RPS is actively seeking a dynamic and organised Project Coordinator to join our Residues Team, providing vital support to our esteemed Laboratory team located in Bedford.
This pivotal role involves facilitating seamless coordination and communication within the team, ensuring the smooth execution of projects and contributing to the overall success of our initiatives. If you are a detail-oriented professional with a passion for project management and a desire to make a meaningful impact in the environmental sector, we invite you to consider this exciting opportunity.
We operate from purpose-built laboratory facilities which have a long history of providing expert advice and analytical solutions to a wide range of industrial and service sectors including pathology & biological, occupational hygiene & environmental & trace organics. Our laboratories enjoy an international reputation for solving complex and novel analytical problems in unusual matrices.
We’re RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value to a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. Here you’ll find work that is challenging and rewarding, and you’ll be supported every step of the way.
What you’ll be doing
- Responsible for overseeing all incoming work, ensuring that all work requests are accompanied by the correct paperwork and client requirements are clearly understood and quoted correctly.
- Ensure that trial protocols, field trial reports and chain of custody paperwork are captured and uploaded into the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
- Conduct sample registration when required, ensuring that sample information is accurately entered onto LIMS.
- Review and approve all work requests to ensure that jobs are booked in as per client requirements and as per RPS Quality Management System requirements.
- Deal directly with clients to resolve any queries with incoming work prior to approving the analysis.
- Acknowledge receipt of client samples, advising them of any changes to the analysis and/or requested timeframes.
- Undertake sub-sampling of received samples and arrange for their transport to sub-contractor laboratories if required, completing all necessary paperwork.
- Provide logistical support to clients in relation to arranging transport of those samples, including completion of necessary regulatory paperwork, as required.
- To be the central point of liaison with all clients, keeping them informed of progress of their work and informing them of any issues.
- Where applicable, work with analytical staff to identify and order reference standards and other consumables that are required for analysis.
- As and when required, assists in other areas and tasks as directed such as sample
- preparation, freezer stock takes, sample disposal etc.
- Support with report drafting and pre-quotations to assist the Residues Manager as required and to provide cover for annual leave and sickness periods
- Responsible for adhering to company Health and Safety policies to maintain a safe working environment.
- Ensuring all Quality documentation is followed, adhered to and maintained in-line with our accredited ISO 17025 quality system.
Who we’re looking for
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrable ability to effectively communicate at various levels within organisations.
- Prior experience in scientific role or from a scientific background, ideally with experience of communicating with clients on the progress of their work.
- A proven ability to work alone or with minimal supervision.
- A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail is required in this role.
- Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, and an ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
- Have a thorough understanding of Microsoft Office applications.
- Prior experience of working with a LIMS software programme within similar role and/or within the environmental, food or agrochemical sector is desirable, but not essential
What’s in it for you?
A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.
We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.
RPS, a Tetra Tech company
Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, in January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 27,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.
What happens next?
The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you’ll have a conversation with one of our recruiters followed by an interview with the Team.
If this opportunity suits your career journey, we’d love to hear from you. All applications will be considered, and we will try our best to respond to you within seven working days.
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Mindful that a truly inclusive organization must make appropriate use of talent on a global basis and without unnecessary barriers, we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion principles in all People processes in order to be as diverse as the communities and clients we work with, thereby securing, developing, and retaining the best available talent for the company’s future.
