Senior Chemist
SGS
MiddlesbroughOn-sitefull timeLaboratory & TestingPosted 1mo agoEarly applicant likely
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Are you an experienced chemist looking for your next challenge? Join our growing laboratory team and play a key role in delivering high-quality environmental and oil & gas testing services to customers across a range of industries.
What You'll Be Doing
- Analysing water, soil, and environmental samples using a range of organic testing techniques.
- Operating and maintaining analytical instrumentation, including GC, GC-MS, and HPLC.
- Developing, validating, and improving test methods to enhance laboratory capability.
- Interpreting and reporting results accurately using our Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).
- Ensuring all testing is carried out in line with ISO 17025 and laboratory quality standards.
- Investigating quality issues and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborating with colleagues to deliver accurate results and exceptional service to customers.
We're open to candidates from a variety of chemistry and laboratory backgrounds. If you've worked with analytical instrumentation, environmental testing, oil & gas, petrochemical, water, industrial, or commercial laboratory services, we'd love to hear from you.
- Experience working in a laboratory environment, ideally with GC-MS, GC-FID, HPLC, LC-MS, ICP, or similar analytical techniques.
- Knowledge of ISO 17025 or other regulated laboratory quality systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- A qualification in Chemistry or a related scientific discipline.
- Good computer skills, including experience using LIMS or other laboratory software.
- Full UK driving licence.
Don't meet every requirement? We'd still encourage you to apply. We're keen to hear from chemists and laboratory professionals from environmental, oil & gas, petrochemical, water, and other analytical testing backgrounds.
About SGS
SGS provides testing, inspection and certification services to government and commercial clients. Based on these excerpts, it offers customs and tax administration solutions to governments, certification services for equipment used in explosive atmospheres, and testing services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
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