Senior GC-MS Analyst

Salary: £32,000 - 72,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require a degree in Chemistry or a related scientific discipline, or equivalent laboratory experience.
• We require strong hands-on experience running, maintaining, and troubleshooting GC-MS or GC-QQQ instrumentation within an accredited testing environment.
• We require a proven track record in method development and validation, ideally supporting ISO 17025 or MCERTS standards.
• We require a solid understanding of sample extraction techniques, chromatographic separation, and mass spectrometry data evaluation.
• We require excellent communication and leadership skills, with experience mentoring junior laboratory staff.
• We consider experience testing environmental matrices such as water, wastewater, soil, sediment, or air/gas samples desirable.
• We consider familiarity with specialised GC techniques such as Headspace, GC-TOF, or GC-TEA desirable.
• We consider prior exposure to project management, commercial client support, or modern LIMS systems desirable.

Responsibilities:

• We run, maintain, and troubleshoot advanced GC-MS, GC-QQQ, Headspace GC-MS, and GC-FID/TEA systems in a high-throughput laboratory environment.
• We lead continuous method development, optimisation, and validation for trace-level contaminants to support expanding analytical services.
• We work strictly within ISO 17025 and MCERTS accreditation frameworks, maintaining data integrity, robust QA/QC protocols, and non-conformance resolution.
• We guide and mentor Analysts and Extraction Chemists, assisting with workload prioritisation and daily operational delivery.
• We resolve complex technical, instrumentation, and sample matrix issues to minimise downtime and preserve data quality.
• We manage analytical workflows to meet strict turnaround times, communicating clear technical information to support client programs.

Technologies:

• Support
• Matrix

More:

We are recruiting for a senior full-time, permanent role based in Bedfordshire within our Gas Chromatography department. This is a technically leading position in a well-invested environmental testing section, supporting the Section Head and overseeing complex GC-MS workflows across diverse environmental matrices. We offer a competitive salary and great benefits, including a performance-based company bonus scheme, generous pension scheme and private healthcare options, comprehensive employee wellbeing and mental health support programs, clear progression into Principal Scientist, Section Head, or laboratory leadership roles, mentoring and leadership development, formal management training, and free on-site parking. We do not use automated CV screening, and our recruitment team reviews each CV manually.

last updated 31 week of 2026