A company who's mission is to make building's better in order to perform economically, socially and environmentally are looking for a Senior Technician, Based in Preston offering £25700 with 26 days annual holiday with an additional 8 days bank holiday, plus pension and life insurance. Hours will be Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 5pm and on Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm, 37 hours per week.

Main duties will be as below:

* Comply with and operate to all health and safety and quality assurance in accordance with the relevant standards

* Performing traceable & UKAS accredited calibrations under ISO 9001 & BS EN ISO/IEC 17025 quality systems

* Production of standard calibration certificates and reports from test data

* Helping in the continued conformity with the requirements contained in ISO 9001 (BSI) and ISO 17025 (UKAS) through procedures defined within the Quality Manual. These are to include the maintenance of the quality system through record keeping and the testing of laboratory reference instrumentation

* Understand the working of a variety of complex pieces of instrumentation and test equipment as well as their technical specifications and the methods that can be used to calibrate and/or test these, including fault diagnosis and minor repair.

* Liaison with clients and internal colleagues regarding technical support and advice on instrument and equipment use/repair/replacements.

* The testing, calibration and maintenance/repair of hire stock of instruments, client equipment, and laboratory equipment to ensure that their performance meets established acceptance criteria.

* If required in-house demonstrations of product use to customers and/or customer development days

* Order processing, booking in and dispatch of instrumentation and test equipment

* When required mentor and supervise technicians on the aspects of the role

* Contribute to the development of laboratory processes and systems to improve performance and best practice

* Preparation and packing of instruments prior to hire and receipt of stock returns

* Handling tools

Parkside Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Parkside Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.