Job Title: Laboratory Assistant
Location: BERKSHIRE RG41 2TZ
Rate: £17.59ph Umbrella (Inside IR35)
Employment Type: Contract (21/12/2026)
Hours: Standard 36 Hours Per Week, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Reference: K1196
You efficiently administer samples for scientific analysis by creating records, assigning analytical tests, allocating samples for analysis, maintaining chain-of-custody for controlled samples, inputting results and liaising with clients. This role requires you to apply your organizational skills to meet tight deadlines.
What you will bring
- A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- A relevant scientific discipline
- Competency in the use of generic and specific software packages required for the role including MS Office applications
- Basic lab equipment, preferably with work experience in a scientific environment
- Attending to detail, following written instructions and working on multiple activities concurrently
- Accountability, honesty, hardworking, flexibility and adaptability, and working efficiently on a team
- Good written and verbal communication skills
Responsibilities:
How you will contribute
You will be responsible to prepare all the samples for the food sciences lab, all scientific administrative tasks including lab administration, housekeeping activities and working in accordance with laboratory-set quality standards. Because you will liaise with clients, you will always demonstrate high quality customer service, by ensuring that work is done on time, that the analytical data generated is reliability, and that the results are accurate and provided in a timely manner. You will also assist with routine checks/calibrations and control documentation to ensure that only the most current versions are supplied to analysts. This role will require you to work at the highest standards of safety and quality, maintaining a clean, tidy and safe working environment and completing assigned quality actions in a timely manner.
INSIDE IR35
Our Clients are unable to provide sponsorship for Visas; therefore, only candidates eligible to work in the UK need apply!
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