Laboratory Assistant

With us, you will get an independent and versatile job with a lot of responsibility. We pay a lot of attention to your personal and professional growth and development. Furthermore, we offer you:

• A salary that is in line with your knowledge, experience, and the responsibilities of the position.
• 32 vacation days (based on 40 hours)
• 8% holiday allowance
• Travel allowance: you receive an allowance of €0.21 per kilometer for commuting
• The possibility to further develop within SGS
• Participation in the pension scheme with a fixed employee contribution of 6%
• Participation in the SGS sports and bicycle plan
• Active staff association: become a member and enjoy fun activities and events

As a chemistry laboratory assistant within the Health & Nutrition business line, you will provide support to the laboratory technicians in performing their work, so that they can carry out analyses in a proper and efficient manner. 

You will be involved in the following activities on a daily basis in the chemistry lab: 

• Preparing sample material for analyses and external analyses; 

• Furthermore, during preparation, you will be involved in performing weight and product assessment analyses  

• Performing simple tests in the lab such as: pH, water activity, density; this can be expanded upon with good performance. 

• Supporting the department with retrieving samples. 

• Cleaning laboratory glassware; 

• Replenishing various materials in the lab and the preparation area; 

• Disposing of processed analysis samples and lab waste according to procedures; 

• Collaborating to maintain a clean lab during work activities. 

You are the perfect match for this position if you: 

• Have completed at least an MBO level 3 education; 

• Have a good command of both the Dutch and English languages; 

• Live in the Oosterhout region or surroundings and have your own transport (bicycle, car, scooter, etc.) to get to work; 

• Are available 32 to 40 hours per week; 

• Working hours: the position is performed in both the day shift (07:00-15:30) and the evening shift (15:00-23:30). Every 4 weeks, you have 2 weeks of day shift and 2 weeks of evening shift. Our working days are in principle from Monday to Friday. However, in this position, you will also work on Saturday once every 4 weeks and compensate for this worked Saturday with a weekday.  

• Are flexible in your working attitude; 

• Have a customer-oriented attitude, for example through experience in the hospitality industry; 

• Can collaborate well and are collegial;