Job Description
Join SGS as a Laboratory Technician and build your career with a global leader in testing and certification.
Based at Perth Airport (Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm), you’ll conduct soil, water, and air analysis, ensuring accurate and timely results in a fast-paced lab environment.
This full-time, permanent role offers great opportunities to develop your skills and contribute to vital environmental testing.
Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Undertake routine preparations and analysis of soil and water samples.
- Ensure equipment and laboratory is kept clean to avoid contamination.
- Assist with data validation for technical reports (on the assigned tests trained as a validator).
- Carry out scheduled instrument calibration and maintenance in accordance with written procedures.
- Assist in receiving, unpacking and registering samples received.
- Assist in the disposal of samples as required.
- Understand and adapt general laboratory QA/QC criteria and NATA accreditation requirements.
- Ensure that safety and personal protective equipment (PPE) is used correctly and when necessary.
- Perform other duties as directed by your Supervisor.
- Maintain and update skills, qualifications and knowledge through internal, external and on-the-job training/courses to support continuous development and improvement.
Qualifications
What You’ll Need to Succeed:
- Hold a TAFE or tertiary qualification in Chemistry.
- Have working experience in a laboratory environment (preferably an environmental laboratory).
- Be flexible with working hours and tasks (Monday to Friday afternoon shift 10am- to 6pm).
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 versatile 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.
Required Skill Profession
Life, Physical, And Social Science Technicians
📌 Laboratory Technician
🏢 Sgs
📍 Perth Airport