Senior Analyst

Job description

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

About the Opportunity

The Chemistry and Radioanalytical Solutions business at Jacobs is recruiting for a Scientist to be based in Birchwood, Warrington to work with a team of highly qualified technicians, analysts, and senior scientists. For this role, the Senior Analyst will be working with a range of national and international client. They will need to work collaborative with other business areas to run analytical processes and solutions to the problems of tomorrow, including operational and decommissioning sites.

Responsibilities May Include:

• Analysis of samples for radiochemical and chemical parameters
• Timely delivery of results to the customer
• Working with senior members of staff to deliver the business goals and requirements
• Experience in a range of analytical techniques and the ability to deploy onto existing or new challenges, including alpha spectroscopy, liquid scintillation counting, ICP-MS and ICP-OES, gamma spectroscopy
• Equipment calibration and maintenance

Here's What You'll Need:

• Graduate in chemistry, chemical engineering or other scientific discipline, or comparable knowledge and experience
• Good interpersonal skills
• The ability to collaborate with colleagues
• Excellent practical laboratory skills
• The ability to work flexibly on complex problems developing innovative solutions
• Experience of developing radiochemical methods under supervision
• Excellent communications skills (written and verbal)

Desirable Skills Include:

• Experience of Quality Assurance, method validation, and accreditation against ISO 17025

Our Culture:

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team .

Your application experience is important to us and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.

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