Job Description

About the role

Do you believe in the power of teamwork and sharing ideas? Do you take pride in delivering exceptional quality and service with everything you do? Do you seek out ideas for improving the status quo? If you want to make a difference and love being surrounded by the best and the brightest, Bureau Veritas Laboratories might be the place for you!

Imagine being surrounded by the brightest minds in the industry.

Bureau Veritas is looking for an:

Sample Archivist

Join our talented team of experts in the scientific field to advance your technical knowledge and advance your career. Every day we go above and beyond to deliver innovative solutions to help our clients make important decisions that directly impact the community and the environment.

We are seeking a Sample Archivist to contribute to the overall operations of the Archiving and Preprocessing departments and to ensure all relevant procedures are followed safely and in time.

Key Accountability/Responsibilities:

Performs chemical analysis using a variety of laboratory instrumentation. Prepares samples for more complex analytical testing procedures.

• Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure accuracy, quality of work and compliance.

• Follow all laboratory safety rules, policies and regulations. Adhere to Bureau Veritas Code of Ethics Policy.

• Archive, Dispose and Retrieve environmental and food samples as per SOP.

• • Archive water, food and soil samples.
  • Dispose samples as required.
  • Deliver retrieved samples to respective workgroups promptly.
  • Ensure that all assigned and changing deadlines are consistently met.

• Full utilization of SAIL and LIMS to enable trouble-shooting of any problems that may arise.
• Employs proper lab techniques to minimize risk of miss-scanning and loss of sample.
• General lab support including sort and distribute & grinding of samples in accordance with SOP.
• Be proactive in the identification of problems, areas of opportunity and inform the appropriate person to act upon accordingly.

• Process email and phone call requests as required. Interacts in a professional manner.
• Responsible for ensuring that good and safe house keeping standards are followed, enforced and sustained at all times. Maintain your work area in a clean, safe and an organized manner.
• Always be audit compliant. Maintain training records and relevant qualifications.
• Provide support to other members of the section.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by Supervisor and/or Manager.

The following may be part of duties as a defined training exercise:

• • Assist in any production efficiencies and implement concurrently with the Supervisor or Manager.
  • Participate in temperature monitoring of fridges and Freezer.
  • Generate and maintain some reports for samples– i.e. Disposal Query, Hazardous, PCB, International, Long term retain and Explosives.
  • Maintain supplies requirement – Stericycle/luger bin and waste drums
  • Assist in Preprocessing for sorting samples and homogenisation of soil.
  • Recommend SOP/ WI / CTA / FCD revisions.

• Provide input to corrective action procedures and assist in NSC/CAR investigations.

Skills:

• Minimum high school education or an equivalent combination of education and work experience in a distribution environment.
• Ability to accurately follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and instructions.
• Good record keeping, strong time management, organizational skills and detail oriented.
• Ability to evaluate priorities and multi-task accordingly.
• Thorough understanding of the overall required processes and documentation.
• Flexible to adapt to changing priorities and balancing workload to meet new constraints.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Comfortable with Microsoft Office and Outlook.
• Dynamic, energetic, motivated professional with a business outlook and "can-do" attitude.

Working Conditions:

• Employees are expected to perform repetitive physical work as required and according to deadlines.
• Time pressures to meet established deadlines.
• Changing priorities and balancing workload to meet new constraints.
• Must be flexible to working hours, overtime and may involve working on the weekend.
• Hazardous materials are handled using established safety procedures and appropriate equipment.
• Physically demanding, Ability to lift up to 50lbs frequently and 50-75lbs occasionally.
• Work requires wearing Safety Boots and working in a warehouse like environment.

• Work requires walking, sitting, standing, bending/crouching, reaching, climbing ladders.

Bureau Veritas is a world leader in testing, inspection and certification services.

When we look at Bureau Veritas, we want to see a reflection of the communities in which we work. Inclusion is about actively involving every employee’s ideas, knowledge, perspectives, approaches and styles to maximize business success. Inclusion is about attracting new talent who will bring more diversity to our workforce, with differences in culture, professional backgrounds and beliefs.

Our purpose: shaping a world of trust.

Guaranteeing quality, ensuring Health and Safety, mitigating risks and improving performance as well as environmental protection and social responsibility … This is what Bureau Veritas is about, truly believing that it contributes to bettering society.

Blending performance & integrity, with ambition & humility, responsibility & openness, we are proud that our people leave a mark on what they do.

We respect our people and believe in our talents.

We empower them to leave their mark, working as a team for the benefit of our 400,000 clients across 140 countries.

We believe that leaving a mark is a true challenge and opportunity for every one of us, a sign of trust and impact, a bond with the future, a proof of growth and development.

Being part of the BV family, is more than just working, it’s being convinced that you will Leave your mark…. in shaping a world of trust.

Join our talented community of scientists and experts and apply today at

https://www.bvna.com/careers

Bureau Veritas Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process and work environment. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise Human Resources of any accommodations that are required. Any information received relating to accommodations will be treated as confidential.