Specialist - Laboratory

**About us**

CBH is a leader in the Australian grain industry and the country's largest co-operative. Our work has meaning and is creating an exciting future - we're delivering WA's grain to the world. Our advanced logistics network stretches across the State, connecting the growers of WA with our people, and providing opportunities for career growth in different roles and locations.

Looking for a company where good people go places? We are what you're looking for. We are CBH.

**The Role**

We're looking for a Laboratory Specialist to join our Applied Technology team on a full time permanent basis, located at the Australian Grain Centre in Forrestfield.

Reporting to the Manager - Laboratory, you will be responsible for conducting reference testing on grain commodities and other agricultural testing services while complying with ISO and NATA requirements.

**Responsibilities include**:
- Facilitating and participating in day-to-day analysis to produce reliable results and meet agreed targets.- Providing accurate testing services to shareholders and clients, honouring timeframes, and communicating unforeseen changes in deadlines whilst maintaining integrity.- Undertaking routine and non-routine analysis on grain samples utilising standardised reference techniques, including physical analysis and Mass Spectrometry.- Adhering to appropriate quality measures and standards set by ISO 17025 and company requirements relevant to duties.- Ensuring all instruments are adequately maintained, serviced, calibrated, and validated to minimise downtime, and establish limits of tolerance and maintain acceptable levels of uncertainty.- When required lead development or assist with method development, analysis, reporting and troubleshooting of laboratory instrumentation including LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS.

**About you**:
- Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceuticals, Chemistry or similar- MS Office skills, including advanced skills in Excel- Efficient problem solving and scientific data interpretation skills- Ability to set priorities, manage simultaneous tasks, and troubleshoot technical problems

**Why work with CBH?**

**Work with a good bunch of people**

We are a good bunch of people working together. We just get on with the job and make it happen.

**We want to see you succeed**

We recognise potential and want to see you achieve great things. There are opportunities for movement and growth at CBH, so we don't hold you back. We help you move forward.

We have a proud legacy and an exciting future which will see us continue as a strong contributor to the WA economy. We offer a secure future, with job security.

**Getting the job done**

We empower our team with autonomy to find innovative ways to make things happen.

**Work with meaning**

You know who you are working for and why, and you can see the difference you make. CBH is a unique business in that our impact is seen and felt by growers at local farm level, and on a global scale, as a significant contributor to the world's food supply.

**CBH offer a range of employee focused benefits aimed to encourage a healthy work life balance, including**:
- Corporate Employee discounts including travel, health insurance funds and financial services;- Ongoing training and development to reach your career goals;- 13-weeks paid parental leave that can be taken in a flexible way to suit unique family needs;- Employee assistance program;- Salary sacrificing scheme.

**We'd love to hear from you