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About Ecolab
A trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations spanning over 170 countries, Ecolab is the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services. Our team delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights and personalized service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality and industrial markets.
When you come to work at Ecolab, you get to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges and have the opportunity to learn and grow, shape your career, make an impact and quickly see the importance of your work.
About Nalco Water:
In a world with increasing water shortage and contamination challenges, Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, helps customers conserve more than 161 billion gallons of water each year. We work with customers across the world in the light industry (institutional, food & beverage, transportation, and manufacturing), heavy industry (chemical, power, and primary metals industries), paper and mining operations to reduce, reuse, and recycle their water while protecting their systems and equipment. Nalco Water provides the unique opportunity to work with a broad suite of technologies to deliver automated monitoring systems, data analysis and deep technical expertise to increase efficiency, sustainability, and performance for our customers.
Want to build a brighter, bolder future and cultivate your career? Join Ecolab’s team and help create a world in which we all thrive.
Ecolab is seeking a Laboratory Technician to join our team in Northwich, Cheshire. As a Laboratory Technician you’ll perform biological and chemical analyses, support formulation development, and contribute to continuous improvement by evaluating processes and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
- Assist in development of formulations for a variety of applications
- Responsible for all steps of routine experimentation including sample prep, equipment orientation, instrument control, data processing, and analysis
- Conduct product performance and field testing
- Approve, hold and/or reject products based on laboratory analysis versus specifications
- Ensure compliance to current regulatory requirements, following GMP guidelines for data reporting and preparation of validation protocols, raw data generation and final reports
- Conduct re-examination of borderline results, research technical literature, and communicate opportunities for process improvements
- Multi-task between many projects to ensure the various completion deadlines are met
- Recommend testing parameters, complete experiments and project work as assigned
- Provide analytical and technical support for quality related product investigations
- Complete data reviews for out-of-specification test results issuing SPC charts of historical results
- Optimize and recommend lab improvements to support 5S initiatives
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:·
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology or relevant science discipline
- Strong background in scientific skills and lab analysis
- Must be familiar with laboratory safety procedures/regulations
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Immigration sponsorship is not offered for this role
- Shift role Monday to Friday 2pm - 10pm
- SAP exp preferred
What’s in it For You:
- Starting on Day 1: Access to our comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, company-paid pension, stock purchase plan, paid parental leave, select discounted childcare resources, and more!
- The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, and healthy environments.
- The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth.
- The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best.
- You’ll join a growth company offering a competitive base salary, bonus structure and benefits
- A long term, advancing career path in service, sales or management
- Access to the industry’s most innovative training programs
- A culture that values safety first, including training and personal protection
- Pride in working for a company that provides clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments
About Ecolab:
At Ecolab, we prioritize our talent-first philosophy by creating the most capable and diverse team to excel at our nearly three million customer sites. Building on a century of innovation, our 48,000 associates help deliver comprehensive science-based solutions, data-driven insights and world-class service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, and optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, life sciences, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. Our solutions not only enhance operational efficiency but also contribute to sustainability and public health, making a positive impact on the world. We are committed to eliminating unnecessary complexities and embracing a beginner's mindset, continuously seeking new perspectives and innovative solutions to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world.
Ecolab’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) reflects our longstanding value of working together to integrate diverse perspectives to challenge ourselves, reach our goals and do what’s right.
Apply today and join one of the most ethical companies with over a hundred years of history.
Join Ecolab and help us protect what’s vital.
