Job Description
Role: Senior Analyst / Senior Shift Analyst CSS
Sector: Nuclear
Location: Thurso, Scotland – MUST be local
Start Date: October / November 2025
Duration: Approx. 12-Months
Rates: 18.84 – 29.48 Hourly Rate D.O.E PAYE
Clearance: Background Checks / Right to Work in the UK
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Undertake and deliver sample preparation, routine analysis and reporting to the lab or team leader, including testing and internal calibrations, ensuring that CSS reporting deadlines are met
- Maintain a daily log and report progress and/or problems to laboratory leader/shift chemist Assist the laboratory leader/shift chemist in ensuring operational delays are minimised by identifying constraints leading to unplanned downtime
- Report possible non-compliances to the laboratory leader/shift chemist and propose and deliver corrective actions to close out non-compliances
- Undertake safety checks, report, and take appropriate action Maintain analytical proficiencies in one laboratory area
- Maintain analytical proficiencies in additional laboratory areas, where CSS workload and flexibility requires this Prepare technical documents for review
THE JOB HOLDER MAY:
- Be required to undertake shift work on a rota basis Perform method development, validation and uncertainty estimation
- Perform the responsibilities of management appointments relevant to post
- Perform additional management activities as required
- Undertake audits on UKAS aspects of the quality management system
APTITUDES AND EXPERIENCE:
- HNC in science or equivalent qualifications plus experience
- Demonstrable experience in lab areas
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good general safety awareness
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work under pressure and to time deadlines whilst maintaining quality of output
- STEM qualifications at least to higher grade or equivalent
- Interested in lab work (manual dexterity attention to detail)
- Lab experience is a bonus
- Post specific physical capability analysis assessment number 21
MAIN TASKS:
- Working at fumecupboard
- Working at glovebox
- Sample analysis
- Collating findings
- Manual handling
- Stack sampling
- May be required to carry out shift work
- Use of crane/hoist
- Manipulator work
- You must be able to rapidly evacuate the criticality zone, if necessary, without assistance or causing a delay to others
EQUIPMENT:
All employees will be fully trained and competent in the use of the equipment recorded below.
- Fumecupboard
- Hot plates
- Pipettes and glassware
- Computer/Laptop
- Glovebox
- Respirators
- Overhead crane and hoist
- Mobile hoist
- Manipulators
- Display screen equipment
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Lab work
- Working in a radiological area
- Working with biological hazards
- Occasional ladder work
Carbon60, Lorien & SRG – The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
