Technical Assistant

Ibstock Brick ,
Parkhouse, Glasgow, City of Glasgow
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

Ibstock plc is a market leading manufacturer and partner of choice for innovative clay and concrete building products, building the face of Britain for over 200 years. We’re no ordinary manufacturing business. Through our principal products of clay bricks, brick components, concrete roof tiles, concrete stone masonry substitutes, concrete fencing, pre-stressed concrete products and concrete rail products, we’re committed to providing new solutions to today’s social and environmental challenges for the new build housing and domestic repair, maintenance, improvement markets (RMI) and infrastructure. Many of our long-standing customer relationships have lasted over 40 years. Our customer focus is based on quality, service and consistency and our service-led ethos is one of the key drivers in the growth of our market share over the past 10 years. We are currently recruiting for a Technical Assistant to join our Parkhouse site. Responsible for: Quality, Environmental and Energy Assurance testing and data acquisition and analysis. Role summary The successful applicant will be a key member of the Technical department delivering excellent time based data and information using appropriate test methods of materials retrieved from across the manufacturing site/ quarry and providing the support to maintain relevant test methods and infrastructure of the laboratory. Key Responsibilities: Sampling/ testing, and analysis of all process materials and finished product. Carry out functional QA, environmental and energy tasks. Collation and processing of daily, weekly and monthly data and information in accordance with Current quality, environmental and energy systems. Ensure the laboratory is maintained to the highest standards of 5S housekeeping and the requirements of Health and safety at work and work within the SSOP system. Assist and develop SSOP and risk assessments. Education and requirements: Mathematics and English GCSE with an advantage with Chemistry or Physics or relevant experience. Computer literacy with working ability of intermediate Excel and word. Good communication skills. Reliability, flexibility, enthusiasm and some self-initiative working as part of a team. Ability to collate, sort and convert data into information. Self-discipline and the ability to multitask. Experience in performing QA checks.