Technician - Sample Reception - Fixed Term

1 week ago


Auckland City, New Zealand AsureQuality Full time

**Interested in building your practical skills within a Food Testing lab?**

We are looking for a Technician to join our Sample Reception Team for the next 10 months to cover a Parental Leave, based at our Auckland Food Testing Laboratory in Lynfield.

The Successful applicant will be responsible for supporting the laboratory to ensure our customers' products meet the highest standards of quality and safety.

**As Technician, you will be responsible for**:

- Unpacking samples on arrival,
- Registration of samples into the Laboratory system,
- Locating retention and disposal of ambient, chilled and frozen samples.
- Maintaining temperature records,
- Cleaning and keeping training records up to date.
- Assisting Customer Service and the Laboratory Technical teams with any queries.

Our laboratory operates 7 days a week the roster on offer includes at least one weekend day. The successful applicant will be working a 40 hour per week Sunday through to Thursday.

**About you**:
We would love to hear from motivated individuals with a passion for food safety and quality**.** Ideally you will have or be:

- Interested in Science or have completed food testing papers (not essential),
- Experience in Retail or Hospitality (advantageous).
- You take pride in consistently producing high quality work with strong attention to detail.
- Have a willingness to become part of a highly regulated and fast paced environment.
- Pride yourself on managing your time efficiently and able to prioritise work effectively to meet targets and deadlines
- Communication both verbally and written is clear and concise.

**Benefits**:

- Great training to kick start your technical career
- Bonus day leave and option to buy additional leave
- Employee volunteer programme
- Discounted healthcare insurance & other staff discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Parental Leave return to work support
- Long service recognition
- Study Support

**About us**:
Everyday our experienced team of 1800+ people work alongside farmers, producers, and others throughout the food supply chain to help them uphold what Aotearoa stands for in food - a higher standard of quality and safety. We are passionate about our shared role as Kaitiaki Kai, guardians of food, and have a deep responsibility to do the right thing for food and the environments it comes from.

AsureQuality's innovative methodologies and superior delivery systems place our laboratories amongst the best in the world. Many of our scientists are internationally acclaimed leaders in their field. We're committed to enabling Kiwi food exporters to take the very best of Aotearoa to the world.

We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining great people, and supporting them to be the best they can be. We know diverse teams are stronger teams and we believe in fairness and opportunity for all.



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