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Laboratory Technician - Bury St Edmunds

British Sugar PLC
Posted 9 hours ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Fornham St Martin, Suffolk IP31 1TH, England

Salary

£32,257 - £34,192 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • British Sugar is seeking a permanent Process Development team member based in Bury St Edmunds, offering a salary between £32,257 and £34,192 per annum.
  • The role focuses on scientific development work aimed at improving processes and reducing costs within a full-scale sugar manufacturing environment.
  • Candidates must possess a degree-level science qualification or equivalent experience, along with prior laboratory experience, particularly in method development and experimental design.
  • Key responsibilities include safe sample collection, routine analysis, lab management, and training of temporary analysts, requiring good timekeeping and communication skills.
  • The position necessitates a positive attitude, strong safety awareness, and a solutions-based mindset, with occasional travel to other sites.

British Sugar is a home-grown success story and one of the most efficient and competitive beet processers in the world. Around 3,500 farmers based in East Anglia and the East Midlands supply our four advanced manufacturing sites with eight million tonnes of sugar beet every year. We, in turn, make this in to over 1 million tonnes of sugar, serving customers across the UK, Ireland and increasingly growing commercially in the EU and world sugar markets.

SalaryRange and Location:

32,257 to 34,192 per annum

Bury St Edmunds

Job Purpose

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to fill a permanent role in our Process Development team focussed on high profile scientific development work aiming to improve our process and reduce our cost base. A primarily laboratory-based role, carrying out both routine and ad hoc analysis to support process development projects. With materials ranging from muddy beet to technical sugar solutions, this role offers an interesting scope within a full-scale sugar manufacturing environment. You will take a leading role in the laboratory and work organisation and be a key team member providing capability retention through a dynamic team environment.

Core Accountabilities

  • Safe collection of manufacturing samples from the factory.
  • Routine and ad hoc analysis on sugar beet and process samples.
  • Assist in method development and work optimisation.
  • Accurate and organised recording of results.
  • Take a leading role in lab management maintaining a safe, clean and organised work environment, maintain stocks and ordering of consumables, preparation of stock chemicals.
  • Engage and cooperate with other team members to deliver on a dynamic work schedule.
  • Training of temporary analysts.
  • Travel to other sites will sometimes be required.

Skills, Knowledge and Competencies

  • Science qualifications at degree level or equivalent experience
  • Chemistry at A-Level or equivalent
  • Prior laboratory experience including method development and experimental design
  • Lab management
  • Good timekeeping and communication skills.
  • Full driving licence.
  • Basic IT skills.
  • Ability to carry out basic calculations accurately.
  • Organised, responsible and reliable with personal drive and motivation.
  • Strong safety awareness.
  • Positive and flexible attitude, taking a pride in your work and environment.
  • A solutions-based mindset and creative thinking together with the observational presence to raise emerging issues or unusual results in the context of the overall project goals.

Behaviours

  • Empowered and enabled
  • Open and flexible
  • Driving to action
  • Working together

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