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Laboratory Assistant

Laboratory Assistant

Sappi Southern Africa
Country:  South Africa
City:  Nelspruit
Location:  Mill Ngodwana
Department:  Technical
Posting date:  13 Feb 2025
Closing date:  27 Feb 2025

We are hiring! 

At Sappi, we are a leading global provider with a reputation for delivering high-quality sustainable Woodfibre products and solutions for the global markets. We lead through our values centred around safety, integrity, courage, making smart decisions which we execute with speed. We are seeking unique people who believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive and safe environment.

 

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Lab Assistant to take hourly samples throughout the Mill.

 

As a Lab Assistant, you will be responsible to:

  • Take samples accurately on an hourly basis at various points in the various plants.
  • Prepare in-process and final pulp samples for analytical testing.
  • Liaise with production personnel w.r.t. safety problems in the plant.
  • Operate instrumentation such as: Brightness meter.
  • Evaluate the quality of results obtained before reporting results
  • Comply with all ISO methods for the tests performed.
  • Analyse the final product to declare production in terms of oven dry tons (Unbleached Uptake reels).
  • Analyse and report special samples requested by the plant.
  • Enter results accurately into the computer using the Laboratory Information System software program.
  • Accountable for the correct use of PPE, housekeeping and general safety applicable to sampling and tests performed.

Requirements:

  • Matric with Mathematics and Physical Science, or N3 in Pulp and Paper.
  • A qualification in Chemistry or a related lab field is advantageous.
  • Experience in a laboratory or the pulp and paper industry is advantageous.

 

What’s in it for you?

  • Opportunity to work within a global organisation that continues to thrive in a rapidly. changing world even after 80 years of existence.
  • Learning and development programmes to fast-track your career within Sappi.
  • Market-leading leave benefits.
  • Employee wellbeing benefits.

 

Ready to make a difference? Apply now and join our dynamic team!

 

 

 

 
 

We are hiring! 

At Sappi, we are a leading global provider with a reputation for delivering high-quality sustainable Woodfibre products and solutions for the global markets. We lead through our values centred around safety, integrity, courage, making smart decisions which we execute with speed. We are seeking unique people who believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive and safe environment.

 

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Lab Assistant to take hourly samples throughout the Mill.

 

As a Lab Assistant, you will be responsible to:

  • Take samples accurately on an hourly basis at various points in the various plants.
  • Prepare in-process and final pulp samples for analytical testing.
  • Liaise with production personnel w.r.t. safety problems in the plant.
  • Operate instrumentation such as: Brightness meter.
  • Evaluate the quality of results obtained before reporting results
  • Comply with all ISO methods for the tests performed.
  • Analyse the final product to declare production in terms of oven dry tons (Unbleached Uptake reels).
  • Analyse and report special samples requested by the plant.
  • Enter results accurately into the computer using the Laboratory Information System software program.
  • Accountable for the correct use of PPE, housekeeping and general safety applicable to sampling and tests performed.

Requirements:

  • Matric with Mathematics and Physical Science, or N3 in Pulp and Paper.
  • A qualification in Chemistry or a related lab field is advantageous.
  • Experience in a laboratory or the pulp and paper industry is advantageous.

 

What’s in it for you?

  • Opportunity to work within a global organisation that continues to thrive in a rapidly. changing world even after 80 years of existence.
  • Learning and development programmes to fast-track your career within Sappi.
  • Market-leading leave benefits.
  • Employee wellbeing benefits.

 

Ready to make a difference? Apply now and join our dynamic team!

 

 

 

 
 

Sappi is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. At Sappi, we encourage and support vaccination.

Sappi is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. At Sappi, we encourage and support vaccination.

ABOUT SAPPI

Sappi is a leading global provider of everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, we are building a more circular economy by making what we should, not just what we can.

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