lab technician
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Position Overview & Specifications
Our client offers competitive salary, full benefits package, Paid Time Off, and opportunities for professional growth.
Our client is in urgent need of a Senior Laboratory Technician (Geotechnical) to provide supervision, management and support to a team of technicians, to ensure the effective running and maintenance of the practical areas of the Learning Centre, (laboratories and teaching rooms).
You will be involved in a wide range of supporting activities across several of our clients projects and programmes, including but not limited to:
- Coordinating all internal & external testing workload with other team members, according to established methods and reporting results to internal customers
- Oversight of all laboratory activities and delegate appropriate tasks to your team.
- The role includes maintaining and providing training, practical assistance and advice in the use of common laboratory equipment.
- Planning and allocating work and ensuring tasks are completed to a high standard.
- Ensure the efficient day to day running of the practical component of courses at the Centre, meeting the demands of a busy front-facing service.
- Preparing standards for calibration and quality checks Undertaking analysis and reporting results within required timeframes Assisting in instrument and method validation
- Supervise and train technicians within the team to enable them to support the practical and technical aspects of the courses at the Centre.
- Provide technical, health and safety advice where appropriate to other members of staff.
Qualifications
You can make your mark as a Senior Laboratory Technician if you have:
- Strong experience & knowledge across science disciplines.
- Excellent knowledge of geotechnical, as well as prior experience within a similar Lab Tech or Science Tech role.
- Minimum 3 years of working in laboratory environment.
- A working understanding of safety management practices
- Microsoft Office – Word and Excel (proficient in using)
The role offers fantastic benefits and incentives, coupled with a completely supportive team environment. You will have access to the very latest in lab tool technology.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £28,000.00-£30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company car
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- Do you have the right to work in the UK? (If visa please indicate type and expiry)
- Do you require sponsorship (please note my client is unable to offer sponsorship)
- Does DMR Personnel have your permission to retain your cv for the purposes of offering you other/future opportunities?
- Are you daily commutable to Great Yarmouth?
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: JS/776/ML
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint:
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for lab technician roles across DMR Personnel's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to .
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £30,000 - £28,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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