Vacancy Description
Location: Buckinghamshire
Working hours: 09:00-17:00 Mon - Fri
Salary: Competitive
As a Senior Analyst, you will play a key role in supporting clients to meet Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) and Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs). Working with advanced GC-MS and GC-MS/MS instrumentation, you will help design and deliver tailored analytical programmes to meet complex regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
• Manage a business stream to deliver results against agreed targets
• Operate single and triple quadrupole GC-MS and GC-MS/MS systems
• Apply a minimum of 5+ years' experience as a trace-level GC Analyst
• Supervise and provide technical leadership within the GC section
• Train and mentor a team of 10-15 scientists, including Extraction Chemists and 1st and 2nd Grade Analysts
• Ensure samples are prepared and analysed to customer specifications
• Perform routine maintenance and troubleshooting of instrumentation
• Develop, optimise, validate and troubleshoot analytical methods
• Investigate and close Non-Conforming Work in line with quality systems
Key Requirements
• BSc in Chemistry or related scientific discipline
• At least 5 years' experience in trace-level GC-MS analysis within an accredited laboratory
• Strong technical knowledge of GC-MS and GC-MS/MS
• Experience supervising, training, and developing junior staff
• Proven ability to meet targets and deadlines
• Familiarity with ISO 17025 quality systems
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