Join a friendly, employee-owned, award-winning international outdoor business as a Laboratory Technician
The role
As a Lab Technician, you'll be right in the middle of the action, helping us create the coolest products out there. Get ready to dive into exciting projects that'll put your skills to the test. Here's what you'll be up to.
Gear up for a whirlwind of responsibilities:

• Be the authority on testing, running tests and experiments to make sure our products are first-class, and meticulously documenting insights.
• Take the lead in Páramo fabric and components testing, turning every examination into a triumph that elevates the team.
• Join the Nikwax innovation team, contributing to the development and seamless implementation of industrial processes.
• Enforce Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), adhere to COSHH regulations, and craft reports with a compelling narrative.
• Ensure the laboratory is fully stocked with the essentials for experimentation.
• Demonstrate your quality control aptitude, conducting routine checks and competitor testing to keep us at the forefront of innovation.
• Be responsible for plant and lab equipment, coordinating their performance and ensuring they are always in top-notch condition.
• Stay on top of the latest chemical trends and industry innovations to keep our team ahead of the curve.
• Create exciting demonstration materials for Marketing and Sales to shine at trade shows.

We're on the lookout for a standout individual:

• Dive into tasks with a meticulous and systematic approach, leaving no detail unturned in your work and record-keeping.
• Ideally, bring your expertise from a lab environment, but if not, we'll show you the ropes!
• You’ll have to be good at juggling tasks; allowing your organizational skills to turn repetitive tasks into a symphony of efficiency.
• Be reliable, infusing diligence into every aspect of your work and charming the team with your excellent people skills.
• Know your way around a computer; with command of standard computer software packages, especially Microsoft Office.
• Quality Control is not just a phrase for you; ideally, you've already danced with it and know the steps.
• Let your education shine, holding at least a GCSE level (or equivalent) in Maths, English, and Sciences. Bonus points if have science-related A Levels (or equivalent).

You will be working in a busy manufacturing environment near Wadhurst, East Sussex; due to the rural location you must have your own transport.
The rewards

• Competitive benefits and rewards including pension, health cash plan and profit related bonus scheme
• Additional flexible benefits options including boosted pension contributions, extra holiday or assistance with childcare costs
• Annual leave starting at 26 days rising with service, plus public holidays
• Friendly and informal environment with monthly team lunches and quarterly events
• Be part of an employee-owned business where you can clearly see the effect of your efforts
• Contribute to an award-winning international company with values that you can believe in.

We are passionate and committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer, encouraging different perspectives and experiences to make us a more innovative and creative workplace.
The company
Located in the picturesque, rural setting of East Sussex, Nikwax is a highly successful outdoor business that is run by a close-knit and friendly team of employees, whom we are proud to call Partners.
Nikwax Ltd. develops care products and material systems that improve performance and extend the life of clothing, footwear and equipment whilst minimising environmental impact with clean chemistry. We develop and manufacture in-house, from our headquarters in Wadhurst, East Sussex. Nikwax are the only outdoor company to have won the Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development and all operations have been carbon balanced since the company was founded in 1977. We have an ongoing dedication to minimising our impact on the environment and a hardworking team of people to help develop the business.
We highly value our Partners, and this is an exciting opportunity to join our company.
To apply
If you would like to apply for this position, please send us your CV & Covering Letter (clearly stating your salary requirements and whether you have the right to work in the UK) by Sunday 27th October 2024 to recruitment@nikwax.co.uk
We aim to review applications soon after they are received and will arrange interviews when there’s someone we’re keen to meet. Therefore, we may conduct interviews prior to the closing date, and we reserve the right to close the advert early.
Candidates must be able to provide evidence of their right to work in the UK.
Please see our applicant privacy policy here: https://www.nikwax.com/download/Job Applicant Privacy Notice_20180511.pdf
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £26,000.00 per year
Additional pay:

• Bonus scheme

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Free flu jabs
• Free parking
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Private dental insurance
• Profit sharing
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Wadhurst, East Sussex: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Laboratory Technician: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 18/02/2024
Reference ID: Laboratory Technician October 2024