Job Description
Job title: Laboratory Technician
Location: London, W12 7RZ
Salary: £28,000-30,000
The opportunity....
We are hiring for a Laboratory Technician to join our growing team based in London.You will help to maintain the efficient and safe running of Puraffinity’s laboratory and assist with research and development.
What you’ll be doing...
- You will be assisting with experiments across product development, engineering and process development, such as batch and column tests, isotherms and synthetic work as required.
- Order, restock and maintain inventory of chemicals and consumables.
- Perform routine QA/QC testing in accordance with SOPs using analytical equipment such as TOC/TN, IR spectroscopy, particle size distribution and elemental analysis on the LECO machine.
- Follow and ensure strict quality, health, safety and environmental (QHSE) procedures.
- Proactively raise and deal with any QHSE issues.
- Track deliveries, unpack and store chemicals and consumables.
- Document and arrange safe disposal of all laboratory waste.
- Maintain an efficient working environment.
- Ensure laboratory experiments, SOPs, Risk Assessments, COSHH forms and results are clearly documented.
What you’ll need to be successful...
- You will need proven experience in a laboratory environment.
- A proactive approach to health and safety.
- Practice proactive, open and transparent communication at all times with all team members to ensure that they are aware of issues and ask for support when needed.
- Strong communication with all colleagues and your line manager to raise concerns or issues.
- The ability to learn specific, practical techniques and apply this knowledge to solve technical problems.
About Puraffinity
We are an energetic, customer-driven advanced materials science company focused on designing, developing, and manufacturing smart engineered adsorbent to capture and retain PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) from water across the Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Municipal market sectors.
Based in London – UK, Puraffinity was founded in 2015 and since then has become a leading organization in tackling PFAS, commonly known as The Forever Chemicals, due to its resistance and high mobility.
Our Vision is to provide 1 billion people with PFAS safe water by 2030, and our Mission is to protect environmental and human health by engineering precision materials to capture chemicals in water.
Puraffinity embraces diversity and fosters a collaborative and teamworking environment, and we dedicate 100% of our time to create a purposeful and sustainable environmental impact.
Our Core Values: Empathy, Take Initiative, Collaboration – team first, Adaptability
Puraffinity Benefits
- We offer great benefits: Vitality Private Health and Dental Care
- Enhanced pension employer contribution scheme (up to 7.5%)
- Unlimited coaching with MoreHappi and mental health coaching and support by Spill
- We offer shares in Puraffinity for all employees, which means you get recognised and rewarded for your work.
- We care about your learning and development and to support this we have a generous training budget for personal development (up to £2,000 per year)
- A work life balance is important – we offer 25 days annual leave (in addition to the 8 bank holidays) and a hybrid working approach.
- We have a very strong diversity and inclusion focus, and in line with this, we have equalised our parental leave and pay for all.