Environmental Laboratory Analyst
Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria
Full time, 37 hours per week, on site at Westlakes Science Park, Whitehaven.
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73216
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
As an Environmental Laboratory Analyst, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. As part of the analytical team, you will deliver efficient analytical services to customers in line with aspects of safety, quality and environmental standards.
Day‑to‑day, you’ll conduct chemistry analysis on sample types based at our lab in support of a range of client sites, such as Sellafield, ensuring safety, quality and environmental standards which allow for site licence permits to be obtained.
Responsibilities
* Assist in the delivery of assigned programmes of work to support the overall delivery of analytical results to time and quality.
* Comply with the laboratory quality management systems to support accreditation.
* Comply with processes and procedures to enable safe working practices.
* Work as part of an effective team to support and coach each other to provide a consistent and efficient level of service.
* Identify and report issues to maintain and improve operational capability and service level.
* Assist with the validation of new and existing techniques and equipment prior to use to comply with quality systems.
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.
Essential experience
* Experience in analytical chemistry.
* Awareness of conventional and radiological safety.
* Awareness of ISO17025 standard.
Qualifications and benefits
* Science A Level at grade A to C or equivalent and/or significant practical laboratory experience.
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
* Employee share scheme.
* Employee shopping savings portal.
* Payment of Professional Fees.
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave.
* Holiday Trading allows employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave (available February through March annually).
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
We’re Cavendish Nuclear – a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts – not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
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