Assistant Analytical Chemist

IMPORTANT:  This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders.  Other applicants need not apply.

 

This vacancy is within the Chemical Safety Programme’s Veterinary Medicines Team

The team's main objective is to analyse animal tissues and products for veterinary drug residues and thus provide a comprehensive and competitive analytical service. The team works on behalf of UK and overseas government surveillance schemes and the private sector, supporting the due-diligence requirements of food manufacturers, suppliers and retailers. In addition, the team provides specialist training in analytical methods for scientists from laboratories worldwide.

Purpose of job

 The work will require the preparation and extraction of products of animal origin for the determination of Veterinary medicine content.  The team works closely with the other service teams (Food Contaminants, Pesticides and Trace Elements) of the programme, staff are expected to redeploy effectively throughout the programme according to changing work demands.

 The post holder will:

•  Work from Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) to defined quality standards.
• Prepare analytical samples using established techniques.
• Carry out the extraction and clean up of samples.
• Enter results into Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

For a full job description and an application pack please e-mail jobs@fera.gsi.gov.uk