Microbiological Laboratory Technician

We offer you socially meaningful work in an ambitious organization. Naturally, this comes with appropriate appreciation. You will earn between € 2,860 and € 3,700 gross per month on a full-time basis (40 hours per week). Additionally, you will receive an 8% holiday allowance and a 6.5% year-end bonus. You will receive six weeks of vacation annually.

With us, you will get the space to develop, follow training courses, and improve your future prospects. For example, you will have unlimited access to e-learnings focused on personal development. Staying healthy and vital and finding joy in work are important to us. We reimburse:

· 75% of your pension premium

· 0.23 cents per km for your travel expenses (max 60km per day) or a public transport subscription

· up to €35 per month for your supplementary health insurance

· € 300 per year for sports (items/subscriptions), personal development, or relaxation

Starting in December, we are looking for a microbiological laboratory technician for 24-32 hours per week in Roelofarendsveen.

You will work in a modern horticultural laboratory in the Bacteriology department. You will perform microbiological analyses on cultivation material, thereby contributing directly to the quality and health of plants within the horticultural sector.

In this position, you combine practical laboratory work with social impact: your work supports inspections, certifications, and investigations that are essential for reliable and healthy cultivation material, in the Netherlands and abroad.

This is what you will do

Your responsibilities include

• Performing routine microbiological analyses, such as plating, PCR, inoculating, incubating, and assessing results, as well as working with and assessing plants.

• Working with micro-organisms that are relevant to plant health and cultivation quality.

• Accurately registering and reporting analysis results according to established protocols.

• Identifying deviations and discussing these with colleagues or senior analysts.

• Working according to quality, safety, and hygiene guidelines within the laboratory.

You will work in a team of laboratory technicians and contribute to a smoothly running laboratory schedule.

We are Naktuinbouw, the independent quality service for the horticultural sector. Through our inspections, certifications, and investigations, we guarantee the quality and health of cultivation material. We do this on behalf of the government and in close cooperation with entrepreneurs. In this way, together we ensure reliable cultivation material that contributes to a sustainable food supply worldwide.

With us, you work in an organization that is reliable, connected, and quality-oriented. We are financially healthy and take our responsibility for people and the environment. We believe in a work environment where everyone feels at home, valued, and seen. Development and equal opportunities are central, because working in diverse teams enriches our thinking and makes our work smarter and more fun.

Do you want to make an impact in a sector that makes a difference worldwide? We invite you to apply. Making differences makes us stronger!

For questions, please contact Jan Willem Veenhof (Manager Microbiology) tel 06 46841022 J.W.Veenhof@naktuinbouw.nl

Apply no later than November 8 via the button.

Recruitment agencies? Preferably not. We find our own new colleagues!

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