Field Sampler

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Field Sampler – ALS Water

Shift: approx. 30 hours per week, Monday to Thursday, 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, with some flexibility. This role involves working outdoors in all weather conditions.

• Sampling of client sites in accordance with client requirements, including on-site field analyses where applicable.
• Ensuring appropriate sampling equipment and approved methodology is used to provide a quality service to the clients.
• Optimizing turnaround times for samples while ensuring the highest quality of sampling protocol is achieved and maintained.
• Understanding methodology changes that affect operations of sampling.
• Ensuring sampling equipment and vehicle are kept correctly maintained, clean and tidy.
• Maintaining client relations, scheduling and maintaining sampling times of clients.
• Maintaining a professional appearance personally and reflected in equipment presentation, in accordance with the quality requirements of ALS.
• Prioritizing samples upon arrival to the laboratory.
• Sorting of samples and delivery to labs.
• Results entry in LIMS.
• Sample bottle preparation.
• Maintain equipment used for conducting analyses, including cleaning and calibration.

• Relevant experience in the environmental industry.
• An appropriate level of customer service.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as a team.
• Excellent quality service approach and attitude.
• Basic problem solving / lateral thinking.
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to spend long periods driving.
• Confidence in working around water and ability to swim.
• Knowledge of operation of small water supplies and treatment plants is desirable.
• Driver’s License and confidence in automatic driving ability.

• Citizen or Permanent Resident of the country you are applying for, or hold or be able to obtain a valid working visa.

ALS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment where the strengths and perspectives of each employee are recognized and valued. ALS also welcomes applications from people with all levels of ability. Reasonable adjustments to support candidates throughout the recruitment process are available upon request.