A brand-new Laboratory vacancy has arisen in our fast-growing company for a Laboratory Technician (job share). This is a fantastic opportunity to join our ISO17025 accredited testing laboratory team.
LOCATION: Roman Bank, Skegness, Lincolnshire
JOB TITLE: Laboratory Technician
JOB TYPE: Part Time (permanent contract)
HOURS OF WORK: Monday to Friday (15 hours per week over 2 or 3 days as a job share – between 09:00 – 17:00)
SALARY RANGE: £11,200 per annum
JOB PURPOSE:
As a Laboratory Technician, you will be supporting your department with day-to-day tasks.
Key Responsibilities to include:
- Routine and ad-hoc testing, and activities within the Micronclean Laboratory.
- Sample preparation, conditioning, testing and disposal or preservation if necessary.
- Reporting, secondary checking and publishing of results on a LIMS system.
- Maintenance of the laboratory; keeping the laboratory equipment in a clean, safe, operational condition, including arranging, and carrying out calibration tests and managing external testing and calibration activities, where applicable.
- Support and contribute to the advancement of laboratory testing capability.
- Effectively communicate and support other business functions with testing understanding, results and scientific knowledge.
- Administer, undertake, and manage laboratory testing and activities in the Micronclean Laboratory, including microbiological, chemical and physical testing.
- Report, interpret and take action upon routine testing results, including investigation and resolution where appropriate and publication of results.
- Maintain full, accurate and retrievable records of testing details, results and related testing management documentation and reports.
Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications required:
Essential
- A degree in biology, chemistry, microbiology or related subjects, with some experience of laboratory testing.
- Good IT skills in the use of Microsoft Office products and other IT packages.
- Good communication skills.
Desirable
- Full UK driving license.
Character Profile
- Personal drive and self-motivation.
- Good time-management skills.
- Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team.
- Good planning and recording skills.
Closing date for application: Friday 20th November 2026
Interview date: TBC
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, or change the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Why Work for Micronclean as a Laboratory Assistant?
There are many reasons to join the Micronclean family, but here are just a few more:
- A generous yearly bonus paid every January, to all staff.
- Relocation package of £2,000.
- 30 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing to 33 days for loyalty service.
- Company Sick Pay scheme.
- Company pension contributions of 5% of salary.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), private counselling and other schemes to support employees with their mental health and wellbeing.
- Annual Family Fun Days, fully paid for by the business.
- A growing, family owned, highly successful business, with a history spanning back to the 1920s.
- Highly committed to investing in people and training, with a proven history of opportunities and promotions from within for employees who wish to progress.
- A great culture, represented in our company values known as the SKIEs.
- The knowledge that you are making a difference, playing a role in key supply chains such as the Covid-19 vaccine.
About Micronclean
Micronclean is a family-owned business based in Lincolnshire employing over 400 people. The company provides products and services to various industries.
Our current focus areas include rental of specialist work wear to cleanroom industries (pharmaceutical, medical devices, aerospace), and of protective workwear to manufacturing industries (engineering, automotive). The company also manufactures and distributes a range of cleanroom products, which it sells in the UK and exports throughout Europe and further afield, including India, Australia, and Canada.
The company has an ambitious vision for growth both in the UK where we are investing in all our plants and abroad where our plant in Bangalore, India has recently been commissioned and is supporting the production of Covid-19 vaccines in India.
More information about Micronclean can be found on our website, please click here.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE ABOUT THE ROLE OF LABORATORY ASSISTANT IN MORE DETAIL, PLEASE EMAIL HR@MICRONCLEAN.CO.UK WITH YOUR NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, OR APPLY HERE.