non-compliances to the laboratory leader/shift chemist and propose and deliver corrective actions to close out non-compliances
  • Undertake safety checks, report, and take appropriate action
  • Maintain analytical proficiencies in one laboratory area
  • Maintain analytical proficiencies in additional laboratory areas, where CSS workload and flexibility requires this
  • Prepare technical documents for review

 

The job holder may:

  • Be required to undertake shift work on a rota basis
  • Perform method development, validation and uncertainty estimation
  • Perform the responsibilities of management appointments relevant to post
  • Perform additional management activities as required
  • Undertake audits on UKAS aspects of the quality management system

 

Aptitudes and Experience

  • HNC in science or equivalent qualifications plus experience
  • Demonstrable experience in lab areas
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Good general safety awareness
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a team
  • Ability to work under pressure and to time deadlines whilst maintaining quality of output
  • STEM qualifications at least to higher grade or equivalent
  • Interested in lab work (manual dexterity attention to detail)

 

Terms and Conditions

Basic Annual Income – £37,147 to £58,109 overtime rates apply as standard.

37.9 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Every third Friday being a non-working day.

Annual Holiday Entitlement: 25 days annual leave, 8 public holidays, 2.5 privilege holidays.

12 Month Contract

Security Clearance – Vacancy requires candidate to undergo security clearance checks

 

Trainees at analyst level will be considered with a salary range of £25,963 to £35,864 depending on experience

 

 

Closing date for CV applications will be on Monday 3rd February 2025.

To apply: email your CV to recruitment@blargoans.com and specifying the reference BL30313

 

 

Blargoans Limited operates as a locally based employment business for temporary/contract recruitment and an employment agency for permanent recruitment for technical and professional roles to the Engineering, Office & Commercial Industries.