Laboratory Technician

Company Description

We are SGS – the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.

Job Description

Join our dynamic Inorganics team as a Casual Laboratory Technician and play a key role in delivering high-quality analytical results across soil, water, and air testing. This hands-on position supports the day-to-day operations of our laboratory, where you’ll assist in both routine and specialised testing, ensuring accurate and timely outcomes that uphold SGS’s reputation for excellence.

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Your key responsibilities in this role will include but are not limited to:

• With minimal supervision and a degree of independence, initiative and judgment, undertake routine and non-routine analysis using wet chemistry and instrumentation techniques in the inorganic section.
• Understand general laboratory QA/QC criteria and NATA accreditation requirements.
• Ensure equipment and laboratory is kept clean to avoid contamination and protect the company’s assets.
• Carry out scheduled instrument calibration and maintenance in accordance with the written procedures.
• Maintain and update skills, qualifications and knowledge through courses and on the job training to support improvement.
• Ensure that safety equipment is used where necessary, used correctly and used at all times.
• Report immediately any unsafe work condition or equipment to the supervisor.
• Perform other duties as directed by the section supervisor.

Qualifications

• Appropriate tertiary qualification, TAFE certificates minimum
• Experience in a general laboratory environment preferred
• Flexibility with working hours and tasks

Additional Information

WHY WORK FOR SGS?

Working at SGS means joining an innovative, Global company. Here are some of the benefits to working for SGS.

• As a company, we have embraced the shift to flexible work
• Sustainability is embedded in our culture and the way we do business
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time for volunteering day and blood donations
• Corporate health & wellbeing offers
• Ongoing learning & development
• Career development opportunities (Nationally and Globally)
• SGS Rewards: Our employee benefits platform with access to retail and online discounts and cashback

COME TO WORK AND BE 100% YOU

SGS Australia supports a diverse workforce, we encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability. Providing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is an important part of our SGS Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). We truly believe the diversity among us will continue to foster a strong, innovative, and forward-thinking workplace.

SGS Australia acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual, and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.