Laboratory Technician

Purpose of Role:

Working as part of a team within our furnace area, candidates will learn several techniques to produce a sample ready for analysis in the laboratory.

Tasks:

All duties to be carried out in accordance with, Bureau Veritas commodities policies, Health and Safety and Environmental policies and the Company’s accreditation and quality systems.

• Initial weighing of samples into cups


• Mixing samples with litharge using an extracted cupboard


• Accurate weighing of metals


• Ensuring the Furnace area is kept clean whilst maintaining safety standards  


• Using hand-held pump truck to move material


• Placing samples into crucibles and melting within a furnace


• Pouring small amounts of molten material into molds

Required Skills and Experience:

• Excellent attention to detail


• Good communication skills as it will be a team based role


• Good level of flexibility in both time and work


• Maths or any science subject GCSE grade C or higher


• No previous furnace experience required as full training will be supplied