Technical Specialist

• Job Title: Technical Specialist
• Job Type: Permanent
• Location: Ellesmere Port - onsite 
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week  Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm 
• Salary: from 25000 pa DOE 
• Industry: Oil Conditioning Monitoring

Main Duties

• Ensuring all samples received are diagnosed and are issued within turnaround times according to business and customer requirements
• Perform investigational analysis including the planning and execution of out-of-scope operations analysis and generation of bespoke reporting in accordance with business and customer requirements.
• Provide technical assistance to team leaders or other appropriate colleagues to maintain service levels and ensure efficient laboratory operations.
• Liaise with customers to keep them informed of analytical test issues such as delays etc. to ensure customer satisfaction and confidence is maintained this will include sporadic face to face site visits
• Maintain instrument up time assisting stakeholders in solving analytical instrument issues i.e. ICP Viscosity and FTIR.

Qualifications :

The ideal candidate for this role is someone who has:

• Experience in a used oil laboratory environment or experience in a lubricant industry technical role
• Experience of Failure mode and effects analysis and undertaking Route Cause analysis
• Experience of wet chemistry analysis
• Experience in being an advance M package user - specifically Excel 

Essential Qualifications 

• Mechanical Engineering / Chemistry Qualification (C&G / HNC / HND)
• Time served experience with interpretation of FTIR GC-MS ICP data

Additional Information :

At SGS we believe in rewarding our employees for their hard work and commitment. As part of our team you would be eligible for: 

• Performance related bonus (discretionary and subject to eligibility criteria) 
• Private medical cover (immediate access) 
• Competitive pension scheme Life Assurance 
• Generous Annual Leave allowance (increasing with service) plus bank holidays 
• An additional day off for your birthday 
• Retailer Discounts 
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and adoption pay 
• Length of Service Awards 
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives 
• Discounted Gym Membership

SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and as such we recruit hire train and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race colour religion sex national origin disability age marital status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetics status as a protected veteran or any other characteristics protected by law. 

APPLY NOW for full consideration if you are selected for an interview or further consideration we will be in touch with you directly.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time