Laboratory Courier page is loaded## Laboratory Courierlocations: Farnborough, Hampshiretime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdaytime left to apply: End Date: October 1, 2025 (12 days left to apply)job requisition id: JR100587**Summary:** We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for. As a Laboratory Courier, you’ll help ensure the water we supply to our customers is wholesome and meets both our own and regulatory quality standards. Superior quality of water is crucial to our communities for economic, health and social well-being. You won’t need any previous experience. What’s more important is that you’re well organised and logical in your approach. You can rest assured that we’ll provide all of the training you need. It’s your attention to detail that will ensure all paperwork and electronic records are accurately completed and samples are transported precisely as they are meant to be to meet all regulatory and company standards. In this role, you’ll complete rounds to collect samples and courier then safely to their destination. As we’re a commercial operation, you’ll show that your great speaking to customers when collecting and delivering items. When completing shorter rounds, you’ll also provide general assistance within the laboratory, tidying up stock, labelling samples, unloading samples. Ideally, you’ll be local to the Hampshire County or within travelling distance to our Farnborough laboratory. You’ll be completing collection runs that include offices in Kent, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Birmingham. Your collection rounds will generally be completed between 9-5 depending on the run you’re assigned and traffic conditions. Therefore, some flexibility is needed to cover our operating hours between 7am-7pm. We’ll give you access to a Company vehicle to use for collecting samples. There’s often the availability to work additional overtime to help boost your earnings. This is your chance to join a friendly team to ensure water used by your community remains safe and clean.**Main responsibilities:*** You’ll ensure the timely collection of water samples from company and clients premises and for transporting these back to our laboratory in Farnborough.* You’ll update our electronic system to register samples, ensuring details and tests are entered correctly and completely.* You’ll ensure to adhere to the methods, procedures, quality systems and H&S requirements set out within the laboratory.* You’ll provide assistance to other areas of Laboratory Services e.g. bottle preparation; stock control**You'll need: Skills / Qualifications / Experience*** A valid driving licence is essential* Good level of numeracy and literacy skills* Good customer service**It will be a bonus if you have: Skills / Qualifications / Experience*** Previous courier experience* Understanding of water sampling process **We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for.** We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That’s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.**Benefits package:*** Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.* 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.* Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.* Paid volunteering days.* Cycle to work scheme.* Health cash plan.* Life assurance.* Wellbeing related benefits.* To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career’s website.* It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.* Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks. **If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now!**South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.**Compensation package:**£24,810 + company van### Join our team:Be you, belong and valued. Grow a career with a meaningful purpose.Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match.Grow a career with a meaningful purpose. • Come to work to be safe, valued, and trusted. • We’ll encourage you to create and pursue new opportunities for personal growth. • A place to be the real you, build deeper connections and enjoy a sense of belonging. • Be invested in helping us to create a sustainable water supply for now, and in the future.
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