Sample Receipt Officer

2 days ago

Notting Hill, Australia SGS Full time

**Company Description**
SGS Australia is a leading provider of Testing, Inspection, and Certification services, supporting multiple industries across the country with trusted expertise and technical excellence. Backed by SGS’s global legacy of over 140 years, we operate one of the largest networks of accredited laboratories and field facilities in Australia, with a network of more than 50 offices and laboratories and over 1,400 employees across Australia. We are accredited by NATA and ISO 9001, ensuring our services meet both Australian and international standards.

Join our Notting Hill team as a **Sample Receipt Officer**, where you’ll play a key role in supporting our environmental testing operations. In this hands-on role, you’ll be responsible for unpacking, sorting, and logging soil, water, and air samples into our information management system with accuracy and efficiency.

As part of our collaborative team, you’ll help maintain SGS’s capability to deliver reliable and timely sample log-in services. Your attention to detail and commitment to quality will ensure our laboratory teams can provide fast and accurate results to our clients.

What you’ll be doing:
**Sample handling & quality**
- Unpack, sort, and log incoming samples quickly and accurately
- Accurately identify, label, store, and register all samples in the system
- Maintain sample integrity and prevent contamination during processing
- Resolve inconsistencies or issues with incoming samples
- Ensure subcontracted samples are managed correctly

**Customer & client support**
- Liaise with clients to provide responsive, customer-focused service
- Assist clients with logistics and sampling requirements
- Generate worksheets and cross-check entries to support the Customer Service Supervisor

**Teamwork & operations**
- Support the Sample Log-in operations team to keep workflows running smoothly
- Communicate sample receipt details with laboratory teams
- Help resolve sample issues alongside colleagues
- Train new team members in correct procedures

**Quality & safety**
- Always use and maintain safety equipment correctly
- Perform other duties as directed to support smooth operations

**Qualifications** Your skills & experience**:

- An appropriate tertiary qualification
- Commercial laboratory experience preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High level of technical knowledge

**Additional Information**

**WHY WORK FOR SGS?**

Working at SGS means joining an innovative, Global company. Here are some of the benefits to working for SGS.
- As a company, we have embraced the shift to flexible work
- Sustainability is embedded in our culture and the way we do business
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time for volunteering day and blood donations
- Corporate health & wellbeing offers
- Ongoing learning & development
- Career development opportunities (Nationally and Globally)
- SGS Rewards: Our employee benefits platform with access to retail and online discounts and cashback

**COME TO WORK AND BE 100% YOU**

SGS Australia acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual, and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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