Apprentice Laboratory Technician

Summary

The Customer Technical Service laboratory is responsible for supporting Innospec’s customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The laboratory is involved in problem solving, responding to commercial tenders and developing bespoke products for specific customer’s needs. As such, the work is very varied.

Annual wage: £14,000 a year
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Training course: Laboratory scientist (degree) (level 6)
Hours: Monday to Friday with unpaid 30 minute lunch
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Thursday 2 January
Duration: 5 Years
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

Apprentice Laboratory Technician - main responsibilities:

Undertake scientific work to aid in the development of new products and support customers.
Carry out Laboratory experimental work in accordance with international standard test methods.
Collate and communicate experimental results with peers and management.
Undertake calibration and quality checks to maintain laboratory instrument performance.
Ensure laboratory areas are safe and tidy according to local standards.

Where you’ll work

Innospec Manufacturing Park Oil Sites Road

Ellesmere Port

CH65 4EY

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT

Your training course

Laboratory scientist (degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Identify and use the scientific approaches appropriate to one specialist discipline required to solve problems, support new investigations and follow-up experiments in the laboratory.

Appraise scientific experimentation, independently design and implement new processes according to relevant literature and other data sources interrogated using data mining techniques and input from colleagues.

Support appraisal of scientific experimentation with numerical and statistical analysis.

Work autonomously to analyse, interpret and evaluate scientific data and present the results of laboratory work and problem solving clearly and concisely in written and oral form.

Comply with regulations including compliance with business rules pertaining to record keeping, data integrity, traceability & confidentiality.

Promote and ensure the application of quality standards, safe working practices and compliance with risk management systems relevant to the workplace in own work and the work of others.

Use creative thinking and problem solving techniques such as root cause analysis, to challenge assumptions, innovate, make new proposals and build on existing ideas.

Autonomously plan and prioritise tasks, review and evaluate progress against objectives and investigate alternative scenarios.

Contribute to the development of specific technical projects across multi-disciplinary teams.

Ensure that targets are met and maintained, within own area of responsibility, whilst complying with defined company procedures and legislative requirements.

Lead continuous performance improvement within the scientific and technical environment using process mapping & analysis and root cause analysis that is informed by other appropriate principles, such as lean, six sigma, project and change management.

Your training plan

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade Grade 6 and above)
Maths (grade Grade 6 and above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Team working
Time mangement

About this company

Innospec is a global specialty chemicals company focused on bringing innovative new technologies to market combined with a fast and responsive service. We serve a range of industries across the world, bringing our products to customers in markets from oilfields, fuels, refineries and power stations to personal care and performance chemicals. Our global team of approximately 2,200 employees spans 24 countries, applying their extensive experience and market understanding to customers’ local needs. Integrating our global footprint with local service capability enables us to supply quality products that meet and anticipate changing market dynamics.

http://innospec.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Future permanent full-time position.

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