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With offices across the UK, our experts are committed to delivering our clients exceptional outcomes across a range of environmental services and ecological contracting.

Marine Laboratory Technician – Guildford

Do you have what it takes to be a reliable and enthusiastic Marine Laboratory Technician? We have a wonderful opportunity to join a fast-growing team in a highly successful business. If you are passionate about marine benthos, we would love to hear from you!

In this varied and exciting support role, you will work within the Marine team to assist with meeting the needs of colleagues and clients alike, building on the team and Thomson's success and working at all times to achieve the company’s vision and values.

This is a full-time, permanent role based out of our Guildford office, so you’ll need to be within a commutable distance.

Successful candidates will:

· Work as part of a project team, and able to undertake laboratory projects to a high standard.

· Sieve macrobenthic samples to a high standard.

· Conduct biomass analysis to a high standard.

· Keep the laboratory organised, clean and tidy.

· Carry out Particle Size Analysis to a high standard.

· Extract fauna from samples.

· Provide support to line managers in team developments.

· Promote a good, supportive working environment where staff feel valued and are highly motivated.

• Must be UK based and have a proven passion for Marine work.
• Must have the right to work in the UK.
• This position will be full time based in our Guildford office, you must live in a commutable distance.

Working at Thomson

We promote a happy, friendly workplace and are guided by the company’s core values of Respect, Integrity, Support and Excellence. We excel at providing our people with amazing career progression and offer an extensive range of company benefits which include: 25 days annual leave, healthcare cash plan, enhanced stakeholder pension scheme, life insurance, discounted gym membership, paid professional memberships, clothing allowance, outstanding performance rewards, free parking and regular local and company social events!

One of the major advantages to working at Thomson is that our people is at the heart of everything we do. As an Employee-Owned Trust (EOT), all Thomson employees have a stake in the business and reap the reward of its success including performance-related annual bonuses. We also pride ourselves in providing market leading internal and external training opportunities which contributes to individual tailored career path ways.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As an equal opportunities employer, Thomson is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Thomson.