Summary
As a Laboratory Scientist Apprentice at our Hazelwood site, you will complete a Level 6 Laboratory Scientist apprenticeship over 4 years, receiving on the job training and necessary support. This is the perfect opportunity to earn while you learn and gain a valuable qualification, a BSc Honours degree, alongside real-life work experience.
Annual wage
£16,000 a year
Training course
Laboratory scientist (degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday-Friday between 9am-5.30pm, with half an hour lunch break.
40 hours a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
4 years
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
* You'll collaborate with a diverse group of passionate individuals to deliver sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life
* You will provide a very high standard of laboratory work that supports the requests of our stakeholders. In addition, the position is designed to create opportunity to gain experience in a wide variety of laboratories at Hazelwood so that you develop a broad understanding of our chemistry, the test and technique fundamentals that are used to characterise and qualify them, along with an analytical mindset to create fundamental knowledge and critical problem-solving skills.
* You will develop technical and business knowledge to build a solid foundation for your future career. You will be given the opportunity to train at a level that matches your technical experience as you progress through the Apprenticeship
* The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate good attention to detail, a flexible approach to their work and be an open communicator
* What We're Looking For:
* Learning through our development programme and appointed mentor
* Providing support to tactical and strategic projects across the departmental operation
* Building your knowledge and practical skills to be an effective contributor
* Demonstrating the capabilities, you have learnt to further enhance the programme
* Develop and grow a project management and communication mindset
* Provide your thoughts and ideas on topics when opportunities arise
* Look for opportunities to continuously improve safety, quality and efficiency
* Look to promote the company, the department and yourself
* Skills That Make a Difference:
* Be comfortable with and interested in working within a laboratory
* Good written and verbal communication skills, including telephone skills
* Accurate data entry skills and keen attention to detail
* Good general organisational skills, including planning and prioritisation
* A good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Where you’ll work
The Knowle Nether Lane Hazelwood
Derby
DE56 4AN
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Your training course
Laboratory scientist (degree) (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
* Identify and use the scientific approaches appropriate to one specialist discipline required to solve problems, support new investigations and follow-up experiments in the laboratory.
* Appraise scientific experimentation, independently design and implement new processes according to relevant literature and other data sources interrogated using data mining techniques and input from colleagues.
* Support appraisal of scientific experimentation with numerical and statistical analysis.
* Work autonomously to analyse, interpret and evaluate scientific data and present the results of laboratory work and problem solving clearly and concisely in written and oral form.
* Comply with regulations including compliance with business rules pertaining to record keeping, data integrity, traceability & confidentiality.
* Promote and ensure the application of quality standards, safe working practices and compliance with risk management systems relevant to the workplace in own work and the work of others.
* Use creative thinking and problem solving techniques such as root cause analysis, to challenge assumptions, innovate, make new proposals and build on existing ideas.
* Autonomously plan and prioritise tasks, review and evaluate progress against objectives and investigate alternative scenarios.
* Contribute to the development of specific technical projects across multi-disciplinary teams.
* Ensure that targets are met and maintained, within own area of responsibility, whilst complying with defined company procedures and legislative requirements.
* Lead continuous performance improvement within the scientific and technical environment using process mapping & analysis and root cause analysis that is informed by other appropriate principles, such as lean, six sigma, project and change management.
Your training plan
* Apprentices work full-time whilst studying towards a BSc (Hons) Laboratory scientist (Chemical Science) degree from Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as a Level 6 degree apprenticeship
* Students study a tutor-supported e-distance learning curriculum and attend residential schools. The work-based projects, negotiated with employers, offer students the opportunity to apply their learning directly to their organisation
* The programme is primarily taught through tutor-supported online study, part-time over four years
* Apprentices will attend a two-day induction at the University to help them get to know each other and balance undergraduate study with working full-time. They will also attend a week-long residential at our campus in central Manchester once a year, in addition to a two day mini-residential in the first year
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* Maths & English (grade A*-C/9-4)
A Level in:
* Various (with one being Chemistry) (grade BCC (104 UCAS Points))
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Analytical skills
* Team working
* Written skills
Other requirements
Please note, Lubrizol Hazelwood (near Belper) is located in a rural setting with no regular bus service to site, therefore you will require your own transport.