Current Opportunities at SGS

Job Description

• Testing of water, sediments, soil samples, plant tissue and any other matrices which require analysis in accordance with standard operating procedures, techniques, national, international and industry standards or client’s guidelines. 
• Ensure all activities are carried out in compliance with the laboratory’s QA/QC system with an emphasis on ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ensure cGLP compliance where applicable. 
• Adhere to health and safety measures in regard to general hygiene, sample testing, sample retention, disposal/destruction. 
• Responsible for carrying out chemical and physical analysis on soil, water, sediments and plant tissue. 
• Always employ fit for purpose test methods, standards and techniques and apply them consistently at all times in all the analysis carried out. 
• Responsible for housekeeping in the laboratory and ensuring that work is carried out in a clean and safe environment. 
• To ensure that raw data of analyses carried out clearly supports results obtained prior to subsequent approvals. 
• Keep abreast with all the latest developments of analytical standards related to water and soil science technologies to continuously develop new methods and capabilities for validation and final adoption. 
• Ensure that work records, samples and auxiliary documents are kept properly and organized in such manner as to be easy to retrieve and process. 
• To ensure that process control form is strictly followed and fully completed throughout the analysis process. 
• Be knowledgeable of the scope of all processes under water & soil laboratory. 

Qualifications

• A Degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Biochemistry, Food Science & Technology, Applied Chemistry, or equivalent qualification from recognized institution. 
• Two-years laboratory experience in a chemical, soil or water laboratory. 
• Good knowledge of ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ISO 9001:2015 and HSE standards. 
• Have a working knowledge of major instruments such as Automatic Distillation Units, Soxhlet, UV/Visible Spectrophotometer, Discrete analyzers etc. 
• Have sound knowledge of laboratory work particularly test methods applied in drinking, ground, mineral and waste waters, agricultural & environmental soils, hydroponics drip, drain and source water. 
• Foster Innovation, embrace Change, think strategically and translate the strategies into actions 
• Influence Externally and Internally and be able to deliver superior results.

Additional Information

• The incumbents will be involved in Laboratory analysis activities for the company. He/she will be involved in ensuring that all activities are carried out in compliance with the laboratory’s QA/QC system and more specifically ISO/IEC 17025:2017. 

AFL - Agriculture,food & life

EHS - Environment,health & safety

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Job Description

• Test food products and non-food products and any other items which require analysis in accordance with standard operating procedures, techniques, national, international and industry standards or client’s guidelines. 
• Ensure all activities are carried out in compliance with the laboratory’s QA/QC system with an emphasis on ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ensure cGLP compliance where applicable. 
• Adhere to health and safety measures regarding general hygiene, sample testing, sample retention, disposal/destruction. 
• Responsible for carrying out chemical and physical analysis on food/agricultural products and non-food products. 
• Always employ fit for purpose test methods, standards and techniques and always apply them consistently in all analysis carried out. 
• Responsible for housekeeping in the laboratory and ensuring that work is carried out in a clean and safe environment. 
• To ensure that raw data of analyses carried out clearly supports results obtained prior to subsequent approvals. 
• Keep abreast with all the latest developments of analytical standards related to proximate and nutritional analysis technologies to continuously develop new methods and capabilities for validation and final adoption. 
• Ensure that work records, samples and auxiliary documents are kept properly and organized in such manner as to be easy to retrieve and process. 
• To ensure that process control form is strictly followed and fully completed throughout the analysis process 
• Be knowledgeable of the scope of all processes under chemical laboratory. 

Qualifications

• A Degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Biochemistry, Food Science & Technology, Applied Chemistry, or equivalent qualification from recognized institution. 
• Two-years laboratory testing experience in a chemical or food laboratory. 
• Good knowledge of ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ISO 9001:2015, HSE standards and cGLP 
• Have a working knowledge of applications used in wet chemistry, physical analysis and instrumentation analysis in food and feed testing scope. 
• Significant exposure and experience on equipment such as Automatic Distillation Units, fiber analyzers, Soxhlet systems, UV/Visible Spectrophotometer, tintometers etc. 
• Foster Innovation, embrace change, think strategically and translate the strategies into actions. 
• Influence Externally and Internally and be able to deliver superior results. 
• Have sound knowledge of laboratory work particularly test methods in food analysis. 

Additional Information

• The incumbents will be involved in Laboratory analysis activities for the company. He/she will be involved in ensuring that all activities are carried out in compliance with the laboratory’s QA/QC system and more specifically ISO/IEC 17025:2017.